The Body Mod Business

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Like tattoos, piercings, scarification, branding, permanent make up and all that in between? Well, this is a place for you! Talk about experiences, name some shops, or ask questions regarding. We can help you out.
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  • courtney

    eric, it depends on how well you take care of it. keep it clean. you can use a bit of rubbing alcohol for a little bit, but don't over do it because it could dry it out too much. and you want to wait until you can move it around and tug on it a bit without it hurting at all. if it still hurts, don't stretch it again until the pain is completely gone.

    Jul 26, 2009

  • Eric

    ..ok good thanks thats what i wanted to know =). I am cleaning it 3 times a day first with saline solution and then with metadine solution to make sure its clean. so far the swelling is gone and puss has stopped coming out, for the moment. hopefully wont take long than 2 weeks ..

    Jul 26, 2009

  • courtney

    yeahh shouldn't be too long. but because of the infection it might be a bit longer than two weeks. but somewhere around there anyways :P

    Jul 26, 2009

  • Nich

    Just thought I'd mention my apprenticeship is completed. Now I'm a full time tattoo artist. Happened a while ago. Just didn't get around to tell you lot. And I'd like to say I'm impressed with the growth of the group. We're the 8th largest with members. I say we get some conversation going to really get this place off and running again.

    Sep 20, 2009

  • Eric

    Good for you mate, take care of the people under the needle ;)

    Sep 20, 2009

  • Ace

    I might go under apprenticeship (if thats a word) with a local tattoo artist that happens to be friends with my mom. it sounds like a good idea to me, what do you guys think?

    Nov 27, 2009

  • Eric

    If you like to become one and take it as a career and hobby and you like drawing/painting I suggest you do not lose this chance!

    Nov 27, 2009

  • Ace

    I won't miss it. He's local and if he leaves my mom knows him so shell get a hold of him. I need to come up with some sketches and go over to his tattoo parlor and talk. He does own his own tattoo parlor. its called Cohwen's Ink Emporium which is his first name

    Nov 27, 2009

  • Eric

    Sounds professional :P Goodluck with that then mate!

    Nov 27, 2009

  • Ace

    Thanks

    Nov 27, 2009

  • Cherry Bomb

    Ive done all of my piercings myself wich are 6 on the ears gauged to 3/4,snakebites twice,labret,monroe,nose,septum,bellybutton so i have 13 and there will be much more at least until they are all symetrical.i have a question about d.i.y tattoing ive done it on a friend with a sewing needle and caligrophy ink ,and ive made a tattoo gun but i dont trust using a guitar string to tattoo anyone even myself,what is the best method to do it at home?and im not asking to hear you all tell me to get it done right,just asking opinions or experiences.

    Sep 23, 2010

  • 0deefreek

    yo cherry bomb you look cool

    Sep 27, 2010

  • 0deefreek

    p.s im the guy kissing the girl haha

    Sep 27, 2010

  • Green Exile 82

    tattoos galore, ears stretched to 1", bridge, labret, snake bites, traguses, septum, tongue gauged, hand... among others that come and go,,,

    Sep 28, 2010

  • Victoria Lynn Pinckley

    snakebites, tounge, eyebrow, anti eyebrow, nipples, hips and 8 in each ear. as for ink, batman symbol, heart and rose, brass knuckles on my knuckle (lol) and a 50s pinup version of myself.

    Nov 5, 2010

  • Sambo

    26mm plug in one ear and i have 3 plugs in the other a 12mm,10mm and 8mm. planning on going bigger. i also have 5 tattoos

    Nov 5, 2010

  • rafa torres

    had my septum and my tongue web im going to re pierce my septum and my goal is to be able to wear a 25mm tunnel im only fifteen but my parents let me buy a complete tattoo kit its pretty sick i plant on doing a koi on my upper thigh but for now all my piercings will have to be ones my parents cant see.

    Nov 12, 2010

  • Lee Rose

    8, 10, and 12 g in my earlobes, bellybutton, and 12 corset style 12 g surface piercings in my back.

    Nov 29, 2010

  • Toker

    im gettin a snake on my lower arm....with the fuckers head on my hand...an the  eyes on my nuckles  with the snakes tounge doing down my fuck finger....

     

    any suggestions

    Apr 7, 2011

  • Kaast.

    Yeeaaah Theis! Pierce dine nipples!!!! :D

    Jun 7, 2011

  • Kaast.

