Here’s a positive vote for the eyebrow ring! I think they look cool. Not that my opinion matters, if you like it then go for it.
My friend Brian who cuts my hair ran into me tonight, told some very attractive girl about my plan and she went into some rather sexy details about what she would do to me if she weren’t married, and then I come home to all these positive comments from people I haven’t met. I’m even more excited than I was before. Thanks, everyone.
I work in an upscale-ish restaurant (open air kitchen), and figured it would be a no go. But my boss said it was kosher, so here I go. Work is actually a big reason why I’m getting the facial piercing–I figure it won’t be long before I graduate and have to get a “real job”, and this might be my last chance to see what it’s like.
Nope. The only people who know are coworkers, and then only because I’ve been really excited and can’t keep my mouth shut around people I talk to for eight hours a day.
My family has learned to take my surprises in stride. When my mom and grandma saw my tattoos, I saw their eyes widen and lips pucker, then they made a couple jokes and nothing else was said. They picked up in the last five or so years that I don’t appreciate comments like “why on earth would you do that?” and I thank them for it.
I think that my bangs help to frame my face, and when that’s gone, I’ll want some visual reference to attract people’s attention away from my head and towards my eyes. If it doesn’t work, I’ll take it out. But I don’t like nose rings and a lebret just wouldn’t look right on me.
I’ve always wondered what it’s like to have my dick pierced. I never really wanted one, really, but I am very curious. There’s only one way to know, so…
And I’ve already got two tattoos. One of them looks like a prison tattoo (left hip bone so not visible) and the other I really, really like. I’ve thought of a new tattoo, maybe of a chameleon, but I would have to think about it for another year before going through it it. I won’t be rushing into any new artwork because I like the way I look with the ones I have now, and don’t want to risk ruining the feng shui.
I don’t talk to her anymore. Our last conversation may have involved the words “hell”, “crazy”, and “as”, and they may or may not have come from my mouth.
I should have been more clear–that’s what I’m going to do.
I create my own stereotypes 
To tell the truth, the clothes thing wasn’t planned at all. I was just out shopping for new summer clothes (I change sizes like you wouldn’t believe, so have to go shopping about twice a year. I used to wear an XL with a 36 wast, I wore an XS for a while, and now I wear a medium/small with 29 waist), decided to try a couple on to see how they looked, and turned out that I liked it. That was more an accident than anything.
I’m getting all three because, well, I’ve never done them before. It’d be an awful shame to die without having tried something as simple as these things.
Curiosity. I’ve always wondered what it’d be like to have a piercing down there, and of the available options, it was the most palatable.
I love piercings of all kinds, but I’ve never even considered an eyebrow piercing because I know too many folks with a big ol’ scar running vertically through the brow. When done right, I love the look of them–but be careful when choosing your piercer!
The shaved head and the piercings go together, but I’m not sure why you’d combine that with polo shirts unless you were going for a hipster, ironic thing. And if that’s your aim, button down shirts paired with ties would work as a better dichotomy.
Oh! Unless you mean striped polo shirts for that soccer hooligan look. That’d work well with a shaved head and piercings.
I feel like doing both, and haven’t really given much thought to if they go together or not. I suppose it might look a little funny, but in a college town like this, I’ll probably still blend in just fine.
A shaven head or very short buzzcut looks tres sexy. Especially with a goatee.
The first time I shaved my head, it was a major change - from shoulder-length-ish hair to nothing. I regretted it, mainly because my mom HATED it (I was maybe 20, living at home). Now, at 34, I LOVE having little or no hair. I’m a fat guy, and tend to get hot easily. Having no hair is wonderful for mitigating the heat. If I let my hair grow to, say, 2 inches, when I do eventually shave it, it’s the greatest feeling next to sex or scratching a bad itch - my temperature goes down immediately, even if it’s only psychological. Do it!
Joe
How YOU doin’?
Joe
My friend Brian, the one who cuts my hair, has a hangover and can’t be arsed to get out of bed and come to work today. So I’m getting it all cut off tomorrow. The good news is that I went in and got both of my piercings. The frenum piercing is great–way, way better than I even hoped for, and I don’t think I’ll ever want to take it out. I’ll load up a picture of the eyebrow tomorrow, after my head is shaved. I’m a bit mixed on how it looks, because it’s a bit too far off to the side, which is making me consider getting a second one.
You tease!
[happy noise]MmmHmmm…[/hn]!
(bolding mine)
/snerk 
I do not think your radical change is really about your physical appearance. Just sayin.
Congratulations on the new look! I’m all about changing hairstyles/colours, and I personally find it really liberating to just do what makes me feel good with no regard to others’ opinions. Also, frenum piercing? HOT.
Oh yeah.
I actually had a whole paragraph written out about the benefits of a frenum piercing, and decided a single pun could convey everything. I love the SDMB.
I kind of like the contrast of the eyebrow ring with the polo shirts. One of my favorite guys at work has the boy-scout-with-a wild-side look…and it’s seriously cool.
No, but it’s rather amazing how much one can influence the other. Outer change can be very symbolic.
OK, the results are in. I took one last before picture to finalize how awesome I thought my hair was. But to tell the truth? I like the new look way better. The jury’s still out on the eyebrow ring, though. I’m not sure I like it.
I try to be tolerant of the younger generation, but: Polo shirts?
Shutup! You don’t know me, you can’t tell me what to do.
YOU’RE NOT MY REAL MOM!!!
humming "Mrs. Robinson"
Very, very nice.