A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. [email protected] Avatar

    I have never seen any of these heal completely, but good luck

  4. [email protected] Avatar

    I have never seen any of these heal completely, but good luck

  5. [email protected] Avatar

    I have never seen any of these heal completely, but good luck

  6. [email protected] Avatar

    I have never seen any of these heal completely, but good luck

  7. Manada Avatar
    Manada

    I’m sure it’ll heal – but chances are the scarring won’t be pretty. Unless she’s one of those freaky people who can heal damn near anything without a scar.

  8. Manada Avatar
    Manada

    I’m sure it’ll heal – but chances are the scarring won’t be pretty. Unless she’s one of those freaky people who can heal damn near anything without a scar.

  9. Manada Avatar
    Manada

    I’m sure it’ll heal – but chances are the scarring won’t be pretty. Unless she’s one of those freaky people who can heal damn near anything without a scar.

  10. Manada Avatar
    Manada

    I’m sure it’ll heal – but chances are the scarring won’t be pretty. Unless she’s one of those freaky people who can heal damn near anything without a scar.

  11. dirtyhartland Avatar

    I would have to agree with Manada, I’m sure it will heal as well, just take a painfully long time to do so. It does appear to have some hypertrophic scarring on the top hole though.

  12. dirtyhartland Avatar

    I would have to agree with Manada, I’m sure it will heal as well, just take a painfully long time to do so. It does appear to have some hypertrophic scarring on the top hole though.

  13. dirtyhartland Avatar

    I would have to agree with Manada, I’m sure it will heal as well, just take a painfully long time to do so. It does appear to have some hypertrophic scarring on the top hole though.

  14. dirtyhartland Avatar

    I would have to agree with Manada, I’m sure it will heal as well, just take a painfully long time to do so. It does appear to have some hypertrophic scarring on the top hole though.

  15. modified_soul Avatar

    thats pretty cool 🙂

  16. modified_soul Avatar

    thats pretty cool 🙂

  17. modified_soul Avatar

    thats pretty cool 🙂

  18. modified_soul Avatar

    thats pretty cool 🙂

  19. Cucuy Avatar
    Cucuy

    I would have done it with 2 2mm pieces and then swapped out for a 1.3mm piece. That way it will still adjust on it’s own and you get to avoid all that scarring. Just my 2 cents though.

  20. Cucuy Avatar
    Cucuy

    I would have done it with 2 2mm pieces and then swapped out for a 1.3mm piece. That way it will still adjust on it’s own and you get to avoid all that scarring. Just my 2 cents though.

  21. Cucuy Avatar
    Cucuy

    I would have done it with 2 2mm pieces and then swapped out for a 1.3mm piece. That way it will still adjust on it’s own and you get to avoid all that scarring. Just my 2 cents though.

  22. Cucuy Avatar
    Cucuy

    I would have done it with 2 2mm pieces and then swapped out for a 1.3mm piece. That way it will still adjust on it’s own and you get to avoid all that scarring. Just my 2 cents though.

  23. Warren Hiller Avatar

    Cucuy: math is a bit off. 2mm = 12ga and 1.2mm = 16ga and 1.6mm = 14ga…But I’m just assuming that perhaps your finger slipped and hit 3 instead of 2 with that haha

    My personal concern is the diameter of the circular barbell in regards to the depth/shape of the pathways. There’s very little excess showing in the circular barbell which means the majority of it is passing through the snug area. So my main concern is the angles, swelling allowance, etc.

    Although I kinda agree with Cucuy on this one whereas doing it at 12ga, let it heal for a bit and then put in either a 14ga or 16ga circular barbell….Or even make a custom shaped circular barbell after that is rounded on the inner portion and then curves out a bit to correlate with the shape of using curved bars,etc.

  24. Warren Hiller Avatar

    Cucuy: math is a bit off. 2mm = 12ga and 1.2mm = 16ga and 1.6mm = 14ga…But I’m just assuming that perhaps your finger slipped and hit 3 instead of 2 with that haha

    My personal concern is the diameter of the circular barbell in regards to the depth/shape of the pathways. There’s very little excess showing in the circular barbell which means the majority of it is passing through the snug area. So my main concern is the angles, swelling allowance, etc.

    Although I kinda agree with Cucuy on this one whereas doing it at 12ga, let it heal for a bit and then put in either a 14ga or 16ga circular barbell….Or even make a custom shaped circular barbell after that is rounded on the inner portion and then curves out a bit to correlate with the shape of using curved bars,etc.

  25. Warren Hiller Avatar

    Cucuy: math is a bit off. 2mm = 12ga and 1.2mm = 16ga and 1.6mm = 14ga…But I’m just assuming that perhaps your finger slipped and hit 3 instead of 2 with that haha

    My personal concern is the diameter of the circular barbell in regards to the depth/shape of the pathways. There’s very little excess showing in the circular barbell which means the majority of it is passing through the snug area. So my main concern is the angles, swelling allowance, etc.

    Although I kinda agree with Cucuy on this one whereas doing it at 12ga, let it heal for a bit and then put in either a 14ga or 16ga circular barbell….Or even make a custom shaped circular barbell after that is rounded on the inner portion and then curves out a bit to correlate with the shape of using curved bars,etc.

