To Pierce Or Not To Pierce.
By Kandase
@Kandae11 (57233)
June 28, 2022 9:22am CST
You can make that decision today June 28 which is celebrated as - " International Body Piercing Day".
The Day recognizes the practice of body piercing and also -" promotes awareness of both the cultural and safety standards that should be practiced with body piercing.
So if you have been thinking of getting a piercing and keep putting it off, today is the day to make a definite decision.
Could be your ear, nose, lips, tongue or other body areas.
My only body piercing happened when l was a baby - my ears. As an adult l wondered why so early. Seems the health experts believe that babies would feel less pain and are less likely to move about during the procedure.
Do you have any body piercing? Do you plan to get any? Do you recall getting your ears pierced?
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
29 Jun 22
I do have some piercings but not my ears. (Don't ask unless you really want to know. 
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My first wife and I had Pretty's ears pierced when she was two years old. She just looked startled and that was it. Since she grew up, she's gotten quite a few piercings. I believe she has six in both ears now and I know she's had inserts under the skin of her back. (I can see the lumps when she's wearing a bathing suit.) I've never asked if she has any other piercings.
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My first wife and I had Pretty's ears pierced when she was two years old. She just looked startled and that was it. Since she grew up, she's gotten quite a few piercings. I believe she has six in both ears now and I know she's had inserts under the skin of her back. (I can see the lumps when she's wearing a bathing suit.) I've never asked if she has any other piercings.1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
29 Jun 22
@Kandae11 Chicken! 
When she looked startled, her mom and I both laughed and that made her laugh, too.
When she looked startled, her mom and I both laughed and that made her laugh, too.1 person likes this
@Kandae11 (57233)
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29 Jun 22
Ha, No l won't ask. When l was researching for this post l read about some unbelievable places. Some persons seem to like torturing themselves in order to be in the fashion or to express themselves. To each his own.
Pretty was quite mature about her ear piercing, they say children her age and older would make a big fuss.
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@Kandae11 (57233)
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29 Jun 22
@DaddyEvil Yeah, chicken l am. The ear piercing should be quite brief, certainly not as bad as some injections - and we all received vaccinations when we were babies.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
11 Jul 22
Most men here don't like piercing only women.
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@58lordstreet (1668)
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28 Jun 22
I looked into nipple piercing but decided I was too old now and it would probably drag my chest down .
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@Kandae11 (57233)
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29 Jun 22
@58lordstreet l am unlikely to have any piercing on my body except my ears - and l had that many years ago when l was a baby. I am just imagining the scenario of a fight .Wow!
@58lordstreet (1668)
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29 Jun 22
@Kandae11 more likely with earings i suppose, thats what I think when i see the big hooped earings.You are unlikely to be fighting barechested lol
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@Beestring (15373)
• Hong Kong
28 Jun 22
Yes, I got my ears pierced many years ago. After a week or so, my ears were swollen due to inflammation. Since then, I never wear any earrings.
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@Kandae11 (57233)
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28 Jun 22
@Beestring l don' t know the situation now, but back in the days when l was born that was the thing to do.
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@Beestring (15373)
• Hong Kong
28 Jun 22
@Kandae11 So every baby needs to get their ears pierced in your culture?
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
28 Jun 22
Same here. I don`t like to pierce any other parts of my body 
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
28 Jun 22
Just my ears, that was enough. I was afraid to get them pierced for years as I tend toward Keloid and can develop too much scar tissue. Not all my scars are like that, but a few are. I didn't want to get some kind of big scar on my ear, but I bit the bullet and it was fine.
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@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
28 Jun 22
I don't have any body piercing. Here the girls are required to have their ears pierced but I have not let it happen to my daughter by imagining the pain that she may feel during the piercing. I thought when she will grow up she will get it by herself.
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
28 Jun 22
Only my ears are pierced and that didn't happen until I was into my teenage years. I was excited and it really didn't hurt. I love earrings
I have no intention of having anything else pierced
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@ketinaharriet (397)
• Nairobi, Kenya
28 Jun 22
I got my ears pierced when I was seven years old, and I remember I was going for lunch break from school to home and that's when my mum got me pierced. Dew days later I had issues with my ears since I got blister, I ended up removing the ear rings and I use to nurse my ears. Before they blocked completely I put the eating back. Till date I only have my ear pierced.
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