What body mod's. do you have? - specifically tatoos/piercings

I have none- too chicken/too old

Lots of young folk on here and I'm guessing there's navy and miltary and they tend to get tatoos....

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None whatsoever. I like my body the way it is.

If I want to do art, I'll buy a canvas, blank orchestral multi-stave paper, or mess with PhotoShop.

I find mutilations of the skin and body to be intrinsically ugly.

With females it's an immediate turn-off, as well as the things noted below.

With fellow males, well, their body, their money, their choice, their infections, their looking completely "dated" in about 10 years.

Fad.

At least with clothing, it's easily modifiable.

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None except circumcision, and that wasn't my choice.

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"It is quite clear that Occam's razor does not sharpen in your pyramid." (Nicolas)

"Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." (Paul Simon)

I'm thinking of getting a nice wolf tattoo someday. I don't have any yet.

I'm stuck with a human body I didn't choose to be in, and I wish I could change myself to be what I want to be. I don't quite see why so many have to act so elitist against that POV.

What's a bit of decoration, really? I still don't see the big deal.

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None, other than circumcision, removed tonsils, and a rather cunningly rebuilt intestinal tract in lieu of the original manufacturer's defects. That's about as many mods as I care to have at this point in my life.

I'm much too pretty for cosmetic mods anyway.

(*sings* I'm not half the man I used to be... )

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"your going to regret that one. You are now a colonoscope...
- Chrissy, corrupting PraedSt's wish.

No voluntary mutilation for me either. I'm really put off by needles. I wouldn't say afraid, but I can not see myself getting pierced or pricked unless it is very necessary.

I had several surgeries on my nasal cavity and sinuses in my teens and early 20's. Had to be concious so as not to choke/suffocate on all the fluids and chunks sliding down the back of the throat. It was very unsettling to see the surgical tray beforehand with all those long instruments; and then sneak a peak during the operation and see them all sticking out of your face by only a couple inches. I never knew how deep the cavities were.

Even with all the novocaine in the face (I've probably had 30 to 40 shots in my face over time), the feeling of all that tugging and cutting going on in the middle of the head was just too wierd. Not too mention the way it sounded.

No elective needle use for me. It's one of the few things in which I feel confident and comfortable saying never, ever, never, ever.

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Nothing's wrong with a bit of decoration. In my mind, less is more. I have never had a problem with pierced ears, and am (slowly) getting acclimated to seeing women with tasteful nose piercings.

Ink, on the other hand, I don't think I've ever seen one that has been of genuine aesthetic benefit to the wearer. The problem, in my mind, is that they're permanent, and most youngsters I've met who are considering tats aren't really understanding the implications of that.

Bodies change, so that nice tight tat "you're" considering will be faded, warped, and dated by the time you get tired of it in a few years. And that's assuming the tribal character or kanji you've chosen really means what you think it does.

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In Fallout 3, 'happiness' is a warm junkyard dog and a loaded gun. It's mostly the loaded gun.
- Moose's one-line review.

"your going to regret that one. You are now a colonoscope...
- Chrissy, corrupting PraedSt's wish.

I've three tattoos. One of a skull and crossbones on my right arm, one of a serpent on my left arm and my favourite on my right shoulder which is an eye, but difficult to describe. Oh I've got a pierced ear as well. I had them all done during my heavy metal phase when I was about 19. I don't regret it at all, which is good seeing as though they aren't going away anytime soon!

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Therefore you wish you were born with piercings and tattoos?What's elitist about expressing one's likes and dislikes? You just did, so that makes you elitist? It's no big deal to me either, but don't expect me to do anything but laugh (or worse depending on the degree) when I see what you did to your skin.

As I said to my son when he was 15 and he announced that he was considering getting an earring, "Well go ahead if you want to, but that doesn't mean I'll not be ROTFLMAO when I see that thing."



Yet another definition.

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I've modified my belly to be much larger than original specification --- otherwise no mods.

I may be able to add something here, I have had - nipple ring (gone), eyebrow ring (gone), peircing of the frenum of the circumcised male genitalia (gone) and a pierced ear. Kept the last one.
Two tattoos, and it took me about three years to decide what they were going to be. They hold a kind of reminder for me, so it's not a decision I'll regret - and it's been nine years now. It's all (IMHO) down to how you view your body, a vessel or a temple..
Elective is different to necessary, when it comes to needles - necessary has better pain relief!

There are enough mods around here already

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Matter of taste. Many (not all) tattoos I find very sexy.

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Where did I say that?

Why should I be stuck with the aesthetic looks that come with birth? What's wrong with CHOOSING to look differently?

I'm born with it, so I'm stuck with it? Is that your point?

I'm not saying, "I R THE BEST BECAUSE I HAVE TATTOOS", no. You seem to be saying, through subtext, that you are somehow "better" because you do not have tattoos. That sounds elitist to me, but whatever.

And don't be surprised when I roll my eyes and laugh at you back. Nothing like seeing a person rolling around laughing because someone had a rose put on their ankle or somesuch.

Heh, whatever. Go ahead and laugh; I really couldn't care less about you or your opinion.

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Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. -- Heinlein

Creationists make it sound as though a "theory" is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. -- Isaac Asimov

I've got a face piercing. It's 2 hooks behind my ears, a clamp on my nose, all of that connected by thin, special formed profiles, and featuring two large precision cut jewels right in front of my eyes.



It pierces the unblocked view others used to have of my face.

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Ditto!

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A tattoo of a yellow rose on my left shoulder, where it's out of sight even in short sleeves, unless I choose to show it. I have a few more planned, though. Can't do the peircing thing - it's just not me.

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I have had, at various times, three earrings in my left ear, and five in my right (two rights and one left were cartilage piercings), but have never actually used more than six of those at one time.

When the time came to cut my hair short for a job, I also removed all the earrings. That was several years ago. I am now in a different job, in the process of growing my hair out again, and will soon start on getting repierced.

As far as tattoos go, I have only wanted one, and have wanted it since I was 18 or so: I got my percussive start playing quads in marching band and drum corps, and I want a tat of Baby Animal tearing up a set of quads. (tearing up as in playing, not destruction.) I have put off getting it until I can keep my weight down to a specific goal, because I want to minimize deformity due to aging skin. If I ever get this tat, it will be the only one. Working in a professional setting, I won't put this tattoo anywhere it can be visible when wearing a normal, short-sleeved shirt. Our environment is relaxed enough for the hair and earrings though.

There's a difference? This is Animal we are talking about

Other than one similar to Nicolas, the my only other mods were internal.