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DO NOT GET PIERCED BY HANNAH AT FATTY'S CUSTOM TATTOOZ. Tongue piercings are not supposed to go through the frenulum.
(text taken from my Yelp review, see full photo stream for all pictures)
I had one of the worst experiences of my life getting my tongue pierced by Hannah at Fatty's. Not just one of my worst experiences with piercings, but one of the worst experiences of my life, full stop.
I normally go to the excellent piercers at Chameleon in Cambridge, MA. I'm no stranger to piercings - I currently have a nostril, industrial, both nipples, two inner labia, and a VCH, but I was in DC and due to work schedules, had to get my tongue there if I was going to get it done. We (my partner and myself) did some investigation on Yelp and settled on Fatty's as the best option.
A warning bell to start - everything appeared sterile, but she grumbled that it 'wasn't shop policy' to let us see sterilization procedures, etc. in advance. The cost was a relatively pricey $75 total.
She told us that the autoclave had been tested on the first of the month, but she couldn't show us records because the owner was out of town. Since he has returned, they have refused to show us records. It is quite possible that they are piercing and tattooing unsafely, with unsterile equipment.
She did appear to follow proper procedures (with gloves, packaging, etc) in regards to sterility, but that's all I know. After doing the markings she had me lie down and put on the clamps. The clamps were unusually tight and uncomfortable. Then she did the piercing, no warnings, and it was *excruciatingly painful*. Now, I've heard a lot about tongue piercings, and in fact my partner has two and my boyfriend has one. So I know that tongue piercings are not usually ridiculously painful. What I experienced was far, far worse than anything I've had previously, including my nipples, which are notorious.
After she was finished and was inserting the jewelry, she fumbled and dropped one of the balls, which almost went down my throat. She tried to root around for it (which didn't exactly help with the pain I was feeling) and then gave up. Fortunately I didn't swallow it, and spit it out when she was done.
After she finished I lay there in incredible pain, not sure what was happening, or why it was so painful. I tried to sit up, but felt very woozy, and had to lie down, at which point I think I passed out briefly. As I came to, I noticed that the pain was mostly on the underside of my tongue, and extended from the exit hole to my saliva glands back to what felt like my lymph nodes. I spent a while curled up on her table, unable to move, sweating profusely and coming in and out of consciousness, and after maybe 15 minutes felt good enough to sit up and look at it again in the mirror again. It was then I saw that it had already swelled so much that the bottom ball had disappeared into my tongue! She had used 7/8'', 12 gauge (my understanding is that 1 inch is better, but I hadn't quibbled) but the hole on the underside was so large and/or the barbell was so short that the ball had been subsumed completely inside my tongue. She said 'hm, haven't seen that happen before' and at this point I freaked and asked her to take it out.
We left with me distraught, and they didn't apologize or even offer to refund us for the piercing. When we went outside and looked more closely at the remaining holes, I discovered that she had pierced it much too far back, right through the frenulum! This is, as confirmed by my regular piercer, and the placements of all my friends' tongue piercings, very far off from the correct placement, about 1/2cm too far back.
At this point I started worrying because I was unsure whether removing the piercing immediately had put me at a greater risk of infection. My saliva glands were continuing to swell, and my lymph nodes hurt, and I didn't know how bad of signs those were. We called up Greg at Chameleon in Cambridge who very graciously calmed me down and told me that if I cared for it as a regular tongue piercing it should be ok.
Here's hoping (this all happened today). My partner is going to go back and demand a refund from the owner; I had to get on a plane shortly after this incident.
I honestly find it incomprehensible that a piercer could screw up a standard tongue piercing so badly. And not only screw it up, but not be able to recognize/acknowledge that she had and help me figure out what to do. Had I known less about piercings, I quite possibly could have left the shop trying to keep it, and my tongue would have swelled up so badly that I would have lost the barbell inside and had to have it removed surgically.
Tongue piercings are as common and straightforward as piercings come - it scares me to think how badly she might botch something slightly more complicated!
Since this happened, she has denied that she pierced my tongue wrong, and refused to give a refund or even apologize. Fatty's won't even show me records to indicate I was pierced with a properly autoclaved needle.
