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[novapsyche]

My friend twoofdtm posted about one of her piercings, which got me to thinking.

I have two ear piercings, but I cannot contemplate getting anything more. Also, I am very averse to acquiring a tattoo. I think my feelings toward both of these are related, but it's visceral so it's hard for me to give a logical reason why I feel the way I do.

Do you have piercings or tattoos? If so, how many? Either way, what would drive you to get them or to stay away?

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[eposia.livejournal.com]

I have surprisingly few body mods for owning a tattoo and piercing shop. Piercings I don't think I'll do any more of, due to the healing times and immune system impact, though I might try the new dermal implant anchors at some point. Tattoos I have a couple in the planning stages, large, but they've been being planned for years. I've got this skin my whole life, it doesn't bother me to take some time to decide how I want to decorate it, since we don't have the tech for programmable digital-ink tattoos yet. One is an abstract leg piece designed by my stepmother, and one is a themed armpiece on the other side for bilateral balance.

[eposia.livejournal.com]

I currently have two tattoos, both white ink, on my forearms. On the right is a line going down the center made to look like a scar, acquired on the day my divorce was finalized as a reminder not to walk down certain paths again. The left I got 1.5 years later, an infinity symbol just under the crook of the elbow, sort of a wedding ring to myself -- a reminder to keep my needs and goals first in the forefront of my awareness and energy expenditure, when I'm taken care of I have a lot more to give others. I got them at a time when I didn't know what sort of job I'd be getting next, so got them in white because I needed the tattoos to be in a place where I would see them all the time, but wouldn't necessarily draw the notice of other people.

[blackwinterbyrd.livejournal.com]

white ink. I am interested in this sort of tattoo also. do you reccommend it? (I'm pinkish pale)