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RUDE ROVER
The Christmas dog with no class! He sings and toots Jingle Bells.
INFLATABLE TREE
Who needs the hassle of a real Christmas tree?
FARTING SANTA
Go ahead and pull his finger!

Technically, almost ANY piercing is temporary if you leave it out long enough. (My girlfriend works at a body piercing place.)

Ok, Intended to be temporary.. Jeeze.. (I'm joking, just to make that clear.)

I got e-mailed this as well. I really like the piercings. I hear most people only keep them as a temporary thing, though.

A friend of mine is obsessed with piercing herself. She just takes out a needle in the middle of class or something and makes a new piercing. She said she REALLY wants this kind of piercing, and that she'd wear a backless gown with it.
Me, I just think it's nasty as Hell.

You know, if someone was to shave the back of their head and have two rows of rings put in there, they could have an instant facelift whenever they wanted...

no -

yes -

Intended to be temporary, yes.
Intended to look inflamed and infected, and to leave nasty scars? I really hope not.

"You know, if someone was to shave the back of their head and have two rows of rings put in there, they could have an instant facelift whenever they wanted..."

Rod, I think you've just sown the seeds of a new industry here.
Anybody willing to have their face shot up with botulism toxin to supress wrinkles should jump at this comparatively mild alternative.

Is it Permanent? I would love to get one of those!!!

Corset piercings are generally left in for a couple months or up to several years, but generally people leave them in for at most 2-3 years before retiring.

They can be permanent with proper care & treatment, but the skin on the back rejects piercings pretty easy if not. The piercing can heal up to vitually little/no marks at all and re-piercing the area is simple.

The reason these pictures are inflamed is because they just had been put in and those girls likely are in a hell of a lot of pain for thier beauty. http://www.bmezine.com/pierce/11-surface/A40328/srfbestc.html

I don't care what the rest of you say, these women look HOT!!!

Ok. Corset piercings can be permanent, IF they are done properly, and the appropriate jewelry is used. The BMEzine site has an article on how to go about doing it correctly. Yes, it is a bit extreme, but you know, it takes all kinds to make the world go round. Sometimes, its nice to have that little secret, and I must say, it is ALWAYS humourous to awe someone. But before you do ANYTHING extreme, or even slightly extreme, do your research. DO NOT jump into something cause it's "cool." Do it the right way the first time.

They are real, I had it done back in around August 2002. And they have been out for about a year now.
You can't see the scars on my back, but you can feel the keloids where they were.

Does it hurt? Well that depends.... It took two people to do mine (one to hold the skin tight, the other to put the needle through). Piercing team was a guy and girl, and the girl did not have the strength to push it through. She did once and it went on and on and I about passed out. I only let the guy do the piercing part after that.

You feel four 'pops' piercing the skin, the subcutaneous layer, subcutaneous again, and back out through the skin). Mine didn't bleed, though it was tender for a few days, but after a week I was back to doing situps, etc.

I was thinking about getting them put back in but now that it is UL type material, I think I'll pass.

I have it, it's deffinately a temporary piercing, but I love it. You have to treat them carefully and be very very gental, but the back is a place that rejects piercing easily, so i wont have it for too long.

i think its just gross why would u want to do that leave them nastey scar i mean come on cant u just get a shirt that has an open back instead thats so nastey i do know anyone in person who would do somehting so retarded ewewewew they r just nastey it looks kinda trashy to ruin ur bueatiful body and leave scars

Hi.. My name is Kyla and I'm a 17 year old female who is really in to piercings and tattoes (although I only have one of each, I like to enjoy pictures of other peoples works of art) I'd just like to say that Corset Piercings are for show, they are meant to be done, left in for a couple of hours-2/3 days and taken out.. They are not kept in because of the area and the type of jewellery used for this procedure reject and creates scarring.. So all of you adults can relax, if we're getting it done it's not permanent and it won't leave any scars as long as you don't try and keep it for ever.. Just thought I'd help

Just to reply to something here...

"It's stupid. These people are not thinking about their future. Seriously. Your skin isn't always going to be tan and smooth. Those girls might eventually have babies...trust me, EVERYTHING stretches. Ever blown up a balloon w/ a picture on it? Leave the balloon for a few days, then slowly let the air out. Your balloon is back to it's original size, but now it's all wrinkly & saggy, and your picture is wrinkly. Even if they don't have kids...as skin gets older it gets less & less firm.

Ick. I'd hate to be the one cleaning their piercings in the nursing home.
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Thu Apr 07, 2005 at 03:22 AM"

Right - first of all, there's no need to call someone 'stupid' just because they do something that's not quite akin to your tastes. As long as what you do isn't illegal (corset piercings are perfectly legal as long as you are over the age of consent) then you should let people go about their own business and just plain ignore what you don't like. Have you really changed your life for the better by posting your ill-informed opinion on here?

I say 'ill-informed' in response to your point about age. Surface piercings (which is what a corset piercing is) decrease in rejection potential as you get older because your skin has lower elasticity and is therefore less likely to cause a migration.

And as for the nursing home comment - there are far worse things you could be cleaning up, and there are far worse things going on in the world that make a mess a hell of a lot bigger (and more important) than a few spots of blood from a piercing. Another point about the nursing home - they would only have to be cleaned one a day during a regular shower or bath by that point, because if you still had them in then they would be fully healed.

Next time, before you slate people for having a different opinion to yourself, please be a little bit more respectful of the opinion and actually do some research.

eyy!! those piercings are so awsum!!i would DEFFINATELY get it done!!but im only 14 and i dont think my mum would approve lol i saw a pik on the net of a piercing similar to the ones above but it was at the top of the girls back and it wuz in the shape of a pentagram and there was blue ribbon threaded thru the hoops!it looked soo good!!i've had a few surface piercings myself and i dont think these corset piercings would hurt THAT bad,they're just a collection of surface piercings!! omg i want a corset piercing soo bad lol!!!!!!!

luv gemMa xoxo

omg they look so cool!!!! i would strongly encourage them!!!!! i am thinking of gettin more piercings and this gave me an idea!!!!! i love pain and these piercings look painful!!! i cant wait to get one
thanks for showing me them