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.

Pop rocks and soda pop!

Once upon a time,  I was working in a bookstore and one of my coworkers saw my own tragus piercing and proceeded to inform me that the piercing was incredibly dangerous because there is a nerve there and if they pierce it, it will paralyze your face.  “No, there isn’t,” I said dryly, trying to extract myself from her eager jabbering.  She continued to explain that this was dangerous and then did something that I really, really hate.  She reached out and put her grubby finger on my piercing while asking, “Doesn’t that hurt?”  I actually flinched and likely responded by telling her that yes, it hurt terribly and I was in constant pain, followed by a roll of my eyes.

What’s the purpose of this trip down memory lane?  Urban legends, myths and misconceptions.  We’ve all heard them, I’m sure.  The dreaded nerve that will paralyze your entire face.  Piercing your tongue will cause you to lose all your sensation of taste.  If you have a tattoo over your spine you can’t get an epidural.  Some of them are funny, some of them are ridiculous but the point is, people believe them and that can have consequences.

BME has always tried to serve not only as a documentation of body modification but as a platform for education.  Here’s where you come in readers.  Tell me about what urban legends, myths and misconceptions you have heard regarding body modification and if you have the knowledge, feel free to also debunk the myth with solid facts.  The information we all come up with is going to be included in the new Misconceptions FAQ on the BME Wiki.

So let’s have them!  And just so you don’t think I don’t love you, here’s a gratuitous photo of a beautiful woman pulled from the moderation queue.

meizy

Meizy’s piercings were done by Mike French and Spider.  Her stone trinity spirals are by Oracle.

Comments

288 responses to “Pop rocks and soda pop!”

  1. Lita Avatar
    Lita

    I recently got a pair of microdermals on the outsides of my eyes, and I get a myriad of questions. My favorite inquiry was, “Aren’t you afraid you’ve hit your optical nerve and you might go blind?”

    Really? I had no idea my optic nerve stretched across the side of my face! Sigh.

    Another myth I’ve heard is that you should never get a tongue piercing, because you could pierce the vein that runs under your tongue and bleed to death. I’ve heard the epidural myth a lot too, as well as the IV/tattoo myth. Where do kids get this stuff? 🙂

  2. Lita Avatar
    Lita

    I recently got a pair of microdermals on the outsides of my eyes, and I get a myriad of questions. My favorite inquiry was, “Aren’t you afraid you’ve hit your optical nerve and you might go blind?”

    Really? I had no idea my optic nerve stretched across the side of my face! Sigh.

    Another myth I’ve heard is that you should never get a tongue piercing, because you could pierce the vein that runs under your tongue and bleed to death. I’ve heard the epidural myth a lot too, as well as the IV/tattoo myth. Where do kids get this stuff? 🙂

  3. Lita Avatar
    Lita

    I recently got a pair of microdermals on the outsides of my eyes, and I get a myriad of questions. My favorite inquiry was, “Aren’t you afraid you’ve hit your optical nerve and you might go blind?”

    Really? I had no idea my optic nerve stretched across the side of my face! Sigh.

    Another myth I’ve heard is that you should never get a tongue piercing, because you could pierce the vein that runs under your tongue and bleed to death. I’ve heard the epidural myth a lot too, as well as the IV/tattoo myth. Where do kids get this stuff? 🙂

  4. Lita Avatar
    Lita

    I recently got a pair of microdermals on the outsides of my eyes, and I get a myriad of questions. My favorite inquiry was, “Aren’t you afraid you’ve hit your optical nerve and you might go blind?”

    Really? I had no idea my optic nerve stretched across the side of my face! Sigh.

    Another myth I’ve heard is that you should never get a tongue piercing, because you could pierce the vein that runs under your tongue and bleed to death. I’ve heard the epidural myth a lot too, as well as the IV/tattoo myth. Where do kids get this stuff? 🙂

  5. Rat Avatar
    Rat

    The one I hear most often is the myth that people who get tattooed or pierced are obviously doing it for the attention (or shock value, to stand out, etc.).

    It never ceases to amaze me how quick some people are to assume that they have you figured out.

  6. Rat Avatar
    Rat

    The one I hear most often is the myth that people who get tattooed or pierced are obviously doing it for the attention (or shock value, to stand out, etc.).

    It never ceases to amaze me how quick some people are to assume that they have you figured out.

