a little bit of shiny helps the needle go in

[anotheranon]

Study: Decorated needles calm patients. This might explain why even though I still get apprehensive about injections, I can get downright giddy when I'm in a piercing studio: if there's jewelry chasing the needle, I do just fine :P

Dr. Charles from Scienceblogs.com has his own ideas for decorations, but IMHO none of them hold a candle to a steel captive bead ring (especially not Rumsfeld)...

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Backtracking: I must thank you for this exchange because it made me realize that I hadn't worn earrings for nearly three weeks, so immediately put a pair in ... and, yes, those dear little, hard-won holes had already started to shrink. Everything is now all stretched back out where it should be now (thanks to wearing the thickest posts I own for a continuous 72 hours). The things we do ... :p