Do facial piercings bother you?

[GirlinContempt]

Almost nobody kicks up a fuss about my labret and septum piercings. The only time I get looks are when I'm in small towns. At my grandmothers seniors block, the most I've ever had is a 'Did that hurt?'. But today, on the bus, a Portuguese woman got on, stared at me VERY rudely, and sat just in front of me. She was speaking English to her friend, but after they sat down she started rattling off in Portuguese about my piercings, and how weird it was, etc etc.
As I got up at my stop, I said "boa noite, senhora. por favor desculpa meu portugues mau." because I was a little annoyed.
Anyway, long story short, do piercings bug any of you?

[Taverner]

1. I think theyre kinda sexy...

But I have no piercings myself, save for a double ear pierce...

[GirlinContempt]

3. It didn't

really bother me that the woman disliked them, I just found it really rude that she would sit there and talk about me, assuming I couldn't understand her. :)

[GOPisEvil]

2. They're not for me, but to each her own.

They don't bug me at all. It's your face. I do think that some people look better with facial piercing than others, but I have no general objection to them.

[GirlinContempt]

9. Yeah

Some people just don't look great with them, or get some that don't suit them.

[coloradodem2005]

4. The nose studs on the sides of the nose are kind of cute on girls...

...other than that it is kind of sick.

[GirlinContempt]

6. Ok....

Sick's new... :) Sick how?

[coloradodem2005]

19. Sick may not be the accurate word.

The ring rings that people put in their noses make whoever's wearing them look like a cow or bull that has one of those things in thier nose. It looks like it could be a booger trap.

[GirlinContempt]

24. *laugh*

They aren't, as long as you don't have a whole nose full of boogers, to the point you can't even breathe or move without them falling out or something...



eeeew

[UTUSN]

5. I Didn't Vote in the Poll. But "Yes". n/t

[GirlinContempt]

7. Whyfor?

:)

[UTUSN]

10. Because? n/t

[GirlinContempt]

13. Ok, just thought maybe you had a specific reason

[UTUSN]

17. Wellllll, I Don't Like to Offend

I guess I'm too (very) "conventional", although if MANY little episodes were lined up, I would be shocked at myself. One reason is, look at a newborn, so perfect. We get scars as we gather life, meaning get OLD. Inflicting superfluous wounds/scars is ... (get my drift?)

[GirlinContempt]

22. Okay

I'm not offended. To each their own :)

[UTUSN]

27. That's Not What DANTE Said

(The hottest part of Hell is for those who to-each-his-own.) Although, the pit of DANTE's Hell was actually ICE.

[GirlinContempt]

Good for DANTE

[UTUSN]

32. STOP That!

Haha. 'night.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

8. no, they dont. . . what bothers me

is when people with facial piercings complain that they get stared at all the time. I mean, if you have a problem being stared at why the fuck did you put a hole in your septum and your lip?

[GirlinContempt]

11. Actually

What bothered me was someone being rude and bitching about me RIGHT behind me on the bus. I don't really care if people look at my piercings, but when they're rude asshats about it, I start to care a little.

[corporatewhore]

15. esp.In a forgein language

my dads parents would talk about my mother in spanish thinking she didnt understand and then she told them off. I think that is totally rude and i never will hide behind spanish to insult or talk about some one (i will just tell to their face)

[GirlinContempt]

18. Its very rude

I wouldn't talk insultingly about someone like that, no matter what the reason, it's just RUDE. Just like I wouldn't stare at someone with... I don't know... ugly shoes, or a stupid furry backpack.... its rude. And I don't like hurting peoples feelings...

[Kathleen04]

12. Piercings don't really bother me

Those plugs that make the holes bigger and bigger do though.

[GirlinContempt]

14. I think stretching

is kinda gross sometimes too :)

[Kathleen04]

20. There's this guy at my school who has

them but they make him take out the actual plugs when he gets to school..so his ear lobes are just red and gross w/ big hole in them.

It looks worse with them out than when they're in so I don't really see the point in making him take them out. :crazy:

[GirlinContempt]

26. What kind of school

can MAKE you take out your jewelry? heh... anyway, my friend Jay has his ears done like that too, and his old job used to make him take them out. It looked even MORE unprofessional and ugly with these big gaping holes in his ears and cartilage.

