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I'm writing my dissertation and part of it is about body modification and I need help...
If you....
- have lots of piercings and/or tattoos
- don't have any piercings or tattoos and have no intention of ever getting any
- are a professional tattooist or piercer (or know someone who is)
- have any other form of body modification (or know someone who has) such as ear lobe stretching, corsetry or tongue splitting
If you do, would you mind me asking you a couple of questions? It would literally only be a couple of questions and it would help me sooo much.
Thank you!
If you....
- have lots of piercings and/or tattoos
- don't have any piercings or tattoos and have no intention of ever getting any
- are a professional tattooist or piercer (or know someone who is)
- have any other form of body modification (or know someone who has) such as ear lobe stretching, corsetry or tongue splitting
If you do, would you mind me asking you a couple of questions? It would literally only be a couple of questions and it would help me sooo much.
Thank you!
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The security at Heathrow must be queuing up to frisk you when the metal detector goes off.
Please answer the ones that apply to you!
Name
Age
If you....
- have lots of piercings and/or tattoos
1. How many? Where? What of?
2. Why have so many?
3. Do they any meaning?/ Why did you choose those particular tattoo designs?
4. How do you think you will feel about them as you get older?
5. Do you have any that you regret getting?
6. Do you plan on getting more? If so, what/where?
7. Do you ever have any issues at work due to the number of piercings/tattoos you have? If so, how is it resolved?
8. How do other people react to the number of piercings/tattoos you have?
9. What do you think your body modification says about you?
- don't have any piercings or tattoos and have no intention of ever getting any
1. Why not? Is it because you feel strongly against it, if so, why?
- are a professional tattooist or piercer (or know someone who is)
1. What is the most popular choice in tattoos/piercings?
2. What is the oddest tattoo you have done?
3. Do many get a tattoo to cover up a previous tattoo?
4. What’s the most elaborate tattoo you have done?
5How long does the average tattoo take?
6. Why did you become a tattoo artist/piercer?
7. What body mods do you have?
- have any other form of body modification (or know someone who has) such as ear lobe stretching, scarification, corsetry or tongue splitting
1. What form of body modification have you done?
2. Why did you feel the need to go to such extremes?
3. What made you choose to form of body mod you have?
4. What do you think your body modification says about you?
5. Do you ever have any issues at work due to the nature of your body modifications? If so, how is it resolved?
Thank you :thumb:
Amanda
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1. How many? Where? What of?
Tattoos: simba on right or left shoulder... can never remember, can't see to find out!
paw print on the other
4 leaf clover under navel with "lucky" written under
tweaked out guy from a green day album on my left ancle
piercings: currently, conch both ears, 1 each lobe, tragus
previous: lip, nose, tongue, several on helix, rook
2. Why have so many?
n/a
3. How do you think you will feel about them as you get older?
I'll be fine. I can't see any of them just looking at myself so if/when they look like crap it won't matter
4. Do you have any that you regret getting?
Simba and the clover suck. I didn't know the tattooists, never knew anybody that went there but I wanted them so I didn't care and didn't know any better. They are horribly done. I've had Simba attempted to be fixed but it can't really be done
I also regret my past piercings as I didn't know a damn thing and it took me years to figure out I couldn't handle anything but titanium, but I didn't know so with the surgical steel, they all got infected and nasty and had to be taken out quite quickly
5. Do you plan on getting more? If so, what/where?
I plan on having a whole lion king collage oh my back. I just don't know how to go about it or what to do.
Thus far for piercings I plan on getting 2 10g plugs in both helix, redo the rook, anti tragus, nose, daith
6. Do you ever have any issues at work due to the number of piercings/tattoos you have? If so, how is it resolved?
n/a
7. How do other people react to the number of piercings you have?
They don't, there aren't many and they are only ears
8. What do you think your body modification says about you?
Nothing. Depending on the mod its extremly popular, even my dad is getting a tattoo soon. It's like coloring your hair. Though much more addictive