    Nice nice nice, ser jeg frem til, Opa! :D

    Jun 8, 2011

  • Toker

    next weeDend my chick is gettin me hand ink....on my fingers....so what should i get...need your opinion....

    iv been for a fuckn long time been planning on getting THUG LIFE  on my fingers on my  two hands but yeseterday we tossed a few other ideas around....whats your opinion...

     

    THUG       LIFE

    SATAN      ARMY

    HAIL        SATAN

    FUCK      OFF!

    PIG          HATER

    COP        HATER

    FUCK     PIGS

    FUCK      LIFE

    TOKER    4EVER

    SHIT        LIFE

    WHITE     TRASH     ( already also got this going down back of my arms)

    KILL         PIGS

    KILL         COPS

    COPS      RSHIT

    ACAB       FTW!

     

    also open to other ideas....

     

    also open to other ideas

     

     

    also im plannin a snake head on the top of my hand...with 2 of my knockles being the snakes eyes...and its fuckn tounge is doing to go down my fuck finger/middle finger to that finger would have the tounge  and one of the letters

    Jun 11, 2011

  • Hell Betty

    size 3 gages, eyebrow pierced, and an upside down cross on my back.
    I plan on becoming a tattoo artist, and I already have a machine. NO I don't use it on people jsut fake skin so fuck off any one who attacks me for being a scratcher

    Jul 21, 2011

  • Becki

    Applied for a tattoo apprenticeship...just building my portfolio up more and waiting to hear from them *fingers crossed!*

    Aug 15, 2011

  • Lee Rose

    we can add an industrial (used to be two crossed, still planning on bringing them back) a surface traigus, and a single point piercing in my chest. 

    Aug 20, 2011

  • Toker

    i have a split tounge an thinkin of piercing the side of each split...any thoughts or ideas on to dos or not to dos...been thinkin of some bad assed door knockers on each tounge

     

    FTW and fuck the rich

    Nov 13, 2011

  • Alexandera Vanity

    just percied the left side of my lip now for the top and my nose then bars XD and tats when i get money :P

    Jan 21, 2012

  • SuzAnimal O Sullivan

    Just Tatted my BOis BUTT and NIPPLE ahahha

    Jul 25, 2012

  • Dawn juice

    I've been looking into getting into the body modification business for a while, unfortunately most of the surrounding parlors are hard for me to get to and It'd be hard for me to get back and fourth to these shops if I could land an apprenticeship. Considering it's a lengthy business before you can actually become a professional,i have many concerns about getting started since my time will now be split taking care of another human being .Did anyone else have these sort of issues getting started? and any advice that might help get the ball rolling, or get ahead of the curve?

    Jan 2, 2013

  • Sarah

    I was in a shop the other day checking out the dermals I think that's how its spelled Idk but definitely wanting to add one or more to sparkle up my tatts lol the guy said they are like implants but you can change out the jewelry :) sounds cool! Anyone know much about em?

    Jun 20, 2013

  • DantheHawkMan

    Dermals are a bit different than a piercing Sarah.....they are actually small anchors that are placed under the skin and then the body grows around and thru the hole in them under the skin thus anchoring them to the body. If you ever want them removed, they have to be surgically cut out and can leave scars. They have a threaded hole that sticks out of the skin, which you can thread on different balls, rings, and such. They are commonly used for a corset on the back or on the side of a leg, but can also be used for venom bites on the neck or anywhere for that matter. They are quite neat, but should be considered relatively permanent. :-)

    Jun 20, 2013

  • Sarah

    Thanks Dan :) So the beads or balls or whatever you choose to put on them,that's the part that has the bar and then that screws into what's in your skin? I was gonna get one on my butterfly tattoo on my arm. The guy I was talking to didn't seem very knowledgeable about them. They looked super cool though and I don't really have commitment issues lol so no worries about the permanent anchor thing.

    Jun 20, 2013

  • DantheHawkMan

    Yes Sarah, the ball has a threaded post that screws into the dermal anchor. Like in the following photo:

    Jun 20, 2013

  • Sarah

    Oh wow thanks Dan :) I suppose the explanation doesn't get more clear than that. Thanks again! I think you're family and friends must be lucky lol you seem like a patient person. :)

    Jun 21, 2013

  • DantheHawkMan

    Has anyone had trouble with their navel piercing always wanting to migrate out? If so, have you tried using titanium jewelry to prevent this instead if Surgical Stainless Steel and did that stop the migration from happening? 

