Tattoos and Body Modifications

[Taniira]

If it were up to my brain, I would have rings all along my ear, but my body rejects piercings so I gave up. It took 11 tries just for regular lobe piercings to accept, I tried 3 or 4 times for a navel ring, and once each for a cartilage piecing and second lobe holes that were rejected. It makes me sad, but it's not worth wasting any more money. I tried a bunch of different metal options, too, so it wasn't that.

Luckily my body is fine with ink! I plan on getting a full back piece of an ocean scene as soon as I can save up the money -- hopefully next year.

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Oooo! That sounds neat! Sucks though about the piercings! :< Especially when you want to have so many!

[Mermaid Harmony]

I'm with you on the piercings, I tried 4 times to have my lobes pierced using everything I could think of, 24 Karat Gold, Sterling, Surgical steel, I think the last time I used titanium. I tried getting my nose pierced and LOVED it, but my nose was like...ummm no. And keloids happened and well, yeah, nose ring had to come out, it sucked major. I'm going to try repiercing my ears but by 'gaging' it, and hopefully I can pierce it with bone, or glass. Maybe my body won't reject it this time. Who knows!! But at least I can get tattoos!:-)

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Good luck, harmony!! I currently have 2 regular (size 20/18) piercings and an extra piercing on my right ear that is a size 16 barbell surgical steel. It worked well, and was pierced without a gun, but the others were gun and aren't too happy. :< Boo. I'd love to have more. Maybe bone earrings would be cool for mermaiding!

[Usagi]

When I was little, I loved piercings and said I would get my ears pierced all the way up..I currently have 6 on one ear and 5 on the other haha I've gotten some nasty keloids, but they healed, oddly enough. 3 of my piercings I did myself. Just numb it with ice and shove the earring through. Of course, this leaves room for error... ): lol Harmony, have you tried plastic? I bought a "gun" once (it was really just this cheap plastic thing. Not even Sally's quality) and it came with plastic earrings.

I also have a belly button piercing (I've been keeping it a secret from most people until I get in shape lol) but for some reason it won't really heal. It keeps...uhh..(tmi here) oozing. But I refuse to take it out because it cost me $40! :P

[Ponytales]

I had a friend who had a scab form *inside* the piercing on her bellybutton and it kept doing that. It also made it very painful for her to change her ring, like it was very tight in the middle. It could also be that, if you are out of shape, maybe your waistband on your pants rubs too tightly against it?

[serenitymoonwave]

I have seven tattoos. All on my arms/hands. I've got a blue lily on my upper arm/shoulder. I've got love tattooed across the top of my wrist. My grandpa's birthday, initials, and day of death on my forearm, a bass clef on my right hand with music written on the side, a treble clef on my left hand with passion written on the side, "I'm gonna love you through it" curling up my forearm, and an Aries symbol tattooed on my left forearm with my sons initials and my initials. I love my body art, and think they add to my personality as a mermaid.

[Elle]

I have 4 tattoos; a red star on each hip bone, Chinese symbol for dragon on my lower back (my grandfather was Chinese, He and I were both born in the year of the Dragon. It was my first and very important to me) and I have a tribal heart on my lower shoulder blade. I'd love to get more but the red stars I got were the last or most recent (which ever way you want to look at it) were kind of because I thought it was cool rather than it meaning something for me. So I'd seriously have to consider it before I got more.
as for piercings, I have 2 in each lobe and a rook piercing on the left ear. I used to have a lot more than that but they've come out over time and now there a little bits of scar tissue in my ears

[Taniira]

Harmony, I would love to get a cute little nose stud, but with my experience with piercings I'm not willing to risk it. Now that you mention it, maybe my normal lobes finally accepted because I did gauge them. Not much -- only to like a 12 or 14 IIRC -- but it might've helped. It's something to keep in mind if I try second holes again!

With my navel, the skin in front of the piercing just died I guess (it formed a scab) and the skin behind the jewelry healed itself and pushed the barbell out every time I tried. I kept having piercers tell me it just wasn't done deep enough previously, but it kept happening so I knew it wasn't that. I have a star shaped scar above my belly button from it -- it's actually kind of cute.