  7. Rat Avatar
    Rat

    The one I hear most often is the myth that people who get tattooed or pierced are obviously doing it for the attention (or shock value, to stand out, etc.).

    It never ceases to amaze me how quick some people are to assume that they have you figured out.

  8. Rat Avatar
    Rat

    The one I hear most often is the myth that people who get tattooed or pierced are obviously doing it for the attention (or shock value, to stand out, etc.).

    It never ceases to amaze me how quick some people are to assume that they have you figured out.

  9. Sergey TYLER Popov Avatar

    Read all these posts above and wanna mention some more “obvious truth”:

    1. Jewelry made of silver could kill bacterias and recommended (!) for initial piercings.
    Probably this myth came from Soviet Union times when any “professional-like” piercing wasn’t available, and bunch of information like this came from gold and silver jewelry manufacturers. Also major part of people was too bad educated to think about reaction between material and body.

    2. Golden jewelry will help your body to heal piercing if you get problems with it.
    One source this myth could came from – legend about golden surgery stitches which they use in plastic surgery (such stitches could make you younger and help the body to heal wounds without the scars). But I’m not sure.

    3. One more myth about jewelry materials – any titanium jewelry is a good choice for body piercing. I mean, people don’t care about polishing and grades of titanium, they think if this is titanium – this is the greatest body jewelry in the world automatically.

    4. Popular episode from “Mythbusters” about tongue piercing that could catch lightnings during the thunderstorm. Must see.

    5. One day I’ve met a woman who started talking me about my labret piercing. I wear spike attachment, and this woman said that I’m cutting her energy sphere with my spike when I turn my face to her side, ’cause my spoke works like a sword. I was shoked about such kind of explanation of body piercing.

    6. If you got tongue piercing and drink beer, you can cause yeast growing inside of the piercing channel.

    7. Lobes under 5 mm will shrink to 0 mm by themselves. Popular myth among the people who like “reversibility” of piercing.

    8. Titanium and surgical steel are the same material. No comments.

    9. Piercing is just a fashion and this fashion will die VERY soon. And thousands years of piercing history don’t matter anything.

    10. Microdermals collect X-rays during the radiography and this could cause radiation sickness. What a funny.

    I hope this is enough for one time : )) If I recall something more, I’ll post it here. Have fun!

  10. Sergey TYLER Popov Avatar

    Read all these posts above and wanna mention some more “obvious truth”:

    1. Jewelry made of silver could kill bacterias and recommended (!) for initial piercings.
    Probably this myth came from Soviet Union times when any “professional-like” piercing wasn’t available, and bunch of information like this came from gold and silver jewelry manufacturers. Also major part of people was too bad educated to think about reaction between material and body.

    2. Golden jewelry will help your body to heal piercing if you get problems with it.
    One source this myth could came from – legend about golden surgery stitches which they use in plastic surgery (such stitches could make you younger and help the body to heal wounds without the scars). But I’m not sure.

    3. One more myth about jewelry materials – any titanium jewelry is a good choice for body piercing. I mean, people don’t care about polishing and grades of titanium, they think if this is titanium – this is the greatest body jewelry in the world automatically.

    4. Popular episode from “Mythbusters” about tongue piercing that could catch lightnings during the thunderstorm. Must see.

    5. One day I’ve met a woman who started talking me about my labret piercing. I wear spike attachment, and this woman said that I’m cutting her energy sphere with my spike when I turn my face to her side, ’cause my spoke works like a sword. I was shoked about such kind of explanation of body piercing.

    6. If you got tongue piercing and drink beer, you can cause yeast growing inside of the piercing channel.

    7. Lobes under 5 mm will shrink to 0 mm by themselves. Popular myth among the people who like “reversibility” of piercing.

    8. Titanium and surgical steel are the same material. No comments.

    9. Piercing is just a fashion and this fashion will die VERY soon. And thousands years of piercing history don’t matter anything.

    10. Microdermals collect X-rays during the radiography and this could cause radiation sickness. What a funny.

    I hope this is enough for one time : )) If I recall something more, I’ll post it here. Have fun!

  11. Sergey TYLER Popov Avatar

    Read all these posts above and wanna mention some more “obvious truth”:

    1. Jewelry made of silver could kill bacterias and recommended (!) for initial piercings.
    Probably this myth came from Soviet Union times when any “professional-like” piercing wasn’t available, and bunch of information like this came from gold and silver jewelry manufacturers. Also major part of people was too bad educated to think about reaction between material and body.

