Jewellery For Apadravya Piercing

Hi,

I've successfully healed my apadravya and am now looking to stretch it and
change the jewellery. I'm currently wearing a standard barbell with
spherical ends, however I'm trying to find somewhere that sells barbells
with smartie/M&M shaped ends. All I've managed to find so far are more
spherical ends or discs and an assortment of shapes in between.

Do any of you guys know where I can find such a piece of jewellery, or if
it's going to be a custom job who you would recommend (I'd be looking at
either titanium or stainless steel).

Many Thanks

Dan

Dan wrote:

> Do any of you guys know where I can find such a piece of jewellery, or if
> it's going to be a custom job who you would recommend (I'd be looking at
> either titanium or stainless steel).

In the UK, I had to have one custom made - by Access All Areas in
Nottingham. You could also try Breed 316 and ColdSteel who will make to
order.

Tip - if you're getting it made to order, have them make it internally
threaded!

--
Dnc

On Sep 6, 5:02 pm, doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcomp...@gmail.com>
wrote:

DONT> Tip - if you're getting it made to order, have them make it
internally
DONT> threaded!

Try this: If you have to tell you're supplier "not externally
threaded," don't fucking order from them.

And Ti. It is always Ti. Unless it's glass.

Kavin

in rec.arts.bodyart KavinTaylor@gmail.com <KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:
Kgc> And Ti. It is always Ti. Unless it's glass.

i know you love Ti, & i generally do too, but i can't wear it in
my earlobes. it itches & reacts & it's surprisingly bad. everywhere else
in me it's superior to steel, but the same company's high grade Ti in my
lobes is awful.

so, Ti: sure. always Ti: no.

lish "you bit off more than you could chew
crank@got.net the first day you met me." -dm
43.9% / 30 RANA 128 / 70

On Sep 7, 1:51 am, cr...@got.net (i'll teach you to turn away.) wrote:
IT> i know you love Ti, & i generally do too, but i can't wear
it in
IT> my earlobes. it itches & reacts & it's surprisingly bad.
everywhere else
IT> in me it's superior to steel, but the same company's high grade Ti
in my
IT> lobes is awful.

Aren't your lobes punched? I wonder if that could have something to
do with it? I know there are SOME people allergic to Ti (usually
alloys), but you either are or aren't. Do your ears react with all Ti
jewelry?

Kavin

in rec.arts.bodyart KavinTaylor@gmail.com <KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:
Kgc> On Sep 7, 1:51 am, cr...@got.net (i'll teach you to turn away.) wrote:
IT>> i know you love Ti, & i generally do too, but i can't wear
Kgc> it in my earlobes. it itches & reacts & it's surprisingly bad.
Kgc> Aren't your lobes punched? I wonder if that could have something to
Kgc> do with it? I know there are SOME people allergic to Ti (usually
Kgc> alloys), but you either are or aren't. Do your ears react with all Ti
Kgc> jewelry?

the 4ga upper right lobe is punched, but my primary lobe piercings
are not. i have cut them multiple times to move the hole the direction i
desired, but even after seven years at 1/2" they were still made unhappy
by Ti, & the irritation wasn't specific to the area i cut.

furthermore, people can absolutely have localized metal reactions.
i don't know where you get this "are or aren't" stuff; it's not like i'm
talking about reactions to medications or anesthetics.

lish "if you feel like this is what you need,
crank@got.net you'll never understand." -ftf
43.9% / 30 RANA 128 / 70

On Sep 7, 1:03 pm, cr...@got.net (i'll teach you to turn away.) wrote:

> furthermore, people can absolutely have localized metal reactions.
> i don't know where you get this "are or aren't" stuff; it's not like i'm
> talking about reactions to medications or anesthetics.

Please re-read my post. That is not what I wrote. The term was
"allergic."

I questioned how the ears were done because I was allowing for
situational problems.

And as far as reactions go, it would HAVE to be mechanical, because
no, I don't buy that you react to nickel on your fingers and not on
your neck. That would be allergic reaction, and that is systemic.