She is only 21 and appears to be piercing far above her experience level, using her customers as guinea pigs to learn her craft. When things go wrong, she won't help you deal with them safely, but will endanger your health instead of admitting she screwed up. Needless to say, avoid Hannah at all costs for a piercing if you value your body and your health.
Grainy/not awesome photo by my iPhone.
I'm blogging everything at askyourincompetentpiercer.blogspot.com/.
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An industrial piercing, sometimes called scaffold piercing (UK) or construction piercing, is any two pierced holes connected with a single straight piece of jewelry (compare to orbital piercing); however, it typically refers to a double perforation of the upper ear cartilage specifically. Two piercings are made, one fairly close to the head (anti-helix piercing) the second further down the cartilage, on the opposite side of the ear (helix piercing). A straight barbell is inserted through the first piercing from behind the ear, travels diagonally across the front of the upper cartilage, then goes through the second piercing, and is secured with a screw-on bead behind the second hole.
The piercings themselves are made with a medium gauge hollow piercing needle, and the barbell jewelry is worn during the healing period. Sometimes, a pair of captive bead rings (CBRs) are used instead, and are exchanged for a barbell after healing is complete. Although the use of CBRs often results in faster healing, proper alignment of the piercings is difficult when this technique is used. It can be pierced with a flexible plastic tube and swapped for the metal bar when its healed. Healing typically takes between three months to one year.
Two or more of this type of piercing located on the same ear is typically referred to as an ear cage.
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DO NOT GET PIERCED BY HANNAH AT FATTY'S CUSTOM TATTOOZ. Tongue piercings are not supposed to go through the frenulum.
(text taken from my Yelp review, see full photo stream for all pictures)
I had one of the worst experiences of my life getting my tongue pierced by Hannah at Fatty's. Not just one of my worst experiences with piercings, but one of the worst experiences of my life, full stop.
I normally go to the excellent piercers at Chameleon in Cambridge, MA. I'm no stranger to piercings - I currently have a nostril, industrial, both nipples, two inner labia, and a VCH, but I was in DC and due to work schedules, had to get my tongue there if I was going to get it done. We (my partner and myself) did some investigation on Yelp and settled on Fatty's as the best option.
A warning bell to start - everything appeared sterile, but she grumbled that it 'wasn't shop policy' to let us see sterilization procedures, etc. in advance. The cost was a relatively pricey $75 total.
She told us that the autoclave had been tested on the first of the month, but she couldn't show us records because the owner was out of town. Since he has returned, they have refused to show us records. It is quite possible that they are piercing and tattooing unsafely, with unsterile equipment.
She did appear to follow proper procedures (with gloves, packaging, etc) in regards to sterility, but that's all I know. After doing the markings she had me lie down and put on the clamps. The clamps were unusually tight and uncomfortable. Then she did the piercing, no warnings, and it was *excruciatingly painful*. Now, I've heard a lot about tongue piercings, and in fact my partner has two and my boyfriend has one. So I know that tongue piercings are not usually ridiculously painful. What I experienced was far, far worse than anything I've had previously, including my nipples, which are notorious.
After she was finished and was inserting the jewelry, she fumbled and dropped one of the balls, which almost went down my throat. She tried to root around for it (which didn't exactly help with the pain I was feeling) and then gave up. Fortunately I didn't swallow it, and spit it out when she was done.
After she finished I lay there in incredible pain, not sure what was happening, or why it was so painful. I tried to sit up, but felt very woozy, and had to lie down, at which point I think I passed out briefly. As I came to, I noticed that the pain was mostly on the underside of my tongue, and extended from the exit hole to my saliva glands back to what felt like my lymph nodes. I spent a while curled up on her table, unable to move, sweating profusely and coming in and out of consciousness, and after maybe 15 minutes felt good enough to sit up and look at it again in the mirror again. It was then I saw that it had already swelled so much that the bottom ball had disappeared into my tongue! She had used 7/8'', 12 gauge (my understanding is that 1 inch is better, but I hadn't quibbled) but the hole on the underside was so large and/or the barbell was so short that the ball had been subsumed completely inside my tongue. She said 'hm, haven't seen that happen before' and at this point I freaked and asked her to take it out.
We left with me distraught, and they didn't apologize or even offer to refund us for the piercing. When we went outside and looked more closely at the remaining holes, I discovered that she had pierced it much too far back, right through the frenulum! This is, as confirmed by my regular piercer, and the placements of all my friends' tongue piercings, very far off from the correct placement, about 1/2cm too far back.
