I was thinking about getting my belly button pierced. Does anyone on this board have their belly button pierced? Does it hurt bad? I know it takes 6 months to heal. Also which one of the girls do you think would most likely get a belly button ring or tattoo? Also do any of you have tattoos also?

sorry cant help u......My sister, and 3 friends all said it hurts like a B**CH but is ok when its over with.....sorry

Hmmmm, I guess Andy or Pippa would most likely get their belly-button pierce....

Um...Jo.

Hmmm, I doubt that any of the FOL girls would. Andy or Pippa however possibly would...I am basing that on the fact that Andy got his ear pierced and Pippa thought it was so cool. I didn't understand it at first, but now I see why you didn't post this at the chit-chat board. P.S.....sorry I can't help you............

I think Pippa would probably be the one to get a belly button ring or a tatoo. LOL, I actually see Bev goin' for a tatoo...hehehe.


Sorry I can't help you out. I have issues with needles, therefore I have no experience with belly button rings or tatoos.




ks

Originally posted by ks
I think Pippa would probably be the one to get a belly button ring or a tatoo. LOL, I actually see Bev goin' for a tatoo...hehehe.

Sorry I can't help you out. I have issues with needles, therefore I have no experience with belly button rings or tatoos.



Yea, Bev actually HAS a tatoo!

Originally posted by FOL and DS fan 4ever


Yea, Bev actually HAS a tatoo!


...Was that in an ep? I think I remember it now, but it could by a whole mind game thing... Was it in an ep and do you recal which ep?






ks

Originally posted by ks


...Was that in an ep? I think I remember it now, but it could by a whole mind game thing... Was it in an ep and do you recal which ep?

ks


Ummm- eek! I just remembered that it was in "On the edge" (the ep where Jo talks a colleague out of committing suicide). I feel bad about giving out this detail to those who haven't seen it, but then again it looks like no network will ever show those controversial eps.

(FOL & DS fan forever holds her head in shame :( )

ummmmm....my friend got one and said it didnt hurt that bad but...this other girl got one...and it got infected and...ugh..no comment

Infected?? Ew...

Originally posted by ks

Sorry I can't help you out. I have issues with needles, therefore I have no experience with belly button rings or tatoos.


So do I! Same with knives! Ewww...I can't stand them. LOL I've gotten more scared of them becauses certain episodes of "Hart to Hart" & "Charlie's Angels"...in one episode of H2H someone takes a needle and puts air into a guys veins in a hospital...and on CA someone injects someone with so much cocaine it kills thme. Anywayz, I'm off topic lol.

offtopic:

I my teacher has both and she's like 60 or somthin but she dosn't look it one day she was streaching or something and she had this huge silver bellybutton ring and you could knida see it cause it would poke out of her shirts and she had a rose on her ankle.

I'm scared of needles 2 really it like shots they freak me out last time I went to get a shot the doctor had to sit on me so I wouldn't run away(and he wasn't light lol)yuck just gives me the creeps thinking about it.

Yikes! there's something that creeps me out about people that old getting piercings, even if they don't look their age.

Well, first I think the beginning of this topic should have been placed on the chit chat board and the second on the facts board, but since it was not, I will respond to your question with first hand experience and knowledge. Oh first let me say I could totally see Mindy Cohn with a belly ring. I'm not so sure about Natalie, except when she was older.

(if anyone gets queasy from reading this, I apologize--in fact, don't read anymore of this message if you do)

Anyway, about the piercing itself. Mine did not hurt when it was pierced. I was extremely nervous about it hurting but it is too quick to hurt. Plus, they will clamp your navel to make the skin taut and then the needle will push through and it will be over, it really doesn't bleed a lot, the best I remember, it was less blood than if you cut your finger. Ok, the pain comes from the healing process. And the pain is more of a soreness than like sharp pains. This will be painful for quite a while, unless you are an incredibly fast healer. The reason it takes so long to heal (bellys take longer than almost any other piercing on the body) is because all that your navel is made of is skin and fat. It takes a while for the scar tissue to form. Anyway, its gonna hurt while it heals, and it will probably drain, get a little puss (see a Dr. if it is a lot or an unusual color), and a little crusty. You really have to take care of it and keep it clean until it is healed. It is possible that it could get infected, but its really unlikely to do so if you keep it clean and didn't get a fool to pierce it. Which let me say quickly, PLEASE make sure that you go to a reputable piercer with a clean shop. Ok, another thing, I suggest that you ask for a bent rod instead of a ring or a straight rod because it will heal easier and will be less painful while healing. I'm sure you know but, you will be peirced with a needle, yes a big one. Then the ring/rod will be put in its place. The rings, in my opinion, should NOT be worn until completely healed because they will bump your shirt and pants, and move too much when you sleep and that does not feel good. I hope you like low cut jeans because they will be your best friend after you get pierced! However, you have to keep the ring or rod turned and rotated to keep it clean, in which case the ring is easier to rotate, but a rod will still work. When you sit down, you will sit like a pregnant woman, you will do everything like a pregnant woman because you will try your very hardest not to bend and make your belly's skin folds touch each other! It hurts. Once it is healed though, it is really great (if you even remember it's there!) because you get to wear it like any other jewelry, change it out, match your clothes, etc. One more thing, make sure that you really want the ring and that you will want it later in life. If you don't think it's something you will enjoy having when you are 30 or 40, perhaps you shouldn't get it. And please don't get one just so you can say you did something stupid when you were young, yes, I actually had a friend who was about to get a tatoo, a PERMANENT tatoo, for this reason. Get it only because you really want it, not for your friends to see, or make your parents angry, or anything else silly like that. I think you'll be happy with the result, more so 6 months later. Let me know if you want to know anything else (I may have told you WAY more than you wanted to know).

