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Answer by piercingGURLY
Submitted on 2/20/2004
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hey all, first of all my friend pierces people's ear every day at lunch. she just gets a safety pin and sticks it through. all 11 people have no regrets and love their piercings! i also pierced my belly button by myself which i regret. it took a long time to get the safety pin in. and it was like black and blue scab...it took a month to FULLY heal, and even now it looks a little different. i took it out because i was scared i would get a disease. also, i had to use just a regular earring, which sucked. and the first night i slept with it, i woke up and the earring had adhered to my skin! i had to yank it out, it started bleeding and hurt like crAzy! so to anyone looking to pierce their belly button by themselves...beware of the consequences! bling bling all! im all that and a bag of cheetos! lol, luv you jubilee, my bestest best friend in the whole world! and audy audy, also my besest friend! piercingGIRLY

Answer by Alexi
Submitted on 3/5/2004
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Okay, children. I do not advise piercing yourself. You could end up with lots of infections and scars from it. Most of you say you can't wait until you're 18, but what's the big deal? Everyone and their brother has piercings so if you want to be unique, I wouldn't advise piercings. It's a long time fad. I have about 6 piercings and I had to wait until I was 18 to get them and by that time I was sure that I wanted them. For your safety, don't do it yourself. Just wait and go to a professional. They know what they're doing and you don't. And if you parents are telling you no now, they must have good reason. If you want a piercing, go buy fake hoops for cartilage and clip on's for lobes. They look exactly the same. And I also don't advise piercings with guns, but thats just my opinion.

Answer by maggie1
Submitted on 3/9/2004
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Safety pins are a bad idea mostly because they are nickle-plated cheap-o metal which many people have allergic reactions to. Please don't push a needle through your ear and let it 'pop' out the other side. Push the needle into something, an ice-cube, a clean cork, anything else that you can clean by steaming in the microwave for a minute. Don't share any any equipment with anyone, ever not even your cork. Nobody wants Hepatitis. Be very careful about cartilage piercings because they can tend to abscess, and that kind of infection needs to be cut open and drained. Yum. If you like your nipples, nose, etc, have a professional pierce them. It would suck to have your nipples screwed up.

Answer by Paris
Submitted on 3/11/2004
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So I keep seeing all this stuff about people piercing themselves with safety pins...I thought I should say something. I'm a piercer, and also an EMT, so take a second to read this: Safety pins are NOT made for piercing. They are not very sharp, they are not made to be sterile, and they are not guaged. There are literally thousands of piercing and tattoo supply companies out there. just look them up on Google or something. Order some needles, pick up a book on anatomy, and go nuts. I'm not saying you should just get a needle and stick it thru yourself...but it sounds like you're going to do it anyway. Piercing needles are guaged, that means they have specific sizes, to go along with the jewelry you are putting in there. They are also made to be sterilized, and you can actually order pre sterilized needles. They only run about 45cents apiece too. Also, they are hollow, and very sharp. A piercing needle needs to be hollow so that it can displace the matter it is being pushed through. In this case, that means skin, and a whole buncha other stuff. A safety pin will simply push this all to the side, or into your body...anyway, that's my two cents, and I won't ramble any longer, because I somehow doubt any of you even read this far....

Answer by silver balls (necklace)
Submitted on 4/2/2004
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Ive had my ears pierced for 5 years but I cant work up the courage to pierce my ear again by myself. I mean i went to a professional and got my cartilage pierced and it got infected. Although my friend pierced her own and it turned out fine shes gonna pierce mine for me. I've had my nose pierced for 1 week though and I did that by myself.I had a little help from a frind but only to tell me if it was going in right b-cuz she pierced her nose too and it turned out fine for both of us. I dont regret it but im glad my mom still hasn't found out. I hide it well. I dont where it at home either and it isnt closing up one bit. So im proud of my lovely job and ive pierced my belly button myself too i just took it out b-cuz the needle wasnt the right size. (I dont advise any one to pierce their own lip, tongue, nipples, or eyebrow.)

Answer by toast
Submitted on 4/5/2004
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for the girl who wants to know how to how to pierce her own nose: ok. i pierced my nose a few months. turned out great and no infections! first. get a needle. boil it in water then let it soak in peroxide. clean your nose. mark the spot where you want it pierced.(i didn't use anything to numb my nose) i gently stuck the needle through and make sure to do it at a little angle DON'T pierce straight across. then once you get through the last layer twist the needle around to make sure the hole is big enough. gently remove the needle and pop your stud in. after that you're good to go EXCEPT in some cases peoples studs fall out in the middle of the night...it didnt happen to me so try to sleep on the side your nose isn't pierced. aftercare: don't put makeup by the area you pierced your nose. use sea salt or dial soap to clean the piercing. you DON'T take the stud out to clean the piercing. clean the piercing 3 times a day. leave the stud in for about 2 weeks then you can change it to something different. is should heel in 1-3 months. remember: piercing yourself isn't always the greatest idea. i was lucky and had no infections. make sure to steralize if you're planning on piercing yourself.

