6g Hafada piercing dangers?
$riCh harPer$
HI
I wanna get a 6 guage hafad ring but i seem pretty veinny down there.
does that mean i cant get one or will they heal if pierced? I really
want to get one but i wanna b safe first! Thanks alot
--$riCh$
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I have a 4 ga, 6 ga and 8 ga as well as 13 10 ga. With no problems.
Steve Gomes
$riCh harPer$ wrote:
>
> HI
> I wanna get a 6 guage hafad ring but i seem pretty veinny down there.
> does that mean i cant get one or will they heal if pierced? I really
> want to get one but i wanna b safe first! Thanks alot
> --$riCh$
You're just trying to see if you can make Qathi's head explode, right?
Anyway, god knows why you've seized upon 6g, but you'll probably want to
get pierced at, say, 12g and then begin to gradually begin to stretch
the pierce after it heals.
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Gentle Moose
Steve Gomes wrote in article <336833...@deletethis.yale.edu>...
>$riCh harPer$ wrote:
>> I wanna get a 6 guage hafad ring but i seem pretty veinny down there.
>> does that mean i cant get one or will they heal if pierced? I really
>> want to get one but i wanna b safe first! Thanks alot
>Anyway, god knows why you've seized upon 6g, but you'll probably want to
>get pierced at, say, 12g and then begin to gradually begin to stretch
>the pierce after it heals.
On that note, I've discovered that hafadas (if I can ever get the damned
things to heal) are downright annoying in their tendency to self-stretch.
I started with two of them both at 12ga, and in the span of about 2 years,
they've stretched themselves up to 4ga. Right now, I have a 4 ga ring in
one and 2 10's and 2 12's in the other (I ran out of jewelry). At this
point, I'm certainly not helping to rectify the situation by plopping in
new, heavy rings whenever I get the chance, but just the same, it's getting
a little disconcerting. I'm anticipating pinky-sized holes within the next
8 months.
DavidC
Gentle Moose wrote:
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> Steve Gomes wrote in article <336833...@deletethis.yale.edu>...
> >$riCh harPer$ wrote:
> >Anyway, god knows why you've seized upon 6g, but you'll probably want to
> >get pierced at, say, 12g and then begin to gradually begin to stretch
> >the pierce after it heals.
>
> On that note, I've discovered that hafadas (if I can ever get the damned
> things to heal) are downright annoying in their tendency to self-stretch.
> I started with two of them both at 12ga, and in the span of about 2 years,
> they've stretched themselves up to 4ga.
No kidding?? Anyone else notice this? I was going to get a 14ga hafada
but might reconsider with a different piercing if there are
healing/self-stretching problems. I've had about all the slow-healing
problems I can stand with my navel pierce.
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In article <336E60...@Xmsg.ti.com>, so...@Xmsg.ti.com wrote:
>Gentle Moose wrote:
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>> On that note, I've discovered that hafadas (if I can ever get the damned
>> things to heal) are downright annoying in their tendency to self-stretch.
>No kidding?? Anyone else notice this?
My husband's 12ga piercings migrated from 7/16" wide to 3/16" wide; the
glint of metal is visible through the skin. WHAH! We'll be repiercing
them soon with 10ga titanium rings.
My six outer labia piercings have stretched by themselves. I just went to
8ga in December and now I can see daylight when I pull the rings. If I go
to 6ga I'm considering either steel ball and socket rings with stone beads
or titanium rings with steel captive bars to minimize weight and the
overall size of the jewelry. Six 5/16" beads seems a bit much for one
crotch.
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Ted Liu
ard...@best.com (Anne Greenblatt) wrote:
>to 6ga I'm considering either steel ball and socket rings with stone beads
i think i know what ball n socket rings are (the bead is solid while
the ends of the ring are curved to hold the bead) but was wondering
why one would choose one instead of a cbr.
