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About yourself and your modifications:
Name/Age: Martha / 22
Hometown: Chicago
Picture(s) of yourself (One 100x100 for the members page):
I'll get one of these as soon as I can get my PC booted back up...couple days at the most.

Do you have any piercings? How many?: Standard ear lobes, a conch in each ear (hoop in my right ear, stud in my left), industrial and helix in my left ear, two studs just below the conch in my right, navel, and nose.  So...ten if you count the industrial as one, eleven if it's two.
Where are they located? Show us pictures if you'd like: Ears, nose, navel
What about tattoos? Show us pictures and tell us a little about them if they have a nice back story to them: Pics coming sooooon...I have a sprig of lilies on my left rib cage, and a fleur-de-lis on my right ankle. I'm getting a dragon on my right shoulder on Friday, it's my graduation present to myself. :D  The lilies were my first tat, they're my birthmonth flower and they remind me of spring.  I got the fleur in Paris with a friend of mine; we spent a whole day walking around the city looking for a shop that took walk-ins.
If you don't have any tattoos, do you want any? If so, what and why? If not, why?: I love the idea of carrying someone's personal artwork on my body - it's such a personal contract between you and the artist.  It's a way of expression that's also pretty ballsy; can't be a flake about this kind of decision, since you have it forever!  Plus I like it when people ask me about them.
Do you have any other modifications? Tell us about them or post pictures: Nope, just the ones listed here.
Most painful modification?: My nose hurt so bad I almost cried in the shop.  The lilies hurt the most when I had to get them retouched - the artist had to ink over scar tissue, and I honestly thought I was going to vomit after a while.
Favorite modification? Why?: My nose, it's so cute.  It's also the most 'visible' of my stuff, since it's front and center on my face.
What are some of your future modifications, if any?: Tattoos, I'd also like to get a center labret.  Depends on what the job market looks ilke and how it responds to what I already have.

This or That
Place an x in the circle that you prefer
(x)Piercings or (x)Tattoos? I have both and I love both.
()Gauged ears or (X)Regular sized lobes? Gauged ears are fine on other people, but I have too many pairs of earrings that I love wearing.
(x)Colored or (X)Black and grey tattoos?
()DIY or (x)Professional piercer?
(x)Tattoos or ()Scarification?
()Tongue rings or (x)Lip rings?
(x)Nose rings or ()Septum rings?
Nipple rings: ()Hoops, (X)Shields or (x)Barbels?
(x)Play piercing or ()Scarification? I feel like this isn't a good pair - it's like, the least and the most extreme ends of the spectrum