Answer by the_cure
Submitted on 4/16/2004
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First of all don't use candles the needle will get carbon on it and you dnt want tht in ur ears. Secondly when you get your new piercing dont touch it till its totaly healed. No rotating it you stupid girl further up the page!!! I've gt m8s who were piercers and they shown me a few things. Never use safety pins and especially dont leave them in, i did it when i ws younger and it was fine at first and then puss came out all the time cos of reaction with metal. Hydrogen peroxide sucks!!! it dries out the skin too much (it made my piercing between my fingers reject). After lots of observation i have done my right nipple. I have not gone thorugh the niple but underneath. Its got 3 bars in it (1.2mm) it looks like : = with another bar perpendicular to those two. looks neat!!! Just be carefull and use salt water solution or dilluted tea tree oil to disinfect your piercings. Nothing else!!!!!!!!! (no not even alcohol, it makes blood vessels come closer to surface and increases risk of rejection and i already said bout hydrogen peroxide). have fun NIck the goth 80s music 4 eva!!!!!!!!

Answer by lig
Submitted on 4/19/2004
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. . . wow. I remember teenage rebellion. I'd forgotten how intense it was. Anyway. To all of you who want to pierce yourselves: I know you're intent on being individuals, standing out, not letting the man keep you down, and so on, but that's no excuse to abandon your common sense. So I present these refreshers on common sense: 1. There is a reason that professional piercers are well-paid. That reason is that it's a hard job to do right, and it takes a lot of training which you do not have. 2. Just because someone you know (or someone you heard about) pierced themselves and it worked out fine, that does not mean it will work out fine for you. 3. Infections and nasty scars are not fun. 4. Attempting and failing at piercing yourself will make other people call you an idiot. And if I've failed to dissuade you, at least educate yourself. Here are a couple of the large number of well-informed websites available. (As a final piece of advice, please consider making a habit of looking for authoritative, well-informed websites, rather than asking a bunch of random strangers who mostly don't know what they're talking about.) http://www.infinitebody.com/aftercare/achelp.html http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/piercing/piercing.html Good luck, best wishes, and if you end up with bloody, puss-oozing infections it's your own damn fault, -lig

Answer by CheapSex 77
Submitted on 4/24/2004
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Hey, read alot 'bout what you are going to pierce. I wouldn't recommend doing the cartiledge piercings yourself because there is hardly any blood that flows through them. And they can start to rot away if they get infected...The septum eh, that is kind of a not so good place to pierce yourself either because if it gets infected you can get brain damage, and yes I said "brain damage"!...Facial piercings besides the lip can cause serious problems. So, just make sure you acknowledge what you are doing and read alot about what you are going to do!! The more you know the better chance of doing it correct!! AND DO NOT USE SAFETY PINS!! They are cheap metal and they do not go through, meaning it takes a while...They stick inside the skin when you try and pierce!! just use a STERILE sewing needle or a actual STERILE piercing needle!!

Answer by C
Submitted on 4/24/2004
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I pierced my ears myself yesterday. It is soo easy. I used a pin, all i did was sterilize the pin, make the marks on your ears [make sure they are even] then shove the pin through. You can't even feel the pin going through. The only time it hurts is getting the pin through the very last layer of skin. I left the pin in for about 2 minutes, then pulled it out and put an earing in right away. It may be a little harder to get the earring in the hole, unless the needle is the same size as your earring. My friend has done her second hole on both ears and her third hole on one ear, and they have come out fine. Me and my friend have also tried piercing our belly buttons atleast 5 times. I've got the pin through my belly button but then I couldn't get the ring through. So I would suggest getting your belly button professionally done, because now we both have very noticeable scars. I did my second holes on my ears, I wouldn't recommend doing your cartilage yourself!

Answer by nessa
Submitted on 4/27/2004
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yeah same i know this is the answer column..but i was just searching on google to find like any info on piercing ears just like everyone else at this site is too, i guess. so anyway..i already i have my a piercing on each ear but then back in february i decided i wanted to make it so that in total i had 4 piercing on my ears. i knew my dad or mom wouldn't take me so i decided to do it myself. i didn't no that much back then and i didn't sterilize ANYTHING at all or numb my ear for a long enough time...i used an earring by the way, to Peirce my ear. Yes it was a little painful and it was semi-infected but now i want to Pierce another hole in my lobe and id rather not use the same procedure as i did before. and i definitely will NOT use a safety pin so if anyone has any advice at all please help me : - ) thank you

Answer by jayjay
Submitted on 4/29/2004
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NEVER PIERCE YOUR NAVEL YOUR SELF!!! I'm 14 and wanted my belly button pierced REALLY REALLY BADD.....i kept telling my mom i would do it myslef and she knew i would because i pierced my nieces ears, my moms ears, my ears, my 4 year old neighbors ears, and my brother and his friends ears. Im not scared of piercing my self but my mom said that she would take me to get my belly button done because i was gonna do it myself...keep threating that you will do it yourself and they give in....once i told the guy who pierced my belly button that i was gonna do it myself he said i was crazzi and that u need at least a 14gauge needle or serious infections can occur. My friend pierced her own belly button and got really bad infections and needed sugery to have it fixed.. NOT TO FUN!!!but pierce your ears you may be scared at first but afterwards its fine.

