“They only lasted a week and a half!”
By Johnny Laney, Lost Kings Tattoo, Lompoc, CA.
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Comments
14 responses to “Shiny Fingered Salute”
no supprise!
Finger-bang injury? Looks interesting tho.
aww what a shame! looks so great but i guess you cant really expect anything more tho eh
Was about to say – hahah, how long is THAT gonna last… until I saw the comment underneath.
Awh that’s a shame.
I did a piercing similar to that on my friend on her little finger just a bar going across not up the finger…and it seems to have held well.
But at least you got a great pic out of it ^_^
That’s really cute, I like it! Too bad it didn’t last any longer.
… I wonder why…?
It looked nice, even if it didn’t last long.
nice! Go Anthony!
oh..that’s a record :x…i wish it could last longer..it really looks great ^^…ye for finger piercings
were those surface piercings or anchors?
more then likely flipped off the wrong person….
maybe he should have used discs instead of balls?
i wonder what he does for work.
well well anthony! look at you being fancy on the internet :]
i liked it while it lasted!
and to answer “DethKok” he works at Lost Kings Tattoo :]