I have been debating over getting my nipples pierced for about 2 years now. As much as I want them done, though, I am terrified of them getting infected. That is certainly one area that I NEVER want an infection! I have had my ears pierced (just normal tiny holes) on 3 seperate occasions, all resulting in massive infections, and I have had my eyebrow pierced once but had to take it out because it began to surface and my eyebrow started falling out. And who wants an eyebrow piercing after the eyebrow has fallen out... then it is just a forehead piercing.
...I think writing that last paragraph and officially talked me out of getting them pierced. I should probably save my money for tattoos anyway. I have been to about 5 tattoo places and have been really really unimpressed with all of them so far. It is sad because, for years, it turned me off to the idea of getting tattooed because I don't want to deal with an asshole tattoo artist. I want to be tattooed by someone who really appreciates the art--and I thought that would be easier to find than it has been. Maybe I am just going to the wrong places, or maybe I am just catching people on a bad day.
Whatever the case, I am 98% sure that I am going to go back to Luck 13 in Kutztown to get my first "real" tattoo. Even though I have my inner lip tattooed, and it is certainly a real tattoo... I don't really count it. It was like a tattoo dry-run for me. Just to see what it was like to get a tattoo and to test out the place. I was pretty much sold on Lucky 13 when Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It" came on the artist's play list. I am really excited to get this shiz done! It probably won't be for another couples months yet though because I really want to make sure I am going to have enough money.
I always wonder how tattoo artists feel about people bringing in their own drawings to get tattooed. Do they want more creative freedom than that, or are the OK with that? I wish I could be a tattoo artist myself. It would be an awesome way to actually put my art degree to use. ha. But I would be terrified to make a mistake that would permenantly be inked into somone's flesh.
Well, this is getting really long. I could ramble on forever. I need to learn to edit myself more. But then again, it is MY blog and it is possible that nobody will even read it, so I don't know why I am worried about things like length. Seriously though. I could really talk about anything for an excessive amount of time. Is this a gift or a curse.
...I think writing that last paragraph and officially talked me out of getting them pierced. I should probably save my money for tattoos anyway. I have been to about 5 tattoo places and have been really really unimpressed with all of them so far. It is sad because, for years, it turned me off to the idea of getting tattooed because I don't want to deal with an asshole tattoo artist. I want to be tattooed by someone who really appreciates the art--and I thought that would be easier to find than it has been. Maybe I am just going to the wrong places, or maybe I am just catching people on a bad day.
Whatever the case, I am 98% sure that I am going to go back to Luck 13 in Kutztown to get my first "real" tattoo. Even though I have my inner lip tattooed, and it is certainly a real tattoo... I don't really count it. It was like a tattoo dry-run for me. Just to see what it was like to get a tattoo and to test out the place. I was pretty much sold on Lucky 13 when Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It" came on the artist's play list. I am really excited to get this shiz done! It probably won't be for another couples months yet though because I really want to make sure I am going to have enough money.
I always wonder how tattoo artists feel about people bringing in their own drawings to get tattooed. Do they want more creative freedom than that, or are the OK with that? I wish I could be a tattoo artist myself. It would be an awesome way to actually put my art degree to use. ha. But I would be terrified to make a mistake that would permenantly be inked into somone's flesh.
Well, this is getting really long. I could ramble on forever. I need to learn to edit myself more. But then again, it is MY blog and it is possible that nobody will even read it, so I don't know why I am worried about things like length. Seriously though. I could really talk about anything for an excessive amount of time. Is this a gift or a curse.
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oldernow:
taking a long time to decide a tattoo sounds like an absolute must. or... you could just wait until you're stumbling drunk and wake up with a full back piece of... George Bush! --- it happened to a friend of mine's biker bf. who voted AGAINST teh Bush every chance he got, and has no idea what happened to him. also, check out the 'tattoo repair' thread in the tattoo group. measure thrice and ink once I say.
lumpsum2:
I think you should get the tattoo instead of the infections. I think I'll do the same!!!