whats the first gauge, to stretch from a regular piercing in the ear? some one told me it was 12,is that true?
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Stretching is a long term committed process- it is not done fast or all at once! You strech fully healed piercings one gauge at a time, and you can only stretch every 2 months or so to do it right. Sometimes at the first few sizes (14g to 12g) you can stretch after about 1 month, and once you hit larger sizes- 1/2" or bigger, waiting even longer is recommended, up to 4- 6 months in some cases. If you stretch more than one gauge or faster than this you can tear, damage, or blow-out your tissue, leaving bad looking scars, purple or damaged skin, or bleeding.\n\nWhen you wear jewelry in any piercing all the time, the hole itself will be loose enough to allow for jewery one size bigger fairly easily. The new bigger size fits tight at first, but over the course of the next two months, it loosens up again, and will allow you to put in the next bigger size again, etc. A taper can be used to aid in putting the jewelry into the piercing, but is not meant to force skin open that will not let it. Stretching is not a forceful process.\n\nWhen getting to very large sizes there are some other techniques that help, like taping.
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Boys peierce the left ear, the right ear is considered gay. This can easily be remembered by saying "Left is right, but right is wrong." Piercing both the left and the right ears is fine as well, it doesn't make you gay or anything.
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My daughter and I both have problems with any earrings .We usually take and stick the part that goes through your ear in some antibiotic ointment befor wearing them and it makes for pain free insertion and keeps our ears from getting infected or bothered as well you can do tthis with any earrings its fast,cheap and easy and it works!!
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I have has mine done twice, because it got infected. The clamps do hurt when they are prepping you for the piercing. The piercing did not for me. The healing can also be painful. Keep it clean if you get it, and use a mixture of 1/2 mouthwash, 1/2 water to rinse after you eat, drink or smoke if you do. Also if you have any metal allergies, like to nickel, I reccommend that you do NOT get pierced. It is a bigger pain then it is worth. Literally. Also get silver or gold jewelry or plastic if you do have metal allergies. Don't go cheap because it will get infected and infections in your head are very serious. Now for the 2nd part of your question, should you get it done? That is a very personal question, it will affect how people look at you and what types of jobs you can get. Hope that helps.
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IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT EAR YOU PIERCR FOR BEING\nSTRAIGHT OR BEING GAY. IF LIKE TO HAVE BOTH EARS PIERCED\nTHEN GO FOT IT BECAUSE IT'S YOUR CHOICE AND YOUR BODY SO\nGO AHEAD AND DO IT.
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If your parents are allowing you to get your ears peirced for the first time...do it for yourself. As stated above it's realy a personal thing.\n\nBad reasons for doing this...\nIt's cool\nAll the other girls are doing it\nIt'll make me feel more grown up\nI feel I have to in order to fit in\nBoys will look at me more\n\nYou get the basic picture on that.\n\nNow, if you simply personaly belive that ear piercing is pritty and you want it for yourself,then keep in mind that there are risk involved here. Your parents and the person actualy doing the piercing will help you with this. \n\nFirst and for most- make sure you have a certified piercer!\n\n#1 - the day before get prepared, don't pick out new earings right away, you'll have to wait about 6 weeks.\n#2 - the day of the piercing have your hair clean and tied back away from your ears. Also keep your hands away from your ears. This will help stop the spread of any infectious substences that might be present.\n\n# 3 - be sencitive about placement of the earings. They may use a medical marker to put small dots on your ears before the piercings.\n\n# 4 - stay calm try not to think about it to much keep your breathing normal.\n\n# 5 - probably the most important, Follow ALL instruction! Clean with the solution provided, turn the earings daily ect, they will go over this with you when you have it done.\n\nGood luck and enjoy!
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It feels like a quick pinch. I think the best ways to think about any piercing is, if it hurt that bad, most people wouldn't have gotten it done. And how many people have theirs pierced? Also, any "pain" you feel is generally over in less than 5 sec (if that). All you have to remember is getting through those few seconds, and then afterwards you can look back at how silly it was to be scared. And you'll have a brand new piercing that looks fabulous.
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14, I believe.  But you could probably get them to pierce it at anything from 16 to 10 gauge.
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you need 2 stretch alot. Everyday in the morning stretch for a good 20 minutes, and at night for 20 minutes.  No cheating!!!Hold each stretch for at least 20 seconds.
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Something... la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la... don't feed the bears. I want some candy. WHERE IS WALDO??? Can I gp now? I'm tired. YAWWWWWWWWWN Need coffee... I'm wearing pajama pants that look like golfer pants, they're kinda ugly because it's pink. I'm thinking of getting 2nd piercing on my ears, I already have regular pierced ears, but I want a 2nd pair.\nYAWWWWWWWWWWWWN Really, it's only 9:52 pm here, I shouldn't be so darn tired. I like this one dude that goes to my church, even though I've never talked to him. I don't even think he knows my name.....Sorry to go on and on, but you did say make it as long as I could.
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I was taught to use 25 gauge, 1" at a 90 degree angle in the anterolateral thigh.  However, I was more recently told by a reputable source to use a 1" at about a 70-80 degree angle, with the needle pointing toward the patient's toes.  I've actually found this more to my liking, as I can, by adjusting the angle just a titch (depending on the size of the child) always take the needle to the hub.  This provides an accurate aspiration and injection when working with a wiggling child.  In any  case, my answer would be 1" 25 gauge for immunizations; higher gauge if administering a thicker suspension.