Kavin

in rec.arts.bodyart KavinTaylor@gmail.com <KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:
Kgc> On Sep 7, 1:03 pm, cr...@got.net (i'll teach you to turn away.) wrote:
>> furthermore, people can absolutely have localized metal reactions.
>> i don't know where you get this "are or aren't" stuff; it's not like i'm
>> talking about reactions to medications or anesthetics.
Kgc> Please re-read my post. That is not what I wrote. The term was
Kgc> "allergic."
Kgc> I questioned how the ears were done because I was allowing for
Kgc> situational problems.
Kgc> And as far as reactions go, it would HAVE to be mechanical, because
Kgc> no, I don't buy that you react to nickel on your fingers and not on
Kgc> your neck. That would be allergic reaction, and that is systemic.

kavin, what i know is i wear Ti in many places on my body without
incident, but in my earlobes it gets itchy & red within a day & will begin
weeping in three days. steel, which doesn't work at all in my nipples, is
fine in my lobes & most other places as well. i am comparing identical
grades of each metal from the same manufacturer, identical jewelry types
in each location - that is, 1/2" Ti eyelets from company XYZ are no good
in my lobes, but identical 1/2" eyelets in steel from company XYZ are
fine; steel barbells also from company XYZ don't work in my nipples, but
Ti barbells in the same gauge & length from company XYZ are much better.
the barbells are not heavy enough to make weight a factor.

so, i think you're undereducated here. let's find out the best way
we know how: weigh in, nina. :D

lish "i'm sorry i punched you in the throat.
crank@got.net get up." -jerkcity
43.9% / 30 RANA 128 / 70

On Sep 7, 9:44 pm, cr...@got.net (i'll teach you to turn away.) wrote:

IT> so, i think you're undereducated here. let's find out the
best way
IT> we know how: weigh in, nina. :D

That I would agree with. I'm still thinking it is the type skin cell
exposed to the metal, whether there is scar tissue, etc.

I'm also assuming metal allergies are like any other. So it wouldn't
be like you could eat peanuts one day and go into shock from rubbing
peanut butter on your clitoris the next day. Or maybe you could.

Nina?

Kavin

in rec.arts.bodyart KavinTaylor@gmail.com <KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:
Kgc> On Sep 7, 9:44 pm, cr...@got.net (i'll teach you to turn away.) wrote:
IT>> so, i think you're undereducated here. let's find out the best way
IT>> we know how: weigh in, nina. :D
Kgc> That I would agree with. I'm still thinking it is the type skin cell
Kgc> exposed to the metal, whether there is scar tissue, etc.

perhaps, but any piercing is going to have scar tissue. & after
seven years, i certainly couldn't FEEL any scar tissue left in my lobes.

Kgc> I'm also assuming metal allergies are like any other. So it wouldn't
Kgc> be like you could eat peanuts one day and go into shock from rubbing
Kgc> peanut butter on your clitoris the next day. Or maybe you could.

they're not the same, though. any metal reaction is going to be
caused by a metal allergy (though you alluded earlier that they're
different), & we've had plenty of examples here where someone had only a
localized reaction. hell, i'm highly allergic to cats, but if i don't
touch my eyes, i can be in a room with them for sometimes an hour without
reacting (before the ambient hair/dander gets to me). cat dander doesn't
make my skin itch, but it does affect my eyes. isn't that similar?

lish "figured out what you're good for:
crank@got.net making anything look better." -uc
43.9% / 30 RANA 128 / 70

i'll teach you to turn away. wrote:
>
> in rec.arts.bodyart KavinTaylor@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> I'm also assuming metal allergies are like any other. So it
>> wouldn't be like you could eat peanuts one day and go into shock
>> from rubbing peanut butter on your clitoris the next day. Or maybe
>> you could.
>>
> they're not the same, though. any metal reaction is going to be
> caused by a metal allergy (though you alluded earlier that they're
> different), & we've had plenty of examples here where someone had
> only a localized reaction. hell, i'm highly allergic to cats, but if
> i don't touch my eyes, i can be in a room with them for sometimes an
> hour without reacting (before the ambient hair/dander gets to me).
> cat dander doesn't make my skin itch, but it does affect my eyes.
> isn't that similar?
>
I can't speak to metal reactions, I've never had any problems
with that, but I suffer with an amazing list of allergies and
have all my life. Allergies do come and go, but I don't think
it's so switch like as from one day to the next.

