I've heard it's possible to get eyelids pierced.. Does anyone know anything about this or where I could get it done?

ouch,that sounds painful!

I wouldnt recommend it, eyes and eyelids are funny things and can get infected very easily, not to mention painful, I cant imagine anyone agreeing to pierce an eyelid either, plus whatever bar or ring or whatever you had in the eyelid it would be a bit heavy on the eye, plus your eye might get scratched, I wouldnt do it if I were you. Stick to the eyebrow or tongue or something like that. I got belly button done a few years ago and that was painful enough.

Jillybabes, thanx for the advice but from what I heard the ring is made from special material that won't scratch the eye. I've got my bellybutton pierced but I want something original that will really stand out. If I can find out where I can get it done I'll have it done straight away.

Well if they use a special ring that doesnt scratch your eye then you go for it girl! Just be careful who you go to when you find somewhere.

No reputable and responsible piercer will carry out an eyelid piercing. Anything in contact with your eye will cause damage. I have severe irreversible damage to my corneas through normal wearing of contact lenses and I'm only 23. Imagine what an object which is not really 'designed' to go in your eye will do.

As a reputable piercer won't do this type of piercing, you would probably also run the risk of unsterilised needles, hepatitis, HIV, infection etc.

On your head be it. There are plenty of ways to be original which don't have a risk of making you blind.

Oh Twiglet I will be careful to make sure I get it done properly if I can find out where will do it. I'm not stupid, I won't get done unless I'm assured there's no risk.

On a different note..how on earth did you damage your eyes like that with contact lenses? I've worn contacts for 20 years and never had any infection or damage. I think some people just don't look after them properly when I hear of things like this!!

Originally posted by pixy
Oh Twiglet I will be careful to make sure I get it done properly if I can find out where will do it. I'm not stupid, I won't get done unless I'm assured there's no risk.

On a different note..how on earth did you damage your eyes like that with contact lenses? I've worn contacts for 20 years and never had any infection or damage. I think some people just don't look after them properly when I hear of things like this!!

I have no idea the optician suggested it could be because I wear them 7 days a week and I should wear glasses at least one day but they're well looked after - they're soft lenses but now i've switched to these new silicone material ones which they say should be better for eyes.

Twiglet, from what I know normal soft contact lenses are NOT good for your eyes. You do have to give your eyes a break from those lenses. I always have rigid gas permeable lenses that don't dry up the eyes and starve them of oxygen. So you don't have mess about wearing glasses one day a week and worrying youv'e had them in more than 12 hours etc etc. The new silicon lenses you have are good too. Might get those next time.

Sorry for the digression - don't want turn this into a discussion on contacts. If anyone has info on (safe!) eyelid piercing let me know!!

The special material might not scratch the eye but you must've had an eyelash or bit of grit in your eye......how annoying is that? Imagine having that irritation all the time.

Don't do it.....can't imagine it looks good.

The risk isn't just from what you wear in the piercing. Any trauma to the eyelid could cause scarring and puckering, which could lead to your eyelid contracting so that it doesn't close completely. This would mean that your eye wouldn't get washed and protected properly, leaving you prone to infection. I suggest you think of another novelty piercing that doesn't involve crucial organs.

OK chillicat maybe eyelid pircing isn't such a hot idea. Does anyone have any other suggestions for original body part piercing??

Originally posted by pixy
OK chillicat maybe eyelid pircing isn't such a hot idea. Does anyone have any other suggestions for original body part piercing?? Why??????????????????:loopy:

From a piercer's website:

The old cliché "if you can pinch it, you can pierce it" is largely true. The exceptions are those few locations where you can't reasonably protect the piercing during healing (such as the sole of a foot), or where the tissue is delicate and likely to be damaged during normal wear (like the eyelid). Yes, you will see people with "impossible" piercings, but they are taking a dangerous chance.

So a bit of imagination, get pinching!

Why? To be different and original and stand out in a crowd. I don't want to blend in like a sheep!!

Ta for the quote Twig. Just considering what body part I CAN use now. I'm wondering about the skin between the thumb and index finger..

how about waiting a while until the faze passes, those fads have a lot of holes in them ;)

Ha ha! I like it Poppins!

Originally posted by pixy
Why? To be different and original and stand out in a crowd. I don't want to blend in like a sheep!!

