never and I mean never get pierced with coloured jewellery. straight up 316lvm surgical steel, titanium, bioplast, ptfe, someone fill in if I’m missing something but coloured jewellery in a fresh piercing is a no no. That jewellery wasn’t black in it’s purest form and unless you like having paint for lack of a better word flaking off with your…[Read more]

ever heard of Dr. Numb? it’s a topical aesthetic crème that will numb the skin for about an hr. Emla is the other one that can be found at your local pharmacy but Dr.Numb is for our industry and is stronger.

Currently own a 96 Tbird V8 for the wife and kids and I have a 95 F150 Flareside with a 5L, there is a Kenne Bell supercharger in my basement waiting to go on.

previous car… 1989 Mustang coupe with a GT body kit.
previous bikes… 1991 suzuki katana 600 and then upgraded to a 1992 GSXR 1100.

Currently waiting to get my hands on a 2011 Kawi…[Read more]

D3FiANC3;110891 wrote:
An antibiotic isn’t going to hurt his tattoo, but discontinuing it before it is finished is ill-advised and could jeopardize his health. And covering it is the last thing he should do, as that will only promote infection.

where’s the like button for this advice…

those wouldn’t happen to be the hair follicles trying to poke through the skin would it?

the biggest issue with this piercing is getting the angle of the holes right during the initial piercing. The hole follows the angle of the blade on the needle not the direction of length of needle. If your piercer understands this then the holes should be angled properly.

the other suggestion is that the first hole be pierced and then allow the…[Read more]

interesting discussion here, I’m a piercer and have been for over 10 years. I’m also a truck driver that hauls diesel and gas into the oil patch. The town I live in has a population of 4000 people and I can assure you that the ratio of piercing being done here isn’t worth the cost of opening up a shop and paying for everything included in…[Read more]