Stasha-P says:

Discrimination, less of it now, but still a problem. But more and more jobs are available if you have facial piercings, because people don’t really care any more. Maybe they’ve started to realise looks don’t matter any more? lol, hardly. Anyway. I spose they can look a little intimidating, but I have facial piercings and I’m awfully shy, and quite smart. I’m hardly about to knife anyone who looks at me. Its only a real problem in “proper”professions, like teaching and doctors and things now. As long as you’re experienced and knowledgeable, then you can go quite far
Health and safety. Eh.. Well the studios I go to are very good, and clean and talk through all the risks and everything. They’re aren’t too many tbh. And I do all my research properly before..But not all places/people are like that. Here (UK) there aren’t any laws on piercings, on age, qualifications anything. Some councils require a basic health and hygiene certificate, but that’s easy…
Popularity, I don’t have a problem with at all. I am quite.. involved in it though. I have a problem with people who do no research at all, go to a shitty place, and then try to attempt to clean it with pure bleach and wonder why its all red and angry.. And I like the safety pins piercers even less ^^ To me its a bit like buying a pet without knowing what on earth to feed it. But I have no problem with people and self-piercers who know a bit about it, and take all the precautions they can.
I like that they’re getting more popular generally, because it means some healthy competition, cheaper jewellery, more unusual mods and things though. Just means theres alot of hackers springing up too.
Oh forgot about the tattoo bit =D
I don’t like people who walk into a tattoo parlour and just picking something pretty off the wall. Its permanent, you can’t change your mind, and they’ll probably have it removed in a year or two anyway. I dislike tribal, stars, or anything in a language you can’t actually read. Because of its growing popularity, there are more and more “artists” who can’t actually draw, and spend their whole career tracing stuff. Tattoos are permenent pieces of art, they should have a meaning to you, otherwise they’re just meaningless doodles.
I write an awful lot when I’m annoyed…