49. Nape Piercing

Here's a nape piercing I did at two months old. This gentleman takes such wonderful care of his piercings.



Surface piercings aren't the easiest to heal, but when proper placement and aftercare are achieved you could be one of the lucky individuals that can heal it. Inevitably, 98.9% of surface piercing results in migration or rejection. It's important to do your research and understand the pros and cons of surface piercing, and if you've decided that it's right for you, find a piercer who is knowledgeable and experienced in such work. This could essentially prolong the life of your potential piercing. :)

48. 24 Point Play Piercing

More play piercing action! This time, I did 24 needles on the back of some lovely legs. Miss Ashley did a wonderful job!

Here's the piercings before being laced.



And now, laced!






If play piercing interests you, PM me. I travel all of the time if you're not in the area.

47. Eighty Four Point Play Piercing

Check out this sweet 84 point play piercing on my legs, self done! I love the way it came out. :D It's the most needles I've ever done on myself (previously it was 42), and I can't believe I made it! I had two different ideas for lacing, so I tried them both out. Here are some pictures that I took. :)

Here are 84 needles on my legs...unlaced.


This is the first lacing style I tried, and it's my favorite. Everyone else seems to really like it too.




Here is the second lacing idea I had. It came out pretty cool.





I only had these for the pictures, about three hours. This kind of piercing is temporary and not intended to be permanent. If you have any questions about it, let me know. :)

46. Transverse Lobes

Here's a cool set of piercings you don't see too often, transverse lobes! I did these about two weeks ago and today was his check up. He's been taking really good care of them!


These aren't a very common type of piercing at all, and personally I've only ever seen them and done them on men. It's too bad more people don't get cool stuff like this! :)

14. Skin Diver Experiment

Skin divers are a little different than your standard dermal anchor. They look more like a tiny lip stud and the foot has no holes to for the skin to anchor to. Because of this, many people cannot keep a skin diver in the skin for longer than a few days to a few weeks (in most cases). I wanted to experiment with one on my willing fiance, so I installed it in a tattoo on his chest. I made him wear a band aid every day for the first week to ensure a proper setting, but I was not convinced that this would keep the diver in. I assumed that it would fall out after awhile.

To my surprise, here it is after 4 1/2 months. It's very happy and healthy. There has been no flaring up or migration, even after a a few good snags. I can't believe it's lasted this long!

10. Chest Play Piercing

I love doing play piercing. :)

Here is a 16 point play piercing on the chest. I sort of just winged it, but the design came out pretty all right. :D

I did some messing around with ribbon too, but I didn't like how it was turning out. The third photo is with some ribbon, and it was the only photo I liked with it...so that's all you get. Teehee!

I'm gonna do a cool one coming up this week or next. I will post photos. :)







*this type of piercing is temporary and not intended to be permanent*

9. Facial Anchors

Well, I did some anchors in my face a few weeks ago (three weeks last Friday) and I thought I would share a little update about them.

They're healing great, so everyone knows! They're laying nice and flat, and even minor bumping from time to time doesn't affect them. Sometimes the left one has some little crusties when I wake up in the morning, but I think it's because I sleep on that side the most...probably just some extra pressure it doesn't like. However, it hasn't been red, even in the morning! I'm really into these piercings, and I even just ordered some micro-gems for them in peridot, cause I just love green!!

Here's what they're looking like. :)

7. Finger Surface Piercings

I'm a piercer who especially enjoys doing surface piercing, but I'm not one to just pierce any place..if I know it isn't going to work out, it's likely I won't do it. I prefer to not pierce the finger area too, due to the fact that the few things I have done on a finger have lasted less than two months (snags are a big cause of loosing a little finger piercing).

I agreed to do this set of piercings, even though I was wary. I just didn't want her to have problems, more so because I've done surface piercings on her that have healed, and I didn't want her to have something that would fail. She talked me into it, and since she takes extreme care with her surface work, I decided to do this set of fingers. These aren't just a piercing you can get and then forget about, you know?? Ultimately, I did them the best I could, gave her a strict aftercare regiment, and sent her off into the world. Since she is a regular, I would see her often to check up on them.

Here is a photo of the day I pierced them.



I used 16g curved barbells, and I flattened them out a little so they didn't have such a sharp curve. I chose curved barbels because I've tried tygon before and there were problems. My main concern was the first two weeks. It's a high motion area and there was a bit of swelling. Generally for piercings like this, the swelling would be minor for days and possibly prolonged due to so much movement, and redness around the holes probably for most of the healing time. Any snag or a couple missed cleanings in the first few weeks could have done these piercings in.

But she knew that it wouldn't be easy, and took extremely great care of them. Here is what they looked like at just over 5 weeks old.



She followed the regiment I gave to her exactly, and look at how lovely they are healing! These are quite possibly the best looking finger surface piercings I have seen at 5-6 weeks old. The redness is minor around the holes, and there has been no migration whatsoever. I was expecting to see at least some migration, but she seems to not be experiencing any at all. She's had a couple little snags, but otherwise no soreness and little crusting.

Well, I saw her again yesterday, so here they are at 10 weeks.



It's hard to believe that they look this good and have lasted this long. Still some minor redness around the holes (it hasn't changed in a few weeks) but no real scarring, and it looks like the jewelry is still sitting well with no signs of migration or rejection so far. She told me there has still been very little crusting and they never seem to get irritated, even if they get tugged on every now and again. At this rate, she may be able to actually heal these things.... if all goes well!

I will post more photos as time goes on. Even if these piercings do begin to have problems or fail, I will still document the process. I hope you come back for more in the future. :)