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That’s a neat placement!

Yowch, snug piercings — the only piercing named after a clothing line — hurt badly enough without any extra tricks… but I quite like this snug orbital placement that Jennn had done by JD at Evolution Tattoo in Santa Rosa.

Comments

112 responses to “That’s a neat placement!”

  1. owned Avatar
    owned

    would it be easier to heal with 2 pieces of jewelry, and risk not-quite-perfect final fit, or this way?

  2. owned Avatar
    owned

    would it be easier to heal with 2 pieces of jewelry, and risk not-quite-perfect final fit, or this way?

  3. owned Avatar
    owned

    would it be easier to heal with 2 pieces of jewelry, and risk not-quite-perfect final fit, or this way?

  4. owned Avatar
    owned

    would it be easier to heal with 2 pieces of jewelry, and risk not-quite-perfect final fit, or this way?

  5. Shannon Avatar

    Personally I’d say this way, but some may disagree.

  6. Shannon Avatar

    Personally I’d say this way, but some may disagree.

  7. Shannon Avatar

    Personally I’d say this way, but some may disagree.

  8. Shannon Avatar

    Personally I’d say this way, but some may disagree.

  9. RustY Avatar

    Ouch. That just can’t feel nice… Besides, don’t snugs heal way better with straight jewellery?

  10. RustY Avatar

    Ouch. That just can’t feel nice… Besides, don’t snugs heal way better with straight jewellery?

  11. RustY Avatar

    Ouch. That just can’t feel nice… Besides, don’t snugs heal way better with straight jewellery?

  12. RustY Avatar

    Ouch. That just can’t feel nice… Besides, don’t snugs heal way better with straight jewellery?

  13. Faye aka MetalDready Avatar
    Faye aka MetalDready

    like it. But would put in two single piercings to let it heal first.

  14. Faye aka MetalDready Avatar
    Faye aka MetalDready

    like it. But would put in two single piercings to let it heal first.

  15. Faye aka MetalDready Avatar
    Faye aka MetalDready

    like it. But would put in two single piercings to let it heal first.

  16. Faye aka MetalDready Avatar
    Faye aka MetalDready

    like it. But would put in two single piercings to let it heal first.

  17. DuckieVamp Avatar
    DuckieVamp

    It looks like there’s a lot of pressure on the surrounding tissue =/

  18. DuckieVamp Avatar
    DuckieVamp

    It looks like there’s a lot of pressure on the surrounding tissue =/

  19. DuckieVamp Avatar
    DuckieVamp

    It looks like there’s a lot of pressure on the surrounding tissue =/

  20. DuckieVamp Avatar
    DuckieVamp

    It looks like there’s a lot of pressure on the surrounding tissue =/

  21. Betty London Avatar
    Betty London

    I like that alot! Its really different

  22. Betty London Avatar
    Betty London

    I like that alot! Its really different

  23. Betty London Avatar
    Betty London

    I like that alot! Its really different

  24. Betty London Avatar
    Betty London

    I like that alot! Its really different

  25. tartedpunk Avatar
    tartedpunk

    top hole doesn’t look too good. cool idea though

  26. tartedpunk Avatar
    tartedpunk

    top hole doesn’t look too good. cool idea though

  27. tartedpunk Avatar
    tartedpunk

    top hole doesn’t look too good. cool idea though

  28. tartedpunk Avatar
    tartedpunk

    top hole doesn’t look too good. cool idea though

  29. Kenevin Avatar

    Not going to heal.

  30. Kenevin Avatar

    Not going to heal.

  31. Kenevin Avatar

    Not going to heal.

  32. Kenevin Avatar

    Not going to heal.

  33. Shannon Avatar

    Faye – My feeling is that with a finicky placement like this that it’s going to heal better using this jewelry initially because doing it with separate bars is going to leave something that’s going to require secondary adjustment and could actually develop problems when the jewelry is swapped out.

    Rusty – I wouldn’t say that it makes a whole lot of difference. These might as well be straight bars; the curve is such that it’s depth-wise identical to a straight bar.

    Kenevin – Why do you say that? I’ve seen these heal just fine.

  34. Shannon Avatar

    Faye – My feeling is that with a finicky placement like this that it’s going to heal better using this jewelry initially because doing it with separate bars is going to leave something that’s going to require secondary adjustment and could actually develop problems when the jewelry is swapped out.

    Rusty – I wouldn’t say that it makes a whole lot of difference. These might as well be straight bars; the curve is such that it’s depth-wise identical to a straight bar.

    Kenevin – Why do you say that? I’ve seen these heal just fine.

  35. Shannon Avatar

    Faye – My feeling is that with a finicky placement like this that it’s going to heal better using this jewelry initially because doing it with separate bars is going to leave something that’s going to require secondary adjustment and could actually develop problems when the jewelry is swapped out.

    Rusty – I wouldn’t say that it makes a whole lot of difference. These might as well be straight bars; the curve is such that it’s depth-wise identical to a straight bar.

    Kenevin – Why do you say that? I’ve seen these heal just fine.

  36. Shannon Avatar

    Faye – My feeling is that with a finicky placement like this that it’s going to heal better using this jewelry initially because doing it with separate bars is going to leave something that’s going to require secondary adjustment and could actually develop problems when the jewelry is swapped out.

    Rusty – I wouldn’t say that it makes a whole lot of difference. These might as well be straight bars; the curve is such that it’s depth-wise identical to a straight bar.

    Kenevin – Why do you say that? I’ve seen these heal just fine.

  37. bambiraptor Avatar

    i like that a lot. during the first week of healing my snug, i was suffering from a bad cold (getting pierced was a stupid idea but hey ho, i survived) and it was horrendous pain. it put me off having another snug, nevermind an orbital. but it does look utterly gorgeous.

    & i would personally heal it with this jewelry.

  38. bambiraptor Avatar

    i like that a lot. during the first week of healing my snug, i was suffering from a bad cold (getting pierced was a stupid idea but hey ho, i survived) and it was horrendous pain. it put me off having another snug, nevermind an orbital. but it does look utterly gorgeous.

    & i would personally heal it with this jewelry.

  39. bambiraptor Avatar

    i like that a lot. during the first week of healing my snug, i was suffering from a bad cold (getting pierced was a stupid idea but hey ho, i survived) and it was horrendous pain. it put me off having another snug, nevermind an orbital. but it does look utterly gorgeous.

    & i would personally heal it with this jewelry.

  40. bambiraptor Avatar

    i like that a lot. during the first week of healing my snug, i was suffering from a bad cold (getting pierced was a stupid idea but hey ho, i survived) and it was horrendous pain. it put me off having another snug, nevermind an orbital. but it does look utterly gorgeous.

    & i would personally heal it with this jewelry.

  41. Zar Avatar
    Zar

    the top hole looks like it’s got a bit of a bump.

  42. Zar Avatar
    Zar

    the top hole looks like it’s got a bit of a bump.

  43. Zar Avatar
    Zar

    the top hole looks like it’s got a bit of a bump.

  44. Zar Avatar
    Zar

    the top hole looks like it’s got a bit of a bump.

  45. Southern Belle Avatar

    I’m going with commenter #9. TOTALLY not going to heal. Snugs are enough of a pain in the ass when it’s just one piercing with one piece of jewelry.

  46. Southern Belle Avatar

    I’m going with commenter #9. TOTALLY not going to heal. Snugs are enough of a pain in the ass when it’s just one piercing with one piece of jewelry.

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