Oh, what an interesting night out in Louisville!

What started out as a normal evening of pizza and beer, with this group, ANYTHING can happen!! Joan, Dan, Bob, Jane, James, Laura and I went out to dinner to Wick's Pizza in Louisville tonight. The evening started out sane enough. As we were seated at Wick's, Bob nudged Joan to let her know there was a tattoo/piercing shop across the street. Joan has been wanting an industrial bar in her ear for 3-4 years now. She finally got the gumption to go and get it done. So, across the street all 7 of us marched. We walked into Electric Devil Tattoos. I think we startled the guy in the front with 7 of us trooping in for one piercing. Talk about a support group! Jane had been thinking about redoing her ear as well. The hole had reclosed.



Joan went first. Here are the photos of her getting the bar.

Jane went next. Her piercing is called a snug. Here she is getting hers done.

And, last but not least, I succumed to the peer pressure and had a snug piercing done too.

Talk about OUCH!!! When you get your ears pierced, they use a gun. The lobe of the ear, the flesh, is more elastic. It moves with the earring as it is shot into the lobe. With piercings of the cartlidge, the guns don't work.They just move it aside. John, our piercing guide, explained that what he does is basicly a punch biopsy. A small piece of the cartlidge is actually removed. It should take about 6 weeks to completely heal and we can all change the bars/hoops that we got tonight. Joan got a 14 gauge bar. Jane and myself got a 16 gauge hoop, though her hoop is bigger than mine. Mine is more petite..LOL the only thing that is petite about me! =)