ive gone through a few piercings. i punched my ears a few years or so ago, n if ya dont know that its like a round blade to cut a chunk of skin out so u dun gotta waist time stretching. that was a 6 guage. ended up stretchin em to a 00 plug but now im only at 2 guage hoops. i had my cartilage pierced, my lip, my eyebrow 3 times, an i even tried to pierce my nipple but that one only lasted like 2 days. an about tatoos, i never realy had the money fer the kinda shit i want so im more into FAR oldschool scarring wit the heated blade. the only problem is they start to fade after a few years.