    2. Golden jewelry will help your body to heal piercing if you get problems with it.
    One source this myth could came from – legend about golden surgery stitches which they use in plastic surgery (such stitches could make you younger and help the body to heal wounds without the scars). But I’m not sure.

    3. One more myth about jewelry materials – any titanium jewelry is a good choice for body piercing. I mean, people don’t care about polishing and grades of titanium, they think if this is titanium – this is the greatest body jewelry in the world automatically.

    4. Popular episode from “Mythbusters” about tongue piercing that could catch lightnings during the thunderstorm. Must see.

    5. One day I’ve met a woman who started talking me about my labret piercing. I wear spike attachment, and this woman said that I’m cutting her energy sphere with my spike when I turn my face to her side, ’cause my spoke works like a sword. I was shoked about such kind of explanation of body piercing.

    6. If you got tongue piercing and drink beer, you can cause yeast growing inside of the piercing channel.

    7. Lobes under 5 mm will shrink to 0 mm by themselves. Popular myth among the people who like “reversibility” of piercing.

    8. Titanium and surgical steel are the same material. No comments.

    9. Piercing is just a fashion and this fashion will die VERY soon. And thousands years of piercing history don’t matter anything.

    10. Microdermals collect X-rays during the radiography and this could cause radiation sickness. What a funny.

    I hope this is enough for one time : )) If I recall something more, I’ll post it here. Have fun!

  12. Sergey TYLER Popov Avatar

    Read all these posts above and wanna mention some more “obvious truth”:

    1. Jewelry made of silver could kill bacterias and recommended (!) for initial piercings.
    Probably this myth came from Soviet Union times when any “professional-like” piercing wasn’t available, and bunch of information like this came from gold and silver jewelry manufacturers. Also major part of people was too bad educated to think about reaction between material and body.

    2. Golden jewelry will help your body to heal piercing if you get problems with it.
    One source this myth could came from – legend about golden surgery stitches which they use in plastic surgery (such stitches could make you younger and help the body to heal wounds without the scars). But I’m not sure.

    3. One more myth about jewelry materials – any titanium jewelry is a good choice for body piercing. I mean, people don’t care about polishing and grades of titanium, they think if this is titanium – this is the greatest body jewelry in the world automatically.

    4. Popular episode from “Mythbusters” about tongue piercing that could catch lightnings during the thunderstorm. Must see.

    5. One day I’ve met a woman who started talking me about my labret piercing. I wear spike attachment, and this woman said that I’m cutting her energy sphere with my spike when I turn my face to her side, ’cause my spoke works like a sword. I was shoked about such kind of explanation of body piercing.

    6. If you got tongue piercing and drink beer, you can cause yeast growing inside of the piercing channel.

    7. Lobes under 5 mm will shrink to 0 mm by themselves. Popular myth among the people who like “reversibility” of piercing.

    8. Titanium and surgical steel are the same material. No comments.

    9. Piercing is just a fashion and this fashion will die VERY soon. And thousands years of piercing history don’t matter anything.

    10. Microdermals collect X-rays during the radiography and this could cause radiation sickness. What a funny.

    I hope this is enough for one time : )) If I recall something more, I’ll post it here. Have fun!

  13. A Avatar
    A

    The piercer who did almost all my piercings told me he wouldn’t do my tongue web because I could end up beeing unable to move my tongue for the rest of my life.. so I had to do it myself because I knew it was bullshit, and i haven’t had such a problem since (it was 2 1/2 years ago).

    Before I got my very first “real” piercing, I wanted a labret piercing so bad for years and my dad told me that it could paralyse the muscles of my entire face forever !

    And one time in school when I was still naive about the whole piercing thing, a friend told me that her mother said “don’t get a helix piercing, there’s an optic nerve in there and you could go blind!” I think that it’s by far the funniest thing I’ve ever heard !

  14. A Avatar
    A

    The piercer who did almost all my piercings told me he wouldn’t do my tongue web because I could end up beeing unable to move my tongue for the rest of my life.. so I had to do it myself because I knew it was bullshit, and i haven’t had such a problem since (it was 2 1/2 years ago).

    Before I got my very first “real” piercing, I wanted a labret piercing so bad for years and my dad told me that it could paralyse the muscles of my entire face forever !