[Kathleen04]

46. It's a private school so

you have to go along with their dress code or they have a fit. It's not too strict, though they do have a problem with the plugs..they even airbrushed out the holes in the yearbook..LOL..

[GirlinContempt]

49. Ahhh ok

I understand now...
Airbrushed... in the yearbook... thats hilarious :7

[arwalden]

16. I Like Them... Except For That One Photo That Was Going Around...

that guy that had about 5000 piercings on his face. AND so many tattoos that every sq centemeter was covered with ink.

That was a bit much.

-- Allen

[tigereye]

21. I think they look neat on people,

but not for me though, wrong generation. Kind of like it is too late in my life for purple hair!

[Wonk]

55. This guy? Yeah, that's a bit much, but he seems to enjoy it...

[arwalden]

59. Yes. That's The Picture I Was Talking About

As long as he's happy, that's all that matters.

-- Allen

[LizW]

82. Oh my god, that is beyond sick

I'm sure it's cool for him and all, but that grosses me out.

[iamjoy]

23. Curious

I'm not sure I understand why anyone would want to pierce a mucus membrane - seems like it would be painful (or at least uncomfortable) and possibly unsanitary.

But then, I have pierced ears (just one hole each earlobe) and my husband thinks THAT is mutilation.

:shrug:

So, I guess to each their own

[GirlinContempt]

25. Yeah...

My septum actually healed faster than my labret, which is a mouth piercing and is supposed to heal incredibly quickly. I never had an infection, I clean it regularly, so it's sanitary. Using high grade surgical steel prevents the metal from holding bacteria in its pores, and the flesh around the hole has closed, so its perfectly safe. It was painful, quite painful.
I like it, and agreed, to each their own... Ears are just more acceptable to most people, maybe because they've been done here for longer, and they aren't so... right in your face.

[Red_Viking]

31. I have a nose stud

That's my only facial piercing. I wanted one since I was in college. So, at the ripe old age of 34, I got my nose pierced. And it hurt like a motherfucker! But I'm glad I did it, so now I won't say "I wish I would have..."

That was almost four years ago, and I wear a small CZ nose stud every day. Sometimes I get comments (never rude), but most of the time I forget I have it. Just part of the scenery now.

And, I can take it out and you can't tell I have a piercing. No, nothing comes out the hole. It's WAAAAAY too small. :P

RV

[Speck Tater]

28. I'm 59 years old and

the whole thing is alien to the world I grew up in, yet I find it interesting and I'm not bothered at all by it. The other day I saw a girl in the mall with bright green hair and my first reaction was that on her it really looked good. My second reaction was, I wish I had the freedom to express myself like that, but any member of my generation would just look ridiculous trying be that adventursome. At my age EVERYBODY (yes, including you) would have a problem if I went out in public with piercings, so I have no choice but to conform to the norms of my generation.

Be thankful for your freedom and don't get uptight if a few people don't respect that freedom.

[GirlinContempt]

34. Well...

I have a couple of friends who're in their mid forties who just recently decided to get facial piercings... No one's said anything negative about it to them, but I guess it really depends on your own personal situation.

[Career Prole]

29. They distract me a bit at first.

I like eye contact. When I first meet someone with piercings it's tough to keep my eyes on target.:)
Once I get used to the piercings the distraction goes away. My daughter told me she should remember change her face jewelry around before asking me for money because I get all befuddled trying to figure out "what's wrong with this picture" and I'm a pretty easy mark then. :D

[GirlinContempt]

35. Cute :)

[chaska]

30. Hey, how about a translation?

I don't really care for them. Side of nose is attractive, ears fine, but beyond that is, I don't know, provactive (I feel mildly threatened, challenged, put off, called out somehow).

Also, it's a very stage of life thing. Only the young do it. I look at it and I think how glad I am that I'm not that preoccupied with self anymore. To me it just screams spoiled rich kid (a relative term) trying to be bad. Same with tatoos.

Sorry, if I offend. Just giving you my honest reaction. No reflection of you personally. I realize that how we accesorize ourselves doesn't define our personalities.