    Nov 4, 2013

  • Sarah

    I don't know if this would be helpful Dan, or if its even the right thing to do. My belly ring sorta migrated you could say so that it wasn't straight. So the second guy I went to about it, not the guy I had pierce it, suggested I take it out and if I just had to have a belly ring he could pierce directly behind the old piercing using a bigger gauge and the scar tissue in front would ensure that it didn't move. It hasn't and the holes from the first piercing there are pretty much gone. So there's my two cents :) good luck.

    Nov 4, 2013

  • DantheHawkMan

    What gauge did you use the second time? Did you use 316L Surgical Stainless Steel or Titanium? 

    Nov 4, 2013

  • Sarah

    I've used the surgical steel and it was a 12 gauge and its seemed to work better.. Id just ask your piercer. I bet titanium would be better in my opinion because well its not as heavy I think. I've had the same problem with my eyebrow rings but I won't pierce them again. The third one out is trying to migrate out and I've had them for so so long I wouldn't feel right only having two.

    Nov 5, 2013

  • Sarah

    So talking about piercings has made me want to wear my labret. I wear it off and on. I've had it for about 12yrs. Anyway I've only worn studs because I can't seem to find an actual ring that doesn't rub my teeth. Does anyone else have this problem or is it just the placement of my piercing ??

    Nov 5, 2013

  • DantheHawkMan

    I will let mine migrate out and heal, then I will repierce it behind the last one again using 8 gauge titanium.

    Nov 6, 2013

  • DantheHawkMan

    Talking about labrets.......man I want snakebites so bad.....just trying to figure a way to pierce mine so they aren't visible for work. Has anyone used the clear retainer studs in theirs and if so, does that hide them completely??

    Nov 6, 2013

  • Boogle

    I got my rook pierced today! :D 

    I love, love, love it. ^_^

    Nov 8, 2013

  • DantheHawkMan

    Hey Boogle, that's awesome! Careful cause piercings are addictive!...lol. 

    Nov 8, 2013

  • Boogle

    oh I know! I have more planned for the future. :]

    Nov 8, 2013

  • Sarah

    I love piercings XD I think my favorite though is just the classic nose ring not so much the studs. Yep totally addictive :)

    Nov 8, 2013

  • Boogle

    ugh! i miss my nose ring so much! I had to take it out for my job, however i think my boss is becoming more relaxed when it comes to facial piercings because there is a new girl with her septum done. 

    Nov 11, 2013

  • DantheHawkMan

    Nice part with a septum Boogle, is that you can flip it up for work so no one can see it. That's what I do. As for the nose ring, if you just put in a small stud, almost any employer will usually accept it. So let's go for it!! :-)

    Nov 11, 2013

  • Boogle

    yeah well the girl that has her septum done wears her jewelry flipped down and visible and our boss doesn't seem to mind it. 
    I might get my nose re done later, ive had it re done a few times though (like 2 or three maybe?) so im unsure how many times you can get something repierced. 

    i used to wear a stud but i hated it, and when i wore a ring i always had troubles changing the jewelry cause its so hard to get the ball back in the ring! 


    ah oh well, I'm sure i'll figure things out :]

    Nov 12, 2013

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    What happened to this site? You 3 are 98% of the activity for many months. There's not even enough content to generate a "top 10" on the main page, it's just the top 1 right now. Not complaining, you guys seem fun but just an observation.

    I suppose I'll post some relevant content

    I have a lot more ideas for ink but as far as piercings I just want my septum done. I heard that while it's healing it smells nasty and when it's cold it's no fun. Is that true?

    Nov 12, 2013

  • DantheHawkMan

    If everyone would just check in every second or third day and just post a few words even, it would sure help us out. Aren't we all proud of our Hawks that we want to share everything about them?? And this Site is so much more than just Hawks.....it's FauxHawks, Tatts, Piercings, Music, and just general help with life in general. So let's all do our part and help each other out! :-)

    In answer to your septum question, it doesn't really smell when it's healing. but if you wear your septum retainer up inside your nose most of the time like I do, it can the odd time build up a bit just above the retainer and cause a slight smell that only you can smell. Usually a blow can fix that up. As for the cold, I have never really worn mine down yet in the cold, so I can't honestly say. With it up, the cold doesn't bother as far as I know. I guess I'll find out in about a month! :-)

    Nov 13, 2013