# Where are your piercings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384 "2003-09-08T21:13:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/41 "2003-09-10T02:12:21Z")
I don’t have any piercings of my own (nor do I plan to get any,) I jsut wanted to pop in and say that a woman with a tongue ring and navel ring = HOT!!! I never realized I liked tongue rings until I kissed a girl who had one…and I didn’t know she had one until I kissed her, THAT was a bit of a suprise at first. And navel rings? Just plain sexy. I love navels and midrifs, and that just makes 'em better. I am not a fan of nipple piercings, though. I like my breasts (well, not mine, my parters) _au naturale._ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/42 "2003-09-10T02:47:17Z")
I have only one piercing, my left ear. My right ear was also pierced, but I haven’t worn anything in it for a couple of years, so it’s proabably grown in. What’s a ‘labret’? A lip (mouth, that is) piercing? I find tongue piercings incredibly sexy. I’ve never actually gone out with a woman who had one, but there is this one very conservatively-dressed woman at my work whom I’d been interested in at one point, and one day I noticed that she had a tongue piercing, and the contrast between the two images of conservatism and inner wild side was a great turn-on. ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/43 "2003-09-10T03:13:25Z")
For you guys with questions about what exactly these piercings people are mentioning are, I highly suggest the [BMEzine glossary](http://www.bmezine.com/glossary/index.html) (WARNING: pictures in some of the links may be graphic. Nothing on the linked page, but on some of the glossary terms). A “conch” is a piercing that goes through the inner “shell” of the ear. Search for “conch” in my link for a picture. That little protruding tab of cartilage you mentioned, **Narrad** , is the “tragus” which you can also search for and see pictures of at the link above. **Sunspace** , a “labret” is a piercing through the lower lip. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/44 "2003-09-10T03:49:50Z")
2 2 gauge lobes, 2 10 gauge holes right above that and 2 14 gauge holes on the right side, right above the others. Also, an industrial on the right side. My ears are lopsided. My right nostril is pierced twice, and I’ve got a labret. I used to have my nipples done, but took those out. I had my tongue done too, on a whim, and never liked it. I did my navel myself, when I was 14 or so, and it came about thisclose to being completely rpped out, plus it never healed, so I took it out and have a big scar. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/45 "2003-09-10T04:37:04Z")
Yikes… after reading of a lot of people having problems with eyebrow rings migrating out, I’m worried now. How will I know if mine is migrating out before it’s too late? ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/46 "2003-09-10T04:55:23Z")
Two respond to two questions: Migrate refers to the body rejecting a piercing. Slowly the jewelry will move back to the surface instead of healing in place. Conducting heat - well, I’ve never had that problem. I regularly take dry saunas in higher heats than 160 at times. Never really been an issue. MeanJoe ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/47 "2003-09-10T07:26:19Z")
Right now, 8, all from the neck up. Left ear x4, right ear x2, left nostril, and tongue. My tongue is the newest one that I’ve kept, and I did that about 4 years ago. Threads like this one make me want to get some more… Probably my nipples, as work precludes any of the more exotic facial styles. My belly button is a mess due to some scarring from major bowel surgery, so I’m just not sure I have the guts to get a Prince Albert. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Plankspanker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Plankspanker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plankspanker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/48 "2003-09-10T13:46:05Z")
I always took a labrette piercing to be one on the ‘line’ about 3/4 inch below my bottom lip, just above my chin… ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/49 "2003-09-10T14:58:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Narrad \* > \*\ ***Monica** : I’d say go for it! Cartilege piercings don’t hurt much, they’re relatively cheap and they’re (generally) able to be removed without leaving permanent marks on your body, if you don’t like the look. \*\* The actual piercing part didn’t hurt much, but it took a full six months for my cartilege piercing to heal properly. And stupid me, I got it on the side of my head I usually sleep on…I’ve thought about getting the other side done, but I don’t want to deal with the healing process again. Though if I were to do it, I’d go to a proper piercing place instead of the mall. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/50 "2003-09-10T15:12:36Z")
Two in the left ear, one in the right. The first one I got done professionally, and it got infected. The second two I did myself with a thumbtack and a matchbox, and they were fine. My brother’s eyebrow piercing migrated out, as did my ex’s belly-button, but my wife’s belly-button one is hanging firm. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/51 "2003-09-10T16:27:56Z")
I had my FIRST ear piercing when I was in the 5th grade. I pierced a SECOND set myself when I was in the 12th grade. My ears got terribly infected and I had to let the holes close and have them done by a professional. I got my belly pierced with my 20 year old daughter present. She thought I was so hip! This too got infected (I developed a keyloid) and had to remove the jewlery but the hole is still there. I might try a new ring in it this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Vevila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@Vevila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vevila)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384/52 "2003-09-10T17:02:23Z")
I currently have twelve piercings. Seven are in my left ear, and five in my right. My most recent piercing was…oh, I think around six years ago. I have lovely gemstone studs in each pierce; even my Dad (Mr. Conservative) thinks they look nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-your-piercings/200384.md?page=2)