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It all started out with the notorious left earring, around the age of 12. My parents flipped and totally hated it. A few years later, age 16, I was rather curious and was fascinated by body jewelry. I went out and got my industrial project. It was pain less and rather enjoyable. It was done horizontally and the only problem was that my piercer used a barbell that was way too short for my ear. This caused irritations and keloids. I finally bought a longer nice dice barbell, much more comfortable. After I got that I went out and got my tragus pierced, 16ga. This wasnt enuff so I went a month later and got my right nipple pierced, 14ga. I love it. The sensation is great and it looks awesome. It healed in 2 weeks without any problems. Two months later I went and got my ear stretched from a 12ga to an 8 ga. There was no pain and the results are good so far. I love all my piercings because it shows my originality. Out of all my holes, my tragus is the most difficult one to take care of. I developed a keloid on it and it bleeds every once and a while. I get crusties on it and I use sea salt to try to get rid of it. I recommend that with any cartlidge piercing to be very careful and clean it well because if you develop a keloid then yur screwed. It can take up to a year for it to go away and its not a pretty sight.
Submitted by: SuBsTaNcE4@aol.com
Experience Added 03/11/99