Answer by GLORYxxxFADES
Submitted on 5/11/2004
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I've got 4 holes in each of my ears, and I pierced my last two by myself. Only one of my 4th holes have gotten infected, so I let it grow up. I'm fixing to do my lower cartilage and my boyfriend's ear. I, infact, did use a safety pin. I first burned the pin, then let it soak in rubbing alcohol. I numbed my ears with ice, and when they were so cold that all I could feel was pressure, I stuck the pin through. The toughest part is getting it through the back skin though. Push REALLY hard and just get it over with, it hurts more to ease it in. Clean it everyday with neosporin or something of the sort, and turn them so the skin doesn't grow around them. Whenever you are turning them, make sure your hands are CLEAN, I'm pretty sure that is why my 4th hole got infected. I believe getting it done professionally is ridiculous, and it costs a lot for a poor little girl like myself. I would not reccomend doing your bellybutton or nipples or anything of the sort by yourself. If your parentals won't let you, wait until you are 18 and you can sign the realease form yourself. Happy Piercing!

Answer by 22in1
Submitted on 5/12/2004
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OMG! EVERYBODY- LISTEN UP! YOU WANNA PIERCING! HERE! I KNOW IM ONLY 15 BUT I HAVE 22 PIERCINGS ON MY LEFT EAR- ALL THAT IVE DONE MYSELF SOME ARE ON MY INSIDE CARTIDELDGE AND STUFF AND THE ONLY PIERCING THATS EVER GOTTEN INFECTED IS THE 1! ON MY RIGHT EAR- WHICH WAS DONE WHEN I WAS 2 BY A PROFESSIONAL AND GOT INFECTED WHEN I WAS 15. EARS- DONT USE A NEEDLE OR PIN. THEY ARENT GAUGED RIGHT. IF YOUVE HAD YOUR EARS PIERCED ONCE BY A PROFFESIONAL, THEY USED A SPECIAL PIERCING EARING WHICH IS HOLLOW AND HAS AN EXTRA SHARP TIP. SLOWLY HOLD IT UP TO THE SPOT AND PUSH FOR A WHILE- ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND YOU CAN FEEL IT GO THROUGH. IF YOU HAVE SENSITIVE EARS NUMB IT WITH AN ICECUBE FIRST BUT SOMETIMES THIS DOESNT HELP. RIGHT AWAY, PUT AN EARING IN AND HOLD IT IN HYDROGEN PEROXIDE FOR A LIL BIT. DO THAT EVERY SINGLE NIGHT FOR A WHILE UNTIL WHEN YOU TOUCH IT IT DOESNT HURT. EVEN THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO SOAK IT IN HYDROGEN PEROXIDE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE! BB- DONT DO IT. ITS THAT SIMPLE. IT WILL GET INFECTED NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU DO IT. THE MOST TOP LAYER HURTS THE MOST SO YOULL GO THROUGH ALL THE PAIN OF THE OTHER LAYERS AND THEN REALIZE YOU CANT DO IT AFTER YOUR ALMOST THERE. I HAD MY BB PIERCED, TOOK IT OUT AND REDID IT MYSELF A YEAR LATER. WORST THING OF MY LIFE. CLIT- DO THE STICK METHOD IT WORKS EVERYTIME AND THE CLITORIS RARELY GET SINFECTED BCUZ OF THE CLEANING DISCHARGE PRODUCED BY YOUR BODY. EARBROW- THIS IS A PROCESS THAT YOU SHOULD DO AFTER YOU GET OUT OF TEH SHOWER, BCUZ THATS WHEN YOUR SKIN IS SOFTENED AND CAN BE BROKEN MOST EASILY. LIKE PLUCKING.USE A SPECIALY BOUGHT NEEDLE FOR THIS. THE ONLY THING IS- I WANT TO DO MY NOSE. BUT I DONT DO PIERCING WITHOUT EXPIERENCE FIRST. I CANT GET EXPIERENCE ON MY NOSE YET, SO I NEED SOMEBODY WHOS DONE IT OR HAS PLENTY OF EXPIERENCE WHO CAN TELL 1. ME WHAT TO USE 2. WHERE TO DO IT 3. WHAT METHOD 4. THE AMOUNT OF PAIN 5. HOW TO TAKE CARE FO TI AFTERWARDS AND ANY MORE INFORMATION BCUZ BEFORE YOU PIERCE SOMETHING THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW! HAVE FUN PIERCING I TOTALLY RECOMMEND IT BUT REMEMBER- LIKE SEX- DO IT SAFE OR TAKE A RISK. NEVER USE A SAFETY PIN AND ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS CLEAN IT AFTERWARDS. IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT ME SINCE I PROBABLY WONT BE ABLE TO VIEW THIS SITE AGAIN AND YOU HAVE INFORMATION FOR ME- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE E MAIL ME AT SEXXISKAGIRL89@MR-POTATOHEAD.COM thanx soooooooooooooo much!

