Hi, I always thought really big earings looked stupid, but as for "other" piercings, I sometimes find small eyebrow piercings attarcative, but that's about it. But masochistic? No, I don't think so, most people have local anastheatic to get rid of the pain. Tattoos on the other hand, may well be, as there's no way I know of, (except alcohol :) to numb the pain. Especially with red. Red is bloody painfull, something to do with the body's reaction to the pigment, my forarm got hot enough to melt Vaseline. later jb