Tattoos

Saliva will always be in your mouth o.O
It can be bad for your teeth depending on the placement and choice of material/jewellery.
It will be 2mm smaller than this.

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Will check it out at home.

that one looks exactly like a milky bar button

Haha. Maybe I should glue one on to save the hassle.

it would serve as a midday snack too.

Ears are fine, but I'm not a fan of stretching elsewhere though.
Not that you are seeking my approval :)

I have a 14mm tunnel, and I'm going to get a 4mm above it
Claire @tattoo-a-go-go practiced on my wife, peircing with a 2.5mm needle and stretching straight to 3.2mm
Quick and easy way to start stretching.

mmmm..... milky bars (drools..)

Claire @tattoo-a-go-go practiced on my wife, peircing with a 2.5mm needle and stretching straight to 3.2mm
Quick and easy way to start stretching.

Quick and easy way to split your lobes imo.

Quick and easy way to split your lobes imo.

Agreed. Your ears (or any part of your body) needs to get over the trauma of even being pierced (or stretched) in the first place.

It worked a treat.
She is not reckless, it was less traumatic than me hanging stuff off my ears and wedging knitting needles in it to stretch.

Problems with Lobe Stretching:

Stretching Quickly:
Several horrible things can happen to your lobes if you stretch too quickly. Lips can be created. Blowouts can occur. Tearing is common and will produce scar tissue which is the sole nemesis for stretching lobes since it makes the process much more difficult.

Lips:
When lobes are stretched too quickly the skin tunnel or fistula can be forced out the back of the piercing by the pressure. The result is an unsightly "lip" around the edge. If stretching continues, this lip can grow dramatically. You can try folding or rotating the lip back inside the piercing, and this will sometimes help it assimilated back into the primary tissue. However, this doesn't always work. Two solutions are generally prescribed (although they don't always work):

1. Downsizing the piercing immediately so that the deformed tissue can reabsorb into the body. Start a daily massaging regiment with oil and keep your plugs out more often. When you put your plugs in make sure you use a lot of lube and make sure that the lip is not pushed out when you leave them in. Try to insert your plugs the opposite way that you usually do so that it pushes your fistula the other way preventing it from sticking out. Tighten your o-rings so it doesn't pop back out. Once your lobe gets used to it being this way, it should stay that way. Daily application of Merderma Scar Cream will help the body absorb the scar tissue.

2. The more advanced way to get rid of them is to physically remove them. You can do this by tying off the offending tissue and removing it. This is an effective but advanced procedure that can make things worse if attempted by someone without the necessary skills.

Blowouts:
A blowout happens when one stretches too fast. These generally happen during or immediately preceding (within 48hrs) a stretch. A blowout occurs when the pressure on the insides of the piercing is too great, and the hole deforms itself by twisting inside out, resulting in the "blowout," or section of tissue that appears as a flap on the backside of the piercing. There are a few things you can do to try and recover from a blowout.

1. You must downsize immediately. Being stubborn and not taking this action could result in the blowout healing, which almost always requires surgery to fix.

2. The piercing absolutely must be treated like a brand new piercing. This means doing religious sea salt soaks. Blowouts go hand in hand with tears and most blowouts result in at least minimal tears to the lobe, so the aftercare becomes especially important.

3. Emu oil can help the torn tissue heal while minimizing scaring. After healing you may want to use oil rubs and scar cream to prevent scar tissue.

4. Wait several months before attempting to stretch again.

Read more: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=907506&blogId=437230096#ixzz0wmZq0X5l

I wouldnt recommend hanging stuff either, it's bad for the blood flow in your ears o.O and easily can thin your lobes... And wedging knitting needles?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-TkW9g2y_8&feature=player_embedded

the LOVE tattoo is absolutely amazing, everything about it is just fantastic.

the LOVE tattoo is absolutely amazing, everything about it is just fantastic.

+1

Just back from FMT's Sailor Jerry Promo,
sorry poor camera fone pic main camera battery flat.

My Daughter's name had been done earlier the Swallow was Todays addition.

Well recommend them will head there for their next Fri 13th Event.

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knuckle, is that your sugar skull tatt in that flickr stream? it's lush!!

its nice isnt it :)
cant wait to see the labret lil.
i like them quite a lot.

umm so if I bowl up to this sailor jerry thing- its all good or do i make an appointment?

oooohhh
what you getting?

probably a bird.
maybe a rabbit (jokes)
maybe a flower...
i just don't understand the process...

I'll have to see the images 1st, and can't find a decent sailor jerry online tattoo gallery.

it will almost definitely be monochrome also.

so is sailor jerry a specific style?

http://www.sailorjerry.com/
unless i'm mistaken.

yeah cool
looks good
any plans in the future to get your rock rose that you were talking to me about?

yup... distant future though.
going to use it as the basis for a geometric pattern spreading out from the rock rose to a keffiyeh.
a leg wrap.
or something.
we'll see.

Cool thread, anyone in here an artist?

I'm looking to get another tattoo - Mayan Calendar. Not sure where exactly though. Got a large Mayan vision serpent on my back so no space. was thinking maybe front of my body or my side.

what are people's views on skulls? i love em personally and want a couple dotted around my body. trying to develop a new image though, to set it apart from the bulk standard.