At this point I started worrying because I was unsure whether removing the piercing immediately had put me at a greater risk of infection. My saliva glands were continuing to swell, and my lymph nodes hurt, and I didn't know how bad of signs those were. We called up Greg at Chameleon in Cambridge who very graciously calmed me down and told me that if I cared for it as a regular tongue piercing it should be ok.
Here's hoping (this all happened today). My partner is going to go back and demand a refund from the owner; I had to get on a plane shortly after this incident.
I honestly find it incomprehensible that a piercer could screw up a standard tongue piercing so badly. And not only screw it up, but not be able to recognize/acknowledge that she had and help me figure out what to do. Had I known less about piercings, I quite possibly could have left the shop trying to keep it, and my tongue would have swelled up so badly that I would have lost the barbell inside and had to have it removed surgically.
Tongue piercings are as common and straightforward as piercings come - it scares me to think how badly she might botch something slightly more complicated!
Since this happened, she has denied that she pierced my tongue wrong, and refused to give a refund or even apologize. Fatty's won't even show me records to indicate I was pierced with a properly autoclaved needle.
She is only 21 and appears to be piercing far above her experience level, using her customers as guinea pigs to learn her craft. When things go wrong, she won't help you deal with them safely, but will endanger your health instead of admitting she screwed up. Needless to say, avoid Hannah at all costs for a piercing if you value your body and your health.
Grainy/not awesome photo by my iPhone.
I'm blogging everything at askyourincompetentpiercer.blogspot.com/.
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Just turned 35. Decided to pierce my right ear. Have been thinking about it for several months, but wasn’t sure. Since age 13, have only had two holes in my left ear. Did these myself in the back of English class while the teacher was showing us a movie. Had always loved my soft, virgin lobe. So perfect and sweet, just as it was when I was born. But then I started seeing pretty hoop earrings and thought how fun and girly they looked, so I began to seriously consider piercing the other ear. I went back and forth, debating and discussing with my friends, but couldn’t make a decision. Then I had a lovely dream in which I was wearing some of the pretty hoop earrings and looking rather like a gypsy, so I took that as a sign.
Last Tuesday evening the 7th of June I was home, just hanging out watching the news. I wasn’t even really thinking about doing it, but I just went to the freezer, took out a piece of ice, and put it to my earlobe. From there I was kind of on auto pilot. I walked around the apartment waiting for my lobe to freeze. My dog was staring at me with a curious look on his face.
Back in the bathroom, I dropped the pair of diamond studs that I usually wear in my left ear into alcohol. Once my lobe was sufficiently frozen, I tried to stick the stud through. It made a hole but only went halfway through and the post bent. I knew there was no turning back since the hole was already started.
Next I frantically grabbed one of the hoop earrings that Sweetje had given me for my birthday and tried to finish the job with that. No luck. Couldn’t get a good enough grip to get it to go though. (At this point there was a tiny bit of blood, and I felt thankful that I wasn’t bothered by that like some people might have been!) Putting a fresh piece of ice to my lobe, I knew it was time to pull out the big guns in order to get the job done.
I went to my desk and pulled out the biggest safety pin I could find. I took it into the bathroom, burned the little spear with a match then doused it with alcohol. I knew that the pin would go through, but I was thinking more about how it would stab my finger when it actually went through than about any potential pain to my earlobe. I had an idea! Went into my room to grab a tealite. I held it behind my lobe while I drove the pin thorough the last layer of skin. Finally, when the pin had stuck into the tealite, I knew it was done. My ear was officially pierced.
Had a bit of difficulty getting the pin out, but once I did I popped in several different earrings to try them out, including my pretty birthday hoops. Settled on a pair of sterling silver studs that I found after rummaging around my junk drawer. Once they were in, I leaned over the sink and poured alcohol directly onto my earlobe. It ran straight down my jaw and streamed directly into the sink. How nice and neat—no mess!
Called Cody to tell her the news and headed over to her place to have celebratory cocktails. Her boyfriend, Jeff, who has too many piercings to count, told me that sterling silver isn’t good for a new piercing. He advised me to change to stainless steel. Back at home later that night, I put in the diamond studs, one in each ear. That’s when I took this photo.
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