I forgot to note that the chunk of steel above now inhabits the intended place. Fairly easy stretch too. (10mm diameter)
That is pretty much the last piercing I wanted stretched. Lobes are good at 22mm, nipples I’m thinking of complete removal (of the steel, not the flesh) and others aren’t on my agenda really. Counting now I have 13 active from around 40 at it’s peak I think. Add the failed ones it must pass 50 piercings. If nothing else I must have spent heaps on body jewellery – and I know I gave loads away in one very short manic period a few years ago. But then I’d not need it now so it matters not. I need to update my bodyart page and I really should get my act together and upload more photos too – what with the changing of computers I’m still undecided as to how to handle images. Though with Parallels I could do what I did on the PC but that feels like cheating.
So for all the scars from failed piercings, the money spent on steel to go in them, the reactions – both good and bad – of others, the healing processes, the body image change I went through in getting them and now in losing them do I regret anything? Would I do different? No, of course not. It was a necessary part of my life and it was ultimately a very beneficial part too. ‘Piercing Therapy’ if you will. And anyway – it’s only skin.
