#i love my piercer

[twink-puppy]

next 6ish months are gonna be hell bc i got my nips pierced and i can’t put pressure on them

[uncanny-tranny]

I love giving advice, apparently, so if you are a newly pierced person or are planning on being pierced, here are some of the things I found helpful, as somebody who isn't a professional piercer but has had six plus piercings on my face and body, and multiple ear piercings (which I don't count, since I DIY'd them):

Normal bath towels are your enemy, proceed with caution after bathing. NEVER wipe moisture away from a fresh piercing, always pat it dry

You will hit a new piercing and it will hurt. This is inevitable, just know that you likely haven't destroyed it. Feel free to cry, though, it hurts like hell.

If your piercer gives you instructions, heed them. If you're on restrictions, please take it as seriously as possible

When you're going in for a piercing, please eat or drink something - at least what constitutes as a snack for your body. It really helps

If you're getting an oral piercing, make sure you size down after the healing period - I hadn't sized down for my last oral piercing when I first had the chance, and it was... so annoying to have too-large of jewelry

Not all jewelry is made equally. Do your research on materials, threading, and sizing. I've found that titanium jewelry is really nice for me, and I like it, but that isn't the only option. Make sure you think about your body and its needs and preferences

Close your eyes while being pierced (I found this really helps me)

Don't over-clean a new piercing, twice per day is usually a good place to start

The completed healing period is a very average suggestion - you may heal slower or faster. Try to adhere to that suggestion, though, especially if you do not feel you're healed enough

Personally, I have found that I am completely healed when my piercing feels like just another part of my body, even when it is touched. When my piercings start to feel as though they are foreign when they never do before, I know I likely need to clean them

While I have DIY'd piercings, I personally do not recommend it, especially if you are either not using sterilized equipment, or are piercing a very dangerous place (like the tongue). If you are absolutely positive about committing to the DIY mindset, please try to do due diligence in research at least

Tip your piercer. Body mods are a luxury service, and it takes years to even become a piercer, much less to be proficient at it. Tip your piercer, ESPECIALLY if their prices feel too good to be true - they likely are. Unless you are directed otherwise by your piercer, just assume that you will be tipping them for their services and budget accordingly

Make sure you understand how your piercer wants you to take care of your piercing, and ask questions. There is no question too "dumb"

If you are getting a body part pierced you are insecure about, realize your piercer has most likely seen HUNDREDS of different body parts of various sizes, shapes, and oddities. Your body is not uniquely bad, nor would a good piercer make you feel unwelcome or uncomfortable with your body. If they do, however, DO NOT go through with the piercing. You should feel safe being pierced by somebody, and, indeed, that is the bare minimum.

If you use saline wash to clean piercings, you can DIY it. You will go through NeilMed like no other, and with it being $5USD a bottle, that price can rack up quickly. Make sure you use distilled water and non-iodized salt, though

If your piercing is infected, please don't be too ashamed to seek help. It's in your best interest to make sure you don't get ill or your site gets nasty ("nasty" as in painful)

These are just some of the things I've learned being a pierced person! My piercings are something I absolutely needed, and I do not for a minute regret having them. I want that same happiness to befall you, and that happens when you are able to understand a bit more what goes into piercings. You are, essentially, getting a new body part installed by a pro, and so I don't want you to not be ready for that.

Again, I am not a professional piercer, but am rather a body piercing enthusiast with many different types of piercings. I don't have every piercing, though, so please look at this critically for the piercing(s) that you want or have. At least, treat this like a soft suggestion or ways to help you brainstorm what you will find helpful.

More tips are obviously welcomed, especially if you yourself have more insight or expertise. Good luck to every pierced person or future pierced person reading this💛

[immortalsins]

EYEBROW PIERCED

[ghost-proofbaby]

tattoo artist eddie who starts at tattoo artist steves shop and falls his steves girl, the receptionist.

no okay but please. PLEASE.

eddie and steve got along well enough. eddie poked so much fun at steve for not having tattoos but being an artist, but he comes to realize the man is fucking INCREDIBLE. he puts on some silly pop music, gets comfy, and can just tattoo like no one's business for AGES. he wasn't much of an artist before tattooing (he learned to draw from his current apprentice -- ROBIN), but something about suddenly seeing skin as the canvas just clicked the artistic part FULLY into place. (and it's the opposite way for robin: she can draw like no one's business, but when it comes to tattooing? nope nope nope. hands shake too much, is scared/has issues with knowing she's inflicting pain, etc.)

and then steve introduces the two of you. steve's girlfriend. fully tatted up, certified golden retriever. the sweetest person eddie thinks he's ever met - just two minutes with you and he needs to get a dentist on speed dial from all the cavities.

and it's hard. because he already had a terrible and confusing crush on steve, and now he wants steve's girl too? every day is the circus for that poor booboo the fool at his new job, and it's all because of you and steve.

*insert intense bisexual panic meme for eddie because i can't find one rn*

[nanstar200]

I got piercings ^^

[superbattrash]

My dentist: no new meds right?

Me: nope

Dentist: and you quit smoking, yeah?

Me: I lost my job actually so um I’ve kinda been smoking a little again….

Dentist: you know the speech

Me: yes ma’am

Dentist: keep it to a minimum, okay? How are you doing? That must be so stressful for you

Me: 🥺🥺🥺 ‘m ok

[sugar-coat-it]

need 2 ride body piercer till his dick fall off xx

GIRL BYE

Respect though, he would get a kick out of letting you try

[emoflutterguy]

I GOT THEM GUYZ!!!! X3

yes i know they look a little funky, mostly because the worst of the swelling is yet to come so the bars still stick out just ever so slightly but thats okay

god i love them so much already and theyre not even in their final form yet

piercing infodump incoming in the reblogs of the post but ill leave this one here :3

[gothsuguru]

let it be known…. bestie!sukuna does a killer winged eyeliner

[toxycodone]

Are people just really dramatic about navel piercings bc I’m almost a week in and it doesn’t hurt or anything

[praisekink-nb]

You should absolutely get your titties pierced 👀

I've been eyeing getting them done for so long, I really should just make the appointment 🤭

I have so many other piercings it's not like it'd be horribly different, but I'm still a lil nervous of how it'd feel 😅

[toadsrbutch]

hehe the piercer who was checking on my piercings said that I am doing suchhhh a good job healing my nipple piercings and that they look great 🥰

[kuromi-hoemie]

heh i got a matching moonstone piece for my medusa 2 match my labret ૮ – ﻌ–ა good moonstone is so hard to find online !! i emailed the parlor i bought it from and as soon as they told me they had one in the shop i came thru immediately !! i like the bigger sized stuff :3c

they were so sweet to me too (⁠〒⁠﹏⁠〒⁠) i just came in 2 buy jewelry real quick but got to talk to everyone who works there n said what's up 2 my piercer, got a lil gift bag to take home with me. one of them ran down the street for me bc they thought i dropped some jewelry but it wasn't mine 😹 thanks for running over for me though 🥺 heheh i can tell that person in particular thinks I'm cute they're sooo nicey to me when i come in 🙈 i see u ♡⁠

[skautism]

i applied to university for a degree i don’t want as much as others for stability and so my dad would be nice to me and because im not good enough for the degrees i want and i regret my life choices

[running-in-the-dark]

just got a conch piercing!

that wasn't the plan initially but the piercer convinced me (not really, that was intended to be the next one if this one healed well anyway. but she said in her experience conch piercings heal better than high lobes so yeah why not)

it looks cute 💖

[fragmentedblade]

It's sort of ironic how fans often link the leaf 🍁 to Dan Heng, considering "Feng" means "maple", but it's also so fitting