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Also called body modifications, or in the real world: tattoos, piercings, branding, scarring.  (I have two out of the four.)  And I have probably left something out.  Oh yeah, the thing where they put shapes under the skin, I don’t know what that’s called.  Here’s the reason I bring this up today, Elliott, my beautiful orphaned nephew, wants some holes poked in his skin.  He was thinking about his lip, he said it’s called a “snake bite” although that might not be correct.  He pointed at his mouth and said “here, and here.”  Ah, I got it, two rings on your bottom lip, with some space in between.  I told him that one of the girls at my little local market had this, it looked alright on her.  I spoke with his father, briefly when I could grab him, and he said that he had okayed an ear lobe.  Hmm, not nearly the same thing.  If my sister was alive, she would be all over this topic, and it wouldn’t be pretty.  I have four holes in one ear, one on the lobe of the other, with two hoops above, in the cartilage.  Nothing else pierced, but all appendages heavily inked.  So I am probably the first person he thought of to ask this of.  He has since spoken to his sister about it, and she volunteered to do it herself if he was too young for the piercing shop to sign off on it.  I jumped in, both feet, on both of them.  No amateur modifications allowed.  I am all for expressing ones self, but not at the risk of infection or permanent damage (and I don’t count the little scars or holes as damage when you take a piercing out, that just gives you character).  No, this is my rule: always go to a professional.  They have studied and they know what they are doing.  I first made this declaration when I found out people were selling their houses with out a real estate agent.  Why would you do this?  To save a few bucks?  Bad idea.  Call in the pros.  When your wiring goes hay-wire, you call an electrician, when the pipes are flooding the house, you call a plumber, same with poking holes in your face.  (We have excellent piercing shops here in Eugene, I recommend High Priestess highly.)  You find the one that’s right for you and you pay them what they are worth, it’s that simple.  Don’t take the risk of doing stuff yourself that someone else knows so much more about.  It’s like buying local.  Vote with your dollar.  So easy.  Why don’t more folks listen to me?  I know some shit.