Illyria Jade_mod
03-07-2005, 01:22 AM
Ok, so I'm gonna be a plagerist and quote some stuff for you. *BECAUSE IT'S SO BLOODY IDIOTIC! *And this comes from "professionals" mind you. *(both from one site, just their little "stretching guide"...supposed to be a great company, they say they hand make all their own stuff. *what's interesting is that PP carries most of the same things (EXACT same) cheaper)
To perform a sea salt soak, first dissolve 1 teaspoon of sea salt (available at most grocery stores) in 1 cup (8 oz.) of warm (slightly cooler than shower temperature) water
WRONG!!! *Never use more than 1/4 TEASPOON of sea salt, kosher salt or any other non-iodized salt! *And you want the water as warm as you can get it and still be comfortable.
If your ears are healed and you seem to have some funky suff on your jewelry when you take it out, this is most likely dead skin cells. Your entire body sheds dead skin cells as it grows new skin, you just don't see it (guess what a good part of the dust in your house is!). Since there's a signifigant amount of skin touching your plug, those dead skin cells don't have anywhere to go, so they build up on your jewelry. This effect and the smell that goes along with it varies from person to person and from material to material, with metals generally seeming worse than other materials, like organics.
Wow...talk about idiocy and ****iness. *They're so sure of themselves that they don't even bother to get a clue. *No, that white ook that smells funny? *that's SEBUM (http://dermnetnz.org/acne/sebum.html), genious!
You'd be amazed what kind of crap you can find on some body modification websites.
To perform a sea salt soak, first dissolve 1 teaspoon of sea salt (available at most grocery stores) in 1 cup (8 oz.) of warm (slightly cooler than shower temperature) water
WRONG!!! *Never use more than 1/4 TEASPOON of sea salt, kosher salt or any other non-iodized salt! *And you want the water as warm as you can get it and still be comfortable.
If your ears are healed and you seem to have some funky suff on your jewelry when you take it out, this is most likely dead skin cells. Your entire body sheds dead skin cells as it grows new skin, you just don't see it (guess what a good part of the dust in your house is!). Since there's a signifigant amount of skin touching your plug, those dead skin cells don't have anywhere to go, so they build up on your jewelry. This effect and the smell that goes along with it varies from person to person and from material to material, with metals generally seeming worse than other materials, like organics.
Wow...talk about idiocy and ****iness. *They're so sure of themselves that they don't even bother to get a clue. *No, that white ook that smells funny? *that's SEBUM (http://dermnetnz.org/acne/sebum.html), genious!
You'd be amazed what kind of crap you can find on some body modification websites.