Answer by sten13
Submitted on 5/14/2004
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hey. i pierce my self all the time. i've done 9 piercings myself...some one my ears, my bellybutton and my clit. (discusting, i know lol) i've never had a problem with any of them. all i did with my ears was sterilize a BIG safety pin in ear cleaner that i got from claires for my second holes. then i numb it with ice and slowly push it thru. it usually takes about ten mintues and i suggest listening to music and singing along so you don't get grossed out lol. push really hard...especially if it's your cartilage. i would also suggest that if you're going to pierce something besides ears and you're scared...start with ears becuz they're pretty safe. even if you don't want to keep them in just do them so you are sure you can handle it. for my belly button i cleaned it with hand sanitizer stuff (the pin and the area i was gonna pierce) and i numbed it a bit but since i did it over the course of an hour and a half it didn't hurt one bit anyhow. i still havn'tfound a good way to hide piercings from my parents but usually i just put my hair over my ears becuz i don't have piercings on my face and most of them are hidden by clothes anyway. my friend pierced her own nose and she just put concealer on it when she gets home. i don't think there's anything wrong with do piercings yourself if you're not 18. just be careful and clean. i would suggest buying piercing needles but hey, i live in a small town and since i've got no place to buy the needles, i'm stuck with safety pins. tonite i'm doing my friends second holes, cartilage, and eyebrow!

Answer by JILLsaysNO
Submitted on 5/23/2004
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i love jennin garnez, ok first of all DONT look your twelve if you do it and your mom already said no you will be in so much crap it wont even be funny.AND she will probly make you take them out...and if she does and they get infected you will have little knots where they were.so wait until your older, and by then maybe she let you get them or then do it by yourself , because you will have less of a chance getting caught. lol also,dont feel bad because im 17 and my mom wont let me get a tatoo(but im about to be 18 so it doesnt really matter:) but LIKE YOU i have some homeade pirc. myself tounge wewbbing 5 holes in each ear bb eb so just wait you be a freak onday LOL

Answer by jiggagirl
Submitted on 6/3/2004
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I have 5 piercings on my left ear. 3 regular lower holes that i all got done professionally. and 2 cartlidge holes. the first top cartlidge hole i got done professionally on both sides they got infected but not to bad. i then pierced my own like 3 mm underneath by just sticking a piercing earing through slowly but hardly any pain. make sure you use real gold or silver to help reduce infection. my point about having pierced my own earing was that the earing i pierced never gets infected and the professional ones always do. i read you are not supposed to pierce your cartalidge with a piercing gun, you should just use a needle. becasue a piercing gun can shatter the cartlidge and cause infection. so anyways i think it is actually safer to pierce your own cartlidge unless they don't use a piercing gun. just get some ice, and a piercing earing once you poke it through just put the backing on no need for more pain. a piercing earing is just a sharp earing like if you have ever gotten pierced before with a piercing gun just use it over again, if not a safety pin will work fine. just wash your hands, and use tons of rubbing alchohol not peroxide. you can't go wrong. good luck

Answer by Lala
Submitted on 6/22/2004
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ok guys me and my best friend lindsay are right here we have peirced our own ears 8 times plus our cartaliges and belly button. today we did 4 plus both of our cartaliges and my moms. all you have to do is get sharp backed earrings and some ice. (make sure your earrings are steril. rubbing alcohol.) then just rub the ice on the front and back of your ears and go for it.(same goes for your belly button. but be careful on this one. try to use a 14g earring (sharp backed) or peircing needle) it doesnt hurt to bad. the cartalige should make 2 snaping sort of noises. the first one is it going through the cartalige and the 2nd is it going all the way through. make sure you turn them alot! but put rubbing alcohol on them as much as you can. hope this helps. GOOD LUCK.

Answer by amie
Submitted on 6/28/2004
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i have 17 piercings and I'm 14, 16 of those are in m ears, i have done eight myself and they have healed just fine, i wouldn't recommend you piercing yourself anywhere unless you realize the consequences and have researched into it a lot, and you know an awful lot about the history,aftercare,jewelry,piecing tools and the actual piercing itself. i am extremely into body modification, and know stupid amounts of info about it, so when i pierce myself, i know exactly what I'm in for and how to deal with it, there's not much that can go wrong mind you, piercings have been around for thousands of years, and were performed by our ancestors and the cavemen!so, if they can pierce any part of their body, shove dirty rocks that they've just picked up off the floor,and the piercing still proceeds to heal, I'm sure we'll be ok with our metal jewelry and earrings. just take note, i wouldn't bother with doing your tongue,if the veins in that thing are hit, there is a good chance you will bleed to death. neither would i bother with D.I.Y genital piercings, you screw that up...you screw your sex life, well, its all up to you, Happy piercing!