[LastKnight]

37. i dont have a problem with tats or piercings, but...

i can see how piercings would be more acceptable than getting inked... because a tatoo is there for life, or takes an expensive surgery to get removed, where you can remove a piercing and it will eventuially seal itself up.

just my 2 cents

-LK

[GirlinContempt]

38. The only thing

i really object to, is saying that only the young do it. More and more of my older friends are doing it, and some of my parents friends even. Not HUGE numbers of them, but quite a few of them. Don't forget, the young become the old. This could be one of those things that becomes a 'normal' sort of thing once this generations young are the elders.

As for spoiled rich kid... meh... I won't even address that, thats your perception, right or wrong.

You don't really offend, I just think its a leetle bit of an unfair stereotype.

[GirlinContempt]

41. Opps, yeah, translation:

Good evening, madam. Please excuse my poor Portuguese.

[LastKnight]

33. call me weird...

but i like em. as long as it stays reasonable.

but of course anyone can take anything too far, i dont see the problem with 2 or 3, even 4, as long as thier tasteful and the person's face isnt decorated like a christmas tree.

but im just a radical youth...

-LK

[Kenneth ken]

THANKS!

I had to look up labret, but now I know what that is.

Yes, facial piercings bother me, but I'm old, so don't mind me.

The ones in the side of the nose are the worst; they draw my attention away from what the person is saying, so it makes me seem disinterested in their thoughts, which I'm usually not.

I met a young woman a couple months ago; what I've finally decided about her, is that she should have her nose pierced, and a ring through it - like a bull, the owner puts a rope through the ring and can lead the bull easily. This young woman should have had something like that; she was easily lead (read really dumb.) It would be handy if all the easily-lead had that sort of a piercing, so we'd know right away. :9

Mind, I'm not saying that because your septum is pierced you're easily lead.

[GirlinContempt]

40. I don't

mind anyone who doesn't like them, as long as they arent incredibly rude to me ;)

I'm not easily led, try it and see :)

[Kenneth ken]

42. I wouldn't be rude

and I know simply by the fact you post here, that you're not easily led.

I try not to be rude to anyone, though sometimes it happens anyway. :)

[GirlinContempt]

44. Yeah, sometimes

it's unavoidable. I hope you didn't think I was inferring you were rude.

[Kenneth ken]

48. oh no, not at all. n/t

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[RoyGBiv]

39. Other

First of all, I would never just sit and bad mouth someone like that. I actually wouldn't bad mouth anyone about piercings, unless they were friends, and I was just messing with them.

I like some piercings on others. I don't even know why but I have a particular fondness for the eyebrow piercings some women have. But as was said previously, it depends on the person. They don't look right on everyone.

And then there are the people that just take it too far. There's this guy I run into every so often at a local store. His face is filled with metal. I mean, he has multiple nose piercings, eyebrow piercings, lips (top and bottom) piercings, cheek piercings. It makes me want to hold up a strong magnet to see if it causes his head to shift. I hate to admit it, but, yes, it bothers me to look at him.

But I still don't talk smack about him. If he likes it, okay.

[SnohoDem]

43. It's your body and your business.

Nobody else has to like it. It looks painful to me, but I have no reaction other than to think it's easier to change your mind after a piercing than after a tattoo. All a piercing will leave is a small scar. Tattoos are hard to remove if you change your mind.

[Taverner]

45. Ok so this begs the question....

What on your face do you have pierced and can you show us?

Inquiring DUers wanna know...

[GirlinContempt]

50. Theres a pic of me up in the gallery, you can kinda see them

I'll see if I can dig up a pic that shows them better

[SarahB]

47. Just an alternate form of adornment

I almost got my nose pierced 18 (back in 1990 when it wasn't quite as common yet), but then thought I might regret it later. While I don't have any desire really to do it now, it's ironic how of all the wacky stuff I did during that turning point in year in my life, what I probably would have regretted least is a potential tiny hole in my nose.

You Go! :yourock:

[GirlinContempt]

51. Yep

Harmless sort of stuff :)

Thanks :loveya:

[AGiordino]

52. 45 yo with labret

I really really really like my labret.
The only person it freaked was an intern phlebotimist who failed to understand my aversion to doctors, nurses and needles yet having a labret piercing.
What can I say? It's a whole 'nother deal

[GirlinContempt]

90. *laughs*

Yeah, I used to HATE needles, even though I had piercings...
Also, I used to hate ear piercing.... :shrug:

[kevinam]

53. I responded no to the poll...

I do think each their own. I don't have any piercings, but don't have a problem with them. I think to excess they tend to look a bit much. Just like someone wearing any other jewelery excessively. I am curious though, had the woman said to you, what she attempted to say without you knowing, how would you have responded?? From your pic in the gallery your piercings don't look excessive and I can't understand why she would have had an issue...Kevin.