  26. Warren Hiller Avatar

    Cucuy: math is a bit off. 2mm = 12ga and 1.2mm = 16ga and 1.6mm = 14ga…But I’m just assuming that perhaps your finger slipped and hit 3 instead of 2 with that haha

    My personal concern is the diameter of the circular barbell in regards to the depth/shape of the pathways. There’s very little excess showing in the circular barbell which means the majority of it is passing through the snug area. So my main concern is the angles, swelling allowance, etc.

    Although I kinda agree with Cucuy on this one whereas doing it at 12ga, let it heal for a bit and then put in either a 14ga or 16ga circular barbell….Or even make a custom shaped circular barbell after that is rounded on the inner portion and then curves out a bit to correlate with the shape of using curved bars,etc.

  27. Clare Avatar

    My snug healed awesomely – it was actually the one cartilage piercing I’ve had that healed quickly, smoothly and without too much pain. The swelling even went down way quick, even though about a week after I had it done, I came down with sinusitis and basically overdosed myself on painkillers. It was also way less painful to have done than, say, my anti-tragus…

  28. Clare Avatar

    My snug healed awesomely – it was actually the one cartilage piercing I’ve had that healed quickly, smoothly and without too much pain. The swelling even went down way quick, even though about a week after I had it done, I came down with sinusitis and basically overdosed myself on painkillers. It was also way less painful to have done than, say, my anti-tragus…

  29. Clare Avatar

    My snug healed awesomely – it was actually the one cartilage piercing I’ve had that healed quickly, smoothly and without too much pain. The swelling even went down way quick, even though about a week after I had it done, I came down with sinusitis and basically overdosed myself on painkillers. It was also way less painful to have done than, say, my anti-tragus…

  30. Clare Avatar

    My snug healed awesomely – it was actually the one cartilage piercing I’ve had that healed quickly, smoothly and without too much pain. The swelling even went down way quick, even though about a week after I had it done, I came down with sinusitis and basically overdosed myself on painkillers. It was also way less painful to have done than, say, my anti-tragus…

  31. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Awww come on, I think it looks good, and there’s no reason why it wouldn’t heal if looked after properly!

    We’ve all seen stranger things!

  32. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Awww come on, I think it looks good, and there’s no reason why it wouldn’t heal if looked after properly!

    We’ve all seen stranger things!

  33. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Awww come on, I think it looks good, and there’s no reason why it wouldn’t heal if looked after properly!

    We’ve all seen stranger things!

  34. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Awww come on, I think it looks good, and there’s no reason why it wouldn’t heal if looked after properly!

    We’ve all seen stranger things!

  35. lost raevyn Avatar

    Ooh man, good luck with that! I sleep on my sides so cartilage piercings like that make me cringe.

  36. lost raevyn Avatar

    Ooh man, good luck with that! I sleep on my sides so cartilage piercings like that make me cringe.

  37. lost raevyn Avatar

    Ooh man, good luck with that! I sleep on my sides so cartilage piercings like that make me cringe.

  38. lost raevyn Avatar

    Ooh man, good luck with that! I sleep on my sides so cartilage piercings like that make me cringe.

  39. bill Avatar

    I agree with Warren.

    And just because we’ve all seen the random ass piercing heal that normally shouldnt, does not mean you should count on it happening with everything else.

    Unless the piercer somehow made a curved pathway for
    the jewelry to follow, its going to be too much pressure
    to hope for good healing. The tissue around the exit points
    already look like they are having slight issues.

  40. bill Avatar

    I agree with Warren.

    And just because we’ve all seen the random ass piercing heal that normally shouldnt, does not mean you should count on it happening with everything else.

    Unless the piercer somehow made a curved pathway for
    the jewelry to follow, its going to be too much pressure
    to hope for good healing. The tissue around the exit points
    already look like they are having slight issues.

  41. bill Avatar

    I agree with Warren.

    And just because we’ve all seen the random ass piercing heal that normally shouldnt, does not mean you should count on it happening with everything else.

    Unless the piercer somehow made a curved pathway for
    the jewelry to follow, its going to be too much pressure
    to hope for good healing. The tissue around the exit points
    already look like they are having slight issues.

  42. bill Avatar

    I agree with Warren.

    And just because we’ve all seen the random ass piercing heal that normally shouldnt, does not mean you should count on it happening with everything else.

    Unless the piercer somehow made a curved pathway for
    the jewelry to follow, its going to be too much pressure
    to hope for good healing. The tissue around the exit points
    already look like they are having slight issues.

  43. suzanne Avatar
    suzanne

    I see issues with the top hole. Familiar issues. Good luck though.

  44. suzanne Avatar
    suzanne

    I see issues with the top hole. Familiar issues. Good luck though.

  45. suzanne Avatar
    suzanne

    I see issues with the top hole. Familiar issues. Good luck though.

  46. suzanne Avatar
    suzanne

    I see issues with the top hole. Familiar issues. Good luck though.

  47. Jo Avatar
    Jo

    That’s really cute – I want my snug done, looks fucking painful though.

  48. Jo Avatar
    Jo

    That’s really cute – I want my snug done, looks fucking painful though.

  49. Jo Avatar
    Jo

    That’s really cute – I want my snug done, looks fucking painful though.

  50. Jo Avatar
    Jo

    That’s really cute – I want my snug done, looks fucking painful though.

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