As for different reactions to contact allergies, I know I have
a strange situation with poison ivy / oak / sumac. I can touch
it with my hands, palms, back of the hand even forearm and not
have any problem. If it comes anywhere near my legs, though,
it's all over - massive reaction. I never thought much about
it, though; it's just the way I react to the stuff.

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On Sep 7, 11:39 pm, cr...@got.net (i'll teach you to turn away.)
wrote:

IT> hell, i'm highly allergic to cats, but if i don't
IT> touch my eyes, i can be in a room with them for sometimes an hour
without
IT> reacting (before the ambient hair/dander gets to me). cat dander
doesn't
IT> make my skin itch, but it does affect my eyes. isn't that similar?

I think we're both still talking the same thing. Skin keeps things on
the outside of the body. You react when the substance you are
allergic to reaches the inside so the immune system can react. And we
know that skin cells in different areas have different
characteristics.

Kavin

in rec.arts.bodyart KavinTaylor@gmail.com <KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:
Kgc> On Sep 7, 11:39 pm, cr...@got.net (i'll teach you to turn away.)
IT>> hell, i'm highly allergic to cats, but if i don't
IT>> touch my eyes, i can be in a room with them for sometimes an hour without
IT>> reacting (before the ambient hair/dander gets to me). cat dander doesn't
IT>> make my skin itch, but it does affect my eyes. isn't that similar?
Kgc> I think we're both still talking the same thing. Skin keeps things on
Kgc> the outside of the body. You react when the substance you are
Kgc> allergic to reaches the inside so the immune system can react. And we
Kgc> know that skin cells in different areas have different
Kgc> characteristics.

ok, that's valid as far as my analogy goes, but my lobes are just
as well healed as my navel piercings, & Ti is fine in the latter. so the
only flaw here is my analogy. :)

lish "well, it took a lot of work
crank@got.net to be the ass that i am." -mm
43.9% / 30 RANA 128 / 70

Discussion about allergies.


>
> ok, that's valid as far as my analogy goes, but my lobes are just
> as well healed as my navel piercings, & Ti is fine in the latter. so the
> only flaw here is my analogy. :)
>
> lish "well, it took a lot of work
> crank@got.net to be the ass that i am." -mm
> 43.9% / 30 RANA 128 / 70
>

It is very common to experience reactions/allergies in some areas and none
in others, even with the same material. I saw this all the time when I
worked as a piercer. Som people could wear the worst jewelry made from the
worst material in their ears, but reacted heavily to the steel in their
navel. Some could wear steel in nipples but certainly not in their ears. It
has to do with the structure of the skin and how porous it is, more than it
has to do with the material itself. That´s why some piercers only recommend
steel (316L) for wellhealed piercings, but not for new ones. A new piercing
makes an entrance for crap to enter your body until it is healed, and then
the skin is supposed to protect it, although some of the allergenes still
gets through.
I can wear all sorts of crap in my ears and it would surprice me if they
even reacted to a rusty nail, but the back of my neck can´t even handle
surgical steel without reacting badly and forming itchy rashes. It is the
same with my nipple, which I have had for like 10 years. Ti = fine. Steel =
Bad! My genital piercings are fine with steel, and so on. Very weird, I
admit it. But there is no reason to think that it is a matter of not being
allergic or being allergic.

If nothing I said made sense, I am truly sorry. I am danish and english is
not my main laguage.

in rec.arts.bodyart "nana s?rensen" <nanatorsk@phobia.dk> wrote:
nsr> admit it. But there is no reason to think that it is a matter of not being
nsr> allergic or being allergic.
nsr> If nothing I said made sense, I am truly sorry. I am danish and english is
nsr> not my main laguage.

your english is excellent. & i'm happy with your post - it agrees
with my argument & not kavin's. ;D

lish "oh, how the world still
crank@got.net dearly loves a cage." -ma
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