To get my face peirced?

[coughingbean]

First I would like to say if you hate peircings regardless of age/gender etc please do not just say " no I hate them" or words to that effect as I am looking for unbiased opinions.
Ok, So I am 29 and have blue hair, usually red or some other 'interesting colour' I dress fairly conventional unless I am going out in an evening and then it is mostly 50's or Rockabilly.
In my teenage years I had both my lip and nose peirced and have now come to miss them!
Would I look really silly to get one or the other redone? If not which one?
My family seem to not like the idea and I would quite like to gather some other opinions.
Cheers!

Oh apologies for shit spelling and grammer as I am on my phone and it has no spell check

i have a medusa and a labret. both with tiny little balls on, i love mine, had them for 12 years and no intention of taking them out
go for it!

If you crave piercing, and like the look and have always wanted it done, do it.

You don't have to have a reason, there doesn't need to be a deep meaning.

You ask if you'll look silly? That concerns me a little, because you either think you'll look silly or you don't. Are you too old? Well imo, you're never too old to do anything, if you're confident, other people's opinions won't matter a jot (there reactions MAY upset you, but only at the level of despairing of the human race in general).

I don't like facial piercings for ME. I have little opinion about how they look on others, it's just not my thing but apart from the rare time I think "ooooh that looks like it hurt" I don't really form a judgement on the person.

I guess the ONLY real issue is if you're in a relationship with someone who really genuinely dislikes piercings, in which case I guess you have to decide what is more important to you. I'm all for saying do it and be damned but if it could affect something negatively that you hold dear, maybe a compromise should be persued. Saying that if your other half would be unable to love you pierced, then is he looking deeply enough at the person you are?

YANBU to ask the question, but ultimately it's your face, your choice, your life...

i love nose piercings, so i'd definitely go with that :) actually considering getting mine done soon, and i'm 24.

If you want it done then have it done.
Personally I could never have it done as my nose stud got ripped out and it's put me off for life now.

I still have nose pierced. twice.
Finally took eyebrow piercing out last year aged 40.
Tongue and lip purring both had to go years ago though as i was chewing them and it wore half my front teeth away. and i still have a hole in my lip.

So although i loved my piercing, I'd say nose only unless you can be sure you won't chew your lip piercing and unless you mind having a Mark there forever.

Wish i still had my genital piercing though

Go for it, dd loves her piercings. She has recently has her nose and tongue pierced, she had her nipple pierced last year, her hip which gave her lots of trouble and has now grown out.

Her favourite and mine, Is her nape piercing, she has that done for two years now.

I'm 27 and still have mine. I take my lip ring and nose stud out for work, but once I left them in accidentally in an important meeting with big bosses and no-one seemed to notice. I really love seeing alternative looking people with piercings out and about. e.g. if I'm on the train and see someone with funky hair and lip/nose piercings etc, I know I don't know them but I feel a sort of affinity with them IYSWIM. Like the idea that we share a common interest that is obvious to each other and we could in theory bond over it!

I have toned down my look over the years as unfortunately I've felt that looking different may have affected some job opportunities, so I dress in a fairly conventional way to be taken more seriously at work. However, in my social life I like quirky/kitsch/alternative brightly coloured things and clothes.

I say DO get the piercings. I quite like seeing older alternative people and I always want to ask them what they do for a living. Generally I wonder if they're tattoo artists or creative types, but I try not to assume because a good friend of mine is a punk, (wacky bright hair, piercings, stretched ear, tattoos)... and is also a forensic psychologist!

Do them both!

I don't hate peircings but they don't enhance your looks imo. SOME people with very strong features can carry it....others can't and all you see is the piercing.

Just go for it, you can always take them out (and i bet you won't). I don't really see it as a big deal at all.

Your age has nothing to do with it. I am 40 and would not let it stop me.

Some people won't like it but that shouldn't stop you. I'm sure some people hate my tattoos but it makes no difference to me.

fwiw, I'm not that keen on nose piercings these days but that's personal choice. I had my nose pierced over 20 years ago, it was quite unusual then and my family were dead against it. They kept telling me I'd regret it because the holes would never close up. You can still see where the holes were (I had one on each side at one point!) but it doesn't bother me and I don't regret it at all.

Do it, go on!

I'm 30 and currently have bright pink hair, stretched lobes, medusa and septum piercings.

I have been in the 'alternative' scene since the age of around 12 when I discovered metal and grunge. I still wear band shirts. It's just a look I love and don't want to grow out of

I get lots of positive comments when out and about. Especially the hair. Blokes love the piercings

It's me. I feel weird without it all.

Go for it OP! Why not?

Go for it! I'm 31 this year and currently have a madonna piercing, a surface labret, my septum and also the inside of my top lip (has a name, dunno what) thinking to retire my madonna for a medusa but I've had it for 16 years!
I did have two dermal anchors but my face was having NONE of it. Sadly.

Nose. It'll be less of a problem if you ever want a 'posh' job. I used to have a good senior position with a well-known company where I had to have frequent meetings with other large corporates. I was advised to remove my nose piercing for the interview and I refused. Thankfully they realised my brain wasn't in my nostril and gave me the job. It's never been a problem for me (as far as I'm aware!) and now I'm a dull sahm (ironic, life is not dull) I still have it and I'm reminded I too was once 'cool.' lol

... although I am a little concerned you said you wanted them to 'define' who you were. You'll still be you. They won't change your personality.

And I'm um... a lot older than all of you. I love my piercing but it doesn't define me as a person.

Can I ask a piercing related question? I had my nose pierced over 16 years ago. Only had it for a month or so, it went horribly infected and I removed it. It healed up fine and since then there's been a tiny dot there but barely noticeable.
Until suddenly, for he last few weeks it's started bleeding and stabbing up, and looking all swollen. How weird is that, after 16 years?! Does anyone know why this might be happening or if it's normal?
Op sorry for that just had to throw it out there. In answer to your question I think if you want it go for it, life's too short. Get em both done!

Jesus, scabbing up, not stabbing up!

I can't believe how many people are saying piercings are alternative! I'd say more people have them than don't now. It's really not a alternative/rock look any more.

I read this thread and remembered an episode of Phineas and Ferb that DS watched at the weekend. Candace said "Mum I need X! I need it to assert my individuality! All my friends have them!" :o

Tats, piercings, body art etc where very unique for a while but now they are "samey". I wouldnt do it because its not new or original anymore and if you need it to define who you are then you dont know who you are and a piercing wont change that.

I say this as someone with 2 tats and several piercings (that I have let heal).

While not as 'alternative' as they once were they're still not considered socially acceptable in many places. Many workplaces ban them and those who have them are still considered socially subversive/edgy/dangerous/teenage rebellion/unprofessional by many in society (and that's just taken from responses to this thread!)

Mechanical, a facial piercing with blue hair is not alternative/rock?
A piercing on its own, not, but combined with clothes and hairstyle it is.

Broken. Was it pierced with a gun or a needle?

Thank you every one for you replies.
Some of you have made aome really interesting points and I appreciate all your comments.

I say go for it. You only live once. The sooner you get it done, the sooner you have a piercing you can leave out for the day if necessary.

The only things I would suggest are, having a narrower piercing with a smaller ring/bar/ball, and not getting your tongue pierced because it causes you to ever so slightly slur your words. It is practically unnoticeable, but I have inadvertently persuaded two people other than myself to remove theirs after pointing it out. I spent ten years tripping over my words and never realised why until I took it out.