Body piercing

i have a navel ring, and 3 holes on each side of my ears. i've had had the navel ring since i was 15 and my ears pierced since i was 11.

ProAntiRevolution said:

And that's different from keeping up with trends in fashion how?

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It's not very different at all. The more "original" people try to be, the more they end up just copying each other. It's comical.

.Vicky. said:

It's not very different at all. The more "original" people try to be, the more they end up just copying each other. It's comical.

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Well....maybe if you define "original" as one of a kind in the world...and not "original" as uniquely yourself. Being true to yourself means not caring about what everyone else is doing...and whether that means having a ton of metal in your face and ink covering most of your body or not....it depends on the person. Some people will forgo ink and piercings to stand out as someone above all that....so the intent is no different. Just be true to you...and prepared to stand before your maker.

.Vicky. said:

It's not very different at all. The more "original" people try to be, the more they end up just copying each other. It's comical.

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Few things are actually original, but it doesn't mean there aren't styles that are "outside the norm." The real key is to be who you are and if people want to make fun of how you look or dress, that's their problem.

Not sure why everyone seems so determined to argue with all my posts, lol. Never said anyone had to agree with my views on things.

.Vicky. said:

Not sure why everyone seems so determined to argue with all my posts, lol. Never said anyone had to agree with my views on things.

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Because they are slightly offensive. You are painting a lot of people with a very large condescending brush. I'm not really wanting to argue....I love you sister....I'm just defending others that I love as well from what, imo, is a misrepresentation of their character and intentions.

Piercings aren't for me (except for my ears as they were pierced a very long time ago). I'm terrified of needles.

I don't really understand the desire to have them, but I don't take issue with them either.

Well if we're counting earrings as body piercings, I had 3 in my left ear.
They have closed up now.

MacFall said:

First of all, this is not a thread to condemn piercing or make fun of anyone, so I'll thank everyone not to do so. But I am wondering, what is the appeal in piercings? I mean, I can understand a lady wanting to be able to decorate an earlobe, and I think nose-studs can be cute. But I just don't understand why anyone would want to have, say, a dozen piercings on her face. Or why anyone would want a chain attached to a finger. And... nipple piercings? WHY ON EARTH WOULD SOMEONE DO THAT?

Just curious.

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I think it varies from person to person.

It may be a culture thing.

It may be a personal self-expression thing.

It may be a delusional thing of wanting to feel original.

It may be a sexual appeal thing(piercings on certain areas causes more sensation for some people).

It may be a love for pain.

I ask the same question to myself when my friend cut off his nipple. He answered, "I just wanted to" and ya know, that's a good enough answer. What really else could be said? This guy split his tongue, had his privates pierced to where the thickness of the piercing is the size of a glow stick and did the suspension(for all the pg viewers, suspension is where a person's back is pierced and they are suspended in the air and their skin stretches). I've had my lip pierced two times, and my ear lobes gauged. The reason? I liked the look. Still do but I no longer have the lip piercings, and I'm too lazy to put my gauges back in. I've been debating about putting them back in and getting them stretched back to the size they were(1/2 of an inch) when I took them out and just keep them out for work to be safe(for personal safety and to kiss up to my employers...yes I'm a sellout for a constant paycheck).

It really does vary from person to person.

I know it's not up to me to judge anyone's piercings but I just can't forget some people I've seen and neither can I understand why they want to have those things on their faces and look the way they do. And I sometimes have to wonder whether those people ever feel awkward about their looks and whether they ever cause pain. But then again it's really none of my business.

I used to have a lip ring and small plugs. I could see myself doing the plugs again, but I dont really feel like putting in the time to stretch them back out.

.Vicky. said:

It's attention-seeking behavior, nothing more. If no one were going to be looking at you, you wouldn't be doing it. And a lot of people think it makes them sexy (tongue rings, belly rings, nipple rings, where-the-sun-don't-shine rings). The difference, for me anyway, is that other bodily enhancements, like tattoos and makeup, are decorative, and can be downright beautiful, while piercings are just various ways of stabbing metal rods through your flesh so all your friends think you're really cool and you can sit around talking about how hard your life is and that you must suffer a whole lot cause you like the awesome pain of poking needles through your skin. I do find some piercings to be really attractive (tiny sparkly studs, for example), but when you're stretching out your earlobs to look like donuts, or you've got chains hooked to various facial surfaces...it goes beyond "self expression" into "look at me! I'm shocking!", and that's just stupid to me.

