Tattoo/Piercing Thread

[DUFFM4N]

well if u cant check out the myspace, check out toms personal website, has a lot of older tattoos that he did, he hasnt really updated the tattoo portfolio lately because he's been so busy, but more then welcome to go check them out, call to make sure toms there though because i know 1-2 days out of the week he's not in the shop

ill be going back in after the 7th of March to get my 3/4 sleeve HOPEFULLY finished

[MikeisNissan]

<-- Symbol on my right neck

[DUFFM4N]

whats it mean/symbolize for you...looks like something out of the blair witch

[sikkk240]

Duff.. im looking to get my ears pierced.. and i wanna have them gauged i guess you call it?

But i dont know what size or gauge i would want. I was thinking somewhere around the size of the diameter of a pencil or smaller.

Any help would be appreciated.

[DUFFM4N]

just go to any local legit piercing studio let them know exactly what u want to do and im sure they can take care of you...

my girlfriend just got pierced tonight with an 8 gauge...she's never had her ears pierced before she said it wasnt painful at all...i always said that i wasnt going to go any bigger then certain size, but you always end up going bigger due to jewelery getting loose or just seeming like they're "small" and it makes you want to go bigger

[punxva]

Originally Posted by sikkk240

Duff.. im looking to get my ears pierced.. and i wanna have them gauged i guess you call it?

But i dont know what size or gauge i would want. I was thinking somewhere around the size of the diameter of a pencil or smaller.

Any help would be appreciated.

for the size of a pencil i'd say go with a 0 gauge, but get it pierced alot higher and work your way down slowly, so you don't blow out your ear and have cat butt when you decide to take them out

[sikkk240]

How do the sizings work?
from negatives to posotives?
lower numbers being the largest? or the opposite?

[Farzam]

Originally Posted by sikkk240

How do the sizings work?
from negatives to posotives?
lower numbers being the largest? or the opposite?

I'll see if I can do this from memory

20- fucking tiny.
18
16- Average piercing size
14
12
10
8
6
4
2- If you get a dermal punch instead of naturally stretching you probably got a 2 punched out
0- Kinda an average size
00
7/16"
1/2"
9/16"
5/8"
11/16"
3/4"
7/8"
1"-The biggest of the smalls. If anyone hits this size they'll probably never go bigger and if they go to this size they must really like stretching. If you stretch fast the fastest you can go in a year is to an inch. But yeah if you go to an inch in a year that's probably not the best idea, stretching isn't a race.
1.25"
++++++


Just go read on wikipedia or google or bodymod.org

[BlackZenkiS14]

Damn. I only have some 4guage ears....

[Farzam]

Originally Posted by MikeisNissan

<-- Symbol on my right neck

You have more than 1 neck?

[sikkk240]

Thanks for the help guys

[Farzam]

Originally Posted by BlackZenkiS14

Damn. I only have some 4guage ears....

I have 9/16" but I can fit a 5/8" easy

I'm just taking the slow route, and i've almost got an infection haha

All my friends that go fast I notice get a lot of blowouts and infections

[sikkk240]

That says 6mm.. is that like the size of 2 gauge?

[BBSilvia]

Originally Posted by Helghast

Too much?

Yea..it's too much.

=/

This would be the coolest tat....i want it!

[DUFFM4N]

Originally Posted by sikkk240

That says 6mm.. is that like the size of 2 gauge?

here's the break down (yes that is a 2 gauge)

18 gauge = 1.0mm
16 gauge = 1.2mm
14 gauge = 1.6mm
12 gauge = 2.0mm
10 gauge = 2.4mm
8 gauge = 3.2mm
6 gauge = 4.0mm
4 gauge = 5.0mm
2 gauge = 6.0mm
0 gauge = 8.0mm
00 gauge = 10.0mm

[Farzam]

I remember when I was a 2.
I was sort of proud of myself.

I have 2 sets of 2's left laying around I think. Both single flairs, 1 silver set and 1 black one

[sikkk240]

for a 2 guage, would you have to have it stretched out?
Or could it just be punched?

And if it were punched would your ear be fucked up later on from having it punched out?

[DUFFM4N]

Originally Posted by sikkk240

for a 2 guage, would you have to have it stretched out?
Or could it just be punched?

And if it were punched would your ear be fucked up later on from having it punched out?

the piercing place that we go to doesnt suggest getting "punched" for your ears, like i said, my girl got pierced with a 8gauge, she had the option of getting pierced with a 4 gauge (which she thought she shoulda ended up doing)...

but my suggestion is, if you're worried about damaging ur ear, then go a safer route by getting pierced with something like a 8 gauge and then stretch to a 2 gauge...ur ears arent going anywhere

[lazy240]

just stretch its easyer

i mean thats what i did and i have double 00 next week half inch

[Farzam]

If you stretch your ears, treat it as something permament, cause it very well could end up being that way. Take your time and do it the smart way orrr...don't. It's your body. I probably don't give a fuck about you. I won't stop you. But it pays to go pay to have someone at the nicest shop in town pierce you, to buy expensive fancy plugs, to massage your ears, etc. My ears look fucking awesome cause I take about 70% good care of em. I'm not some extreme loser who spends half his day playing with his ears but yeah.

Originally Posted by lazy240

just stretch its easyer

i mean thats what i did and i have double 00 next week half inch

Your ears must be the ones neg repping you. Have fun though

I know someone who went to 5/8" in a month. Possible? Yes. Smart? Nah...

[chromesilver6]

Heres an old pic of my ears. In the pics they were just under 1.25. I had them as big as 1.5 but i cant find any pics. Took me about 2 years i guess to get that big. The smallest they would shrink down to was like 7\8 to and inch and the least. I had them snipped and sewn up. YOu cant even tell nowdays. I do miss them sometimes though.

and here's what they look like now. Cost me about 600 bucks to get em fixed. My aunt works for a plastic surgeon.

[lflkajfj12123]

those were rad

too bad they're gone now

[Farzam]

Surgery is cool as hell

[DUFFM4N]

my girlfriend paid for a tattoo session for me for my bday...so next week ull see some updated pics of my 3/4 sleeve

[Helghast]

Originally Posted by chromesilver6

I wanna see that sleeve.



...no SERIOUSLY.

Looks sick from that pictaaar

[ZenkitonS14]

Fresh ink

[WERDdabuilder]

good shit jake. ill soon join =D

[Helghast]

Time to pierce the ears, I think.
Nothing aggresive, 6 or 4 Gauge.

[Slammed180]

That's my back after 7 hours.
Artist says I have roughly 36 hours left on it.
Have 4 other tattoo's and 5 piercings, but don't feel like getting pics.

[blasting_speed]

Damn, that's sick. It looks real good. ^^^^^^^ If you don't mind me asking; how much is this running you???