    And one time in school when I was still naive about the whole piercing thing, a friend told me that her mother said “don’t get a helix piercing, there’s an optic nerve in there and you could go blind!” I think that it’s by far the funniest thing I’ve ever heard !

  15. A Avatar
    A

    The piercer who did almost all my piercings told me he wouldn’t do my tongue web because I could end up beeing unable to move my tongue for the rest of my life.. so I had to do it myself because I knew it was bullshit, and i haven’t had such a problem since (it was 2 1/2 years ago).

    Before I got my very first “real” piercing, I wanted a labret piercing so bad for years and my dad told me that it could paralyse the muscles of my entire face forever !

    And one time in school when I was still naive about the whole piercing thing, a friend told me that her mother said “don’t get a helix piercing, there’s an optic nerve in there and you could go blind!” I think that it’s by far the funniest thing I’ve ever heard !

  16. A Avatar
    A

    The piercer who did almost all my piercings told me he wouldn’t do my tongue web because I could end up beeing unable to move my tongue for the rest of my life.. so I had to do it myself because I knew it was bullshit, and i haven’t had such a problem since (it was 2 1/2 years ago).

    Before I got my very first “real” piercing, I wanted a labret piercing so bad for years and my dad told me that it could paralyse the muscles of my entire face forever !

    And one time in school when I was still naive about the whole piercing thing, a friend told me that her mother said “don’t get a helix piercing, there’s an optic nerve in there and you could go blind!” I think that it’s by far the funniest thing I’ve ever heard !

  17. clockorange Avatar

    One woman told me that lip piercings can causes herpes.
    Heard from few people (including russian journalists) that transdermal implats are screwed into the bone.

  18. clockorange Avatar

    One woman told me that lip piercings can causes herpes.
    Heard from few people (including russian journalists) that transdermal implats are screwed into the bone.

  19. clockorange Avatar

    One woman told me that lip piercings can causes herpes.
    Heard from few people (including russian journalists) that transdermal implats are screwed into the bone.

  20. clockorange Avatar

    One woman told me that lip piercings can causes herpes.
    Heard from few people (including russian journalists) that transdermal implats are screwed into the bone.

  21. Jen Avatar

    Sergey – I’d be willing to bet the “gold is better for healing piercings” myth has a lot to do with metal allergies and the fact that those piercing studs you can buy at the mall are made from cheap metals and cause reactions in a lot of people. People don’t realize that the jewellery used in good piercing shops is not the same grade of metal you get at the mall stores.

  22. Jen Avatar

    Sergey – I’d be willing to bet the “gold is better for healing piercings” myth has a lot to do with metal allergies and the fact that those piercing studs you can buy at the mall are made from cheap metals and cause reactions in a lot of people. People don’t realize that the jewellery used in good piercing shops is not the same grade of metal you get at the mall stores.

  23. Jen Avatar

    Sergey – I’d be willing to bet the “gold is better for healing piercings” myth has a lot to do with metal allergies and the fact that those piercing studs you can buy at the mall are made from cheap metals and cause reactions in a lot of people. People don’t realize that the jewellery used in good piercing shops is not the same grade of metal you get at the mall stores.

  24. Jen Avatar

    Sergey – I’d be willing to bet the “gold is better for healing piercings” myth has a lot to do with metal allergies and the fact that those piercing studs you can buy at the mall are made from cheap metals and cause reactions in a lot of people. People don’t realize that the jewellery used in good piercing shops is not the same grade of metal you get at the mall stores.

  25. press_corpse Avatar
    press_corpse

    @ 41
    i have those two as well, and in this small city it’s apparently fact that I have my clit pierced. The amount of people that state to me that i have my clit pierced is crazy. It’s a huge and horrid misconception the the only part of your genitals that can be pierced is your clit. It rather annoys me and I find it hard to not speak to these people like they are morons.

  26. press_corpse Avatar
    press_corpse

    @ 41
    i have those two as well, and in this small city it’s apparently fact that I have my clit pierced. The amount of people that state to me that i have my clit pierced is crazy. It’s a huge and horrid misconception the the only part of your genitals that can be pierced is your clit. It rather annoys me and I find it hard to not speak to these people like they are morons.

