There is no non-stupid sounding way for me to say this. Piercings are a massively massive part of my life. I have 8 (was 12 until I decided my ears looked stupid). Nose, navel, labret, 3 on one ear, 2 on the other (except right now I'm only wearing one stud in my right ear). I'm getting my first surface piercing at the end of the year. Keira and I have talked about getting matching piercings because it is something we are both passionate about. When I go to her house, we read tattoo magazines and go on piercing sites. When I grow up, I want to be a tattooist/piercer.
Getting my piercings made me a billion times more confident, people make fun of them and I know they were my choice, what I wanted, what I paid for...I can defend that, no matter how self loathing I feel. The only reason I don't have more is my dear mother's refusal to allow it for another few months. I have pierced other people and I've had them tell me that they were the fastest healing ones they'd had done, the most painless, the least infected and I like to think that it's because I know what I'm doing because I practise on my own ears (my mum was like 'go pierce your own ear' but she didn't think I would but I did and now it's good practise, I always use sterilised equipment, etc.). Sometimes I lose track of what I want to do slightly...there's so much...We all change our mind at this age, right? I'm only 15. But to have piercings, to give piercings to other people is something that has not left my mind since it was suggested. My piercings make me happy. I look at them and think 'wow. I never ever imagined I'd look like this.' and I've had people say 'I thought you were going to be somewhat intimidating when we met but you're very friendly and happy' (though this was more before, when I had a nose ring) and I love suprising people like that. I've had my nose piercing for over 2 years and my labret for ALMOST a year and the thought of having to take one of them out makes me a want to cry a little because they do feel like they are part of me now...
I am rambling so I will shut up.
This is my favorite subject in the whole fucking world.
And I love Alex's eyebrow piercing from the start of the thread.