January 2003
Getting your eyebrow pierced can lead to blindness (true or false)...
True - It is possible: 18%
False - It isn't possible: 37%
"If" it's pierced TOO deep: 20%
I don't know: 23%
Number of Votes: 77
January 2003
A Pierced Tongue can lead to a brain infection...
Yes it can: 22%
No it can't: 26%
There's a chance: 19%
Don't know: 31%
Number of votes: 94
February 2003
Should piercing be illegal or more regulated?
It should be illegal to do body mods!: 2%
More restrictions to make it safer for costumers: 11%
They should remove some restrictions, like age limit: 63%
Whatever...: 23%
Number of votes:95
March 2003
Your cleaning habits, for new piercings, are most like:
I've never had a piercing: 7%
I never clean my piercings...: 10%
I do exactly has my piercer told me, following the instructions: 30%
I clean with anti-bacterial soap and warm water twice a day: 30%
I use salt water to clean my piercings: 10%
I clean them with only warm water, no soap, etc.: 10%
Number of votes: 76
March 2003
Is piercing yourself (professional or otherwise) morally wrong?
Yes, it is morally wrong: 1%
No, it isn't morally wrong: 96%
Undecided: 2%
Number of Votes:88
March 2003
What (in your opinion or from experience) is the most painful to get pierced?
Tongue: 10%
Ear (lobe): 0%
Ear (cartilage): 10%
Nose (any area): 5%
Lip: 4%
Eyebrow: 2%
Navel: 7%
Nipple: 34%
Other: 14%
More than one: 10%
Number of votes: 116
April 2003
Do you get stereotyped because of your piercings/tattoos?
Yes, constantly...: 24%
Yes, but only sometimes...: 23%
No, never...: 4%
Haven't really noticed...:10%
Don't care even if I do...: 31%
No "strange" piercings/tattoos...: 5%
Number of votes: 212
May 2003
Do you feel that piercing/tattoo studies should be licensed (like doctors)?
Yes: 61%
No: 28%
Undecided: 10%
Number of votes: 117
June 2003
Do you feel that the medicine community (doctors, dentists, etc) should try to support the piercing/body mod community more? Yes: 62%
No: 2%
They'll never be "friends": 13%
Don't notice: 4%
Don't care: 16%
Number of votes: 109
July 2003
Do you think it's unfair that businesses refuse to allow u to have visable piercings or tattoos?
Yes: 84%
No: 11%
Undecided: 3%
Number of votes: 128
August 2003
Would u perfer being pierced by a doctor who does piercings or a APP (Pro) piercer?
Doctor Piercer: 10%
APP member piercer: 46%
Don't want piercings: 1%
Only if they're good...: 12%
Which ever is cheaper: 20%
Undecided: 7%
Number of votes: 101
September 2003
What have you self pierced yourself/others with?
Safety Pin (uncleaned): 13%
Safety Pin (sterlized in some way): 32%
Sewing Needle (uncleaned/out of package already): 8%
Sewing Needle (cleaned/brand new): 15%
"Pro" Needle (hollow, from BMEshop.com or other place): 15%
Somthing not mentioned above...: 13%
Number of votes: 137
November 2003
Do you think it's fair to make you wait before you can legally get piercings/tattooes?
No, that's totally unfair: 65%
Yes, so you have time to change your mind before jumping in: 11%
Inbetween: 17%
Never heard of such things!: 4%
No Opinion: 1%
Number of votes: 141
December 2003
Does it make you mad when people nearly cry when getting a piercing that you would kill to get?
Yes: 62%
No: 9%
Unaffected either way: 28%
Number of votes: 96
