Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Tie me up, baby.

OMG, I'm so sick that I think I'm delirious. Don't worry, I don't have the swine flu though (I hope). Or at least that's what the nurse said... She said I could get tested, but she usually only sends people over for testing if their temperature is higher than 102 degrees... Anyway, I went out to lunch today (tee hee) against the nurse's order of staying home and resting for 7 days!! She said she knows it's kinda impossible, but it's recommended. I did call in sick for work though since today is the day I drive interns to teach at an elementary school and I didn't think it'd be wise to be behind the wheel.

Corset piercings. Totally hot, but completely weird. It looks extremely painful. How do people SLEEP with those piercings on their back? Or don't they ever worry about one getting caught and ripped out while they're putting a shirt on? I really like the picture with the piercing up to the neck.. But I think these are only sexy when you have nothing else on..





What Is A Surface Piercing?
Surface piercings are any body piercings that take place on the surface of the body through areas which are not particularly concave or convex, where the piercing canal transverses a surface flap of skin, rather than running completely through a piece of body tissue from one side to another. A surface bar follows the plane of skin, while a standard piercing is pierced through the plane.

Basically this is any piercing that enters and exits the skin on the same side of the body.

Rejection
Surface piercings have the highest rate of rejections out of all other other piercings. Your body sees the jewelry as a foreign object and slowly pushes it out of your skin as it would a splinter. These piercings slowly migrate to the surface of the skin where they eventually get so close to the surface that they rip out leaving a preferment scar. Few surface piercings last more then a few months, although you can maximize your chances of healing several different ways.

To understand why surface piercings fail you must first understand how the body heals itself. Your body views any piercing as a foreign object trying to penetrate its defenses. This happens as soon as the cells surrounding the object get disrupted from their natural life process. Healing a surface piercing is actually just freezing the natural rejection process of your body.

Surface piercings will start to grow out, or reject, from the outer edges slowly in towards the center of the jewelry. Key signs of rejection are redness, swelling, tenderness, and gooey discharge.

Keep in mind that even after years of a surface piercing appearing to be “healed” a simple bump could start the rejection process right where it left off.

Jewelry Types
Surface piercings must be done with the proper jewelry. Never use a straight barbel for this type of piercing as your body will almost instantly reject it. There are specialized types of jewlery specifically for surface piercings.

Surface piercings should only be done with “surface bars”. Surface bars are staple shaped barbels that almost completely eliminate up-pressure on your skin, one of the main causes of rejection. This jewelry can also minimize motion to the piercing which is the second leading cause of rejection.

If the piercing shop you goto does not carry surface bars you do not want them to pierce you. There is absolutely no reason to get a piercing if your body is going to reject it right away eventually leaving a scar.

Long Term Care
Surface piercings are not a “get it and forget it body mod”. Since a healed surface piercing can almost instantly start the rejection process at any time if there is any trauma to the pierced area. This can be caused by something as simple as a bump against a table.

You don’t want to get a surface piercing somewhere that is high motion and will inevitably put undo stress on the piercing. Areas like this include, but are not limited to, the breastplate, wrist, forearms, and legs.

20 comments:

Audrie said...

omg that looks sooo painful! But strangely attractive...haha. Interesting, I don't see a lot of people with surface piercings, is it becoming a trend now?

Mac It Pink said...

o my god! that looks sooooo weirrdd...

oh..ill try and post the pic of me with the strap perfect,...haha i might lure in some pervies..hahahah

XOXO

Jennnn said...

ouch! those look so painful. i remember back in the day when tongue and eyebrow piercings were the thing.. and i was really considering getting one too. good thing i eventually didn't cause my body kinda rejects piercings (except for my permanent earholes which don't seem to like earrings anymore)

MzUnicaHija19 said...

OUCH!
that'll be a tremendous pain and scarring... I'll pass. lol

Jennnyy. said...

thanks for following :)

i've always thought those piercings were painful to even LOOK at! >< i mean.. what if it gets caught on something.. i can imagine them ripping off.. one.. by one.. OMG D:

GirlAboutTown said...

wow all i could say is...ouch. LOL it looks too darn painful to go through just for the pretty look...hahaha i was always afraid to pierce even my navel...sighhh

Crissy said...

As far as I'm aware, most people remove those corset piercings as soon as they get pierced because of rejection and the risk of getting those snagged on something. I've seen some girl get a corset one in her arm and ow :( especially the pictures of removing it!

Other signs are peeling around the hole with redness. If you see more metal after the swelling has gone down, then yeah :/ Time to take out! I had two navel piercings reject on me and I've seen pics of healed scars from those :s I think if you treat it asap then there's a higher chance it will heal/fade nicely. Mine are twice as small now.

I'll just never recommend multiple navel piercings to anyone haha

Cinthia Truong said...

WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I thought those are some artworks from far away. Geezeeeeeezzzz

How painful!!!!

loveSHARA said...

OUCH.

I kinda like it. . but I think the most I'll do is like more on my ears and maybe my tongue. . hmms.

sanniet said...

dang that looks painful x_X at first when I saw the picture I thought you got a tattoo or something! LOL it looks pretty though >_< but very painful hehe

I hope you get better! Man everyone has been getting sick >_< wear lots of warm clothes when you go out! even for food =P

LINEA. said...

i think this is hott! but insane at the same time! lol

fuzkittie said...

Omg.. that looks... disturbing.... makes me cringe! xD

Anonymous said...

Beautiful but scary too! I like piercings but this is a little too much. How to wear a normal blouse at work?

noone said...

that looks soo painful! I think I'd get bored of a corset piercing on me after a day too lol. Yeah my belly button piercing got rejected. Now I have a scar... booo

roxy. said...

it looks scarryyyyy!! lol i couldn't do it i have my industrial and that's it for me! i decided to shop my stash because i have a TON of make up that doesn't get love! you should do i love looking at what other people have!

Vanessa M. said...

I LOVE THOSE!!

KRYSTAL said...

omg those are CRAZZY piercings!

Trixie La Belle said...

Haha, that is kinda weirdly sexy and beautiful, but those people have to have a very uncomfortable life. If they wanna get sexy, I'd recommend reaaaalllly high heels and a reaallly sexy corset. One that you can take of and that doesn't go through your skin...

=)

Amina said...

this looks soooooo painful!!
I just don't do pain..lol

JennBee said...

These piercings are mostly for show - indeed, they're taken out very quickly, within hours or days :)