*OFFICIAL* Tattoos, Body Piercing, And Body Modification

Do you think "56 Stars" girl is full of s**t?

Yes, She's full of it.	42.2%	[ 2325 ]
She only wanted 3	3.4%	[ 186 ]
She fell asleep?	7.1%	[ 390 ]
Who is 56 stars girl?	47.4%	[ 2610 ]
Total Votes:			[ 5511 ]

[Jagger-Wolf]

LUX ARUMQU3

Ack, caught my edit...
But yeah, I see what you mean.
It seems like one of those things that people will never be able to agree on.

She laughed a wicked laugh and said...

I told him that if we were to ever have a baby girl together, SHE would tell US when she wanted her ears pierced.

Circumcision, I'm kinda on the fence about. We're not religious so we wouldn't do it for that reason. I honestly might just leave it up to our potential son. He can get it done any time he wants to, there is no set age for circumcision. Choices choices...

"Come here, let me clip your wings"

[Borilla Giscuits]

Hi <3

[Jagger-Wolf]

zombitch from mars

Hi <3

She laughed a wicked laugh and said...

Waddup?

"Come here, let me clip your wings"

[Alyss Weller]

I posted here a little while ago... coudln't get a piercing out...

And YAY! Its out now. I miss it, but its better than rejection!

[[x] Natasha [x]]

Jagger-Wolf

She laughed a wicked laugh and said...

Boyfriend and I are arguing over the morality of infant ear piercing.

I say it shouldn't be allowed to be done if you can't consent to it, especially with a gun. He says that's not a good argument because parents don't need the baby's permission for circumcision. We can't argue about these things because he PURPOSELY plays Devil's Advocate and it pisses me the ******** off.

What do you guys think?

"Come here, let me clip your wings"

As I didn't get my ears pierced until I was 10, my sister isn't allowed her's done till she's that age. As her birthday is in February (Valentines day, to be exact) she'll have to wait till the Summer Holidays to get it done.

By that time, I'll be 21, and will most likely be the person who takes her to get her ears done if she wants them. I refuse to let her get them done with a piercing gun... I'll get them done at a proper piercing place will even pay for them if it means she gets them done properly.

[April_Ethereal]

I love the way my piercer handles children and ear piercings.

He will do them, obviously with parental consent as young as 5 I believe.
But,
The child must be fully aware and able to comprehend what is going to happen to them, and they have to be the one to say "I want my ears pierced, and I know it's going to hurt a little bit"

If they can't, he refuses to do them.

[Ha-Satan]

Aww, thats so cute!

Small resposible child!


(Stasha doesn't approve of circumcision either)

[April_Ethereal]

Jagger-Wolf

She laughed a wicked laugh and said...

Circumcision, I'm kinda on the fence about. We're not religious so we wouldn't do it for that reason. I honestly might just leave it up to our potential son. He can get it done any time he wants to, there is no set age for circumcision. Choices choices...

"Come here, let me clip your wings"

If not done for religious reasons, it's done for more of a Hygienic reason.
We had to learn about all this stuff in school (You know... the stuff about a p***s i never needed or wanted to know lol)
If a guy isn't circumsized, it created a lot more opportunity for bacteria and nastyness to get under the foreskin, and they have to go for "cleanings" quite often.
these "cleanings" consist of shoving a wire brush up there to get all the dirt/bacteria/whatever else hides up there out.

I'd rather have my child circumsized at birth, when they are so young they don't remember, than have them go through that on a monthly basis.

And they have alternative methods to surgery now to remove the foreskin.

.....
Why are we having a conversation about a foreskin? xd

[Ha-Satan]

As long as you know how a shower/bath/washcloth works, there isn't a problem.
Hardly anyone here is circumcised, we're just not very Jewish in general.
But all the guys don't have gross mouldy penises (well, the majority. And those that do are STDs, and don't really count) mrgreen

And noone I've known has ever had a 'cleaning'
Though it sounds simlar to the scary umbrella test things for STDs. Though I still maintain that the female vesion is worse.

