Cosmetic surgery to fix ear "tribal piercings" on the rise

CBS ^ | Nov. 7, 2014 | Alphonso Van Marsh

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Liam Palmer says his dream is to serve in the British Army. But the military won't accept the 21-year old with gaping holes in his earlobes from ear piercings, followed by stretching the skin with plugs.

"I don't regret it. [Wearing ear plugs] was just a part of who I was," Palmer says about his younger counter-culture days of gelled hair, skinny jeans and ear plugs - also known as ear gauges or "tribal" ear piercings.

"Patients realize [ear gauges] are not becoming in terms of job hunting or work - sort of like tattoos," Edwards says.

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Sometimes, they grow up. Sometimes, not. Along with fixing the ears, he might consider taking out that lip ring.

[Ann Archy]

OMG.....Tattoos, Tribal Piercings, weird hair and clothes, all spell STUPID!!!

[dfwgator]

"I don't regret it. [Wearing ear plugs] was just a part of who I was,"

Which was a blithering idiot.

[dfwgator]

“Here’s your sign.”

[cripplecreek]

You can’t fix stupid but sometimes you can erase the evidence.

[CH3CN]

So, they’re called ear plugs? I always they they were grommets. Who’d want to go through life as a tarpaulin.

[Tijeras_Slim]

They’re quite practical when they’re big enough to fit over a trailer hitch.

[Steely Tom]

"I don't regret it. [Wearing ear plugs] was just a part of who I was."

So why are you having it fixed now? Are you a different person than you were?

[Sicon]

Wearing ear plugs] was just a part of who I was

Um, yeah, and who you were (and likely still are) was a moron, whom the military is better off without having in their ranks.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Not becoming...”

Understatement of the century.

[VRWCarea51]

Perhaps the military is afraid of finding “lobes” hanging from a shower head.

[Red in Blue PA]

A Voluntary Scarlet Letter for STUPID!

[USMCPOP]

There are plenty of military folks who have altered body parts.

[dainbramaged]

I saw this gal last week who looked like she did a face plant into a fisherman’s tackle box.

[Duckdog]

WTF!?!

[Cold Heart]

Who needs self monitoring with a thermometer when you can self monitor with a petri dish.

[Texan5]

That IS tribal-the real thing.

[SamAdams76]

Hey, how did he get a bowl of tomato soup with oyster crackers stuck in his lower lip like that?

[4everontheRight]

After reading the title about fixing tribal ear issues, I thought this was an article about Obama

[bicyclerepair]

Guess Mr. Bowl-lip is not into eating?