But who wants to look like a goat?

If the sole purpose of having an original body piercing is so that you stand out in a crowd - be bold, be imaginative, and go for a facial tattoo. I met a guy once who had a spider's web tattooed across his face. Now, he did stand out in a crowd - only the crowd tended to disperse in his presence for some unknown reason. :hihi:

Listen to 'Ma Poppins'.

You are no 'spring chicken' yourself.

Is your personality so lacking that it needs artificial enhancement?

Can you visualise the coming generation of 'grandparents' with sagging skin covered in fading tatoos etc?

You know redrobbo, I think facial tattoos can you look absolutely fantastic. Even I wouldn't dare go quite that far but I really admire people that have. Too many people are scared to express themselves. The world would be a much more interesting place if more people had the courage to stand out!

Hey cgk!! I'm only 31!! And I don't think there should be any barrier to making a statement just cos I'm not 18!!!

Originally posted by pixy
I've worn contacts for 20 years and never had any infection or damage.

Originally posted by pixy
I'm only 31!!

Just for the confirmation:

So you have been wearing contact lenses since you were 11 years old in 1985.

Believe it or not yes that is true. I don't see what is so unbeliveable about that. Not that common I suppose but I assure you it is true!

Hya Pixy, some thing makes me think you are not the type of person to 'blend' in with a crowd with or without your eyelid piercing!

But, just because you want to do something different, doesn't mean other people are boring or 'sheep' just because they don't want to do the same things you want to do.

Everyone is individual. Some people conform to social expectations because they are happy like that - so what! If everyone was 'different' then the only 'normal' person left would be different too.

And lets not forget - some people don't want to stand out in a crowd. But, you do what you want to and good luck to you :thumbsup: I love seeing people who 'stand out' - makes the place much more colourful.

Originally posted by pixy
Ta for the quote Twig. Just considering what body part I CAN use now. I'm wondering about the skin between the thumb and index finger..

One of my friends had that done and it led to ligament scarring - very attractive!

How about having the bridge of your nose done so you can wear glasses (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000733023826/) instead of contacts? ;)

I've heard it's possible to get eyelids pierced.. Does anyone know anything about this or where I could get it done?

Why, for God's sake? Why? I mean, for God's sake - why? Why? You know? You know what I'm saying? For God's sake.

Like, why?




For God's sake.


:confused:

Originally posted by Jozafeen
One of my friends had that done and it led to ligament scarring - very attractive!

How about having the bridge of your nose done so you can wear glasses (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000733023826/) instead of contacts? ;)
Those glasses are hideous! :gag:

Those glasses are hideous!

She's (he's??) also got ginger hair. You can't see the chin but I'll wager there's a hairy wart on it.

Originally posted by pixy
Ta for the quote Twig. Just considering what body part I CAN use now. I'm wondering about the skin between the thumb and index finger..

I had this done several years ago and it's called a web piercing. I loved it and had no trouble from it at all until I had an accident on the dodgems with my son and ended up breaking my finger and thumb. I had to take it out as I ended up in plaster for several weeks.

I had contemplated having a ring pierced through the top of my middle finger so I wore the ring around my finger but it pierced the flesh at the top so stayed on all the time.

As pervioulsy stated, within reason, if you can pinch the flesh you can pierce it. Just think it through carefully and be aware of possible complications.

A reputable piercer wouldnt necessarily refuse to pierce an eyelid, however, do your research. If you can convince a reputable piercer that you fully understand the procedure and are aware of the risks and prepared to take the consequences, theres no reason not to get it done. A good site for info is unsuitable link removed As for long term affects of this piercing, it is in its infancy and therefore all eyelid piercees are guinea pigs.

My advice: thoroughly research it and go into it 100% aware ofwhat you are about to do to your body.

Seriously, why would you want to? It's your eyelid.

That web site is seriously weird :loopy:

Originally posted by valentine
That web site is seriously weird :loopy:

It's certainly different.

They have a section called "Blood Play (non erotic)"

And look at this dog : unsuitable link removed

There was an article last year sometime - I think someone posted it on here - where a woman had a little star/heart inserted under the top layer of the eyeball, so in the white of her eye she had a little tiny bit of metal.

You could look into that.

No pun intended.

