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...get an eyebrow piercing but if i get tired of it...

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Answer by blah
Submitted on 4/25/2004
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no, it doesn't hurt(it feels like a shot in the arm, but maybe a little bit worse). since your eyebrow is meant to collect dust from getting inside your eye, there is a chance for infection. However, if you clean it out with sea-salt water everyday and apply a special medicated antimicrobial soap, you should be fine. As far as scaring, you do need to look out for migration. That is when your body rejects the metal like it would a bacteria and pushes the piercing out towards the surface. If you let this go to long, the piercing will eventually grow out which can potentially leave a scar(because it basically rips the skin from one hole to the other) However, if you make sure you wash your piercing daily and are very careful not to hit or play with it, it will be fine. I'm sure you'll love it, I love mine.

Answer by secretsquirl
Submitted on 5/3/2004
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the pain honestly shouldn't be a huge factor in your final decision. its not very bad at all, it feels like a bee-sting when the clamp goes on, then another beesting when the needle goes through. the piercing really is prone to infection, but as long as you clean it w/ anti bactirial soap and do salt soaks on it, it should be fine. a salt soak is just a little salt (not too much oor it will dry out your skin)in warm to hotwater. Dunk a cotton ball in it and hold it there for a few minutes. This sounds like it would sting but it really doesn't and even a pansy can do it. As long as you do research on the pierccing and can answer your parents questions on the subject, i'msure you'll have a chance. good luck!

Answer by maslisxam
Submitted on 5/24/2004
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all right, i was reading all this chitter chatter a bit before i went to get my eyebrow done... seriously, it was nothing. im one of those squirmy people who are scared of shots too. it was actually a really good experience and i walked out of the piercers smiling =) getting your eyebrow done feels like a mosquito bite when it first goes in, i didnt feel the needle slide in me at all... nor did i feel it poke out of me. the piercer explained (when i asked about a pop sound that i heard about from someone)... that the pop sound is a sign of a needle that isnt small or sharp enough at the tip.. and therefore more prone for a bad healing process. the cuts should all be slices through the skin. just getting my piercing done my eyebrow is still a little puffy. its barely anything and its been a day and a half and i see no bruising yet. a little tiny amount of blood that i clean up in the morning, but thats nothing. its not even sore yet.. so i dunno if itll ever be. but i also consider my health, im extraordinarily healthy in my lifestyle (no drinking/smoking/i eat healthy/am physically active, etc.) so with all those factors i probably will heal better than most. shrugs i also would recommend paying the extra to get a barbell. ive talked to a lot of people about barbells vs hoops. and with my experience, im most careful about not letting anything but cleaning solution and water touch it... especially when i change shirts. but anyway, the hoop would be easier to bump things into bc of it sticking out more. but getting a barbell, make sure that its a curved one... this way there's less chance for migration (the body rejecting the metal and pushing it back up towards the surface of the skin NOT COOL!) hehe, yup hopefully that helps anyone who's thinking about getting it done =) have a nice day

Answer by Wheelman
Submitted on 6/25/2004
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I had my eyebrow pierced a week ago and im very happy with it. Ive never heard about which side signifies being gay or not on eyebrows, only ears. I had mine done on the right mostly because i was influenced by different band members, the vocalists from mudvayne, korn, taproot, etc.. all had it done on the right, so thats what i did. All i can say for the people who havnt done it yet is that its awesome if u take care of it and clean and sea-salt soak it. also dont listen to those people who say it was painless, thats bs, they pinched my eyebrow and told be to breath in and on the exhale they would push it through, it wasnt terrible pain at all, but it was definately not painless, mostly felt like beesting. and with me there was no swelling, redness, blood, anything...perfect job, go get it done, convince those parents!!