Answer by wingates
Submitted on 7/9/2004
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ok heres some advice. DO NOT pierce your upper ear with a safety pin, If you do so theres a good chance it will get infected, and with cartillege it gets infected inside of the ear, so instead of eventually going away you end up with cartilage collapse. So unless you want it to look like someone took a chunk out of your ear (im seriouse about that) dont do it. Im 17 and i must admit i tried some stupid stuff, I've done numerouse piercings on myslf, 4 on my earlobes and 2 in the upper ear, Ive also done a couple home made tatts. Seems like a cool idea, its not. You have to relise that doing anything like self peircing or tattooing theres a certain amount of sqeemishness that you have. so you are very likely to make it more painfull than it needs to be, this is a big resion to get a pro to do the big stuff for you. p.s. home made tatts dont work, the ink wont stay and you think its hard to hide a piercing? try hideing a tatt.

Answer by Lydia
Submitted on 7/17/2004
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When i got my 1st hole done i was 10 and it didn't hurt at all.Then when i was 12 i had my second hole done and it hurt alot more than i thought it would.I had both of them done with a gun by a proffesional at Claires.When i was 14 i got my third hole, my nose and my belly done.I did my 3rd hole myself and it didn't hurt as much as it did with my 2nd hole i just numbed it 4 30 secs with a ice cube then stuck in a sewing neele.Then quickly put in an earing because i have sensitive ears.I also did my nose which really didn't hurt and i did the same with it as with my 3rd hole 4 my ears and i had my belly button done by a profesional because i was scared of infection and didn't think i would be able to go all the way thru.All of my piercings have turned out fine the only regret i have is with my second hole i wish i ha done it myself now i no that it didn't hurt at all.Piercing your own ears is a great idea it definately worked for me, just make sure you have the right stuff and no weather your ears are sensitive to whateva you wil be sticking into them also make sure the earing you will be puttin in is the same width as the needle you use.Also my two of my mates recently had there Toungue's pierced i went along with one of them for support but the other did it her self altho the one who had it done my a pro said it hurt alot and the utha sed it didn't hurt one bit the 1 hu did hers herself ended up going to hospital because of infection ( here toungue when a moldy green colour ) shes left with a mingin scar and scar tissue and has loads of regrets about it.Its great to pierce yourself but make sure you know the facts about what you wanna pierce, somethings aren't meant for piercing yourself =)

Answer by Jess-Jess
Submitted on 8/6/2004
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I have pierced my ears 12 times by myself you all make it our to be so terrible! Its barely painful if you no what your doing and ya its going to hurt if you use a SAFETY PIN! Come on who does that! Go to your local fabric store like Joann fabrics go to the sewing isle and get sewing needles they are cheap and you can by them in a pack! wash the needle very good and use Vaseline on the tip of the needle and the back of your ear it helps the needle to slide better and go though more smoothly. I do all my piercings myself and i have done a bunch for friends but you have to research what you are doing and no HOW to do it before you try it on someone else or yourself. Much love your piercing partner

Answer by MadTown
Submitted on 8/11/2004
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i pierced my ear last night at about 1 in the morning and now its all swollen. i sterilized a sewing needle, cleaned my ears, washed my hands, got my ear really numb with ice, took an apple, put it behind my ear and pushed the needle through then i put my thumb where the needle went through on the back of my ear and stuck the earing in, and it did bleed i dont know if thats normal but im guessing it is when you put a needle through yourself... kinda common sense, unless its not supposed to bleed them im just gunna sound like a big dumb idiot. and for everyone out there wanting to get their belly button pierced but your parents wont let you; it took me a looong time to convince my mom but i just kept telling her that a bunch of my friends have been getting theirs pierced at the same place and nothings wrong with it, then i started talking about more "risky" piercings like my tongue and my mom was like nope ill only let you get your belly button pierced the rest has to wait until youre 18 (which im okay with for some reason) another thing that helps convince parents is if other people in you family have it done and nothign went wrong with it

Answer by KnowYourStuff
Submitted on 8/29/2004
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Please don't pierce your self! Safety pins are made of really really really low grade medal, and it being in your skin for five minutes can cause serious infection. There are nerves in your ears that can damage your whole face and give you bells palsy, do you really know where to pierce? Gathering your own supplies, THE RIGHT KIND, will cost about the same as going to a professional piercer. Also don't use a piercing gun on your cartilage, it doesn'tpierce right, it just rips the skin. This can cause major infection, or abnormal ugly piercing. So Clairs and Wal-mart is a no-no. Save yourselves tons of heart aches (and money from medical bills) and just do it right!

Answer by needless123 (aim)
Submitted on 9/5/2004
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hey ok i did my friends cartlige a while ago and it turned out fine. i also did mine but i didnt want my parents to no so i let it close up. this is how i did it: first i took a safty pin one of the big ones and ran it over a lighter for a bit and then i rubed off the oxidation (black stuff) with rubbing alcohal and then i cleaned the ear and earing with rubbing alcohal and just went for it. i pushed it through and kept my two fingers on the other side for suport and so that the needle would go in the middle of it. i felt the safty pin in for a couple of mins and then took it out fast and put the peirsing stud in. you have to jiggle it around a little because the whole is no heeled so there is no true path in or out and you have to find the back hole. when i peirced mine i did not use any numbing stuff cause i didnt find it nessasry but i will remind you that people have different levels of pain and my not painful maybe your "HOLY #%!$" painful. so once the earing was in i just cleaned it with the cleaning solution... rubbing alcohal makes it dry but it still cleans but the solution they give you at a place is better. also i did hear a lil crunch while doing it so i believe it was just the needle going threw the cart. if you have any questions for me just im me at needless123 its on aim so good luck with your peircing

