By Cierra I specifically remember when I was in middle school, I wanted a helix piercing. I also remember how fearful my mom was of me becoming a “goth/punk.” I assured her I wasn’t getting my whole face and body pierced and that I didn’t like piercings to be big and cluttered anyway. I hardly […]

In life we aspire nothing more than to express ourselves. When we were little kids we would make drawings and give them to our parents, then feel an overwhelming sense of happiness and pride as we would walk by the refrigerator and see them being held by magnets. We would all sit there smiling, or at least I did, knowing that we made that picture and admiring its beauty. It is the little things like that, which really is what defines us as people.

It was Senior Skip day and I was going to get my septum pierced. I knew that I had to keep it a secret from my mom, she would not approve of me having a big facial piercing that made me look “like a bull”, as she put it. Thankfully that day my friend and I were going to town alone.

I’ve been stretching my ears over the past two years and I have learned a lot of tips and tricks along the way.

People begin to convert gauges into millimeters when they hit fractions of an inch, but I believe it’s very helpful to know that information beforehand.

As a 16 year old female I was fascinated with the idea of body modifications, and had been for awhile. I was amazed by the fact that you could actually modify your body to your heart’s content… which began my 7 year obsession with piercings.