The dog photo is a fake, it was posted as an April fools j oke. The eyeball implant was done on the owner of BMEs wife, the only place you can get it done is an opthalmic surgeon in Holland.

You could have an iron bar that goes in one side of your head and comes out of the other - that'd certainly stand out. Maybe you could get it done at an abattoir by one of those machines that fires a bolt through a cow's head, you probably wouldn't feel a thing.

Why dont you just have FREAK tattooed on your forehead and be done with it?

Why the need to LOOK different in order to BE different?

So many people are trying to look different that they are all begining to look the same.

I can’t see that there’s anything original, admirable or commendable about piercings or tattoos. Far from ‘standing out from the crowd’, these body mutilations are as common now as mobile phones.
Isn’t part of the attraction of piercings/tattoos/brandings the very fact that they identify the wearer with a particular group (or flock)? Isn’t this simply a more extreme version of wearing a particular designer brand or a Hell’s Angels jacket?
Real uniqueness resides inside. Some of the most unassuming and outwardly bland people turn out, in fact, to be the most radical and subversive. Look at Lenin – pretty sure he wasn’t tatted up with metal sticking out of his face! And I think you’d be hard pushed to find society’s premier thinkers (philosophers, scientists, Nobel prize laureates) adorned in this way.
Turn inside to find oneself. A preoccupation with how you look distracts from understanding who you are.

Tattoos (and body piercing) have been around for thousands of years, it's not a new thing, for some people it has deep meaning (like Maori Moku or the tribes in Africa where you have a piercing as part of reaching adulthood) but for most people in this country it's just decoration, like wearing a necklace or earings, it's not hurting anyone (except themselves) so why slag people off for having them ?

It's strange that people with tattoos don't have any problem or make any judgements about people without them.

Well said nick2. It seems ignorance and intolerance is rife in this forum.:loopy:

Originally posted by nick2

It's strange that people with tattoos don't have any problem or make any judgements about people without them.
Originally posted by pixy
I don't want to blend in like a sheep!!

Is being judged to be a sheep a complement?

Originally posted by withnail
Is being judged to be a sheep a complement?

Pixy is saying what she doesn't want to be, she's not telling you what you should be (ie. more like Lenin).

Anyway, I'm of to buy some grey cardies and cord trousers so I can find my innner beauty more easily.

Flippin heck! It was just an idea. Talk about reactionary! And nick2 is quite right, I'm not trying to dictate that everyone should have extreme piercings and facial tattoos for heavens sake! Of course everyone is entitled to dress as conservatively or outlandishly as they choose. I was just trying to make the point that I personally wanted something a bit different.

I've actually changed my mind about it now because having a piercing would stop me giving blood for a year. So there!

a few years ago, my boyfriend made the suggestion that i should have my hipbones pierced and then a chain attached connecting the two rings................?!

Originally posted by pixy
I've heard it's possible to get eyelids pierced.. Does anyone know anything about this or where I could get it done?

I dont know what the state of play is on this thread not having had the time to keep up with it. HOwever, I hope you havent gone ahead with that piercing and if you want more details of the damage which can be caused due to body-piercing please read this thread www.danaid.com. Quite frankly I think your life is quite unique enough without having to harm your body in the process.

u can get implants put under ur skin which mean u can screw on and off different accessories, don't know where to get it done though also fingernails can be pierced

Providing they are done carefully and kept clean etc, etc, piercings provide a method of self-expression which unlike tattoos CAN be temporary if so desired, but there are certain things that just aren't meant to be pierced.

I worry about things like pierced eyelids for the same health reasons as the rest of SF, but I'd also worry about the poential of not being able to wear contact lenses any more. I had a very small cyst in exactly the wrong place on my top eyelid that moved my lens every blink just enough that everything was permanently going in and out of focus. It was horrible and in the end I had the cyst removed. I would imagine that a pieced eyelid would do similar- yuck!

For the record, I have both piercings and tattoos, and none are visible in normal clothing. They're there for me, and symbolic for me. At some point I may have a more visible tat, but don't hold your breath!

I think eyelid piercing (http://users.rcn.com/jonharford/misc/20040519-eyelid_piercing.jpg) seems very wrong. I like how it looks here but no way! I've got other piercings and have had to have my eyelid injected before and it really does hurt! Plus I think it'd really annoy me.