Answer by Miss moon
Submitted on 9/17/2004
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hey all you people that wanna pierce your selves!!!!...i've pierced my own nose(just fooling around...it was an accident actually...seriously) and my own ears and my friends ear at the top....i pierced my lip half way and then asked my mom if i could do it i showed her i already had it almost done and i got in SH**T....i did it all with a safety pin...none of it hert...oh and i wouldn't recommend trying to do your own belly button. lol.....if your wanting to use a proper piercing needle..sometimes for some reason the have them at the vets office.....their only like 2 bucks....well goodluck...and you don't have to leave the needle in your ear for ten minutes or whatever just take it rite out and put in the stud!!

Answer by Someone With A Brain
Submitted on 9/22/2004
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Are you all serious? I can't believe how stupid you guys are, seriously. A REAL piercer comes on here and gives you some PROFESSIONAL advise, and nobody takes it, yet you take the advise of some 13 year old douchbag who thinks saftey pins are perfect for piercing. Well, I'm sorry to tell you this, but they're not. You guys should really do your homework on piercings. Take the advise of the professionals, go buy a piercing needle. if you can't get one online, go down to the piercing parlor in your town, please please PLEASE use your head!! ask the piercer there for tips, if they start to give you a pep talk, you can always walk out if you really want to. USE COMMON SENSE PEOPLE!!!

Answer by my puss
Submitted on 10/1/2004
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I think all of you shouldn't pierce your body parts by yourself..there are some great consequences...such as what happened to my friend Jerry....she first pierced her nipple by herself with a regular needle...she said it didnt hurt...but a few days later...it started milkin out green puss....she also pierced lip and it turned out like a disaster....it became black and blue and crusty bloody red....the other part was her eye brow...well i dont wanna start there...i can just say that piercing your body parts could be the freakiest thing to do...well....i know some went well but sometimes it can turn out to a bad....take extra pre-cautions like getting it professionally done....but if your stubborn and juss wanna do it....HEY!!! go right ahead it's your body....juss becareful and remember kids.....

Answer by name: jessee nickname: teddybear
Submitted on 10/2/2004
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I'm jess and i have done alot of piercings estimate more then 50, and i suggest you buy some professional piercing needles to do anything. I`ve done tongues, noses, every part of an ear, lips (on left and right sides), eyebrows. im not professional but i have professional equipment and i know what to look for when i do things to people and myself i take percautions and sterilize everything even the part im piercing and my hands i think you should let your parents decide if you should get piercings or not because they made you they are raising you. you should really listen to them just think about it when your 18 you can do what you want. they just want to make sure you dont make mistakes because what if your 18 and you dont want those piercings anymore? now you have that hole in your head for the rest of your life. thats all they are worried about. i probaly sound like a parent but im only 16 i understand the concept of things that parents say. alls im saying is be careful with what you do when you pierce yourself or you get a tattoo make a wise choice about your tattoo or piercings。

Answer by Spoilt Like Milk
Submitted on 10/16/2004
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hey, i think piercing ur ear or ne part of ur body by urself or havong it done by a friend is really bad! specially with a safety pin or a needle!! i have 3 piercings on each ear and ive just done 1 of them myself, i didnt do it mysef i actually just re-pierced it cuz it was closing-ne ways, not my point- if u really wanna get it pierced go 2 the hospital, might be a lil expensive but its totally owrth it, if u dont hav the money then u can get it done at a tattoo parlor but i dont suggest that cuz wat they use might be infected, u cud even do it at claires!! id rather u guys use a gun, its faster n hurts less...just DONT pierce urself!! but if u still insist on it, its safe 2 pierce ur ear lobe, thats it... o btw, im getting the top of my ear done in a couple of days at a hospital, im scared cuz i know it REALLY hurts, but 2 hell with it, im getting it done! woohoo

Answer by kweigl
Submitted on 10/17/2004
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Ok, I understand the need to Pierce something. I have been there. Go to a reputable place or purchase, new and clean equipment and get info on how to do this before just stabbing yourself and possibly causing a life-time of pain and frustration or possibly a serious infection that could kill you. If needed, explain to your parents that you really feel the need to express yourself and why you want it....as you shouldn't want it because someone else has it or tells you to. then if that doesn't work, get the equipment and a trusted, experienced friend to help. If possible, maybe the mom of a friend......that is how I got one of mine! and be sterile about it, the cleaner the better it will be in the long run. DO NOT PURCHASE anything other than unopened, guaranteed packages from ebay if you must by from there....you never know what you are getting and anything used for piercing, that touches the skin, should be thrown away aftward, not used again...it isn't healthy!

