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

Broken Try a Sea Salt Soak if you haven't already. Hope it clears up soon for you.

I don't think piercings on their own (like tatts) are "edgy" or alternative anymore, but as part of a look they are most definitely. I don't have any body mods at the moment, but my hair is my hobby. I have a side-cut, and undercut and it's bright blue. I usually wear dreads as well, and I have a new set to put in tomorrow...YAY!

Are you afraid of how others will perceive you if you go ahead and have this done? If so then I would say, how others perceive you is their problem. You can't read a book by its cover and yet we all, on occasion, judge a person by their look. I suppose its human nature.
You can't live your life worried all the time about how others perceive you.
You're young enough to pull the look off but old enough to know what you are doing. Go ahead and do it if you want to. Let other people worry about how they feel about it. As long as you are happy with how you look - confidence comes from being happy with ourselves :)

Hotpink - it was done with a gun, a normal ear piercing one with a full on butterfly on the inside. When it got infected the stud got embedded in my nose and the dodgy barbers where I'd had it done had to shove pliers up my nose to get the butterfly out.
So I would deffo recommend going to a proper piercing studio op!
Scumbag - thanks, will give that a go. It's not really bothering me other than just baffled as to why after all these years its suddenly playing up.

Work is fine. I work in a library

If I worked in a library, I'd be looking at what I'll do if my library closed or outsourced.

343 libraries (298 buildings and 45 mobiles) are currently under threat or have been closed or left council control since 1 April 2012.

Don't be complacent about your job security, and don't imagine for a moment that it'll be an easy matter getting another job at age 29 with "interesting" hair and facial piercings.

It leaves all sorts of damage, the gun. Mine was done with a gun, even though they advertised using a needle and like the dumb kid I was then I let them do it.

One of the reasons I had mine redone was to cover the scar, admins used to bleed very occasionally for a good 10 years after it was done.

When mine was done yesterday I had to suffer the indignity of a finger up my nose so the piercer could see how bad the scar tissue was I am lucky as I got of likely but the piercer still had to really push the needle through the gristle left behind from the shattering effect of the gun.

However, unlike the gun, it didn't hurt at all, and looks fine. No redness, swelling or discomfort

I am 34 and just recently had my hair cut very short and died red and started wearing my punky and Mod clothes again after feeling very frumpy for a number of years. I personally wouldn't have a facial piercing because I couldn't carry it off, but if you think you can then go for it. At 29 you are not too old.

I much prefer piercings to tattoos.

Dyed! Not died.

I quite like piercings, have my belly done...but personally I don't like facial piercings. Ok, the ones on the nose and eye brow are ok but people seem to then them done on their lips and below their lips......dont like them at all.

If you want it done though go for it. Will it be ok for your job?

'everyone can be individual' - ha, love it.

I had various parts of my face pierced until I realised how boring they were!

Buzz yes, I always thought being an individual is about not following trends!

Binks the gauge should be appropriate to the piercing and the anatomy, not just always 'done small'. Smaller gauge piercings can cause a 'cheese wire' effect if they're an inappropriate size.

And not everyone with a tongue piercing slurs or gets a lisp! In fact I don't know a single person who does. Maybe it just didn't suit your anatomy or was the wrong size so caused you some problems?

To the posters who mention job security/interviews etc. I always research the dress code, take peircings out and dye my hair a more sedate colour when interviewing.
If I am sucsessfull in an interview I always then ask my line manager if they are acceptable.
If not then I look forward to the weekends!

It is a very slight slur that is barely noticeable, but it makes perfect sense that a heavy bar through the tongue would impair speech.

Do it!!! I have lip pierced and loooove it...