Getting it done soon.
So I live about 20 minutes from Steve Haworth and on May 12th I have an appointment to get him to implant a magnet into my finger.
He will be charging $300 which I already think is a bit much however considering he definitely knows what he is doing which will result in better healing
plus he has his own "fancy" biocoating and he makes sure that everything is just right before the implant it feels like it would be worth it compared to me doing it myself and having to deal with doing everything one handed plus the stress of not getting it in there right the first time.
What do you guys think? Does $300 seem like a fair deal considering it is from the papa bear of the subdermal world or would I be better off just going ahead and doing it myself (with a spotter and the whole shabang of course).
I have no issue cutting myself open and doing all of it with one hand. I just feel that my perfectionist side of me would be going wild wanting to do it flawlessly and would not be content the first few times.
He will be charging $300 which I already think is a bit much however considering he definitely knows what he is doing which will result in better healing
plus he has his own "fancy" biocoating and he makes sure that everything is just right before the implant it feels like it would be worth it compared to me doing it myself and having to deal with doing everything one handed plus the stress of not getting it in there right the first time.
What do you guys think? Does $300 seem like a fair deal considering it is from the papa bear of the subdermal world or would I be better off just going ahead and doing it myself (with a spotter and the whole shabang of course).
I have no issue cutting myself open and doing all of it with one hand. I just feel that my perfectionist side of me would be going wild wanting to do it flawlessly and would not be content the first few times.
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Previously he's only charged $200, and his "special biocoating" is, as far as I know, still plain old implant grade silicone--which, don't get me wrong, is better than most coatings we have access to, but that's some plain and simple snake oil marketing.
@McSTUFF I am already thinking of looking around for someone who is independently ran who isn't gonna over charge and see what work they have done.
@Dragon5 I agree completely and already stated before in the thread the only reason I am thinking of going to a piercer over doing it myself is due to the fact that I like perfection when possible and due to lack of experience on intentionally cutting small spaces on myself and inserting objects into them that is why I am looking to get anyone else to do it just so I can see the process in person then know what to expect when doing it again in the future.
I am more of a learn by watching others do it once then replicating it later by myself and I manage to learn things 3x faster by that process. Watching something on YouTube or reading about it just can't get through my thick skull for whatever reason and even watching every video there is and reading about it endlessly still takes me ages to figure out how to do something precisely.
Of course, I've never priced him myself, so this is entirely hearsay from my perspective.
I was at work so was unable to do the digging however now that I am back at my house I shall dig away and ask any remaining members from that list if they had to do anything special to get $200 for a price.
For $200 that is way more reasonable from my perspective and would get it for piece of mind and accuracy. Will update it as I go and see why he says $300 and how the implant turns out when I go to get it.
The guy who did everything for me was a great help. I would recommend him to anyone in Minnesota.
I'll note that every other tattoo shop in the area refused, and that chain only had one guy willing (or that they would allow anyways) to do it. I think I got the luck of the draw when it comes to price, but it may come down to finding someone who thinks magnets are interesting and wants to try it. I had no stitches, my fingers were completely healed in 2 weeks and I was back to hardcore (programming) typing in <2 days.
At any rate, I highly suggest having a professional do it. Everything is sterile, they have done this or something similar before, and you can't even begin to imagine the pain of having something stabbed into your fingers-while trying to not move in the slightest.
@McSTUFF that looks like it hurt! Get well and quit poking it lol