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Yay for cute scars! Boo for body rejecting piercings. :<

[maimerd]

I have a tattoo of piano keys along my left side, from hip to armpit and a full sleeve in the works on my upper left arm of the current animation of "My Little Pony; Friendship Is Magic" by Lauren Faust. I've always been a fan of My Little Pony. I am a bit worried on how this will effect my mermaiding, but I'm not too worried as I think I've made up a solid back story for my mermaiding life. It still makes me a bit self-concious that I have these tattoos, and I'm in the works of getting more, all over my body that are easily seen, but I figure anyone will accept my backstory for my mermaid persona, especially children.

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Ooo that's cool! I love how everyone has so many wonderful ways around their tattoos! I was so worried, and now I'm not! ^_^

[Mermaid Varshana]

Omg, another brony? Yay!

[Nashoba]

Kalani wanted to see pics of my tattoos that were Native / Earth / healing related. The first one of the hamsa hands isn't the best, but here it is.

Positioning of the hamsas.





A close up of a hamsa





My backpiece - the medicine wheel is now filled in with color. This pic is good, but a little old.
On the low back is a crescent moon surrounded by smoke and stars.




There you go! I've also got one on my right ankle and one on the top of my left foot, but those won't show while mermaiding.

[Mermaid Kalliope]

(( Kailani** >< Sorry, there's two of us KAlani and KAIlani. Confusing... @.@ ))

Oh wow!!!

Those look amazing. I'd love to see the medicine wheel up to date. Those can totally tie into a mersona! <3

[maimerd]

Omg, another brony? Yay!

Well not really, since brony's are males at least from my understanding, but I guess you could call me a brony if it came down to it. I've just been a huge fan of Lauren Fausts work since "Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends" and a MLP fan since I was a small child. I'm planning on getting a lot of "The Little Mermaid" work done. I can't wait to show you all my King Triton when I get him done at the end of this November!

[Brooke]

Nice..I want just add here that. My friend diagnose a skin disease by doctors few days ago. The reason is tools were not good enough to make tattoo on her back. So, I just want to say that make it sure everything is okay before any tool touch your body.

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[Mary Marine]

I don't have any tattoos or piercings, not even my ears! For a very long time I was phobic of needles and have only recently been getting over that, though I see need to look away and listen to angry german metal on my iPod when I have to get blood drawn. I might get my ears pierced at some point, but I'm thinking more and more on getting a tattoo. I have a few ideas, but I'm not committed to a design enough to get one. I would have to REALLY like it to overcome my needle aversion!

To people getting scales, if you don't get them colored you can use water proof paints or make up to make them match your tail. My friend has a large paisley pattern chest tattoo that's just the outline, no color. Every so often we get out the colored Sharpie collection and fill it in. It lasts pretty well until the next shower, when it fades a quite a bit. Unless you want the faint, faded color look, I would recommend waterproof paint or make up, not markers, to color in the scale tattoo.

[angelstarfish]

I have my ears pierced once, but that's all I'm going to do... I'm afraid I'm a bit of a wuss whenever it comes to pain...

[Miyu]

Hugnation logo:

Abney Park tattoo, photo by Captain Robert himself!

Heart of Dance from the Beats Antique music video "Revival":

(My "sister" has the same tattoo, it was her idea that we get them. She's always been a dancer; getting this tattoo really helped me be able to dance better)


I also have my bf's "signature" symbol of the back of my neck.

I have pierced ears, the "regular" holes stretched to 00 with steel tunnels, and a second regular lobe piercing above that. I used to have my tongue and labret pierced; took those out because my teeth are going bad and I was chewing on the jewelry. Had an eyebrow pierced, lost the ball to that (fell off after a long time of not being able to get it off). Had "the girls" pierced but had to take those out because of reasons.

I'm a steampunk airship pirate mermaid, that's how my tattoos fit into my mersona