  27. press_corpse Avatar
    press_corpse

    @ 41
    i have those two as well, and in this small city it’s apparently fact that I have my clit pierced. The amount of people that state to me that i have my clit pierced is crazy. It’s a huge and horrid misconception the the only part of your genitals that can be pierced is your clit. It rather annoys me and I find it hard to not speak to these people like they are morons.

  28. press_corpse Avatar
    press_corpse

    @ 41
    i have those two as well, and in this small city it’s apparently fact that I have my clit pierced. The amount of people that state to me that i have my clit pierced is crazy. It’s a huge and horrid misconception the the only part of your genitals that can be pierced is your clit. It rather annoys me and I find it hard to not speak to these people like they are morons.

  29. fumbles Avatar
    fumbles

    The Myth about not doing IVs through tattoos is interesting because I’ve always heard about needle junkies getting tattoos on the inside of their elbows to hide the track marks, a rose there being “a rose that wont bloom in the spring” being my favorite. Of all the things that kill needle junkies, I don’t think ink poisoning is that high on the list.

    Most things people ask like “is that that big all the way through?” and, “is that stuck in the side of your face?” Those aren’t really myths. They are generally just people without knowledge on the subject being curious. As long as the people aren’t being mean spirited about it, I think we should indulge that curiosity. I’m sure plenty of modded people ask stupid questions without thinking, or am I alone in that?

  30. fumbles Avatar
    fumbles

    The Myth about not doing IVs through tattoos is interesting because I’ve always heard about needle junkies getting tattoos on the inside of their elbows to hide the track marks, a rose there being “a rose that wont bloom in the spring” being my favorite. Of all the things that kill needle junkies, I don’t think ink poisoning is that high on the list.

    Most things people ask like “is that that big all the way through?” and, “is that stuck in the side of your face?” Those aren’t really myths. They are generally just people without knowledge on the subject being curious. As long as the people aren’t being mean spirited about it, I think we should indulge that curiosity. I’m sure plenty of modded people ask stupid questions without thinking, or am I alone in that?

  31. fumbles Avatar
    fumbles

    The Myth about not doing IVs through tattoos is interesting because I’ve always heard about needle junkies getting tattoos on the inside of their elbows to hide the track marks, a rose there being “a rose that wont bloom in the spring” being my favorite. Of all the things that kill needle junkies, I don’t think ink poisoning is that high on the list.

    Most things people ask like “is that that big all the way through?” and, “is that stuck in the side of your face?” Those aren’t really myths. They are generally just people without knowledge on the subject being curious. As long as the people aren’t being mean spirited about it, I think we should indulge that curiosity. I’m sure plenty of modded people ask stupid questions without thinking, or am I alone in that?

  32. fumbles Avatar
    fumbles

    The Myth about not doing IVs through tattoos is interesting because I’ve always heard about needle junkies getting tattoos on the inside of their elbows to hide the track marks, a rose there being “a rose that wont bloom in the spring” being my favorite. Of all the things that kill needle junkies, I don’t think ink poisoning is that high on the list.

    Most things people ask like “is that that big all the way through?” and, “is that stuck in the side of your face?” Those aren’t really myths. They are generally just people without knowledge on the subject being curious. As long as the people aren’t being mean spirited about it, I think we should indulge that curiosity. I’m sure plenty of modded people ask stupid questions without thinking, or am I alone in that?

  33. Noah Matteson Avatar
    Noah Matteson

    A few years back, I was considering having my tongue split. A student nurse *dumb bitch* that was married to another guy in my unit * I was in the army during said time* said that I would lose all my sense of taste and that it could never be reversed. I told her that she was wrong, but everyone agreed with her only because she was a tremendous bitch, and was going drunk and more likely to start a fight.

  34. Noah Matteson Avatar
    Noah Matteson

    A few years back, I was considering having my tongue split. A student nurse *dumb bitch* that was married to another guy in my unit * I was in the army during said time* said that I would lose all my sense of taste and that it could never be reversed. I told her that she was wrong, but everyone agreed with her only because she was a tremendous bitch, and was going drunk and more likely to start a fight.

  35. Noah Matteson Avatar
    Noah Matteson

    A few years back, I was considering having my tongue split. A student nurse *dumb bitch* that was married to another guy in my unit * I was in the army during said time* said that I would lose all my sense of taste and that it could never be reversed. I told her that she was wrong, but everyone agreed with her only because she was a tremendous bitch, and was going drunk and more likely to start a fight.

