Left ear: 6mm stretch and two regular cartilage piercings (they're technically not helix -piercings because the angle is different)
- Actually I think that stretching has hurt more than any of my other piercings. The cartilage ones weren't that bad, only about a 3 on a (painless)1-10(hurts like hell) pain scale. If any of you've tried stretching your piercings I guess you know what I'm talking about - I'd say the pain was somewhere near 5 or 6 and it would be sore for days after a new stretch. It took me a bit more than half a year to get to 6mm, trying to stretch about 1mm per month. I'm happy with the current size and I've stayed the same for almost three years already. The reason I didn't stretch it any bigger is that some day I want to go back to the original size, and after stretching it over 10mm it might not go back to how it was before. More than anything, stretching requires lots and lots of patience if you don't want to screw it up.
- I got my first cartilage piercing about 1½ years ago or something, and the other one I think I got like half a year ago. Anything on the cartilage is a pain in the ass for a few months because it affects the way you sleep and you need to be careful not to accidentally knock them when brushing your hair - or that's how it was for me at least. When it comes to pain they're fine now, but the only problem I have, that's very common with any cartilage piercing, is that they easily develop those little "bumps", called keloids. They're treatable with for example tea tree oil, but at the moment I don't have any because it's so damn expensive :|
- The rook was the first thing I got on my ears except for the regular three earlobe piercings I already had. I've actually had it done twice, because the first time the piercer was still a bit of a newbie and she didn't pierce it in the right spot. So, it was difficult to see and clean it and everything and after about 8 months or so, it started to grow out and I took it out, waited a couple of months and got it repierced by another person, and I've had zero problems with it since. Some people say the rook hurts like crazy, but after having it done two times I have to say it wasn't too bad for me. Again, maybe a 3-4 on the 1-10 scale. I'm not sure why it didn't hurt like I was expecting it to but I'm just glad that it didn't, not even the second time.
I also have my tongue pierced, it's been a little over three years since I got it done and it still is probably my favorite piercing, even though I don't spend my day looking at it :D I don't have a good picture of it at the moment but it's not that special. I was extremely nervous when I went to the shop to get it done, since it was my first "professional" piercing that was done with a needle, and not just an earlobe with the piercing gun ( by the way, don't get even your lobes pierced with the gun, it's the worst way to do it and I hope I had known earlier ). Lucky for me, I feared for nothing because it literally didn't hurt at all. The only thing I felt was a little bit of pressure on my tongue and that was it. But the part that sucked, was the aftercare. Okay, aftercare is the worst part with any piercing. My tongue swelled up and it was hard to eat and talk for the first week, I drank a lot of ice water and took some painkillers to ease the healing. Finally after two weeks it was fine and I changed the jewelry to a shorter barbell - that felt good.
Tattoos
that's why my skin looks irritated)
- At the moment I only have one (or two, depending how you count it) tattoo, it's on my back behind my left shoulder and they're the actual paw prints of my two cats. The tattoo pain was pretty much what I expected it to be, an irritating scratching feeling. It was tolerable since the tattoo only took like 10 minutes for the artist to do, but I'm sure that if you're getting tattooed for more than a couple of hours it can really hurt. There were only a few about five second parts when the tattoo machine was closer to my shoulder bones and it hurt more, but just for a while. I would definitely get it done again if I had to :) The tattoo now isn't as black as it is in the picture, because it was done with different tones of grey and not just plain black but that's how it looked like when it was fresh. I should take a new picture of it, it's even prettier now..
- I'm quite sure I'll get more tattoos in the future, but for now I have nothing specific in mind. I'd like something inspired by the Lord of the Rings, some script in elvish or something like that.
I also wanted to share some of my favorite music on here, since it is such a big part of my life.
Here are couple of songs/artists to check out if you're looking for some new music:
and finally, something a bit heavier...or more awesome :D
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