[GirlinContempt]

57. I would have responded

probably, by saying something like "I'm sorry my piercings bother you, but if they upset you that much I would suggest you just don't look" because, based on what she had expressed to her friend, it would have still been sort of rude. I don't walk up to people and tell them that their clothing distresses me :)

[izzie]

54. No as when so many do it, the kick is gone.

The point of being your own self makes you like every one else

[Delano]

56. I put yes, but...

In reality, I think a little nostril stud is kinda cute.

Eyebrow and lip piercings just look like crap.

A toungue pierce looks unsanitary, and it' annoying how their owners always click the stud on their teeth.

A cheek piercing is just plain gruesome.

They're all overrated and pretentious, IMO.

BTW, what the hell is a "labret"?

[GirlinContempt]

58. Labret

Halfway between the lip and chin.

[Whitacre D_WI]

60. I don't give a good goddamn.

Okay, if there's like a hundred piercings in one face, I think that's kinda gross.

But few here and there are like tats... or clothes. Y'know, just adornment.

All my beautiful acceptance of people's differences end, however, at the abhorrent "Prince Albert." :P

[GirlinContempt]

91. Awww

No shiny metal member? ;)

[Nikia]

61. A bit but it is your body

I generally find them distracting and usually not attractive. If you like them though, that is your business.

[FarmerOak]

62. I voted Yes,

They bug me.

Three reasons:

1. I find them aesthetically unappealing.

2. They make me feel physically uncomfortable when I look at them.

3. I find the whole "look at my piercings and tattoos, see how much of a rebel and an individual I am?" thing kind of ridiculous. If everyone's doing it, you're not a rebel any more. You're a sheep.

Please note that I never said you, or anyone else, shouldn't get piercings and/or tattoos. Do your thing. You asked a specific question, and I responded to that question. I also have two tattoos that I got in the Marines. I regret them, but I'm keeping them to remind me of the stupidity of which I am capable. I also have a full beard and very long hair, but that's more a function of NOT doing something, then of actively DOING something to alter my appearance. I imagine my facial hair and curly locks make some people uncomfortable. That's their problem, not mine.

Based on what I've seen so far in this thread, I guess you're now going to argue with my opinions, like I don't have a right to hold the "wrong" feelings or opinions. If that's your thing, feel free. I just think it's a little odd to ask for opinions, then to lecture respondents on why their opinions are "wrong."

ETA: The rudeness was uncalled-for and inexcuseable. You handled it exactly right.

[Shananigans]

68. I don't think that getting a piercing is all about the "rebel" syndrome...

There are many reasons that people choose to get a piercing. Myself, when I was had just turned 18, all of my friends were getting tatoos as a symbol of our "youth" and the good times we had together throughout high school. Knowing myself, and how often I change my mine (about as often as I breathe), I opted to go a different route. So when all my friends went and got daisies and stars inked onto their bellies and backs, I opted to have a huge needle stuck through my tongue and a barbell inserted. That was 7 years ago and I have yet to regret it. Sure, I was young, but to us it was more of a "lets do this together" than one person following another.

Overall, I think there are many reasons that people get piercings, whether it be 18 year olds or 80 year olds:

* Aesthetic reasons (some people just like the way they look)
* Regressing back to their youth
* To make an individual statement (much like dying the hair purple, etc.)
* Symbolism
* Because they like pain
* Some piercings are good for sexual gratification
* To attract attention
* To rebel against the norm
* As a conversation piece
* Etc., etc., etc.

I'm sure I forgot a million reasons, but these are just some reasons that people choose to get parts of their body pierced. After all, not EVERYBODY feels the need to rebel or follow the pack, so to speak.

[GirlinContempt]

69. Excuse me

But, I don't think I've lectured anyone, or told them they were wrong.

[RebelOne]

63. They don't bother me as being weird.

But I don't know why anyone would want to put holes in their body.