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I think that getting your belly button is more bearable, maybe just because its something you "want" to do and you are scared when you are getting a needle in your mouth so i think that getting poked with a needle in my mouth is way worse, plus you get a reward after you get your belybutton pierced, you have a belly ring and you just have a sore mouth after getting a filling........oh and i think peircings are f'in hot, i have 7...hell yeah
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If you're asking about what jewelry to start out with, a ring will allow for a much better healing process. \n\nTalk to reputable body piercers in your area about this.  I can't stress enough that you should never have this piercing done with a gun.  People always think that piercing needles will hurt worse.  This is not the case at all.  Gun piercings do much more damage to the tissue than a piercing needle could ever hope to.  Needles are far less traumatic to the tissue and therefore hurt far less.
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Here is a list of the gauges i've heard of:\n12\n\nHope that is helpful.
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have you changed your piercing lately? maybe it was not healed all the way...\n\nmake sure that you are cleaning ALL around with antibacterial soap (they might have given you a kit) and using the sea salts regularly! when you clean make sure you can move the ring around to be thorough... if you feel any pain use an ice pack for about ten minutes.\n\nif this is still happening (it sounds like an infection because the piercing should have healed by now - within 6 weeks) talk to whomever did the piercing and ask for their directions... i don't think it should be to serious though, a similar thing happened to me.
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Who ever said that it was wrong to get body piercings!\n hell go get one and tell me about it sweetheart.
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I'm a piercer, and almost everybody I've pierced has said that it dosent hurt. Its actuially one of the easiest piercings to get done. I got it done, and truthfully, my pain tolarance is very low.( I took it out a few years ago though).I scream when I get blood taken, or when I get a needle at a doctor.\n\nIf you look at the structure of the tongue, there is two muscles that run paralell beside eachother. The veins and most of the nerves are along the sides aswell(usuially-the piercer should check with a flashlight to check your tongue). \nWhen you clamp the tongue to pierce it, you clamp a bit of the sides, and thats why the clamp hurts a bit. The clamp is a good thing, because it keeps your tongue from moving around, and you get pierced at the right place. The needle part goes through the middle tissue, which dosent hurt that much.\nWhat does hurt is the after effects. The tongue is a quick healing piercing ( fully healed in about 2 weeks), but it tends to swell alot. It can be swollen for 5 to 7 days.Ice and popsicles can help.So can advil and anti-inflamatory medication.\n\nHeres a copy of the proper aftercare.From the APP website(Its a great website, you should check it out)\n\nCleaning Solutions\nUse either one or both of the following solutions for inside the mouth:\n\n- Antimicrobial or antibacterial alcohol-free mouth rinse* \n- Packaged sterile saline solution* with no additives (read the label!) or non-iodized sea salt mixture: Dissolve 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of non-iodized (iodine free) sea salt into one cup (8 oz) of warm distilled or bottled water. A stronger mixture is not better! Saline solution that is too strong can irritate the piercing. (If you have high blood pressure or a heart condition, please check with your doctor before using a saline product inside the mouth as your primary cleaning solution.)\n\nCLEANING INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSIDE THE MOUTH\nRinse mouth 4-5 times daily with cleaning solution for 30-60 seconds after meals and at bedtime during the entire healing period. If you over clean, it may cause discoloration or irritation of tongue. \n\nWHAT IS NORMAL?\n- For the first three to five days: significant swelling, light bleeding, bruising, and/or tenderness.\n- After that: Some swelling, light secretion of a whitish yellow fluid (not pus).\n- A piercing may seem healed before healing is complete. This is because piercings heal from the outside in, and although it feels healed the tissue remains fragile on the inside. BE PATIENT, and Keep cleaning throughout the entire healing period.\n- Even healed piercings can shrink or close in minutes after having been there for years! This varies from person to person; if you like your piercing, leave the jewelry in place.\n\nWHAT TO DO\nTo help reduce swelling\n- Allow small pieces of ice to dissolve in the mouth.\n- Take an over the counter, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory such as Ibuprofen or Naproxyn Sodium* according to package instructions.\n- Sleep with your head elevated above your heart during the first few nights.\n\nTo maintain good oral hygiene\n- Use a new soft-bristled toothbrush and keep it clean.\n- Brush your teeth, and use your chosen rinse (saline or mouthwash) after every meal.\n- During healing floss daily, and gently brush your teeth, tongue and jewelry. Once healed, brush the jewelry more thoroughly to avoid plaque build up.\n\nStay healthy\n- The healthier your lifestyle, the easier it will be for your piercing to heal.\n- Get enough sleep and eat a nutritious diet.\n\nWHAT TO AVOID\n- DO NOT PLAY WITH THE JEWELRY. Long term effects of playing with, and clicking the jewelry against the teeth can result in permanent damage to teeth and other oral structures. See the APP’s Brochure: “Oral Piercing Risks and Safety Measures” for more information.\n- Avoid undue trauma; excessive talking or playing with the jewelry during healing can cause the formation of unsightly and uncomfortable scar tissue, migration, and other complications