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Funkytown, you can do courses over here. 11 day course in the subject and you get your qualification afterwards. Edit: In case you are thinking i'm still in school, I have been out of school and at college for a year and a half. Left a few months before I turned 16.

If you won't be looked down on for going to a professional piercer, I beg of you, please do not take you girl to a mall. People say piercing parlours may be dirty, which any decent one won't, they sterilized the equipment in front of you, and open the a brand new needle in front of you as well... the gun they use at the mall cannot be sterilized. I have majored in Blood-born Pathogens, I know what I am on about. You will be infinitely more likely to get an illness/diseae from the mall than a professional shop. This is me being genuinely concerned for your girls health, not some attempt to help out the piercing industry. I would love to cater for both clientele. I would love to make it more acceptable for LDS girl and men to go to a professional shop than a mall. I like your idea of two shops, a clean cut on for your casual customer and a more hardcore one next to it for your avid piercee. Thanks for the great idea, much appreciated.

Backroads... thanks so much, that takes a load off of my mind.

I like the way your friend thinks of it. I have never thought of it that way, but it makes a lot of sense. Since I both get pierced and pierce people, there is something about modifying both myself and other peoples bodies that feels so good.

Such an obvious thing I missed... are there any Piercing shops out there. So obvious, but it sliupped my mind, thanks. Don't even get me started on piercing guns at the malls. You might as well use rusted barbed-wire. If only the parents knew what potential physical (both inner and outer) damage they are doing to their children by going to the mall, they would be appauled. Do you have any knowledge of why they wouldn't go to a professional shop? As for my plan B career choice, I already have enough saved up to live happily and comfortably for as long as I need. Only used in emergencies. I am one of those people who live for the moment, I don't have back-up plan. If push came to shove and business didn't pick up out there, a move to California for a year or two would make me more than enough to come back to SLC. Edit: Funkytown. I have been interest in Body Modification for nearly 5 years now. It isn't a fashion stament, more a way of life. I am not trying to be cool or rebellious (since my family are fine with them). I find they look beautiful, which is why I get them.

Career plans... I am a Piercer. Which explains my love for them. Would love to do tattoos as well, but I suck at drawing. Ah, that's good that some people won't care about them as my worst fear is moving there and being ignored, etc as I am a very social person. Out of the places I listed, could you give me an idea of which would be the best to live in? Community wise... if you know that is.

First off i'd like to say Hey :) This will probably be a long post, so I hope you manage to read it all. I currently live in Scotland. I have been planning on moving to America in the next three or so years (I am seventeen right now). I have looked at all kind of places, from the St. Louis to California to New Hampshire, but I have fell in love with Idaho/Utah. A certain family on youtube who allowed me to see Utah and Idaho every day for the last two years has had a decent impact on this decision. There are four places I have narrowed it down to (at the moment), which are Boise, ID... Idaho Falls, ID... Pocatello, ID and Salt Lake City, UT. I have heard that these cities are primarily filled with LDS. Both in the city and the suburbs. Which I have no problem with, as although I am a Weak Agnostic (also called "soft," "open," "empirical," or "temporal agnostic"), I am very open-minded, if I was asked if I believe in God, I would say: "I don't know whether any deities exist or not, but maybe one day when there is evidence we can find something out.". I would even be interested in learning more about LDS. Now that I have explained myself, you may be thinking what the point of this post is? I have one set-back. I have heard that other than small ear piercings, LDS are not big on Tattoos and Piercings.. I have/plans for twelve piercings (on my face, ears and in my mouth) plus a full tattoo sleeve (on my right arm) going down onto my hands and fingers (full covered arm from shoulder to mid-fingers) plus another tattoo on my left wrist (from my wrist to mid-way up my lower arm (below elbow)) which has dash's going across my wrist with the word Hospital under it and dash's going up my arm with the word Morgue next to it, yes it is a connotation of Suicide, not because I have or ever will contemplate it, I just saw the tattoo and loved it (I have never taken life seriously). I have three questions on this basis: 1. If I moved to SLC or a LDS neighourhood, would I be shunned? Or treated as you would any other LDS or non LDS? 2. If I was to attend a meet or two (if anything to become more culturally knowledgable), would I be accepted or turned away? 3. What are LDS views on Tattoos and Piercings? I may have been mis-informed. I hope you take this seriously, honest answers please, no matter how harsh. Thanks for reading all of this :)