Reply #5: Cool!

[Madrone]

I got mine done June 11th, in Austin Tx. I've been wanting to do it for years, and my "adopted" 19 year old had been wanting to do it too. We decided that we'd do it in Austin (a trip planned mostly for her benefit) and we did, while GOPisEvil was at work. I love it.

FYI - get ahold of a bottle of pure, organic if possible, tea tree oil. If you get a bump around your stud (looking sorta like a pimple) start swabbing it with the tea tree oil post haste. That will make it go away without getting bigger and nastier. I get the stupid bump all the time, the 19 year old has not. I've already accidentally pulled mine all the way out once, ALMOST all the way out 2 or 3 times, and partially out a little more than a handfull of times.

Congratulations! :)