Interview Etiquette

[Kitsune06]

I have a black niobium septum retainer for that very reason. At 12g, it's not very noticeable at all... Oh, and I have actually not yet run into problems with my tongue pierce, though I'm sure it's an eventuality. I removed it for interviews. Hard to hide once you get into single digits with those, too.
My 1/2 inch lobes are generally decorated with flat black horn plugs. Women can get away with solid plugs more easily because it's 'just an earring'. wear hollow ones and then more conservative folks go . I know.

Like you only 4 of my 10 are visible. My tattoo is invisible in normal work clothes.

Hygiene about piercings is absolutely important. Hence my organic plugs. Funk happens, but much less so with organics (bone, wood, horn...) and if you keep them clean and oiled, so much the better. Silicone (esp. the new implant grade ones from Kaos now) is very passable, too, but you should always remove it to give the fistula (yes, the insides of piercings are called that too) a chance to breathe. Skin is skin.

Oils vary in lubricity. I use vitamin E on my plugs and Lavender on a couple barbells, where a very light oil is necessary.

Happy piercings don't produce as much funk. Funk smells nasty and is one of those things that cannot be covered up. How does this tie in with Interview/Work etiquette? You had to ask, huh? I worked with a girl for a while, very nice, very sweet, had ear funk that I just could not stand... and tried to cover it up with perfume. Do not be that girl.

[Dianyla]

I worked with a girl for a while, very nice, very sweet, had ear funk that I just could not stand... and tried to cover it up with perfume. Do not be that girl.

OMG, I'm dying here. There's just not enough patchouli in the world to counter that funk. Speaking of which don't get me started on funky dreads, either!

[CycleChic06]

Happy piercings don't produce as much funk. Funk smells nasty and is one of those things that cannot be covered up. How does this tie in with Interview/Work etiquette? You had to ask, huh? I worked with a girl for a while, very nice, very sweet, had ear funk that I just could not stand... and tried to cover it up with perfume. Do not be that girl.

I honestly had no idea that ear funk even exisited, had a name and smelled bad. I mean, it comes from a piercing in your ear...and it smells bad. Blechhh...excuse me while I go puke, it just sounds soooo nasty.

[mimitabby]

I honestly had no idea that ear funk even exisited, had a name and smelled bad. I mean, it comes from a piercing in your ear...and it smells bad. Blechhh...excuse me while I go puke, it just sounds soooo nasty.

my ears have never smelled bad, but they reject every kind of earring known to mankind. It makes me sad, too, because I love earrings and for a while, my husband was buying them constantly for me, and a lot of his choices were excellent. But invariably, those two tiny holes, when filled with a clean stud of
24 k gold, stainless steel or whatever else, will start getting red and sore and swollen before the day is out.
Once about 5 years ago, I was on broad spectrum antibiotics, so started again with the earrings to see if we could get over the infection cycle.
Until the antibiotics regimen was over, I could wear earrings. Then the swelling and soreness came back.
It blows my mind that people can have holes in their noses and lips and...
and I can't even have holes in my earlobes!