I have both my lobes stretched to 2.5cm (1 inch), my septum stretched to 5mm, my labret stretched to 8mm, both my dimples and either side of my upper lip. I used to have my elbow, my left nipple and three on the top of my left ear.
Never. I would rather have a tat than being pierced. Not for any particular reason, but I like tats better, I guess... And that is a lot of piercings, on the other hand there is people who makes metallic sounds when they walk, so I guess it is okay.
I never understood the fascination of having piercings and tattoos. I have a friend, she has piercings in her whole body... well,,, the parts we can see <_<.
My cousin got a piercing in his ear and he looks like an idiot... mainly 'cos he is a chav and its a sparkly earring I wouldn't want a piercing anywhere for the same reason I don't want a tattoo one day I'm gonna look kinda dumb.
So, I was riding on a roller coaster with some people. After the ride I noticed a lady holding her bloody ear. When I asked her what happened, she said the wind ripped out her earrings. After that I walked away and said never get piercings ever.
I used to have both my ears pierced. I stopped wearing them when I was about 17. I really don't see why some people make such a big deal out of it though. Like Xavier said, you can always take them out if you change your mind. I never got them stretched though.
@ Xavier, I wouldn't go any further than 8mm. Any more than that and the hole will never close up, just in case you change your mind some time in the future.