Body Piercings...

POLKOHOLIC
POLKOHOLIC Posts: 407
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Im 17 and Im thinking about getting my eyebrow pierced. Any suggestions on how to hide it from my parents will be great...i need to keep something in there at all times for atleast a month or else it will close. I heard about some acrylic 'retainers' which are almost invisible but i want to know of other alternatives and any other information before i get it done next week perhaps.

--Dr. Seuss
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  • VE6OHV
    VE6OHV Posts: 119
    edited February 2004
    Well - no don't take this the wrong way....... BUT

    If it is going to cause problems with you parents then I am probably safe to assume that you still live @ home..... I would say that if you like living @ home maybe don't pierce anything visible untill you move out.......

    Just a thought - different strokes for different folks - Tatoo's were big back in my day - I got a couple - but not anywhere that a T-shirt wouldn't cover - Parents didn't know untill I was 25.
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  • POLKOHOLIC
    POLKOHOLIC Posts: 407
    edited February 2004
    I need help on hiding it from my parents...not suggestions on if i should get it done or not, im definately getting it done. So please anyone with piercings please let me know how to effectively hide them.

    --Cat (The One In The Hat)
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited February 2004
    Permanent bandaid ?
    Rick
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  • POLKOHOLIC
    POLKOHOLIC Posts: 407
    edited February 2004
    Please...useful information will be greatly appreciated.

    --Mr. Rogers
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited February 2004
    Dude Eyebrow? nothing that wouldnt raise and eyebrow with your folks that can cover it up. Good Luck!
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited February 2004
    if you do, do it... u wont be able to hide it.... if you think you are hiding it succesfully... u most likely are not... parents have this Jedi mind set and they know when something is up.... and how the hell do you expect to hide something on your face?
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited February 2004
    Really TALL sunglasses ? Really LARGE eye patch ? Large paper bag with cutout for ONE eye ?

    The problem of course, as I'm sure you've figured out by now, is that NOTHING is gonna camoflage it so that parents won't at least be asking questions.
    Rick
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  • VE6OHV
    VE6OHV Posts: 119
    edited February 2004
    All I was getting at is the most effective way to solve your little dilemma (because you have your heart set on punching a hole in your face) is to move out.

    Simple
    Effective and
    to the point.

    Then you might not get invited to Thanksgiving dinner - but that is a long way away and they might forgive you by November. Good luck getting a "real" job with the metal thingy jammed in yer head.......
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  • dougie07
    dougie07 Posts: 53
    edited February 2004
    you could try putting some fishing line through the holes and tying small loop. they make all kinds of line, you might be able to find some that blends in with your skin tone and hair color. and a lot of fishing line is made to be invisible...to fish anyways. just a thought...
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by VE6OHV
    Good luck getting a "real" job with the metal thingy jammed in yer head.......
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited February 2004
    but it's so cool... and who needs one of those job things? :D
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2004
    Do it if you feel you are truely expressing yourself. Don't do it to 'be cool', or just because the crowd you run with *thinks* it's cool.

    If you DO it, be a man, and don't hide it. Stand up for yourself.

    I used to do the earring thing. I did it because I wanted to do it, that, and to piss off the squares. Now the friggin squares are wearing them, so I don't.

    Cheers,
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  • JrVtecAccord
    JrVtecAccord Posts: 64
    edited February 2004
    Uhh, talk to your parents and compromise, you never know what can happen, but don't rebel.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,783
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by JrVtecAccord
    Uhh, talk to your parents and compromise, you never know what can happen, but don't rebel.

    Let them choose...eyebrow or nuts. I'll bet they go north :D
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  • dougie07
    dougie07 Posts: 53
    edited February 2004
    So what's a "real" job?

    An old boss of mine has a nice house, is raising 3 kids, and owns a 2003 Durango and Ram 2500. How's that for working at McDonald's?
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by dougie07
    So what's a "real" job?

    An old boss of mine has a nice house, is raising 3 kids, and owns a 2003 Durango and Ram 2500. How's that for working at McDonald's?
    Just about anyone can have that stuff and OWE on it. The question is does he OWN them. Sure, one of my customers USED to work at a McDonalds...now he owns 29...he does ok...and his house and cars are paid for. He, however, is the exception rather than the rule. And... he doesn't have any piercings...if he had...he never would have gotten the opportunity to get into management and ultimately buy his first franchise.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited February 2004
    like someone said above compromise, and if they are not willing to get it, but stand for what you think is right...
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  • dougie07
    dougie07 Posts: 53
    edited February 2004
    My old boss at McDonald's owns her trucks, not sure about the house. But, the whole McDonald's thing wasn't really about a piercing, more along the lines of you can still make a good living even working at McDonald's. Anyways, piercings don't automatically disqualify some one from getting a good job. You could be a welder or a mechanic, have all the piercings you wanted, and still make twice as much as a person with a job where piercings aren't aloud.

