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View Poll Results: Men: Do you have, or have you in the past, pierced your ears. | |||
Yes; currently |
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6 | 21.43% |
Yes; but I don't wear jewelry there anymore |
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8 | 28.57% |
No; but I've thought about it |
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0 | 0% |
No; would never consider it |
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12 | 42.86% |
Some other answer |
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2 | 7.14% |
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll |
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#16 |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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No pics ATM, and I'm heading out, but maybe tomorrow.
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
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My mom always said that she was allergic to gold -like Sophia Loren.
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Nearly done.
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Teetering on the edge.
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Thank you for that link rfndong!
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Ocala, FL
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I served in the USN. I think the gay rumors started because of the cracker jack uniforms. I can tell you the only gay man I ever met in the Navy was in basic training and he got booted out. There were a lot of gay women though.
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Ocala, FL
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Quote:
Is white gold really gold?
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#21 |
I can hear my ears
Join Date: Oct 2003
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white gold is gold mixed with nickel
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#22 |
Gone and done
Join Date: Sep 2001
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My dad had both his ears pierced when he was three or four years old -- it was the done thing for wealthy boys in India.
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#23 |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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most people are not allergic to gold, but rather to the alloys added to make it suitable for jewelry; could be nickle, but can be other metals, like palladium.
And Pie--that is very interesting. Very! If you have any more information about that custom, I'd love to have it. Oddly, among the most visited pages on my blog is a post about Indian nose piercing. Can't figure out why, exactly. Are these Indian people visiting my blog looking for solid info, or what? Wish I knew more about that. More research!
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#24 |
Blatantly Homosapien
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Got my ear done in high school. I had almost forgotten about it. After not wearing an earring for all these years, (going on 40) the hole is still there. I still have my old earrings. Maybe I'll wear one to work one day just to freak my cow orkers out.
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#25 |
Touring the facilities
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The plains of Colorado
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I voted for my husband.
He had his ears pierced some 5 years ago. He occasionally wears hoops in them, when he can find the earrings. As far as wedding bands...mine is a very simple gold ring with nothing on it. I use to have a ring with an aquamarine and the stone fell out of the setting. Since then, I have worn the gold band. I like it because it is simple and doesn't get caught on stuff. I don't have to worry about losing a stone, either. He has a titanium band. He needs the durability. Every piece of jewelry he has owned gets roughed up, too much to last. |
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#26 |
Elite Elitist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Fresno, CA
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Here you go.
The hole in my right ear. You can see the tiny hole left from my previously 10-guage loops. This one used to be 0 guage. ![]() With a bic pen ink insert. Not sure what guage that is, but I figure everyone has a bic pen and can look at the ink part for comparison. Interestingly, a full bic pen used to fit through there. ![]() I haven't had any jewelry in any of my piercings for at least four years now.
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#27 |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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what was the "some other answer"?
Stress Puppy; you could probably buy a flesh-colored plug to make the hole less noticeable, if you wanted
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#28 |
Come on, cat.
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area
Posts: 7,013
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Thanks Stress... much less noticeable than I would have though.
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#29 |
When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Raytown, Missouri
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I have a single piercing...left earlobe. For the past several years, I have worn only a simple small gold hoop, but I used to wear different stuff in it, mostly wires. My favorite piece is a tiny hunk of nickel iron meteorite dangling on a tiny piece of chain on a stud.
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#30 |
Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Badelaide, Baustralia
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Nothing stuck in my body. I figure it is like anything natural ... sticking big metal spikes into it does not add to the beauty of it. IMHO, YMMV etc.
Also, check with an acupuncturist for advice on places they would never pierce: earlobe, eyebrow, nose, nostril, lip, tongue, nipple, navel, genitals... pretty much everywhere that is currently done for fashion. (Not saying that I "believe" in acupuncture, but this is a fun way to stir-up new-age bodymodders!)
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