Purplemaniacs Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Very smart Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Lovely - I really like my Tragus piercing because it is so discreet & tiny. I wear a real diamond (a VERY small one!) in mine, which you can on ly see if I wear my hair up. Hope it heals well for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 I'm looking forward to swapping the stud eventually, I've been looking at jewellery and there are some very pretty studs available. I will have to be patient and sit on my hands for quite some time though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Have a look here - it is where I got my diamond & also my nose stud (am about to order a rose gold one too) They make them to order & are, I think, very reasonably priced. My Tragus diamond is one of the push in Bioflex ones, & is gorgeous .... I got the smallest size when I got my work bonus last year, as a treat http://www.bodymattersgold.com/home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Ooh thanks Cinnamon. Best hide the credit card for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oh, well done you, I'm very proud of you and thank you for updating us. It looks really lovely - Quite tempted myself, though I'm sure I'm too old!!!!!!! WELL DONE THAT WOMAN!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Thanks Bramble - DO IT, DO IT, DO IT! There's no such thing as too old If you want to get one done then go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 One more thing about jewellery - avoid anything claw set or too spiky, as it catches on your pillow when you are in bed They are a bit of a fiddle to change too - I sort of contort myself so I have one arm over my head,in my ear,pushing the tragus area outwards, but even so most of the jewellery is small & I am terrified of it dropping into my ear while I am trying to twist it on And yes Bramble, you should! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Well I'll probably leave the current stud in for a good 6 months (assuming it all heals okay) before attempting any jewellery changes, then I was wondering about a bioflex labret stud, as the ends are push fit and I should just be able to change the push fit bit? (I have a titanium labret at the moment). I can imagine how fiddly it is as I am forever losing the threaded balls on my belly bars when I change them, as they are so fiddly. And I can see what I am doing with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 The whole tragus thing is a bit of a mystery to me (as I've wimped out so far ), but I'd worry about losing bits in my ear - could you stuff it (your ear, I mean) with cotton wool first to make sure nothing gets lost!?! I'm very tempted with a cartilage (helix?) piercing first ... My mum would kill me, work would probably sack me ... face, bovvered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Yes you can plug your ear with cotton wool before changing the stud if you want to, or you can ask a piercer to change it for you. A good option is bioflex, as you can leave the stud in your ear and just change the push fit ends, so it's less fiddly (look here and here, makes more sense than my explanation). If you fancy a cartilage piercing, then go for it! You can always get your tragus done as well at a later date (I'm not helping really, am I? ) I doubt work would be a problem - as others have said, it's hardly uncommon nowadays, and if you have a discreet stud then I don't see what the issue would be. And as for your mum - pffffft! I'm seeing my mum later and am ready to receive the lecture but really, it's none of her business! (Although I'm actually quite tempted to say nothing and see how long it takes her to notice ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Well, it's funny you should say that about your mum!!! I was in the mood to wind my mum up a while ago, and put a stick on gem on the top of my ear - it took four days for her to notice it and when I told her I'd had it pierced, she said, "who put you up to that"?!! I was quite cross she didn't think I'd got the gumption to do it on my own (I doubt "well, my Omlet friends told me to", would have had much of an effect!) I've decided to try a fake "cuff" for a while, see how I get on with it then "go for it" if I really like it. I wouldn't mind, but I'm 42, I shouldn't really be worried what my Mum (or work) thinks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 My work would make me take mine out, if they knew it was there. Thank heavens for long hair! It is ridiculous really, but I guess they have to draw the line somewhere & it is FIRMLY drawn under 1 lobe stud & nothing more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Thanks for the explanation L_B I was struggling to understand how it works I can see how employers who have a strict uniform policy, especially where you work with the public, would have to draw the line somewhere. I've no objection to piercings, so long as they're not extreme, but I guess they have an image to adhere to. Phil's sister is an interior designer, also working for the JLP group; she is out and about meeting clients, but still has to adhere to a dress code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I too had to google it as I thought it was probably a piercing in the "nether regions" something as a nurse I often see and have to say I still feel queasy when i do. I am a wuss with piercings and have both ear lobes done twice but thats my lot. Won't entertain the idea of a piercing gun lower than my neck. it does look nice though and well done for being a brave un. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 I too had to google it as I thought it was probably a piercing in the "nether regions" Ooh good Lord, no thanks! Definitely much tamer than that Well, it's funny you should say that about your mum!!!I was in the mood to wind my mum up a while ago, and put a stick on gem on the top of my ear I remember doing something similar aged about 14. I put some stick on gems on my ear lobes. She went absolutely ballistic - until I unstuck them and explained they were fake. It was all rather amusing. Well I didn't tell her today, I've gone for the 'how long will it take to notice' approach. If she doesn't spot it for 3 months then it can't be all that ghastly and awful, can it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I've been thinking about having a Tragus piercing for a while - yours is so pretty I think I just might! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Go for it YP! Whoever was the first Omleteer to have a tragus piercing done (Cinnamon? Olly?) - look what you've started We'll have to have a piercing get together where we can all admire each other's tragus piercings! (I'm counting you in on this, Bramble!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Not sure if it was me or not, but here is an old photo of mine, just after I had it done in August '11 I have had my nose done since & am contemplating another ear piercing, but I am not sure where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 That looks lovely Cinnamon and I love your star (or are they star fish?) earrings!! No pressure then Lavenders Blue!?!? Oh well, if I'm going to have a mid-life crisis, I guess I should do it properly ... I must say, both photos on here are "pretty" piercings - I'd always pictured tragus piercings as being a bit "goth-y" - no problem with that look, but it's not one I could get away with I don't think - the little discreet piercings are very nice ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Oh well, if I'm going to have a mid-life crisis, I guess I should do it properly ... It may be no coincidence that I'm going to be 45 this year.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 It just depends what jewellery you wear - something small and sparkly is never going to look goth-y is it? And I do like a bit of sparkle! I personally wouldn't want anything big or chunky in a piercing like that. Cinnamon yours is very pretty indeed and I also love the starfish earrings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thanks, I loved those earrings too, but they are no more sadly. All the gems fell out. However I think I have found some replacements on eBay They are my 'everyday' earrings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 bumping this thread to say I did it! Got my Tragus pierced on Sunday and I'm thrilled with it! Mine has a ring until it's healed, then I will choose something dainty and sparkly. Not painful and it is healing beautifully already. My year 11 students are quite impressed, husband and sons went My mum hasn't noticed yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Photo! Photo! Photo! I've had a bit of fun with mine It was good as gold for the first week, then 8 days after I had the piercing done I woke up in the morning with a massively swollen tragus It was incredibly painful, hot, itchy and throbbing. I kept an eye on it for a couple of days before deciding I ought to get it looked at in case it was infected. Thankfully it wasn't (although the nurse gave me a prescription for antibiotics in case it got worse - it hasn't so I've not had to use it). A week after it suddenly swelled up, it's finally started to go down again with ibuprofen and ice. I can only assume it took my body a week to realise there was a foreign body in there and it got rather cross about it At least it's going down now, and is no longer hot or painful, so I'm feeling a bit happier! My mum didn't notice until I showed her, her response was, "What on earth did you get that done for? At least your hair covers it." Not as bad as I was expecting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