  36. Noah Matteson Avatar
    Noah Matteson

    A few years back, I was considering having my tongue split. A student nurse *dumb bitch* that was married to another guy in my unit * I was in the army during said time* said that I would lose all my sense of taste and that it could never be reversed. I told her that she was wrong, but everyone agreed with her only because she was a tremendous bitch, and was going drunk and more likely to start a fight.

  37. Helen Avatar

    every time anyone asks about weather my ears will shrink back to normal i keep telling them yes, it saves me having to justify why i’ve stretched my ears and how and all the other questions.

    i keep getting the inevitable ‘does it hurt?’ and i’ve been asked if my septum piercing goes through bone.

  38. Helen Avatar

    every time anyone asks about weather my ears will shrink back to normal i keep telling them yes, it saves me having to justify why i’ve stretched my ears and how and all the other questions.

    i keep getting the inevitable ‘does it hurt?’ and i’ve been asked if my septum piercing goes through bone.

  39. Helen Avatar

    every time anyone asks about weather my ears will shrink back to normal i keep telling them yes, it saves me having to justify why i’ve stretched my ears and how and all the other questions.

    i keep getting the inevitable ‘does it hurt?’ and i’ve been asked if my septum piercing goes through bone.

  40. Helen Avatar

    every time anyone asks about weather my ears will shrink back to normal i keep telling them yes, it saves me having to justify why i’ve stretched my ears and how and all the other questions.

    i keep getting the inevitable ‘does it hurt?’ and i’ve been asked if my septum piercing goes through bone.

  41. Deano Avatar

    the whole “dont pierce your tongue because theres a vein running through it and you will bleed to death” I think stems from the fact that obviously there are 2 main veins running either side of the middle…but on some people these can be closer to the center than on others and if your piercer is inexperienced they will just pierce without bothering to check..

    hell we had a girl come into the studio I worked at once…she had a tongue piercing done (at another studio I might add) but the piercer didnt check and she was basically spitting blood…..what had happened was she was one of the unlucky ones and had the veins run very close to the center…and the bar had just worn its way through the very small area to catch the vein…she was ok in the end…we removed the bar and her tongue healed up she later came back for venoms instead…

    So yea I can see HOW that myth got there….but bleed to bleed to death? very very unlikely unless your piercer was that stupid and just randomly stabbed you…maybe in the neck lol

  42. Deano Avatar

    the whole “dont pierce your tongue because theres a vein running through it and you will bleed to death” I think stems from the fact that obviously there are 2 main veins running either side of the middle…but on some people these can be closer to the center than on others and if your piercer is inexperienced they will just pierce without bothering to check..

    hell we had a girl come into the studio I worked at once…she had a tongue piercing done (at another studio I might add) but the piercer didnt check and she was basically spitting blood…..what had happened was she was one of the unlucky ones and had the veins run very close to the center…and the bar had just worn its way through the very small area to catch the vein…she was ok in the end…we removed the bar and her tongue healed up she later came back for venoms instead…

    So yea I can see HOW that myth got there….but bleed to bleed to death? very very unlikely unless your piercer was that stupid and just randomly stabbed you…maybe in the neck lol

  43. Deano Avatar

    the whole “dont pierce your tongue because theres a vein running through it and you will bleed to death” I think stems from the fact that obviously there are 2 main veins running either side of the middle…but on some people these can be closer to the center than on others and if your piercer is inexperienced they will just pierce without bothering to check..

    hell we had a girl come into the studio I worked at once…she had a tongue piercing done (at another studio I might add) but the piercer didnt check and she was basically spitting blood…..what had happened was she was one of the unlucky ones and had the veins run very close to the center…and the bar had just worn its way through the very small area to catch the vein…she was ok in the end…we removed the bar and her tongue healed up she later came back for venoms instead…

    So yea I can see HOW that myth got there….but bleed to bleed to death? very very unlikely unless your piercer was that stupid and just randomly stabbed you…maybe in the neck lol

  44. Deano Avatar

    the whole “dont pierce your tongue because theres a vein running through it and you will bleed to death” I think stems from the fact that obviously there are 2 main veins running either side of the middle…but on some people these can be closer to the center than on others and if your piercer is inexperienced they will just pierce without bothering to check..