    Doug
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited February 2004
    What Russ said. Just be a man and own up to it, confront your parents and be honest. If they say no, be a man, suck it up and get it after you move out.

    I wanted a tat when I was living at home. My parents said no. So, I waited, moved out....and then never got one. Glad it didn't looking back now.


    Peace Out~:D
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by POLKOHOLIC
    I need help on hiding it from my parents...not suggestions on if i should get it done or not, im definately getting it done.

    If you are hiding it from your parents then you are not mature enough to make the decision on your own. Ask them to help you out.
    madmax
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited February 2004
    Dude,

    I HAD five earings, both nipples and one in the nose. This was back in the day, early eighties, before it was even all that popular. Now I'm 37, have three kids, a beautiful house, a bunch of toys, and NO MORE PIERCINGS.

    If you really want it, just say **** it and go for it. If you think it's cool, hey it's your cloud. Hell, all of the holes in my ear are still open, if I wanted to.

    But if you want to keep your home life as is, you should think. If I still had all of mine, people wouldn't take me seriously and I wouldn't have what I got. Just something to think about...;)

    Anthony
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  • MTXMAN
    MTXMAN Posts: 682
    edited February 2004
    take the advice of a psych major and just talk to your parents about it. before you approach them about it have a good reason for why you want to do it not just "it's so cool" 'cause that won't impress them. if they're cool they'll be willing to listen to you at least and they may say yes, they may say to wait for your 18th b-day, or they may just say hell no. However they are your parents and you do live with them so while you're there the old cliche applies, My house My rules. and if they say no don't go out and get it anyway cause rebelion isn't as cool as people think.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited February 2004
    Talk to your parents, it the wisest choice.

    If you are going to pierce something, put a set of deer antlers through your nose....be a REAL man. ;) All that other stuff is for wimps.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by POLKOHOLIC
    Im 17 and Im thinking about getting my eyebrow pierced. Any suggestions on how to hide it from my parents will be great...i need to keep something in there at all times for atleast a month or else it will close. I heard about some acrylic 'retainers' which are almost invisible but i want to know of other alternatives and any other information before i get it done next week perhaps.

    --Dr. Seuss

    why have you considered this is my question:cool:

    If you want to put a hole in your eyebrow waite till ya move out as Ron stated. at leats you bought some time:p

    1/2twin and am probably crashen soon.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2004
    why pierce anything is my question. i never understood the whole tattoo and piercings. but i don't judge anyone who decides to go ahead and do it to themselves.

    but i'm with the other guys in here who said.. take a stand and wear it proud in front of your parents. you've decided to go ahead with it.. don't be a coward and try to hide it. that's the easy way out.

    the silliest piercings are the tongue ones.. i find those so funny. when it makes the person speak with a lisp... waaaaaa haaaaa!

    I'm still waiting for someone to pierce their eyeballs. :eek:
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2004
    dang this is so attractive, huh?

    I bet he's quite a hit with the ladies. :confused:
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2004
    I've seen a lot worse walking around. To each his own but I guess I just have no respect for people who do it. Hiring will be an issue. There are so many people out there that look normal why would a company take a chance on someone that doesn't? A company may not care about a lot of things but if there is any clue that you are stranger than the norm then they will move on to someone else with very little thought put into it.
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  • MTXMAN
    MTXMAN Posts: 682
    edited February 2004
    having dated a girl with a tongue ring i now have a much better appreciation for them ;)
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited February 2004
    LOL MTX!
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited February 2004
    I got a tattoo on my right bicep when I was in the Corp. An Eagle and USMC, and another Eagle/American Flag on my left arm with the word "Freedom" below the flag. Piercings?!? Tried an earing for a few months many years ago...I looked Effin stupid!!!

    Body piercing is one of those things that I look at and think...What was this guy/girl thinking?!?! "Hey buddy, when you take a drink of water do you look like a sprinkler?"

    Do your own thing, be an individual, make a statement, be hip/cool/neato/keen/whatever, but don't think that we normal folk aren't wondering if you have a screw loose or too many holes in your head (pun intended).

    I deal with business owners/employees and home owners on a daily basis and to be perfectly honest I would NEVER hire anyone that has more jewelry in their face than my wife has in her Jewerly Box. People will always judge a book by it's cover. Your title will be "Rebellious Youth with Limited Intelligence." You might be a great person, but your appearance won't prove it.

    Skip the piercing, you'll be glad you did.
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