wewereoncegreatm0untains:

WHY YOU CANNOT SELF PIERCE. I hope this knocks some sense into a bunch of people’s thick skulls.

A Kansas City-area teenager who tried to pierce his lip with a needle from a first-aid kit ended up with a staph infection that almost killed him.


Zeke Wheeler of Blue Springs is recovering at Children’s Mercy Hospital after several surgeries on his knees and hips to remove the drug-resistant infection called Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.


Now the 15-year-old high school freshman faces heart surgery, more hospitalization and a long course of antibiotics.


The boy’s father — John Wheeler — said Wednesday that the boy was at home ill with flu and bronchitis on April 8 and tried to pierce his lower lip.


A week later the boy felt feverish and went to an emergency room, where he was diagnosed with a viral infection. Not until he was at Children’s Mercy was he found to have MRSA.


Dr. Robyn Livingston, director of Infection Control at Children’s Mercy Hospital, told KCTV-5, “If MRSA gets into the blood stream, you’re talking about infection on the heart, pneumonia, into the bone that may require surgical intervention.”


Every part of Wheeler’s body is now affected, Livingston added. He’s had six blood transfusions, and three knee and two hip surgeries.


Dr. Joseph Rahimian, an infectious disease specialist at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City, said he treats about 15 cases of MRSA each week.


“It’s a bacteria we’re seeing more and more frequently in communities and hospitals,” Rahimian said. “It could be because of the increased use of antibiotics.”


Rahimian said he thinks Wheeler will recover, although the teenager might have some chronic consequences.


“I guess there is a lesson in this,” Rahimian said. “If you are getting a piercing, it should be done with someone who knows what they are doing, and it should be done with a clean, sterilized needle with someone who knows where the major vessels are to avoid injecting into an artery or vein.”

Here’s the picture of it! 

It’s set in solid 14k gold, which is great, seeing as silver makes my skin freak out. You can see the beautiful colors of it~

ryanpba:

Ear Pointing by Samppa Von Cyborg. 

This guys was beautiful already, but his EARS…

They’re perfect.

YayaTM:

Soo perfecctt. ;) mmm

He is breathtaking!

piercing-bodymod:

Ouch :D

Oh boy.

I can SEE the bacteria hanging out in those minuscule nicks.

This is why you don’t self pierce….

plugporn:

Labradorite by Relic Stoneworks

I swear, if anyone buys me labradorite/spectrolite plugs, I’ll fuck them on the spot. 

awfulmodifications:

I’m super sick of the GHETTO FUCKING SCRATCHERS in Minnesota. Then all the other ghetto people that they “tattoo” and pierce run around like they’re actually proud of their work. Seriously.
Then, you can’t actually say anything about it because all the scratchers belong to some type of gang and you’d have to worry about getting shot and when you do say something (I’ve reported them to the health department probably a thousand times) the authorities don’t really give two fucks.
Ahhhhhh exterminate them all.

-Miranda

Warning all of my fellow MNers.

I want this done, but in a tattoo, and to have two-four of the tentacles interlaced around my thigh like a garter. <3 

Now all I need are colors… >:)

firstbloodsydney:

The healing cycle of a professionally done tongue split.

Remember, ALWAYS demand HEALED photos of any work you are going to get done, weather its a simple ear lobe piercing or something more extreme like this.

Lunacobra.net and Joeltron.com will be touring around America all June as well as attending this years APP convention in Vegas!

Hit them up if you are after an appointment to get something lumpy, anything bumpy and all things fun done.

PS: Lots of zing and plenty of bling available.

MORE PICS OF THE DAY

I’m gonna be honest you guys, I’ve always wanted my tongue split. The one thing I’m afraid of is the pain. Then again, if I can do two tattoos in one session, I should be able to handle a tongue splitting, yes?