    hell we had a girl come into the studio I worked at once…she had a tongue piercing done (at another studio I might add) but the piercer didnt check and she was basically spitting blood…..what had happened was she was one of the unlucky ones and had the veins run very close to the center…and the bar had just worn its way through the very small area to catch the vein…she was ok in the end…we removed the bar and her tongue healed up she later came back for venoms instead…

    So yea I can see HOW that myth got there….but bleed to bleed to death? very very unlikely unless your piercer was that stupid and just randomly stabbed you…maybe in the neck lol

  45. Rose Avatar
    Rose

    a nose piercing on L/R side means you’re a lesbian was a common one at my high school

    tattoo ink is a toxin, containing heavy metals (actually i think maybe red ink does have mercury in it…?) and your body will never function at its optimum again because of this

    crust means infection

    facial piercings/tattoos on young people are always the result of immaturity and bad thinking – the “you’ll regret it” factor. apparently even those people with small tattoos in private places will always wish they hadn’t had it done since only ‘old’ people can know their body and themselves enough to make such a decision.

  46. Rose Avatar
    Rose

    a nose piercing on L/R side means you’re a lesbian was a common one at my high school

    tattoo ink is a toxin, containing heavy metals (actually i think maybe red ink does have mercury in it…?) and your body will never function at its optimum again because of this

    crust means infection

    facial piercings/tattoos on young people are always the result of immaturity and bad thinking – the “you’ll regret it” factor. apparently even those people with small tattoos in private places will always wish they hadn’t had it done since only ‘old’ people can know their body and themselves enough to make such a decision.

  47. Rose Avatar
    Rose

    a nose piercing on L/R side means you’re a lesbian was a common one at my high school

    tattoo ink is a toxin, containing heavy metals (actually i think maybe red ink does have mercury in it…?) and your body will never function at its optimum again because of this

    crust means infection

    facial piercings/tattoos on young people are always the result of immaturity and bad thinking – the “you’ll regret it” factor. apparently even those people with small tattoos in private places will always wish they hadn’t had it done since only ‘old’ people can know their body and themselves enough to make such a decision.

  48. Rose Avatar
    Rose

    a nose piercing on L/R side means you’re a lesbian was a common one at my high school

    tattoo ink is a toxin, containing heavy metals (actually i think maybe red ink does have mercury in it…?) and your body will never function at its optimum again because of this

    crust means infection

    facial piercings/tattoos on young people are always the result of immaturity and bad thinking – the “you’ll regret it” factor. apparently even those people with small tattoos in private places will always wish they hadn’t had it done since only ‘old’ people can know their body and themselves enough to make such a decision.

  49. colin Avatar
    colin

    I have 1″ lobes(only piercings) and am very heavily tattooed. I’ll do mine in point form. Here goes:

    -I can’t take my earrings out. Only a professional piercer with special tools can do this.

    -The tissue on the inside of my earlobe has never healed and I’m in constant pain.

    -through age, gravity, and jewelry my earlobes will probably be somewhere near the ground in my later years.

    -Eventualy my tattoos will be indiscernible blobs because you’re skin changes that much as you age.

    -You can’t tattoo your palms

    -Coloured pigment is more painful than black ink when applied and vice versa.

    -All heavily tattooed/modded people LOVE pain.

    -All heavily tattooed/modded people are into fetish, bdsm, etc.

    -That I want to see your shitty tattoo.

    -That I paid too much for mine.

    -No matter what we’ll all have a change of heart and reget this later. WHAT WILL WE DOOOO?!?!?!? hahaha

  50. colin Avatar
    colin

    I have 1″ lobes(only piercings) and am very heavily tattooed. I’ll do mine in point form. Here goes:

    -I can’t take my earrings out. Only a professional piercer with special tools can do this.

    -The tissue on the inside of my earlobe has never healed and I’m in constant pain.

    -through age, gravity, and jewelry my earlobes will probably be somewhere near the ground in my later years.

    -Eventualy my tattoos will be indiscernible blobs because you’re skin changes that much as you age.

    -You can’t tattoo your palms

    -Coloured pigment is more painful than black ink when applied and vice versa.

    -All heavily tattooed/modded people LOVE pain.

    -All heavily tattooed/modded people are into fetish, bdsm, etc.

    -That I want to see your shitty tattoo.

    -That I paid too much for mine.

    -No matter what we’ll all have a change of heart and reget this later. WHAT WILL WE DOOOO?!?!?!? hahaha

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