Answer by Chioko
Submitted on 10/20/2004
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This is a professional opinion ok? ive been piercing for 6 years and please listen to me. ive had to deal with countless careless people who have pierced themselfs and it has gone horribly wrong. one guy tried to do his own eyebrow. it went a funny greeny colour and was about the size of a golfball. having to cut the ear ring out of that was not pleasant. Your ears and nose can be done safely enough. most other places have blood vessels which need to be avoided. if you try and pierce your tongue yourself and you hit the artery you could even die from blood loss. and another thing. if you are going to ignore me and pierce yourself in other places, dont use safety pins. buy a kit from the internet. that is all. take care.

Answer by BrasilianBabyxOxOx
Submitted on 10/25/2004
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OK U GIES PLZZ HEELPPP! I JUST FINISHED PIERCING MY CARTALIGE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. I STERALIZED THE NEEDLE. I PUT IT UNDER FIRE BUT WASNT SURE IF THAT WAS RIGHT SO I CLEANED IT WITH ALCOHOL. THEN I NUMBED MY CARTALIGE FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES WITH ICE AND PIERCED IT. AT FIRST IT WAS KINDA HARD BUT WHEN I GOT THROUGH ABOUT 4 LAYERS AND PUSHED REALLY HARD IT JUST WENT RIGHT THROUGH AND IT WAS PERFECT! THEN I LEFT IT IN FOR ABOUT AZ HALF AN HOUR AND TOOK IT AND PUT IT IN A STUD BUT THE THING IS THAT I GOT THIS STUD FROM CLAIRES SO IM NOT SURE THAT WAS THE RIGHT ONE TO PUT IT. I PUT ALCOHOL ON THE STUD FOR A WHILE AND THEN CLEANED IT OFF WITH WATER. BUT SHOULD I HAVE PUT ON A REAL GOLD TYPE OF JEWLERY OR IS THIS ONE OK AND IF I SHOULD CHANGE IT THEN I SHOULD I DO IT NOW OR WILL IT GET INFECTED OR CLOSE UP IF I CHANGE IT NOW? SORRI THIS IS SO LONG I JUST NEED HELP! TNX

Answer by MissMiss
Submitted on 10/29/2004
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I just peirced my cartilage, and it looks great! Here are the steps i took: 1) First, gather all supplies which include an earring, a SEWING needle, rubbing alcohol or peroxide, ice, lint free cloth or towel (toilet paper works) and a lighter or match. 2) Start my soaking your earring in the rubbing alcohol or peroxide. This is to clean the earring. 3) While the earring is soaking, knumb your ear for approximately 3-5 minutes with ice. This will help ease any pain. 4) After knumbing your ear, take the sewing needle, and burn it with fire from the lighter or match until it is almost unbareable to touch. This will kill the bacteria on the needle. Once u do this, wipe the needle with a CLEAN lint free towel or cloth (or toilet paper). Dont be alarmed when the needle changes color as u r burning, that will happen. 5) Okay, now u are almost ready for the "fun" part...lol. Now, knumb your ear again with ice for about 1 minute. After this, clean your cartilage area with rubbing alcohol or peroxide. 6) Take the needle and SLOWLY push it in to your cartilage to break skin. If you do it too fast, then you might not get the hole where you want it, and it might not come out straight. 7) Take the needle out. now that you've broken only the top layer of skin, you can see where you will be placing your hole. If you do not like its placement, then try again in a different spot. 8) OKAYYYY, so now you've found where u are going to place your earring. SLOWLY push the needle in the desired spot. IF you did it right, this should not hurt. You should only feel a little pinch, but nothing serious. Once you get it almost all the way through, you are now going to have to break the skin in the back. now, you push it HARDER until the skinn breaks. Now that the needle is all the way through, do not try to force the needle further, you will only hurt yourself. 9) Keep the needle in your ear for about 5 minutes. Then slowly pull the needle out. Take your earring out of the alcohol/peroxide and push it in to the hole. it is recommended that you use an earring with a smaller post to start out. once the hole heals, and stretches you may increase the size. WELL, THAT IS IT!!!! i hope this helped some people who cosidered peircing their cartilage ***** P.S. BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR EAR CLEAN. USE ALCOHOL OR PEROXIDE TO CLEAN IT ATLEAST 2 TIMES DAILY, AND MAKE SURE TO TURN THE RING IN YOUR EAR SO THAT THE EARRING WONT BECOME ATTACHED TO YOUR SKIN WHEN IT HEALS!~~~~~

Answer by grimkitty13
Submitted on 11/3/2004
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Hey im 13 and 2 years ago i got my first and second pircings. I went to clairs and it hardly hurt at all. about a mont ago i pirces my cartilige and it was fine. it was a little red and swelled up, but after about a week it was fine now it looks great. Today i perced my lobe again it dint hurt hardly at all, but it hurt less when i went to clairs. I guess thats because they do it faster. to pierce my lobe i just did the same thing that i did for my cart. I took a sewing needle sterilized it and just shoved it through my ear. I didnt even numb it. I guess my advice is to pierce where ever you want just make sure that you know wht you are doing and that every thing is clean. o yeah also make sure that your parents dont see. i got short hair so it was hard to hide and when they saw they freaked out. But after awhile i think they started to like it. BYE BYE

