last night, i went to a local place, that is certified by the state health department. so i went with my mom, and boyfriend, and my dad showed up too. so the peircer looked at my belly button and had us fill out all the paperwork and pick out a ring.

Okay so i started out at a needle size about an eighteen? I got 14s from a friend so i put those in. I waited about a week err two and stretched to an eleven? Then my mom found out and i put my fourteens back in. Then waited about a week and stretched to an eight. Talk about painful. Then after that i waited about two weeks and stretched to a six. None of this besides the fourtenn to an eight. during my six im very facinated with trying to look through my ear and i noticed white so i put a cotton swab through and it started bleeding. Dont know what that was all about.

I finally got my tongue pierced a few months ago, after trying since I was 16! Firstly when I was 16, I went to a shop, and they looked at my tongue, started getting stuff ready, then decided I had to be 18, or have my parents consent 'incase anything goes wrong' I rang my mum to get her to say it was ok, but she said no.
2nd try - when I was 18, went to a different shop. They looked at my tongue, and said they couldn't do it - my tongue was 'unpiercable'.

I've wanted a navel piercing for a while. For 2 reasons: 1) they are just so sexy looking and 2) it would negate the fact that I was getting older! Well, I finally got it... one week before I turned 50! Okay all, before you moan and groan let me say that I don't look my age, and I'm in really good shape. My oldest son came with me as my support system. Let's talk about a bonding experience... When it was done he says ' damn Mom, what a trooper. You didn't even flinch.' Both my boys (19 and 20 yrs old) thought it was very cool that I got it, and my husband thinks it looks great!

I've been gauging my ears for over a year now. I skipped over the super small gauges and jumped right into 8g. When I first started it didn't hurt, but as time went on and sizes increased I noticed the pain increased too.

At first I was gauging almost every other month, which was extremely stupid to do, I didn't let the tissue heal and had a lot of problems at first. But soon I got the hang of it, only after I ripped my left lobe on a 2g plug.

After that I went down to a four again, letting it heal for a good three months before I tried for a 2g again.

About two weeks ago I decided to get my cartilage done for the first time. I was really iffy with getting it done at first, my friend said she'd do it for me, which I declined right away, she has only done one piercing and that one became infected real fast (it wasn't one of mine).

So a few days later, late at night, I got this huge adrenaline rush out of no where.

I decided to get my navel pierced. I'd never gotten anything other than my ear lobes pierced, so I was clueless. I knew where there was a long standing tattoo shop, so I went there. I requested a piercing, and one of the tattoo artists told me he would do it when he finished with the tattoo client he was working on. I sat and waited. He called me back, had me fill out paperwork, asked if I wanted a barbell or CBR. I chose a curved barbell with jeweled ends. He marked the spot while I was standing and asked if it was o.k. Looked o.k. to me.

so i got my lip pierced about a week and a half ago the swelling is totally gone and it doesn;t hurt anymore. it was quick and easy and it wasn't painless but it was the least painful piercing i have gotten so far ( i have 18 so far). i would totally reccomend it to anybody who wants to get it! i have a low pain tolerance and i hate needles if i can do it so can you =D

My mother had told me I could get my nose pierced after she died. Little did anyone know that that would be only a few years later. I returned to Virtue and Vice in Atlanta hoping to have another wonderful experience with April. However she was out of town and the man taking her place for the week was not as great. To be honest this is what made me realize I should always go with who I know. The man was kind and funny. However the experience itself was what didn't go so great. The first time I had my nostril pierced it was a lovely sensation.

I had wanted this piercing since I was 8 years old, however my mother wouldn't let my neighbor pierce me at that age so I had to wait until I was old enough to get it done on my own. I went to virtue and vice in Atlanta and had the most wonderful experience with April. She was so wonderful I felt no discomfort or pain. This was my first facial piercing and I loved it so much I wanted more. However when I returned to my mother she looked at me and said nothing except you disgust me and not in my house.