[April_Ethereal]

Your supposed to have them if your a guy, If you don;t it puts you at a much higher risk for alot of not so pleasant infections.

Ofcourse nobody ever wants to go for them, who would WANT a wire brush shoved up in their Genz?

Im just offering a view from the medical side of things.

[mindy_does_stuff]

April_Ethereal

Jagger-Wolf

She laughed a wicked laugh and said...

Circumcision, I'm kinda on the fence about. We're not religious so we wouldn't do it for that reason. I honestly might just leave it up to our potential son. He can get it done any time he wants to, there is no set age for circumcision. Choices choices...

"Come here, let me clip your wings"

If not done for religious reasons, it's done for more of a Hygienic reason.
We had to learn about all this stuff in school (You know... the stuff about a p***s i never needed or wanted to know lol)
If a guy isn't circumsized, it created a lot more opportunity for bacteria and nastyness to get under the foreskin, and they have to go for "cleanings" quite often.
these "cleanings" consist of shoving a wire brush up there to get all the dirt/bacteria/whatever else hides up there out.

I'd rather have my child circumsized at birth, when they are so young they don't remember, than have them go through that on a monthly basis.

And they have alternative methods to surgery now to remove the foreskin.

.....
Why are we having a conversation about a foreskin? xd

Foreskin removal is a body modification practiced on infants...I think it's very on topic for this thread.

I personally consider any modification done without the consent of the person it's practiced on to be mutilation, unless it's done for a very good reason, like when I had my club foot fixed when I was 2 so that I could walk correctly. I don't consider foreskin removal to be one of those things in most circumstances.

What is this alternative method? How much does it cost? Would most insurers cover this method or would they consider it "nontraditional" or "experimental" and make the infant's family pay for it?

As far as hygiene...I've had experiences with clean people and people who need to bathe a lot more...and those who are cut and uncut. My current lover is uncut. I've never had problems with uncut guys and hygiene, provided they bathed/showered once every other day. All you have to do to clean it is pull the skin back and use some gentle cleanser.
I've never noticed a bad taste or smell coming from any uncut guy that had relatively regular bathing patterns, nor have I ever had a yeast or bacterial infection from sex with an uncut guy without a condom. Not even when I know he hadn't showered for 3-4 days. He knows how to wipe himself properly. He cleans his d**k a hell of a lot better than I clean my navel (the inside, not the piercing), and my navel is probably a haven for bacteria.

I honestly call bullshit on the "going in for regular cleanings" thing, and would like to see what studies were done on this and who did them. Nothing personal against you, but rather where the information is gathered.

[April_Ethereal]

It's some sort of ring they put around it.
it's the same idea as the "tie off" method to a blowout or HT scarring.

The ring goes on, and Im assuming you tie it off or move it in some way a little tighter everyday.
A girl in our class had it done to her son. she said in 2 weeks it just fell off.
Your basically just killing the skin and depriving it from oxygen.

To my knowing, most insurances will cover it, as it's probably way more inexpensive than paying a doctor to preform the surgery.

[Sylvianus]

afternoon all. smile just been linked via a good friend of mine, been on gaia for years and not seen this thread. random.

i love body mods, i have 27 piercings and 4 tattoos.

how is everyone?

[April_Ethereal]

Im fantastical.

You?

[Luna_V-3]

Celadonia

Hah yeah.
I'm a bit gung-ho about it.

Here's a pic.
Pardon the goop.

thats so cute - whats the pain like behind the ear??

Celadonia

I was in AGONY with the chest tattoo, almost passed out.
...I didn't even feel him do the top two hearts!
The others stung a tiny bit in places.
But it was almost painless.
Seriously. :V

& yeah, he's a great artist. whee
(Gave up on trying to draw it myself.)

ok that answered that!!

chest ******** caines doesnt it???

my chest piece is still unfinished!!

DinguePamplemousse

This is effing funny.

i like lady gaga - but thats piss funny!!