Mali, I just thought about the age thing. I know wherever I've gone, even if you look over 18 they WILL need to see your ID. I know the Piercing Pagoda it was like signing my life away to get the 2nd and 3rd holes in my ears so yeah. For legal reasons most places will probably check your ID.
Mali-dear, I know we already spoke about the whole tragus thing, and it sucks you can't get it. Figured I'd keep the thread going though, before the month limit is up. Strange, the American age of consent system. Here the minimum age for most piercings is 16, but that goes up to 18 for certain piercings, such as nipples and genitals. Anyway, I have an 8mm (0g) ear lobe, probably going to upsize to 10mm (00g) soon. I've also got a 16g septum, which I'll probably stretch in a couple of steps to 12g. Next new piercings I'm getting are my hip surfaces and my other ear lobe, so I can stretch that as well.
OMRR. Your hip surfaces? I'm so jealous. Srsly. I would get my nape done if I weren't a) underage and b) faintly terrified of the idea of meant-to-be-permanent piercings. Or the area above my collarbones. Or, yeah, hipbones.
My friend Ryan (the one with the possessed hair) has his double nape done, actually. Don't ask me why, you can't see them at all because of the hair . Apparently they're not too painful as far as piercings go, but the full healing time is faintly ridiculous (~10 months). But yeah, I'll probably be getting my hips soon-ish. They're pretty expensive, though. I'm also hoping I won't be turned back for not having enough "meat" there to pierce like a couple of my friends. Jen: Like I said, I just find the whole notion strange I suppose. Though that probably has a lot to do with me just being used to the way things are here.
Most parlours I've been to have been 18+ without a guardian. I honestly, and no offence to anyone, don't see the point of stretching piercings. I've had friends fuck up their ears/faces by stretching piercings to the point of needing reconstructive surgery.
It may possibly just be Western Australia then. Here the deal is 16 for most piercings if it's without parental consent, but 18+ for certain piercings (like I mentioned, nipples, genitals, et cetera). That's a fair enough point, it's your opinion and I can't hold that against you. A friend of mine has 42mm lobes, which I find way too far. I'm only going up to around 12mm on my lobes, which is about the limit for what will return to normal size without needing stitches and such.
I wanted to get up to a 0 gauge, but my ears just don't stretch. I am at an 8 gauge, which is like 3.26 mm, and that's where they will stay.
I've been to parlours that can have 16+ but you need a parent there like the ones I've seen in Sydney. One of my things to get done (before I was pregnant), was to get a piercing star around my belly. Now I got advised against this because the main reason was if one got infected, the whole lot got infected.
Mali-dear, I hate to say it, but that's probably the most disturbing thing I've heard all day . I'm sure he wouldn't mind though, I mean he gets enough people asking to touch his hair anyway.
YOU KNOW JEEPERS CREEPERS WOULD WANT THAT. I mean, he stole that dude's rose tattoo, didn't he? Aww, sunshine. You know you totally adore me, despite my being bat-shit crazy.