diy has a limit, you see

I ALMOST got really mad at this post.

Self piercing is a horrible idea, professional always and remember you get what you pay for.

I’ve seen so many piercings blow out, become infested, leave scars etc or people who pierce the wrong spot for example hitting a huge nerve in your tongue or half your face going numb from trying to pierce your “smiley.”

not everyone can afford to see a professional

piercing parlors aren’t cheap

if you can do your research and apply care and precision I say go for it

this post is classist af imo

It’s not actually, because chances are you will fuck up and a piercer will have to fix it anyways. People who do piercings and tattoos already don’t make a lot of money and you can sit down with a lot of them and work out payments.

Piercings involve putting needles in places surrounded by nerves and the Internet isn’t going to give you the proper care a professional will.

You realize that safety pins, tacs etc aren’t sharp enough and are too blunt and will leave a lot of damage? And if you’re going to order a kit, you might as well spend the extra 10 bucks on a professional doing it like … I get that it shouldn’t be as expensive as some can be but piercings (like in places like your tongue, eyebrows, smiley) aren’t things that you can do for free as they are for the most part, procedurals that are medical in nature.

Also there have actually been cases of death from people contracting infections from self piercing. fucknoselfpiercing pls help.

I got tagged! thanks <3

But yeah, there have been cases of people piercing themselves and giving themselves MRSA and similar deadly infections and dying. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1502539/Boy-17-dies-after-having-lip-pierced.html 

that being just one example out of many. In the long run, getting a piercing at a professional will be cheaper + safer than doing it yourself. Because seriously I got my nose pierced at $55 with neometal jewelry so I don’t see how that’s anywhere near expensive.

If you broke, save the fuck up. You self pierce and shit goes wrong, you’re eventually gonna wish you went the pro route.

My nose was $40 with the jewelry, and my cartilage was $30 plus jewelry, but I got that done at Claire’s and with a piercing gun and DO NOT recommend. My experience with it wasn’t bad, but I’ve hears others that are. I talked to a piercer who did my mom’s Monroe and she said she also charged $30 for it (cartilage), and I think the Monroe was 50 or 60.

Also, stupid 14yo me tried to re-pierce my cartilage after it closed up, and I “shattered” my cartilage in that area and it bled a bit and got mildly infected and it hurt. I will never do that again. Go see a professional and take care of your body. It’s not that expensive and you’re going to end up paying more for it if you fuck it up and have to get it fixed/seek medical attention.

yeah, fuck claires. make sure you go to a proper piercing shop that uses needles rather than guns. and avoid freeze spray if possible, especially on cartilage piercings. it makes the cartilage rigid and can cause more damage with the piercing. and also hurts more afterwards even if you avoid damage, because you had to pierce a harder surface. sure, the freeze spray numbs, but it’s so not worth it in the long run.