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In article <3370d1b0...@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, t-l...@uiuc.edu (Ted Liu)
wrote:
>ard...@best.com (Anne Greenblatt) wrote:
>>to 6ga I'm considering either steel ball and socket rings with stone beads
>
>i think i know what ball n socket rings are (the bead is solid while
>the ends of the ring are curved to hold the bead) but was wondering
>why one would choose one instead of a cbr.
A smaller bead can be used.
Ted Liu
>>the ends of the ring are curved to hold the bead) but was wondering
ard...@best.com (Anne Greenblatt) wrote:
>A smaller bead can be used.
ah, i understand! so has the acronym "bsr" come into use? :)
Steve Gomes
DavidC wrote:
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> Gentle Moose wrote:
> >
> > On that note, I've discovered that hafadas (if I can ever get the damned
> > things to heal) are downright annoying in their tendency to self-stretch.
> > they've stretched themselves up to 4ga.
>
> No kidding?? Anyone else notice this? I was going to get a 14ga hafada
> but might reconsider with a different piercing if there are
> healing/self-stretching problems. I've had about all the slow-healing
> problems I can stand with my navel pierce.
Personally, I've never had any problem with my lorum 'self-stretching.'
I had a 12g fixed-bead ring installed when I got skewered two years ago,
and the 12g captive bead ring I currently wear in it is still a fairly
snug fit.
Actually, I'm having trouble imagining a lorum/hafada stretching from
12g to 4g over two years without being encouraged in some way.
Gentle Moose
Steve Gomes wrote in article <33734C...@yale.deletethis.edu>...
>Actually, I'm having trouble imagining a lorum/hafada stretching from
>12g to 4g over two years without being encouraged in some way.
With nothing but a 12ga ring in the hole, it wouldn't have stretched that
far, I don't suppose. I did swap jewelry in and out whenever it seemed it
was ready (ie: when I could see a significant gap between ring and flesh
when the ring was tugged on). I never used a taper, I never had to force a
stretch, etc. I'll grant you that the new weight of the jewelry each time
it was upsized contributed to the stretching, but it seems, regardless that
the scrotum is a particularly stretch-happy region...
Sean A Corfield
Ted Liu <t-l...@uiuc.edu> wrote in article
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> ah, i understand! so has the acronym "bsr" come into use? :)
As an aside, when I say CBR to UK piercers they don't always know what I
mean... they say BCR (ball closure ring) instead... But then they don't
tend to know what "gauges" are either since they work in mm!
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Ted Liu
"Sean A Corfield" <se...@ocsltd.com> wrote:
>As an aside, when I say CBR to UK piercers they don't always know what I
>mean... they say BCR (ball closure ring) instead... But then they don't
hmm, now that i think of it, i've never used the acronyms in my
speech. when talking with someone about jewelry, i always say the
full name or shorten it just a bit (like "circ bar" insteada "circular
barbell").
>tend to know what "gauges" are either since they work in mm!
hehe, that's when i entered the mm equivalents next to the gauges n
inches in my digital organizer. so whenever anyone mentions "ooh!
that's a really thick ring!" n they aren't familiar with gauges, i can
look up the inch equiv. n if they're on the metric system, i can
offer the mm equiv. yep, i carry me brain on me belt. :) tho i've
looked up the inch equivs of my rings often enuf i've memorized them
(with my original brain :).
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In article <01bc63bf$10068f60$e17a...@camus.issolutions.co.uk>, Sean A
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>Ted Liu <t-l...@uiuc.edu> wrote in article
><3371576b...@news.cso.uiuc.edu>...
>> ah, i understand! so has the acronym "bsr" come into use? :)
>
>mean... they say BCR (ball closure ring) instead... But then they don't
>
forgotten what size the ring is :( When I do come to changing it, this
little piece of info just *might* be usefull :)
thanx in advance
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Ted Liu
Smeg <Sm...@ceejay.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>How can you measure the size of a cbr in mm? I have one and have
>forgotten what size the ring is :( When I do come to changing it, this
>little piece of info just *might* be usefull :)
erm, u could use calipers but be careful not to scratch the ring.
otherwise, u'd hafta eyeball it with a ruler which isn't as accurate
but should be close enuf.