tanuki1985

I had my labret pierced in mid-August. It's one of my favorite piercings! ^_^ 1. I didn't even flinch when having mine done. It didn't hurt, but piercings generally don't hurt me anyway. (Honestly, the only one I want that scares me is getting an industrial piercing in my left ear done. I have highly sensitive ears as it is. Eek!). Of course, it wasn't a pleasant feeling, but it wasn't excruciating. Afterward, it kinda felt like I had a fat lip for a few days, but that's about it. After you get it, you might accidentally bite down on it or scrape your gums with it, and that hurts worse than actually getting it done. These are the piercings that I have so far: three earlobes, two ear cartilages, tongue, one nostril, and labret. I'd say that of all of them, getting my tongue pierced was the most unpleasant. If you really want a piercing, just remember that pain is only temporary! 2. I had mine pierced at a 16 gauge. Getting a 14 or 16 is your personal preference as far as I'm concerned. I got a 16 because I have a small face and didn't want the piercing to look too big on my face. As for different healing times, that's something I honestly don't know the answer to. Mine stopped hurting and the swelling went down in just a few days. I never got into gauging, but I'm sure you could gauge a labret piercing just like any other piercing. Another DGNer might know more about this. 3. All piercers are different, but my piercer didn't mind putting a plastic piece of jewelry in immediately after having the piercing done, but he only sold metal jewelry at his shop, so I had a metal one put in. If you want a plastic piece put in, I'd find out if your piercer sells some ahead of time; if not, then buy one elsewhere and bring it in if he or she doesn't approves of it. 4. My piercer told me that I could change the piercing as soon a the swelling went down, which was in a couple days. I waited about a week. It took me a little bit of practice to be able to change the jewelry on my own, but now I do it a few times a day. I work at a school, so I have to put an invisible retainer in every day. I don't like to wear the retainer outside of work because I found that it irritates my lip and gums. I don't know why. *shrugs* 5. I have never had a labret infection, but I'm sure it's not very pleasant. Others might have more information on this. I'm sure you'd know it was infected if you saw lots of discharge and/or had lots of unusual pain after the initial healing period, but I'd research it online or ask your piercer if I were you. Make sure you follow the proper aftercare procedures that your piercer gives you and that you do not play with the piercing! Ask your piercer lots of questions before having the piercing done. Before having any of mine done, I always researched online, asked around, and asked my piercer questions. I would also ask around or look online to find a reputable piercer in your area if you don't already know one. Don't forget that labret piercings can possibly lead to tooth enamel loss and/or receding gums. Not everyone gets this, but it's still a possibility. That's a risk you have to be willing to take if you want the piercing. I decided to get the piercing anyway, but decided that if I noticed this happening, I'd take it out immediately. So far, everything has been alright. I found that having a short bar is very important, even moreso than having plastic jewelry. I had a plastic piece of jewelry in my piercing that was too long, and it still scraped my gums. Nowadays, I have a short metal bar in my piercing, and I have had no problems. It scrapes my teeth occasionally, but not like it did when I had a longer bar in place. Good luck!

Labret piercings turn me on. I never realized that until I got my labret piercing in August. It's by far my favorite piercing. ^_^ However, I must say that it sucks putting a clear retainer in it every day for work. Tongue rings are also sexy. Basically, any piercing is sexy to me. Generally, I am not too fond of septum piercings, but some people can actually pull them off.

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The pictures turned out very well. Thanks to all who posted pictures so that I could see what I missed!

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I was highly intoxicated, but from what I can remember, I had a very fun and *gasp* drama-free night. I got to hang out with some really frickin' sexy, err, awesome people too.

That's about as long as I've been a major fan -- since March or April 2006. Gotta love 'em!

Dammit, I can't go because I won't be in town. I thought I was the only Gogol Bordello fan on here -- at least now I'm glad to know that I'm not.

Two other DGNers besides me got violently ill after drinking the shots, but they were lucky and didn't puke in front of anyone. It was quite embarrassing for me, which is why I've come to the conclusion that I will never drink any more shots from CC again. I'm just sticking to mixed drinks. Well, it didn't help that I kept getting strange wiffs of stale piss. I don't know where that stench was coming from, but pewwwww. I know it wasn't me -- I took a shower right before the club.

My friends and I all got sick from the shots. We know it was the shots because we drank less than we usually drink, then as soon as we had the shots, we got sick. I'm never touching another shot from CC. Aside from that, I think I had fun for the most part, but something smelled downright sickening that night. Like old piss. Sick.

I heard something about a kid at Woodhaven High having opssible swine flu. Don't know if it's true or not, though.

That's "#1 Crush" by Garbage. I believe it is featured on the soundtrack to the Romeo and Juliet flick from 1996... And yes, that's the one with Leonardo DiCaprio. I've found the original version and the "goth remix" on YouTube. I'm not sure what version is played at City Club, though.

I was there... drunk off my ass, thanks to getting a nice paycheck on Wednesday. I don't know his name, but one of the bartenders (he was a big guy, but he was NOT Bishop) hooked me up and let me get a $6 for $4 when I didn't have enough money. He probably doesn't read the board, but I really appreciate his kindness. I saw Nightgaunt and Tszura, hands-down the sexiest people in the world. I saw some super-sexy dance moves courtesy of Rambo. I know what's jumping out of my birthday cake this year. It was fun, but I definitely missed a few people.

No, she's talking about the people who draw their new eyebrows all the way down to their nose, in particular. Maybe it's not a common practice, but we knew someone who did it. It made her even uglier than she already was, and that's not even including how ugly she was on the inside...

Not cool.

Yeah, and when people get their hair cut and they look like Howard the Duck.

Yo thighs... Yo hips...