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starfirebodyjewelry · 1 year

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Classics. 💎 …in dark, sultry form. These simple bezels are from @anatometalinc . . . #starfirebodyjewelry #starfirebodypiercingstudio #legitbodypiercing #anatometal #cartilagepiercing #cartilagejewelry #helixpiercing #flatpiercing #cartilagejewelry #flatback #flatbacks #threadless #threadlessjewelry #piercingstudio (at Starfire Body Piercing Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/ConaoBRv2Co/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#starfirebodyjewelry #starfirebodypiercingstudio #legitbodypiercing #anatometal #cartilagepiercing #cartilagejewelry #helixpiercing #flatpiercing #flatback #flatbacks #threadless #threadlessjewelry #piercingstudio

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avegemstones · 1 year

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beadingsista · 1 year

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Tennis - Australian Crystal - 6mm Ball - 925 Sterling Silver - Flat Back - Stud - Earrings #tennis #austrailian #crystal #925 #sterling #silver #flatback #stud #earrings #jewelry #etsy #etsyseller #etsyshop (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1rzpFvsVC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#tennis #austrailian #crystal #925 #sterling #silver #flatback #stud #earrings #jewelry #etsy #etsyseller #etsyshop

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everythingunderthesky · 4 months

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Warning: No pancake stacking.

Turtle behavior info found on Reptifiles!

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#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #rottmnt Donatello #Donatello Hamato #rottmnt Donnie #rottmnt meme #Florida Softshell Turtle also known as the flatback river flyer or pancake turtle #Technically the Reptifiles page is on Red Eared Slider turtles rather than Softshell turtles specifically #But considering the little I know about turtle rib cages? Yeah. Probably best to not stack them regardless of species.

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puphoods · 5 months

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#turtle #sea turtle #marine turtle #testudines #poll #personally i am fond of the humble leatherback...but i love flatbacks too

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littlewigglers · 4 months

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Caught them sneaking into the log 🪵

#bug #bugs #insect #insects #millipede #millipedes #flatbacks

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crippled-peeper · 11 months

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hiiiiiii <3 i saw you dont mind talking about your past spinal fusion surgery and i LICHERALLY dont know anyone else to ask about it lol i guess my question is like. do you i guess RECOMMEND it? its something im considering cos im like almost in too much pain to function but im scared of being MORE fucked up afterwards :( any insight would be immensely appreciated tysm <3

it’s been about 10 years since my fusion with Harrington rods, I had mine done at 10 levels (from T2-T12 I think) when I was 14 at the University of New Mexico children’s hospital (I’m fine sharing this because I live across the country now)

the first image was my deformity about a year before the fusion, it was pretty significant as you can tell. the fusion itself was honestly one of the most invasive/rough surgeries I’ve had. It was 10 years ago so my memory is a bit blurry but it took around a full year to get back to a semblance of normalcy again

think: relearning to walk, clothe myself, put shoes & socks on, how to bathe, even now to wash my hands in the sink without bonking my head on the mirror in front of me :’) I’ve kneed myself in the chin before too lmao

reflecting on it, the surgery itself was pretty hard on my body and I needed blood transfusions and had to stay hospitalized for about a week afterwards. If you’re properly medicated you won’t remember half of it, but its not the easiest psychologically either. It’s a “routine” surgery as in it’s done often and rarely has complication, but it’s still an invasive surgery and you won’t be doing jumping jacks or sneezing too hard for a year.

it’s true that many people do regret getting fusions because of just how extensive and permanent this type of hardware is. it is also true that lots of people still suffer chronic back pain & back problems afterwards. I have flatback syndrome which contributed to my cervical spine and lumbar spine herniating all over:

In that first image, you can see there’s a vertebrae right in the middle of the fusion that’s not fully incorporated, only half-fused. The surgeon said he left it because it was not deformed enough like the other vertebrae. Some time last year (around the same time I herniated my c-spine) I threw this ONE specific disc out. My chest for months constantly felt like it was being sandblasted or burning or numb. It hurt like hell. I would have to lay on the ground for hours immobilized by the pain and sometimes could hardly breathe

Luckily unlike my cspine, this disc damage healed over a few months and didn’t require another invasive surgery. It was problematic for my surgeons to treat and diagnose though, because you cannot image the spine in an MRI with that big metal artifact that ends up in the picture.