Answer by lm160768
Submitted on 11/17/2004
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I am double pierced, one in my top cartilage and i have my tragus pierced, just about a month ago i pierced my earlobe so now i have three, there is NO problem at all with piercing your own EARLOBES. I did it with a safty pin and all you need to make sure of it that you clean the spot with rubbing alcohol and clean the needle with rubbing alcohol (i used a safty pin, which IS ok as long as you have a 14 K gold earing to put in your new hole) you can simply hold half an apple behind where you want to pierce yourself to give you something to push into. (if your doing it with a pin) just twist it a little, you dont have to leave it in for a few minutes, and pull it out, and replace it with your GOLD earing. DO NOT pierce your cartilage yourself, there is a vein there that can KILL you if you damage it, and if it doesnt kill you, then you can get cartilage DEFORMATION.

Answer by guitaristgurl
Submitted on 11/21/2004
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ok let me start of by saying YALL ARE ALL CRAZY why are you piercing yourselves?!?!?! im 13 and i know how it feels to want to have something pierced really bad. i wanted to have my belly button pierced but i was to scared to do it myself. the only piercing i have is once in my ears... and for a reason. i know how to pierce ears and i did a few of my friends and they all turned out fine but one of them thought they knew how to do it themselves...BIG MISTAKE she decided to do her second hole herself and SHE IS PARALYZED NOW SHE WONT EVER BE ABLE TO WALK AGAIN ALL BECAUSE OF A STUPID PIERCING the needle wasnt sterile AFTER she boiled it and soaked it in peroxide ive learned my lesson ill never peirce anything on my own again!!!! PLEASE LISSEN TO MY ADVICE DONT PEIRCE ON YOUR OWN you could be seriously hurt for ever thats a mistake you cant take back and it could mess up your whole life forever GET IT DONE PROFESSONALLY for only a little bit more but it could save your life TRUST ME ON THIS ONE PLEASE trin to keep yall safe sarah

Answer by Polished
Submitted on 12/26/2004
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Folks, piercing ear lobes, cartilage, belly buttons etc with a safety pin is extremely stupid! A proper piercing needle is chemically sharpened and causes very little trauma to the part of the body being pierced. Guns are fine for ear-lobes but for nothing else the studs used to piece with are quite blunt and shouldn't be used to try and pierce anything except what they were invented for - to pierce ear lobes. On piercing the cartilage of your ear i.e high up, you need to be extremely careful the cartilage of the ear has very little blood running through it - if you get an infection and it turns septic you stand the risk of getting gangrene in the upper part of your ear - i.e loss of bloodflow to the upper part of the ear causing tissue death ...turns green...black and falls off. I have been a professional piercer for 15 years and have seen all sorts of horrors where people have tried to pierce various parts of their bodies, so please be careful - wait until you get permission and go to a reputable piercer who will explain what they will do etc and adhere to proper cleaning using lukewarm water and salt, do not use peroxide , or other cleaning spirits as they are too harsh.

Answer by punkrockbaby
Submitted on 12/30/2004
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hi all. I'm 14 and just pierced my ears by myself. I now have 7 holes, 5 done by a pro. the ones by a pro all got infected. piercing is simple. get some alcohol pads, a sewing neddle, some ice, and a pointed stud. numb the ear whil you disinfect the needle, then put the needle against your ear and push. I got my brother to keep me company. Listen to music or someone talking, it takes ur mind off the piercing. at the back of the ear, u have 2 push hard. Then leave the needle in 4 a few minutes, and quickly change it 4 teh earring (once uve disinfected it with alcohol.) puut some antiseptic like u get at the mall on it, and leave it in for 2 weeks. turn it every day, but make sure ur hands r clean first.

Answer by Dani
Submitted on 1/3/2005
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I'm a piercer, only 15 but ive been doing it for a long time now. I pierced my own bellybutton when i was 13. I simply iced it for about 15 minutes then shoved a small safety pin through. It took me a few tries to get it straight - i'm a perfectionist.. I will say that it took me about 25 minutes to get it all the way through the last piece of skin, but i have no regrets. I cleaned it with ear care stuff from claires and a small bubble of puss formed for a little bit at the top but went away after about a week. As far as ears go, they're so simple.. your pain tolerance is what determines it. Ive done my ears 8 times, not using ice. ive had no problem with infection. you just need to make sure you put flame to the pin to disenfect it and soak the earings in rubbing alcohol. Any questions feel free to IM me beutifulgrbage

Answer by nikki
Submitted on 1/16/2005
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hey guys!!! i've pierced my lobes numorous times before, and i've tried using safety pins and sewing needles and junk, but the holes that always turn out the best are the ones that i make using the ear piercing studs....so either get ones that you got your ears gunned with before, or go to the mall and buy earrings from those ear piercing stands....they never sand off the backs of the earrings, because most of their earring sales get pierced into someone after a customer buys them.....so yeah, hope i helped!!!! oh and by the way, lobes aren't bad and they don't really hurt, just kind of sting...and the faster you push, the easier it is!!! be prepared for some poppy crunchy noises, though... :( gross lol