doctors, dentists, and peircings

i'd just like to vent that anytime i've gone to a doctor or dentist they pressure me to take out my peircings and it's really starting to piss me off. i've had all my peircings about a year now, i know what they like/don't like. my doctor has told me contradictive things to what my peircer tells me (i follow the peircers instructions) and it's obvious my doctor/dentist doesn't know very much about the subject. is it because i'm in a conservative small city or do others share my frustration???

-redcrayonkelly

Have a talk with your doc about their vices. A lot of MDs smoke- one of the ways of coping with the stress of med school. Better yet, find a new doctor.

Nope.
I live in the SF Bay Area, where at least half the population has body mods..
And doctors here still have no motivation to actually educate themselves on the subject.
My friend had an infected ear piercing, and the doctor told her to remove it immediately. The next morning her ear was twice the normal size because well, the hole was gone. I won't go into the gory details... but you get the picture.
I'm not saying doctors are stupid people.... but in my experience they're a bit ignorant about the proper protocol with body mods.
Not something they teach extensively in med school, I guess.

i HATE needles more than ANYTHING in the whole wide world. And everytime I go to get a shot, novicane, or get my blood taken, the nurses/doctors/dentist... always say in the mocking tone, "How can you be afraid of this needle when you have all those huge tattoos...you cant really be afraid of this little needle..."blah blah blah. When will people realize its not the same.

Things must be a bit different where you are cause my dentist was giddy when she saw my tongue stud. She asked me all sorts of questions and just warned me to be careful with the metal and my teeth (sensible precaution)

My doctor has never even breathed a word about it to me.

I would just tell your doctor that it is your body and your choice and they should drop it or they will lose your business. And personally I would NEVER go to my doctor about a problem unless my piercer told me to. (Also talk to the piercing professional first in my opinion.)

When I use to have my labret they would warn me about it every time.

When I had my tongue pierced, my dentist questioned it a bit, but mostly because he'd never seen one. (I'm from a tiny, conservative town). He warned me not to click it against my teeth and left it alone from there on.

I took it out because it affected my singing, not because of a doctor or dentist.

actually i called my dentist on breaking confidentiality. for once i threatened someone! (still unbelieveable) anyway i had my web peircing when i was just about to be 19 and instead of telling me that i should take it out he called my mom, who knew nothing of it, and told her...she didnt care but he got himself into quite the shit pile with me...
i hate dentists.

I had to take out my piercings when I went to the dentist last time.

Exactly why I will not pierce ANYTHING. I'm a big wussy.

The only time I removed my jewlery was for my breast reduction. I put monofiliment in all my piercings and my doctor tried to save my nipple piercing with a sterile tube durring surgery. He even made sure he didn't cut into "that pretty tattoo" on my chest. I lost the piercing but at least he was respectful of my piercings and tattoos.

monkeypussey?

The last time I went to the obgyn, she said 'hey, isn't that cute?', and flicked my hood piercing. When I practically jumped out of the stirrups, she congratulated me on not losing sensation.

One of the stranger doctors visits..

My dentist told me every time to take out my (3) tongue piercings because I would chip my teeth on them & he was right, I did, really badly. I have no tongue piercings now
They're still telling me to take out labret piercings too but I haven't had any accidents with those other than biting down on them about twice in 5 years which hasn't done any serious damage.

I had my tongue pierced in High School and my dentist laughed about it as he fixed all my horribly chipped teeth. I think he liked it better than I did.

I won't even get into the things MDs tell me...especially when they think my medicine in bunk.

I'm an acupuncturist. I see nothing wrong with piercings or tattoos. Qi along channels is rarely affected by a piercing. Hell, the channels themselves aren't exactly static...the points themselves tend to move and get bigger or smaller when we're ill or not.

So, yeah, when people ask me if there's anything wrong with piercing or tattoos I say no.

However, piercing through a tattooed area with an acupuncture needle can actually hurt a little more than through virgin skin.

But then, if you've had tats you won't mind acupuncture.

the first time my gyno saw my hood pierce she actually said "oh, that's so cute." I don't think she has a problem with it.