[ACK]

64. Nah of all the things in the universe to get bothered

Body piercing does not even register for me.

I think personally it is unattractive when the face is filled large numbers of multiple piercings but does it really bother me?

Hell no.

I got two tatoos. Someone else has piercings.

Maybe its just me or the the technique of the lady I was with but the tongue piercings hightens fellatio thing seems like big myth. It did not do much for me.

Anyone else or am I like the lone stranger on this one?

[Buns_of_Fire]

65. I voted "yes," and here's why

I have no problem with someone adorning themselves as they see fit. I often don't understand it, but that's not my call.

But I always fear for them, believe it or not. What if something gets snagged somewhere along the line? A friend of mine once had an earring torn from her (pierced) ear, and I can only imagine what pain might ensue from a piercing in a more sensitive part of the body...

[K8-EEE]

66. Maybe It's My Age (44) Talking But...Complete Turn-off!!

I flirt with this guy at my coffee place quite religiously and was completely bummed when he showed up with this THING under his lip....I still flirt with him but my first gut reaction whenever I see it is UGH and then OUCH...whenever I see tatoos and piercings I think OUCH! I never think, oh how hot.

I still flirt with him however.

This generation of 20-somethings is not going to age well with all the piercings and tatooos.

We are the product of the times we were raised I suppose and I'm a Jackson Browne era 70s gal at heart -- I don't like to see guys (or gals either I guess) overly DONE!

[amazona]

67. as long as it isn't my face, i couldn't care less NT

.

[TrogL]

70. when they're infected or their quantity exceeds the apparent IQ

[belladonna]

71. Not for me, but they don't bug me

I can identify with you though, because I get that with my navel piercing if I happen to wear a shirt that shows it off. I wouldn't mind getting a small stud in my nose, but with the line of work I'm in, I'd have to keep it out all the time anyway.

I do agree with another poster who said that it's not just for the young or for people who just want to be perceived as rebels. I got my navel piercing for many reasons, one being that it's a good incentive to keep the abs in shape. The other I won't mention at the risk of turning this into a sex thread. :D

[Champ]

72. Not really

Too much can bother me. I don't have any but if I had the $$ I might get my left nostril pierced with a small diamond on it. If not, I don't find just a plain stud appealing for me atleast, but it doesn't bother me. Though facial piercings used to bother me to look at but I guess I got used to them.

[bleedingheart]

73. Yes they bother me

but I wouldn't be rude about it.

My mother had my ears pierced when I was very young because it was a cultural tradition. However when I was a young gal the trend was to add another hole to wear two earrings per ear. I never did it because it just looked too cluttered to me...

When I see young people with the multple piercings it isn't as bothersome to me as the facial tattoos. What happens when they are old and gray? It just seems so permanent and having them removed is difficult and very expensive in comparison to the cost of having them done. I have also seen what happens to adults that have suffered discrimination as a result of tattoos. One coworker went so far as to have one removed surgically from her arm and it left such a huge scar, but as she told me...what seemed like a good idea at age 18 wasn't such a great idea when your 28. She had the tattoo done when she was in the army and later as an aspiring business consultant she had received funny stares from clients and other coworkers. She told me that she felt that people immediately jumped to conclusions about her character as a result of the tattoos whereas the scar elicted a sense of concern and empathy...(people thought she had been in a bad accident)...

[LWolf]

74. Yes

but that's a personal preference; not to the extent that I'd want to judge or censor anyone's choices. Except for my sons, but that's a mother thing, not a fashion thing. Their piercings annoy the hell out of me. I gifted them with perfection, and they keep choosing to mar and mutilate it. Thankfully, the oldest has given up the tongue stud. The younger is still working the brow thing, even though it repeatedly gets infected. And there are only a few tattoos. And only one dyes his hair. Why anyone gifted with that incredibly beautiful, silky, strawberry blonde mane would want to turn it dark red is beyond me.

[Lisa0825]

75. Only excessive piercings bother me.

I think a couple are sexy.... especially eyebrow. Anyone with excessive piercings (like very large ones or more than 4 or so) is probably looking for shock value anyway, so I figure they'd be glad I noticed!LOL

[Champ]

76. My thoughts exactly on this subject

[belladonna]

77. Now that I agree with

There seems to be a new trend lately with multiple navel piercings and I just don't get it at all. A friend of mine keeps adding them on and now has FIVE navel piercings and they look horrible. Add the fact that they stay infected constantly now because of so many piercings so close together and it just doesn't make sense to do it.

