Pierings on the Playa

sightfuleyes · Post by **sightfuleyes** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:34 pm

How are multiple piercings effected by the playa dust? Specifilcy genital ones. If going nude how much can the dust play a problem with something like that? Any one delt with this personaly?

phil · Post by **phil** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:38 pm

I'm not piered myself, but going by the numbers I see out on the playa, including genital ones, there seems to be no effect.

Post by **Eric** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:41 pm

if it's a fully healed one, you should be fine- just use common sense about keeping it clean, etc.

If it's a fresh piercing: under no circumstances do you want playa dust to get into it. The alkaline dust of the playa is a desiccant, and it will dry out a fresh piercing (or tattoo) and can cause extremely painful cracking and splitting of the skin. It's bad enough on your feet, I wouldn't even want to imagine it on the genitals.

For a fresh one- keep it covered at all times. You might want to put something like Vaseline on it before putting a band aid over that. Not sure if vaseline is the best, but something along those lines. Look around eplaya for instructions for keeping your feet happy, those should be adaptable to your needs.

CapSmashy · Post by **CapSmashy** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:13 pm

I'm pretty sure I would forgo any new tat work or piercings from now until after the burn.

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:06 pm

I have seen many people with long healed work have no problem but I agree with the above if its fresh cover it. If you have just recetly streatched it cover it as well. The playa dust is going to be killer on any open wound.

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:27 pm

crap, I saw the title to this thread and thought there were going to be pie rings on the playa. Damn, I was gettin all excited for some apple pie or better yet, some pumpkin pie.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:07 pm

Teo del Fuego wrote:crap, I saw the title to this thread and thought there were going to be pie rings on the playa. Damn, I was gettin all excited for some apple pie or better yet, some pumpkin pie.

You still can.

chiefdanfox · Post by **chiefdanfox** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:15 pm

they were handing out slabs of pie at the SF Precompression on Friday.
Handed out by gals in little Betty Crocker-like aprons, pie servers, the whole bit. Eating pie, watching Gooferman. this has nothing to do with pie rings.

phil · Post by **phil** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:40 pm

This guy had a ring, but I don't think it was on his pie.

Pendant by some guy in Kalamazoo.

Obligatory link to Precompression photos in the flickrstream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/civex/2597302796/

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:08 am

Teo del Fuego wrote:crap, I saw the title to this thread and thought there were going to be pie rings on the playa. Damn, I was gettin all excited for some apple pie or better yet, some pumpkin pie.

Nothing better than pumpkin pie in the summer.
Even harder to get the egg nog ice cream to go with it.