I don’t regret my fusion, I definitely did the right thing at the time when I got it. Recovery was difficult the first few years but now, I barely ever consciously think of my implants. The fact they are so permanent and can never be removed without replacement sometimes feels scary and daunting, but, the alternative is being a vegetable so I’m ok with them for now :)

#I hope this isn’t too long I had a lot of thoughts happy Friday everyone #spinal fusion #flatback syndrome #disc herniation #disc replacement #scoliosis

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daisywords · 1 year

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trade paperback >> hardcover rebind

Since I was trying this for the first time, I decided to use a book that I didn't really care about...so enter the copy of A Christmas Carol that I got from a "free books" shelf in my wanderings around the humanities building.

This was a lot of fun since I already had the text block ready and I just got to focus on doing fancy things to the cover! I covered the page edges with sharpie and then a layer of liquid graphite. Added endbands and cut the original cover to use as a hinge.

I used liquid graphite again to do the painting for the endpapers. The lil painting at the front is based on a woodcut illustration of Victorian London. Cut the window out of the cover board, which was a whole ordeal, and put a piece of plastic behind it, which I painted to look like frosted windowpanes.

Then I decided to stencil the title onto the spine, which was a whole thing (can't believe I cut letters out of paper with a scalpel—and I should have used a stiffer brush or something bc the paint kind of spread, but it was an experiment).

But overall I'm happy with how it turned out! Now I have a cute little book with annotations from the previous own but with a cover that's a lot less ugly (sorry)

process photos under the cut :)

Lots of deliberation on how I was going to get the endpapers glued down and still have my window holes, so I ended up gluing it, putting my phone flashlight behind it to to see the outlines, and then making light cuts to get the paper and not the plastic. I also had to paint the corners of the window holes to match the cloth since it didn't stretch enough to cover completely.

#adventures in bookbinding #bookbinding #rebinding #charles dickens #this was definitely the most experimental project I've done yet #now I want to rebind other old paperbacks I own!#except I'll probably have to do the spine differently for thicker books #this one's just a regular flatback #also can I just say how much I love liquid graphite it's such an underrated medium #wish I would have brought my smaller brush on the day I painted but I forgot and let me tell you I was suffering

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imaginarycircus · 1 year

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I can't do much these days thanks to early onset arthritis and a total lack of cartilege in my hip. Thank you, hEDS. I bedazzled myself a cane and people keep asking me about it so I've opened an etsy store and now I will have ice cream because I can't drink while taking pain meds. I will fight you if you tell me that ice cream is not medicine.

There are rhinestones lurking all over our dining room. They are not as awful as glitter, which we all know is the VD of craft supplies.

I use only crystal flatback rhinestones which cost more than glass or resin, but have much better sparkle. It's hard to photograph the sparkle and shimmer, at least it is for me, with an iphone, but you can see it in the videos. So. Um. *taps feet* I don't know what I am doing exactly. Most canes are bespoke, or made to order. What if no one ever buys one? Well, obviously I'll be fine and I'll have my hip replaced with a karaoke microphone looking thing. The ball part kind of looks like BB-8's head.

wtf did it put the word shop in the link thinger photo? UGH. One cool thing though. If you have a cane people get right out of your way. People can be so nice sometimes. I feel bad because I'm really slow these days and they have to stand there while I tortoise by. I try to make them go first, but some won't do it.

#oh god I opened an etsy store #canes #walking canes #rhinestones #shimmer shimmer #is this a horrible mistake?#I'm a bit nervous #I know the canes are pricey but the materials are not cheap #I hand place and glue each crystal flatback #istg there is a lady on a certain site and I think she buys her canes from Amazon and sells them for 4 times the price #I'm asking more than she is but #idk guys #idk

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orcelito · 26 days

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What they don't tell you about having a nose piercing is that it feels like I have a dangly booger just in there and I have to just Leave It Be bc I'm not supposed to touch the area at all if I can help it

The face holes be itching today again, folks

#speculation nation #ive been carefully cleaning around the piercings with q-tips. including the inside of my nostril #which should hopefully deal with Actual boogers in said nostril #it's so hard to stop myself from rubbing the spots tho. theyre so itchy. wanna itch.#i managed to snag my thumb on my nose piercing in the night and Ouch owie ow. that hurt lmfao #when i leave them alone they fall into a relatively painless neutral. but it is So Hard to leave them alone...#the booger feeling should hopefully get better too. in time.#my piercer does a flatback kinda thing where the bar gets downsized after a certain amount of time & healing #so in like a month and a half ish ill have the bar shortened which means it wont hang down so much #for now. i must simply endure.#it's not too bad. just requires me to be Careful and try to contain the urge to Touch.#u dont realize how much u touch ur face until ur not supposed to touch ur face. 😔

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reignsvpreme · 5 months

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so now that you're off winning championships in other companies you don't got time to say hi to your former tag partner? i see how it is. @flatbacks

#flatbacks

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avegemstones · 1 year

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