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StudentPermalink Reply by Jessica on May 13, 2012 at 12:58pm

I just got my belly button done a couple months ago, and was worried about hooping.. I only had to wait about 2 weeks before waist hooping, and now I don't even notice it! i haven't tried it with dangly rings, but with a regular barbell, it's totally fine, and I'm glad I got it done! :)
not sure about hip or nape piercings, sorry.  

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Permalink Reply by spiralroot on May 13, 2012 at 2:22pm

i don't have them but I've heard of people with hip piercing being pulled out just by bumping into something or their jeans rubbing them so i wouldn't think it'd be a good idea.it's totally cute tho,I'd thought about doing it before

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Rewcastle on May 13, 2012 at 4:51pm

I had my nape pierced for three years before I started hooping and was never able to neck hoop on it, in fact I ended up damaging it enough that I had to remove it just from the hoop accidentally making it's way up there while I was learning to chest hoop. 

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StudentPermalink Reply by Ayla Hammons on May 13, 2012 at 6:50pm

The belly is one of the longest healing piercigs. Six months to a year. I think it depends on where you hoop. A lot of people are more hip hoopers than actual waist hoopers. But even so I don't think it'll e much of a problem, it dosent bother me any. However I have had mine pierced for 8years, well before I started hooping.

Just trust your body, If the hoop comes in contact with it and it hurts. Stop. There is a reason it hurts, stuff rubbing constantly against a piercing will increase it's chances of migration. Be sure to get pierced with a barbell and not a hoop, and hoop ins going to have a much higher chance of migrating out + getting caught on stuff and hurting.

If you get it pierced I would wait a while to waist hoop. I'm just concerned about te healig process, like I said after its done you shouldn't have any problems at all :)

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Permalink Reply by Lindsay 'Sirka' Johnson on May 13, 2012 at 7:36pm

I wanted to get dermals put in on my stomach, or chest, but i asked my one of my girlfriends who's a piercer and she said they would rip out and i would waste my money

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StudentPermalink Reply by Vela Crux* on May 13, 2012 at 7:43pm

I have my hip and belly button pierced and my hip piercing can get a bit irritated sometimes but usually nothing very serious. I don't know your experience with piercings but when you first get it the best thing to do is just try and forget about it. Of course take proper care of it but specifically I mean it can be tempting when you are excited about a new piercing to look at it and maybe poke at it. Since its healing this sort of thing can mess with that process and it might cause the area to be more sensitive or more prone to easily be infected. Once you "ignore" for long enough the piercing just becomes a part of you and can handle a little rough play like hooping because it was able to heal without disruption and thus it'll hold up strongly to a little push and shove. Considering you want your belly button pierced it will be a bit less in the way then say a hip piercing so you may not to worry as much but you should at least be a bit cautious of banging it up at first.

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Permalink Reply by Heather on May 13, 2012 at 9:42pm

Yes a piercing will affect your hooping. The newer it it the more it'll hurt. I have my belly, nipple and both rooks an inner ear cartilage piercing.
Belly and nipple are old so they just clink . Although chest hooping can be uncomfortable depending on the bra and ring.Now the rooks on the other hand wow pain!
Those I decided to get right before learning neck and elbow. Big mistake
 I don't regret the piercings but i may have done it differently like learning those areas and then getting pierced. I thought I sliced my ear off the first time it came in contact with a hoop.
Now I'm more aware and baby that area if I hoop near it... If you do go for the belly just keep in mind your not going to be able to hoop on your waist until its healed

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Permalink Reply by P1astique on May 14, 2012 at 9:46am

I have 9 piercings atm and I can tell you one thing... after getting it done, you will have to wait for it to heal which will take, depending on your body, around 4-6 weeks (and its most definitly not the piercing that takes the most time to heal! and it wont be half a year - year, except your body is really having problems with the healing process which is rather unlikely in most cases...)...

But dont worry too much, because as soon as you feel comfortable with it, dont limit yourself too much! if you feel like you can waist hoop again, do it. If you think you should wait some more then definitly do it. Trust your body and listen to it.

However, as soon as its healed you wont even notice it anymore, it becomes a part of your body, just like your pinky or something :D

BUT: I really recommend not to get your hips pierced. Not only because of the hooping! Its in general a tricky thing because its a surface piercing...the belly button is aswell but the hip piercing is way more likely to grow out which can leave an ugly scar. and when youre hooping it will probably grow out even faster... some people are lucky and their hip piercings dont grow out at all or as fast but that is usually the minority of people... your belly button piericng could grow out aswell but that doesnt happen as often, so chances are good!

good luck! :)

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Permalink Reply by Claire "Snoodatron" on May 14, 2012 at 1:34pm

Thankyou! (and to everyone else's comments too ^_^)

Yeah, I don't particularly want my hips pierced, it was more just out of interest while piercings were on my mind :)...my friend had them and they looked absolutely stunning, but as you say, they left very ugly scars. But she decided to get gorgeous swallow tattoos over them so it was all good in the end, haha :D

I'm still a little bit unsure, but at least I know that if I DO decide to have my belly button done, I'm going to be doing a lot of knee-hooping! :D

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Permalink Reply by Mia Moore on May 17, 2012 at 1:30pm

I say go for it if you want it, just don't hoop on it while it's healing. Though I'm a huge fan of any and all piercings.

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ModPermalink Reply by SaFire* on May 17, 2012 at 2:27pm

Go for it!  You can practice chest hooping while your belly button heals. 

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Permalink Reply by MeowAllieCat on March 16, 2013 at 10:57pm

*bumpity bump* I had lovely wonderful hip piercings once upon a time: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/MeowAllieCat/6289_1116910814...

They were surface piercings, with probably two inches of bioplast under my skin. I eventually had to take them out. *sadface* Lately the idea of getting them done again has been calling to me (mostly because I won't have to wear obtrusive business clothing when I'm in beauty school, and they can properly heal). But, based on my history with surface piercings & rejection, it seems like implants might be a better choice.

Does anyone have implant piercings? If so, are they bothered by hooping after they're healed? I know that during the healing process I'll have to take it easy and do mostly off-body hooping, and that if I tried to use my old "starter" hoop that now seems to weigh 30 pounds it'd cause problems. But does anyone have experience with lightweight hoops & hip piercings? Many thanks. :)

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