i didn't think we were allowed to discuss self piercing on here , but since we are. i have had 13 piercings and currently have 5, none of which were ever done professionally, i have my nipples which when i was 13 i did for the first time, and have had to redo over and over because mom and dad make me take them out. they are currently at 6g, and i'm letting my left heal up so i can go get it done to be even with the right. i did my own prince albert (and talk about pain...*ouch* but i wanted it bad enough), and i did my ears, they are currently at 1/2" and the only real jewelry that has been in them is at 14g, 12g, 4g, and at half inch, i'm very luck to not have fucked them up, the only piercing that i ever messed up was my left nipple, which i'm going to have done professionally after it heals completely. but in some odd way i'm proud of all my piercings. i guess because i did them on my own. and the other ones that have been retired are my tongue (two 14's at one point then as i started to stretch it i had to remove the front 14g bar,), surface piercings on the chest, (several which did not turn out too well), my lip (left middle, and right), that's my story of piercing stupidity.