She's constantly bugging me to get more piercings, but no thanks. One's plenty for me.

[Champ]

78. *shiver*

I remember my best friend had both of his nipples pierced, had a spike through his eyebrow, and had 8 big ass rings around his ears.

[curse10]

79. I sure hope not, I've got my nose done

it primarily bothers my mother, most people don't even notice it. I've had friends suddenly realize I had it done, saying, "did you just get your nose pierced?"

[struggle4progress]

80. Bother isn't the right word ...

but I don't really understand how, after a generation of hard work by feminists, we have a new generation of women who seem to be promoting the idea that self-mutilation is required for beauty. One or two piercings is probably harmless, but I've seen women who look to me like they're treating themselves like pincushions, and I have to wonder whether we need a new push against the constant barrage of "you're not attractive enough naturally" advertising that girls and woimen experience constantly from television, billboards, and magazines.

[GirlinContempt]

83. That may be the case

for some women. I, personally, just like the way they look. I'm fine with the way I look without them, and don't feel like this is something I need to feel beautiful or attractive. But, I do like the way I look with them, the same as I like the way I look in shirt a instead of shirt b.

[struggle4progress]

87. Glad to hear it! eom

[GirlinContempt]

89. I hope

I'm not coming off as defensive in this thread at all... Because I'm not :) Well, once I was, when someone said that I was lecturing everyone. Just as I'm comfy with who I am with or without piercings, I'm comfy with who I am with or without peoples approval of them. :)

[struggle4progress]

93. I believe you, and I wasn't being snide. I'm glad to hear it!

I just don't want to see endless generations of women engaging in self-mutilation for "beauty." In the fifties, it was chic to cut off little toes to fit into narrow shoes. I've seen some young women with so many piercings I was worried about how their ears or faces would hold up. If that's not you, great!

[kodi]

81. next stop, replacing fingers with swiss army knife apparati

self mutilation will always appeal to some.

who cares?

my standard line, only to those who ask, and you did btw, is: "what's with all the shit on your face? did you hate the way you looked before?"

[GirlinContempt]

84. And my

reply is "No, I didn't hate the way I looked before. I just like the way these look" :)

[kodi]

85. uh huh, sure you did, that's why you fucked up your face

.

[GirlinContempt]

88. If you choose

to believe that people must dislike they way they look if they decide to change it at all, thats not something I can argue with. I know that I'm happy with the way I look without piercings. I'm also happy with the way I look with them. I don't consider it 'fucking up' my face, and maybe thats where the difference comes in. I don't view it that way, because I still look more or less the same, just a little adornment. But if you do view it as fucking up your face, that implies a huge change. Perhaps huge change can signify not being comfortable with the way you look.

[neverborn]

86. I don't like them.

They're bothersome. I don't much care to look at them. I respect your right to have them though.

[Donkeyboy75]

92. I personally like a small nose stud, but am turned off by lip/tongue

piercings. Eyebrows are OK, but the facial piercings quickly get to be too much if there are more than 2 or 3...

[Deja Q]

94. People should be free to themselves. Unfortunately,

the Corporate Gestapo ensures their employees look to their standard. And they're the people we've given the power to. :-(

[GirlinContempt]

98. One of my jobs

(staples) requires me to remove them. But thats the only time I've ever had to :)

[Lizz612]

95. I like them usually

One or two well placed piercings can be very sexy on the right person. (As long as they're not infected.) Too many can be distracting, but if you want to its none of my business.

[LynneSin]

96. I have no problem, but I don't get these big holes in the ear

I guess what boggles my mind is what happens to the ear if you decide you don't want to have that thing in it anymore.

[GirlinContempt]

97. Eventually

they close up... or so I'm told
I know the flesh does shrink down again after stretching if you leave it empty

[Terran]

99. I have to admit, they make me feel a little nauseous.

Especially septum rings and piercings through the chin/lower lip areas. Eye brows aren't bad, though.

That was great you were able to speak Portugese back to that rude woman! I try not to be rude about it, although in extreme cases I'm prone to let me distaste show.