Submitter comment: This was found on my Facebook newsfeed, of this guy asking whether he should ‘keep it’. I left a comment explaining the high risk of infection or rejection due to the jewellery not being fit for a surface piecing, and that placement is ridiculous for a straight barbell anyway. He tried to justify the fact he knows what he’s doing because his dad has ‘more original piercings’ than I do and that he apparently knows it’ll get infected but did it for the ‘havoc’ on Facebook. What’s awful: the placement, the jewellery, the general lack of knowledge on why that won’t be a success. How it can be fixed: just take it out! _____ Moderator comment: If you picture the beads as eyes, and the fingers as tentacles, it looks like a little upside-down squid. Cthulu bite. - Petra / BabyPieTattoo
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Submitter comment:
This was found on my Facebook newsfeed, of this guy asking whether he should ‘keep it’. I left a comment explaining the high risk of infection or rejection due to the jewellery not being fit for a surface piecing, and that placement is ridiculous for a straight barbell anyway. He tried to justify the fact he knows what he’s doing because his dad has ‘more original piercings’ than I do and that he apparently knows it’ll get infected but did it for the ‘havoc’ on Facebook.

What’s awful: the placement, the jewellery, the general lack of knowledge on why that won’t be a success.

How it can be fixed: just take it out!

_____

Moderator comment: If you picture the beads as eyes, and the fingers as tentacles, it looks like a little upside-down squid. Cthulu bite.

- Petra / BabyPieTattoo

SOURCE: My mouth, my picture. SUBMITTER COMMENT: So, this lovely little piercing was something I did back when I thought I was a hardcore 15 year old. I pierced it in my bathroom with a sewing needle that I soaked with rubbing alcohol, and then put in a cheap, flaky, painted black, externally threaded barbell. I should also mention that I didn’t clean the jewelry first, because I thought it was already sanitized in the VARIETY store I bought it in. After posting it on my deviantART account, it is now the 8th picture that comes up if you google search ‘Tongue Web Piercing’. Ughh. What’s awful: Home piercing, cheap jewelry, promoting this to others! How it can be fixed: Go to a professional, buy high quality jewelry.
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SUBMITTER COMMENT:

So, this lovely little piercing was something I did back when I thought I was a hardcore 15 year old. I pierced it in my bathroom with a sewing needle that I soaked with rubbing alcohol, and then put in a cheap, flaky, painted black, externally threaded barbell. I should also mention that I didn’t clean the jewelry first, because I thought it was already sanitized in the VARIETY store I bought it in.

After posting it on my deviantART account, it is now the 8th picture that comes up if you google search ‘Tongue Web Piercing’. Ughh.

What’s awful: Home piercing, cheap jewelry, promoting this to others!

How it can be fixed: Go to a professional, buy high quality jewelry.

Submitting myself here. When I was seventeen, I had my eyebrow pierced twice unprofessionally with a reused needle

Oh yeah, fun stuff. Placement ended up being really bad so I took them out.

 

and now almost three years later I still have really bad scarring from them! I’ve had this eyebrow pierced five times professionally and it recovered perfectly from those, but never healed the original home done ones. Unprofessional piercings can have long term consequences, so keep that in mind next time you think you don’t want to pay for someone to do it.

SUBMITTER COMMENT: Self-submission for the win. Don’t ever get your first tattoo in your friend’s kitchen by someone who took a 2 hour motorcycle ride as payment. Haha. WHAT’S AWFUL: Um, unsanitary conditions. Terrible artwork. A bunch of things are wrong with this. I’m lucky I didn’t get an infection. HOW TO FIX IT: I’m getting it covered. There’s no fixing it haha. All my other tattoos have been done professionally and in a clean and sanitary place. They all definitely look a lot better than this mess. I’ve learned my lesson the hard way x)
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SUBMITTER COMMENT: Self-submission for the win. Don’t ever get your first tattoo in your friend’s kitchen by someone who took a 2 hour motorcycle ride as payment. Haha.

WHAT’S AWFUL: Um, unsanitary conditions. Terrible artwork. A bunch of things are wrong with this. I’m lucky I didn’t get an infection.

HOW TO FIX IT: I’m getting it covered. There’s no fixing it haha.

All my other tattoos have been done professionally and in a clean and sanitary place. They all definitely look a lot better than this mess. I’ve learned my lesson the hard way x)

SUMBITTER’S COMMENT:-This is my first tattoo I got, I went to a licensed tattoo artist and I’d seen some of his other work and thought he was good so I did do my research. For some reason it didn’t turn out how I wanted even though I gave him a very detailed picture and explained what I wanted but he did it wrong :/ My other tattoos are much better.

WHAT’S AWFUL: I think the shape of it is awful and the line work is really bad, want it fixed so badly.

This is my own story about how stumbling across your page saved me from my own ignorance. I was stretching at the time and by stretching, I mean shoving acrylic tapers in my ears that were two sizes too big. Eventually the inevitable happened; one of my ears got a nasty blowout. I quickly took them out and looked online for modification sites for help. I stumbled across Awful Mods and read through easily 20 pages of submissions. I have three self pierced holes and four done with a gun, which I was completely unaware was bad. I signed all of the anti gun petitions and vowed never to use them again. I went and got my daith pierced in a very reputable shop as well as my navel and stretched back up safely, following directions you guys have posted as closely as possible. I also got a tattoo for my 15th birthday (legal in my state with parental consent) at the same reputable shop that I go to for my piercings. I try to educate my friends on what not to do and discourage their self piercing attempts. My friend recently offered to “make me some gauges” out of polymer clay, which I declined and warned her not to use. I credit this blog alone with most of my modification interest and knowledge. Thank you guys and keep up the amazing work!

 Source: Me  SUBMITTER COMMENT: This is a stick n poke I did on myself when i was 12 with India Ink and a sewing needle. Me and my friend both have shitty stick n pokes. I feel like I need a shame cube.  ‘What’s Awful: unsanitary, stick n poke, not experienced .. you know.  How it can be fixed: I’m getting a cover up when I turn 18. But until then… what are some ways i can hide this hideous thing??  oh, and also, this exists.  http://fyeahstick-n-poke.tumblr.com/ :(  xx
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SUBMITTER COMMENT: This is a stick n poke I did on myself when i was 12 with India Ink and a sewing needle. Me and my friend both have shitty stick n pokes. I feel like I need a shame cube. 

‘What’s Awful: unsanitary, stick n poke, not experienced .. you know. 

How it can be fixed: I’m getting a cover up when I turn 18. But until then… what are some ways i can hide this hideous thing?? 

oh, and also, this exists. 

http://fyeahstick-n-poke.tumblr.com/

:( 

xx

Image Source SUBMITTER’S COMMENT: I found this post of my facebook feed, and it was titled “New years shenanigans”, so I believe it is safe to assume what happened to cause this. I found a tattoo artist from the area tagged in the photograph. WHAT’S AWFUL: Bad line work, bad ‘design’, bad technique. HOW IT CAN BE FIXED: A cover-up by a reputable tattoo artist or removal.
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SUBMITTER’S COMMENT: I found this post of my facebook feed, and it was titled “New years shenanigans”, so I believe it is safe to assume what happened to cause this. I found a tattoo artist from the area tagged in the photograph.

WHAT’S AWFUL: Bad line work, bad ‘design’, bad technique.

HOW IT CAN BE FIXED: A cover-up by a reputable tattoo artist or removal.