I'm open minded when it comes to piercings. I don't have any myself, but I'm not bothered by people who do, so long as it isn't excessive. Women with multiple ear piercings are fine by me, as are nose (except horseshoe ones) and navel ones, among others types.
But there's always been one that strikes me as completely arbitrary, useless and totally unattractive: the Monroe. I suppose it emulates Marilyn Monroe's famous freckle or beauty spot, whatever you want to call it, and it's cool that so many people want to pay homage to an iconic figure. Except somehow they always wind up looking dumb and out of place.
Maybe the idea is to send a message that says: faces are beautiful no matter how they look or what's on them. If that's the case, I applaud the sentiment, but I have to ask - is body modification the only way to get that point across?
Let's put the Monroe this way:
1. It's a piece of metal jutting out from a random flap of skin on your face. Don't fool yourselves, kids - no matter how cool you think it looks, it's still a metal ball sticking out of your face. And when you take it out now and then, guess what? There's a hole there. A hole in your face. It doesn't make your face prettier - it calls attention away from your natural features, which brings me to my next point:
2. It's distracting. When I'm looking at someone's face, or having a conversation, I'd much rather be looking at them directly in the eyes than staring at the shiny little invader on the side of their upper lip. Nose, ear, eyebrow and even lip piercings don't really divert attention away from the center of your face, but the Monroe does. Do you really want someone trying to find their fortune in your little magic face ring?
3. The backing is sure to scrape against your gums. But what do I know? Maybe it's bad-ass to let a foreign object fuck up your gums and teeth. I'm sure most people know how to take care of their piercings, of course, but there's always that off-chance of bad teeth and a bloody mouth. Plus, I'd rather not be poked in the face by your mini-ball while I'm trying to make out with you.
4. It was unique when only a few people had them. Now it's just typical. Many people will certainly be okay with this fact, and it can really be said about pretty much any piercing. Maybe you've just always wanted one, regardless of everyone else. Still, I think of body modification as a form of self expression, so if you're just following in the footsteps of all the others, how does that make you original?
So Mancouchers: The Monroe, bad piercing or worst piercing?
Comments (219)
Yeah. They are pretty ugly, but most piercings are.
it's funny because the girl in the picture already has a mole on the other side of her face.
that girl really isn't that good looking to begin with (maybe it's the thing she's doing with her lips?) but i agree, monroe piercings used to be okay but now they're tired.
Facial piercings in general are pretty fucking ugly.
they're very ugly.
I don't get how this is any different than any other piercing. I don't really care either way.
To each his/her own...it's definitely not for me, no piercings/tattoos are. It looks cute on some people though.
i disagree with this, but that's my opinion.
1) they don't look bad on all people, that girl looks beyond atrocious with it on her face.
2) i didn't get it at all to glorify or pay respect to marilyn monroe because i never really cared for her.
3) hers is really far out, that's not the place where a normal monroe piercing should be. mine isn't right there it's closer to my lip.
4) the backing doesn't rub up on my gums or teeth if you get it placed the right way. i had braces for over three years, i refused to get a piercing and let it fuck up my teeth. and you change the bar after 4-6 weeks to a shorter one so it doesn't rub on anything in your mouth.
5) it's a piece of metal jutting out? what about snake bites? tongue rings? eyebrows? etc... an eyebrow piercing to me is ten times more distracting seeing as it's placed right above where i should look at you when i am speaking.
6) the mouth is the fastest or one of the fastest healing places on your body so if you take it out, it closes up almost immediately. just like the tongue.
7) it was unique before? hello more people have nose piercings, eyebrow piercings, and tongue piercings than people with monroes.
if you're going to put up a picture of a girl with a monroe, please refrain from one with so much editing, who doesn't have other piercings that can be just as distracting and without raccoon eyes that i wouldn't want to look at anyways. that picture doesn't do a monroe justice at all.
i'm not a fan.
It looks like a wart. A witch's wart.
definately not an attractive piercing... yes, i'm open to various other piercings, but the monroe i just don't like... the dimple piercings too, i don't like them either
I don't hate it but i don't love it. Marilyn always changed the place of her mole.
I hate lip piercings, well hate is a strong word but I really dont like it. :D
@Werewolf - LMAO. Nothing says edgy and sexy like a witch's wart. Nice.
I like it, to a certain extent. As long as the ball isn't that big, then it's fine with me.
But nose studs are fucking sexy on the right girl. Not real big on belly button rings or the multi-ear thing.
I hate the Monroe. It never looks good on anyone and sometimes it looks like a pimple.
Glad I'm not the only one who hates these.
I think some people can pull it off but it's not something i'm interested in.
I think that people shouldn't waste their time trying to be unique with 6 odd billion people in the world. I don't like piercings much myself, and, in men, find it a big turn off. I've seen a lot of women who I think look gorgeous with piercings including the Monroe, but I wouldn't get any myself. I don't even have my ears pierced, and that is mainly because I don't have the nerve to put metal through my own skin.
i think they are completly stupid. when i talk to people who have those, i just wanna flick it off their face
I hate those things. I really hate facial piercings in general.. You're not different anymore when there's an entire legion of people with metal sticking out of their face in the same places as you do.
I don't like it, but I don't really hate it. If she has 1 or 2, that's fine with me, more than that, is just over the top to me.
Wow, are men the new women? Please, why don't you bitch some more in every post you write!
Meh, any kind of piercing around the mouth area or the nose is not my cup of tea. I'm on the fence with eyebrows as for some, it works pretty well. A naval piercing is just sexy. To each their own but a girl with pierced ears are a must. A girl without earrings seem incomplete somehow.
It's not THE worst, but it's one of the worst.
I'm not really a fan of facial piercings at all..but that monroe one..it's just not attractive. They are pretty distracting. I'll be happy when it's out of style and people take them out and let the hole heal up so they look normal again. But, hey, whatever. It's their face.