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I kind of take offense to that.
I have my lip pierced (used to have 2, but the one closed) and when I went and got it I didn't do it just to draw "attention" to me. And I don't sit around and talk about how hard my life is. It's just a piece of metal; it's no different than having an earring, it's just in a different location.
I have a lot of friends who have multiple piercings, their ears stretched, etc. and I honestly don't think any of them have gone and done it because they wanted to be "shocking" or just to get attention. For that matter, everything that anyone does is for attention. Dying your hair, cutting your hair, buying a new necklace... the list goes on and on.
In fact, my first boyfriend had his septum pierced. His reasoning? Oxen and other cattle are lead around by their masters by the nose. His master is God, and so therefore he is 'lead by the nose'.

I think that you really should take into consideration other people's feelings before you start saying that everyone that has piercings is just seeking attention. I'm not the kind of person who likes unwanted attention, so I'm certainly not going to go out and do something to draw even more attention to me. I just liked how it looked, and wanted it.

I don't think you should have to change your opinions on piercings, but maybe take a kinder, more loving approach at how you view the people that have them.

I've had my nipples pierced. It wasn't attention seeking behavior at all. I certainly don't go around topless and only a few people knew about them. I got them done because I like thought they were beautiful. And they were. I eventually took them out because I was over the idea. That's the beauty of piercings. They're a temporary version of self expression. I like tasteful piercings that compliment the body part.

I loved my lipring/labret piercing. I took it out when I went to bible college and haven't felt the need to get it redone. I think it looked good on me. And everyone I met said it looked really good on me. I guess it just depends on the placing and the person.

.Vicky. said:

It's not very different at all. The more "original" people try to be, the more they end up just copying each other. It's comical.

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And yet I would venture to guess that you wear modern clothing that is, at least for the most part, in style? We all engage in attention seeking behavior because we want to be noticed. Some people put rings in their faces, some people spend hours at a gym enhancing their bodies. In a lot of Polynesian cultures it's elaborate facial tattooing.

I used to have 3 eye brow rings in one eyebrow. Took them out eventually, then
after that I got a Monroe and a small stud in my nose on the same side, and had two hoop ear rings in each ear.

After Christ saved me I wasn't very cooperative at first. I remember I came under great conviction one time for something bad I was doing, and I remembered Exodus 33 when God was going kill the Jews for their stubborness. God commanded them to remove their ornaments and they did. I was doing some pretty evil things in the sight of God so I thought maybe I could appease Him by doing the same. I took out all my piercings and never wore them again.

That was in my first year as a convert. I was converted through the reading of God's word and received His Spirit. I never really went to church before, so no one told me to take them out. I just did because I was scared of God and was so convicted for being such an evil turd.

Whether He commanded me to, or whether I was just being legalistic not knowing any better (I didn't quite understand what grace was yet) I did it and never wanted them back.

Now the place I used to have the Monroe fills with puss every so often and I have to drain it. It's nasty and can't afford to go to the doctor for it. Fortunately it drains out the front and not in my mouth.

Personally, I love my belly ring. I got it for me because I liked the way it looked. I can't even begin to count how many times I've been asked why I wanted it if I was just going to keep it covered up. I had family members try to talk me out of it because it was "vain" or "trashy" or, my personal favorite, "it doesn't glorify God in any way."

My daughters boyfriend just got his tongue pierced.. I tried to talk him out of it.. He is staying with us because he has no where to live... and his mother wouldn't care and I thought it would be very painful for him.. He wanted it so what could I do?? I accept him for who he is.. and although it has been very sore.. he is happy with it.. My daughter has her nose pierced I tried to talk her out of it as well.. LOL.. mother thing.. but now I am used to it and actually like it on her..

Some people I think look ugly with those things all over their faces.. but they are still people underneath and maybe I look ugly to them..

You'd have to ask the person. There's the rebellion factor, the attention factor and the cultural factor to look at. as well as the, 'dude, that looks so awesome - I want my achilles tendon (or insert other random body part here) pierced!!!!" factor.

I personally don't think there's anything wrong with body piercings, but I'm too chicken to even get my ears pierced, so you won't see me getting anything wild done. I also think there's a point when you've had too many piercings in to many strange places and it just looks nasty.