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Originally posted by Streakfury I've thought about getting my eyebrow pierced on several occasions, but I've never actually had the guts to do it. I've heard that there's a vital nerve that runs through your eyebrows, and if pierced, can cause blindness, which is a bit of a turn-off. Anyone know if it's true??

no

your optic nerve runs from the back of your eyeball from the retina straight to your brain.

and no i have no piercings or tattoos. Might get a small one on my upper chest one day

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Originally posted by dj_mdma no your optic nerve runs from the back of your eyeball from the retina straight to your brain. and no i have no piercings or tattoos. Might get a small one on my upper chest one day

Its got nothing to do with the optical nerve, its the facial nerves that control facial expressions. The Orbicularis oculi nerve forms a sphincter around the eyelid in three parts. This can get damaged but the likelihood is tiny

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i would try to come up with a smart answer to this, since i'm doing a neuroscience unit in my degree at uni...but i can't. better get revising

but, since you said it forms a sphincter round the eye in 3 parts, i'd guess you'd have to damage it at all 3 parts, or at the root of the nerve...which would mean you'd be almost damaging your trigeminal nerve, so you wouldn't be able to control half you face

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Originally posted by dj_mdma i would try to come up with a smart answer to this, since i'm doing a neuroscience unit in my degree at uni...but i can't. better get revising but, since you said it forms a sphincter round the eye in 3 parts, i'd guess you'd have to damage it at all 3 parts, or at the root of the nerve...which would mean you'd be almost damaging your trigeminal nerve, so you wouldn't be able to control half you face

Lol revision is evil!!

All piercings have a tiny risk that it could cause serious damage, uve jus gotta hope it aint when u get one done

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Originally posted by RubiK Cube Lol revision is evil!! All piercings have a tiny risk that it could cause serious damage, uve jus gotta hope it aint when u get one done

yeah very true. Its just like tongue piercings as well, that theres a slight chance (and of course you always "hear" about this happening to someone) where the peircing goes thru the blood vessels in the tongue and can cause severe bleeding.

I guess this would be true, to an extent.. if you're getting a tongue piercing in the back alley of some hobo-town by a person who doesnt know what the hell they are doing.

I used to have an eyebrow ring. But i took it out. it suited me fine for a year and then i decided to take it out.

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Originally posted by Mebot yeah very true. Its just like tongue piercings as well, that theres a slight chance (and of course you always "hear" about this happening to someone) where the peircing goes thru the blood vessels in the tongue and can cause severe bleeding.

When i got mine pierced he kindly told me about the dangers of catching the veins and webbing AFTER he'd done it

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Originally posted by RubiK Cube When i got mine pierced he kindly told me about the dangers of catching the veins and webbing AFTER he'd done it

ha! wow how courteuous of him! i guess he didnt want to get you riled up before you had it done i s'pose.

i have a couple tatts - one on my left arm, and one on my back, and both ears, nipples, and navel pierced.

Septum piercing?

the bull looking one....

dizam....that's kinda like...

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Originally posted by Mebot ha! wow how courteuous of him! i guess he didnt want to get you riled up before you had it done i s'pose.

Maybe so, tho it was my first proper piercing so would have liked to have been told.

Been back to that piercer's 5 times since so didnt bother me to much really

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