Body Art in general

I cant say that im either a piercing or a tatoo expert, mainly because: (a) Ive never had a tatoo! (b) Ive only got my ear's pierced! However, what I dont understand is just why some, if not most, people thing tatooing and piercing is "yuck" or "disgusting" along with lines such as "you'll regret it when you're older"! Ive got nothing against either tatooing or piercing in the slightest. Infact, as with most things, in moderation I think they can all look nice. Like I said, ive only got my ears pierced (and even that is only in the "tradition" lobe area!). However id love to get ...

Ugh, the whole idea of body piercing makes me shudder! I don't have strong rational arguments against it, because I know the effects of body piercing are reversible, ie the skin will grow together again if you take the body jewelry out. However, the whole idea of body piercing makes me feel completely squeamish, and it is why I don’t even have my ears pierced. I have a very strong emotional, irrational, argument which I will share with you. I have a horrible vision of a glass dish full of little “sausages” of flesh which have been punched out of people. The fresh ones even wriggle, a bit like newly dead worms. There are little fleshy ...

I think that body piercing and tatooing are a good form of self expression. As long as you think of what your doing before hand. Obviously you don't wanna have a spur of the moment kind of tattoo, that was supposed to look like a dainty butterfly, but looks like a map of china on your ass forever, so make sure you know what you want and go to a reputable tattooist/piercer.Try and get other peoples opinions before and ask lots of questions when you book it so that you can make a more informed decision. You see all these films of scared looking teens going into the tattoo parlour only to see a huge man resembling Wortzel Gummage emerge from behind the ...