# Pierced clavicles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403 "2012-02-29T23:12:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/1 "2012-02-29T23:12:31Z")
In the current _[Something Positive](http://somethingpositive.net/sp02242012.png)_ strip, Helen has two small circles on the front of her chest just below her shoulders. She also has a tattoo of an eagle on her chest so I suppose the circles could be tattooed. But they don’t appear to be tattoos. What they look like is piercing studs. (You can see that Nancy has a piercing below her lower lip.) Is that possible? Do people get piercings on their clavicles? ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/2 "2012-02-29T23:14:57Z")
Most likely a dermal implant of some sort. It’s different than a piercing. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/3 "2012-02-29T23:55:32Z")
[They’re a real thing.](http://www.google.com/search?q=clavicle+piercing&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=5blOT4_cDITbgge81KXCAg&biw=978&bih=872&sei=7blOT-TWNMLqgQfNmoy3Ag) My boyfriend has one. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/4 "2012-03-01T01:50:43Z")
> [@Acid\_Lamp](#): > > Most likely a dermal implant of some sort. It’s different than a piercing. I’m old-fashioned. If they make a hole in your skin, I call it piercing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/5 "2012-03-01T01:52:14Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [They’re a real thing.](http://www.google.com/search?q=clavicle+piercing&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=5blOT4_cDITbgge81KXCAg&biw=978&bih=872&sei=7blOT-TWNMLqgQfNmoy3Ag) My boyfriend has one. Right you are. Most of the images seem to have double studs but some - [like this one](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhi9csnPPM1qzhp52o1_500.jpg) - look like the comic. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/6 "2012-03-01T12:04:49Z")
I think they look really cool when they’re healed…but pics of the newly-placed ones make me wince. Maybe I could just glue a sequin to my clavicle instead… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/7 "2012-03-01T12:47:52Z")
A friend has a cobra tattoo on his chest. There is a surface piercing done with red faceted balls on the ends of the barbell to create the snake’s eyes. I’ve also seen a hand grenade chest tattoo utilizing a nipple ring as the grenade’s pin. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/8 "2012-03-01T13:26:09Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > A friend has a cobra tattoo on his chest. There is a surface piercing done with red faceted balls on the ends of the barbell to create the snake’s eyes. > > I’ve also seen a hand grenade chest tattoo utilizing a nipple ring as the grenade’s pin. ::squick:: Totally cool with whatever body mods anyone wants; but as a vanilla guy, I just can’t imagine doing that. Different strokes… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/9 "2012-03-01T16:03:09Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Totally cool with whatever body mods anyone wants; but as a vanilla guy, I just can’t imagine doing that. Different strokes… [There](http://djwanker.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/25-8.jpg) [are](http://thehotglove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/3773_tattoo.jpg) [dumber](http://www.alltattooart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Monkey-Belly-Button-Tattoo.jpg) [ideas](http://www.bestoday.com.au/sick/images/tattoo_05.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/10 "2012-03-01T22:25:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [There](http://djwanker.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/25-8.jpg) [are](http://thehotglove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/3773_tattoo.jpg) [dumber](http://www.alltattooart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Monkey-Belly-Button-Tattoo.jpg) [ideas](http://www.bestoday.com.au/sick/images/tattoo_05.jpg). I refuse to click on any of those links. I just know they’ll make me shudder. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/11 "2012-03-01T23:09:19Z")
The bottom of that strip says that the character of Helen is on loan from another strip-- Maybe it’d be clearer there? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/12 "2012-03-02T03:40:39Z")
I noticed someone recently on a TV show who appeared to have piercings/implants a little further down on her chest, maybe an inch lower, and they appeared to just go straight into the chest rather than having the barbell appearance. My husband and I decided they must be secured like hollow-wall anchors with the butterfly doodads inside the skin. Those clavicle piercings are one of the more attractive ones, IMO. Most of the body modifications I see are pretty cool, but I get a little scared about them when I realize what earlobes look like on old people. Still, I suppose they’ll have earlobe, nose, and nipple transplants by the time the piercing generation gets that old. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/13 "2012-03-02T03:40:49Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The bottom of that strip says that the character of Helen is on loan from another strip-- Maybe it’d be clearer there? No, the piercings, tattoo, and hair dye are all new. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/14 "2012-03-02T04:00:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The bottom of that strip says that the character of Helen is on loan from another strip-- Maybe it’d be clearer there? Helen was very, very plain when she lived in Bellville (the setting of Penny & Aggie)…she got a makeover when she moved to Boston, and went even further between when she moved in with Nancy - and made an ass of herself drunk calling Davan - then disappeared for a while, and when she reappeared - apparently not having been killed and buried in a shallow grave by Davan and/or Nancy. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/15 "2012-03-02T11:34:56Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Helen was very, very plain when she lived in Bellville (the setting of Penny & Aggie)…she got a makeover when she moved to Boston, and went even further between when she moved in with Nancy - and made an ass of herself drunk calling Davan - then disappeared for a while, and when she reappeared - apparently not having been killed and buried in a shallow grave by Davan and/or Nancy. Yet. She is still pushing buttons… Si ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierced-clavicles/614403/16 "2012-03-03T20:01:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I refuse to click on any of those links. I just know they’ll make me shudder. I thought they made cute use of the bellybutton