Talk:Eyebrow piercing

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rejection/migration[edit]

I know rejection and migration are very common with eyebrow piercing, but the way some people make it seem is that they are guaranteed to do so. Will they always do that? Lizzysama 23:40, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jan. 5th, 2007 `Your body won't always reject the piercing. If you take care of it and don't irritate it to much it should be fine.If your worried about migration you should get a curved barbell instead of a straight one as because it's curved it's harder for it to be pushed straight up, down or in some cases out. StrawberriChild

Thanks! =) --Lizzysama 20:02, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Although some times over a course of years in some cases it does get pushed out...

This page needs to be adjusted, it stresses the point that migration is common because sterile starter jewelery is not always used. since the piercing controversy in the 90's, i can't think of one shop that would risk using any other jewelery.

This Article Needs Work[edit]

This article has some serious issues with cohesion, structure, tenses, lack of sources, NPOV and how-to. I've marked the most obvious spots with tags, and the rest should be easy to spot. However, if any problems aren't apparent please let me know and I will do my best to verify. This article needs a substantial amount of cleanup in order to conform to encyclopedic standards. Patrolmanno9 07:26, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto. Along with the specifics you mentioned, it's just bad writing -- run-on sentences where there should be full stops and new sentences, etc, etc, etc. I wish I wasn't at work and had time to research this sort of thing, because even from a writing standpoint, it makes me throw up in my mouth a little. -jett

My favorite: "If an infection occurs you must return and let me look at it immediately." Is Wikipedia *itself* a piercer that can fix my infection situation? Is sarcasm allowed? -jett

That was written by a piercer. So when he says that it is talking about people that he has pierced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.219.12 (talk) 01:26, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also seems like there may be some copyright issues - the Placement section refers to an image on the 'front cover'; unless that's just a mistake for 'at top of article,' it smacks of a direct brochure copy. Shouriki 07:38, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NOV 22, 2011 THIS ARTICLE STILL NEEDS WORK[edit]

At least one of the sources links to a 404 page. The others would hardly be called reliable sources. There are multiple contradictions throughout the article (see my comment on History and Culture section, below). I think the whole article needs to be rewritten from scratch. It is that bad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.115.124.196 (talk) 02:40, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling[edit]

I've unified the spelling of jewellery on this page again, per WP:ENGVAR. A browse through the history indicates that it's jumped back and forth repeatedly and never been unified, so I went with the majority at the time, which was the UK spelling of "jewellery". Please don't change it again. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 16:51, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

nerve damage[edit]

i have heard of brow piercing being associated with paralysis of part of the face when not done properly, since there is a major nerve in the area where the piercing takes place. Is this true, shouldn't be noted? Harryngo (talk) 07:21, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-Brow[edit]

I've noticed that there is no reference to the anti-brow piercing in the article. Is this worthy of it's own page or just a mention on this one? I first performed an anti-eyebrow piercing in late 2001 and had barely heard of them at the time. Since then they seem to be getting more and more popular. Cheers! Very Old School Goth (talk) 18:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Links to the anti-eyebrow article (it has its own article) are located in the History and culture and See also sections. hmwith τ 19:48, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Missed that, mate! Cheers! Very Old School Goth (talk) 19:59, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps because we have it under a slightly different name. To be safe, and assuming others will be looking for the same thing in the future, I created Anti-brow as a redirect to that page. hmwith τ 20:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good lookin' out! Hopefully everyone else is a bit more observant than I am! Very Old School Goth (talk) 00:35, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict[edit]

"Even after healing, the piercing will generally close within 24-48 hours of removal of the jewelery." "After healing eyebrow piercings generally close up around 5-6 weeks after the jewelery is removed." So which one is correct? I have not changed the article because I don't know.

Clean up proposal[edit]

This article has several issues, but as I have never editted it before and some of them may be, err, bold, I am coming here first. Succinctly:

I have concerns about the reliability of sources, and may be removing some (several) of them.
The health information is out of keeping with community standards and guidelines... although I don't have links to those guidelines right now, sadly. <looking>

Anyone going to scream if I just wade in? brenneman 07:02, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

History and Culture[edit]

Ugh. This is what the History and Culture section says:

"Eyebrow piercings are of contemporary origin, like most surface piercings.[1] They are relatively common piercings, although some may say that they are not socially accepted in a way similar to navel and nose piercings.[1] Anti-eyebrow piercings are relatively uncommon. Eyebrow piercings are generally seen as normal in most mainstream alternative subcultures."

It is awful. First, whoever wrote that has no idea what citations are. Throwing a number in brackets does not make a claim legitimate. Those numbers have to link to a supporting document. Second, the phrase "although some may say" is a personal pet peeve of mine, which causes me to cringe every time I see it on a Wikipedia entry. Third, what is the point of the anti-eyebrow piercing sentence in this paragraph? It does not tell the reader anything about eyebrow piercings, or even what an anti-eyebrow piercing is. Finally, there is a contradiction between the second and fourth sentence. Either "they are not socially accepted" or they "are generally seen as normal in [whatever the heck a] mainstream alternative subculture [is]." For the record, I don't believe there is a such thing as a "subculture" that is both "mainstream" and "alternative."

I think the whole section should be removed until it can be improved with verifiable sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.115.124.196 (talk) 02:35, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I just went and fixed the History section and the Healing section because I couldn't stand it anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.115.124.196 (talk) 03:52, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article Clean-Up Complete[edit]

So...I cleaned up the whole article. The original article (in full!) was found while I was researching mine. The original article was a cut and paste from ©Cheyenne Morrison, The Piercing Temple, Australia 98, completely uncredited. My article has current sources, no 404 links, no bias and no generalizations, and I removed the "some say" lines because ughhhhhh. Enjoy and feel free to improve! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.115.124.196 (talk) 13:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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