I apologize for the length of this message, just go a little carried away.

I hate piercings & tatoos. I think they are uuuugly. An episode of FOL w/ BLair getting a tattoo would be funny tho...

Originally posted by Blair85
I hate piercings & tatoos. I think they are uuuugly. An episode of FOL w/ BLair getting a tattoo would be funny tho...

That'd be...amusing. But, it would never happen in a million years. I sincerely don't think Lisa would do that

They could have always used a temporary fake tattoo for a episode where Blair gets a tattoo. They could have made a episode where all the girls get tattoos. Lol.

Originally posted by julian bozo
They could have made a episode where all the girls get tattoos. Lol.

LOL even Mrs. G!!!

Originally posted by Lisa Whelchel Forever


LOL even Mrs. G!!!


:lol: I could see that :lol:





ks

Originally posted by ks
:lol: I could see that :lol:



LOL so could I!! :lol:

Originally posted by Lisa Whelchel Forever


LOL even Mrs. G!!!

LOL I can see that!

Edna: Girls, girls! Calm down while Mr.DuPalma here puts my butterfly wins on......OUCH! Oh, that tickles Mr.DuPalma! HA HA HA!

Sorry, Had One of My 12-Year-Old-Kid Moments

ugh..belly piercings give me the creeps ! my friend got hers pierced last year. she said it didn't hurt when she was getting it but afterwards it hurt. my friend's cousin also got her's done and she said it hurt more than a tattoo. or was it the tatoo hurt more ? lol. i don't like belly piercing. that's my opinion. but if you want to get one. i say YOU GO TOOTS !! :D

Originally posted by julian bozo
I was thinking about getting my belly button pierced. Does anyone on this board have their belly button pierced? Does it hurt bad? I know it takes 6 months to heal. Also which one of the girls do you think would most likely get a belly button ring or tattoo? Also do any of you have tattoos also?

Tattoo hurts worse. Go for the ring. It is easily covered up and it can heal where as a tattoo on a visible body part is not as easily concealed and is permanent.

During the days of my mispent youth, I had pierced my nose. It didn't tickle, but wasn't unbearably bad. When I grew up and needed to find a job, I let my nose heal (took a couple of years), but now there is no trace. My husband wasn't so lucky with the silly tattoo he has on his ankle.

I have my eyebrow and tongue pierced, the tongue hurt, my the brow didn`t. My friend has her belly pierced, she said it didn`t hurt. She`s always showing it off in school, hehehe. I never got a tatoo, and don`t want one (no offense). I just think they are icky.

Originally posted by FOL and DS fan 4ever
Hmmm, I doubt that any of the FOL girls would. Andy or Pippa however possibly would...I am basing that on the fact that Andy got his ear pierced and Pippa thought it was so cool. I didn't understand it at first, but now I see why you didn't post this at the chit-chat board. P.S.....sorry I can't help you............

When did Andy get his ear pierced? Was that in an episode?

Originally posted by FolFanatic151


When did Andy get his ear pierced? Was that in an episode?

Yup, that was in "On the edge", the ep where Jo talks a colleague out of commiting suicide. Beverly Ann also admitted to having a tatoo.

Originally posted by LisaWhelchelFan
I have my eyebrow and tongue pierced, the tongue hurt, my the brow didn`t. My friend has her belly pierced, she said it didn`t hurt. She`s always showing it off in school, hehehe. I never got a tatoo, and don`t want one (no offense). I just think they are icky.
I wouldn't want a tatoo either. I think they're icky too....Did somebody say Bev Ann had one on FOL??? What was it?

Originally posted by Blair85

I wouldn't want a tatoo either. I think they're icky too....Did somebody say Bev Ann had one on FOL??? What was it?

Are you sure you want more info? That was in a controvesial ep. I might be damned for saying too much, LOL.

Originally posted by Blair85

I wouldn't want a tatoo either. I think they're icky too....Did somebody say Bev Ann had one on FOL??? What was it?

An old boyfriend's nickname Wolfie. She did it on a dare in college.
Beverly Ann has a tattoo. As far as I know Cloris Leachman does
not have any. I wonder if any of The Facts of Life girls have them in real life? I know Kimberly from Diff'rent Strokes had several.

Originally posted by FOL and DS fan 4ever


Yup, that was in "On the edge", the ep where Jo talks a colleague out of commiting suicide. Beverly Ann also admitted to having a tatoo.

Okay, thanks for the info.! :)