Piercing

Sounds horribly painful to me. Piecing gentialia used to be popular a few years ago I worked with a care assistant who had had her labia pierced- cant think why.

I have one piecing in each ear lobe which my mother had done when I was 6 - don't know why. I quite enjoy wearing earings but don't think I would have bothered to have had it done myself as an adult I cant see a reason to inflict pin on my body.

I had my ears pierced in the 30s by someone I knew to be extremely hygienic and practised in carrying out the procedure. I wouldn't have had it done otherwise. I've never regretted it. It makes me cringe to see - and hear about - other body piercings including those huge round discs some people wear in their earlobes.

I don't have any, my old Dad always used to tell me only Gypsys have Diddycoys (is that even a word?) have pierced ears and banned any of his 4 daughters from having it done. None of us ever did, I've never liked them anyway and as for intimate piercings, I knew someone who had a few and she said it boosted her sex life no end . Both my daughters and 2 granddaughters however all have the ears done I've never asked them if they have any others

I heard the word 'Diddycoys' recently in deepest darkest Norfolk *Tanith, so it's alive and well.

I was a coward and didn't get my ears pierced till my 21st birthday . One hole in each ear. That was sufficient.

In terms of genital piercing I always wondered what type of person goes into a tattooist , cocks their leg up on the chair and and says 'pierce this mate'

NanaandGrampy I need to google 'Diddycoys' see what it actually means .

A friends ex husband had his penis pierced.
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I have one piercing in each ear. I paid for it to be done at a jewelers with my first paypacket. I allowed D to have the same at 13.
I used to work in a chemists that did piercing the staff all refused to pierce babies ears which was requested quiet often. I think the youngest I did was a five year old boy He made no fuss at all.

Didicoy is the term gypsies use for those of mixed or non Romani blood.

My mother always wanted me to have my ears pierced and I always refused because it seemed really primitive. Then, when I was in my thirties I suddenly decided to have it done. DD had hers done when she was about 10 I think.

Its really horrible. I too hate piercing and wonder how people gets pierced on sensitive places. Salute to their guts man.

Agree with most here. Have one hole in each ear (done in my 30s I think) which allows me to wear pretty earrings without pinching the lobe with clip ons. All other piecings dont appeal.
My motger wpuls never wear earrngs as she said it made her look like a gypsy!
I heard the term diddycoy (Sp?) in a childrens tv series about a gypsy girl many years ago!

My dad (with some didicoy blood) wouldn't let me have my ears pierced when I was young. I finally had them done aged 34, when I said I'd go with a work colleague who was getting it done as a 21st birthday present. She said "You go first" so I did, and then she chickened out! We met up recently - this happened about 38 years ago - and she still hasn't had them done. I'm glad I did it though, as I love wearing pretty earrings.

I hate to see children with pierced ears, and the thought of piercings elsewhere makes me go very peculiar!

No. It can't be hygienic, surely?

I didn't get my ears pierced till I was about 20. Fainted afterwards still in the shop! Very embarrassing.

Couple of of hooks in lips seem to be popular. Worry about them being caught in fork when eating. Had my ears pierced when I was 27 in jewellers fainted after first one consequently the hole in second is skew wiff. Slopes downward have to remember when putting ear rings in.

What happens if you have nipple piercings and then have breast lumps? I've often wondered at people's ingenuity at damaging their bodies. There was a director of something in The Times with staples in his face and I couldn't hide the picture to read the article. I think I was brought up not to stare at the afflicted and that's how I feel.

I didn't even have my ears done till my 20s - don't think I'd want any other sites. I've got a Brazilian adopted sister who has been part of my life since she was 10 and had already had her ears done as a baby and looked cute!

Nanaandgrampy-that made me laugh out loud!! Very true too [

I'm 66 and have never had my ears (or anything else!) pierced.Having seen a friend have her earring ripped out of her ear during a rough and tumble game it put me off for life.As for piercing intimate places....no, no, no. Can,t be safe.

Ummmm.......I have a lot of piercings and I love them. My OH has rather a lot too, none that can be seen of course. But I have to admit to hating those stretched earlobes, something to regret later I think.

Most ears aren't attractive, so why draw attention to them by wearing earrings? We forbade our three daughters to get their ears pierced but it didn't stop two of them getting them done in their teens and not telling us. Still haven't quite forgiven them. I can't stand seeing babies with pierced ears, or even wearing bracelets. I know it's a cultural thing in some cases, but still daft. As for tattoos - in my childhood it was only sailors who had them - 'Mum' emblazoned on a forearm or chest looked quite good, but now it seems to have become a form of self-harm.

Same but different.......can somebody please tell me how the nose is blown when adorned with studs and rings and things? Makes me feel a bit ughy but I am truly mystified. Please don't be overly graphic with replies. I AM genuinely curious and oh so ignorant.

i had my ears pierced when i was 18 [all those years ago] and then again when in my early twenties. a little while later my daughter paid to have them pierced again so i've got three holes in each ear.
did toy with the idea of an intimate piercing but decided against it as i couldn't afford it!
i will admit to two tattoos though and i love them - i've had these for something over 20 years and i'd have another like a shot!
if people want to have ears and anything else pierced then i think it's up to them - i have a friend with all sorts of piercings.
again, if people want tattoos then it's a free world after all. same friend with the piercings has lovely roses tattooed on her legs and arms. they look lovely but i wouldn't have them - my tattooes are small and discrete.

It was an old superstition that piercing children's ears gave them good eyesight! Have no idea how that was supposed to work.
DH's aunt had her ears pierced, along with a friend, when she was a student nurse in the early 1930's. The old chap (her words)who did it said the only way he could do it safely and efficiently was if they each sat on his lap!!

Yuk! regarding the original post, just the one piercing in each ear for me which I had done when I was about 13, I always wear earings, pearls are my favourite. I don't like piercings all over the place I think they look gross, but each to their own.