I have 3 small studs in my left ear lobe (all non-cartilage) -a ruby, a diamond and a sapphire and 1 small stud in my right lobe - a blue topaz (my birthstone)(I also trade this one out for a turquoise stone my Cherokee relatives gave me). They are the same starter studs used to pierce them 25 years ago and I rarely ever take them out these days.
I also have 2 small hoops in my right eyebrow and 1 in my left, a nose stud, a lip ring (hoop), navel and couple other alternative places.
When I did graphics, window painting and digital art for a living, I could dress and accessorize however I wished for the "office" that day. That meant I could keep my vividly coloured and wildly cut hair visible, bare my tattoos and leave my piercings in.
I work with food now (exposition style kitchen, so guests can see and talk to me while I cook their food) and the only piercings I'm allowed to wear at work, due to dress/uniform codes, are in my ears and any that are "hidden" under clothing. (We also have to cover up any visible tattoos and other body modifications and all hair must be under hats - especially if it's unnaturally coloured - like mine - fire engine red on the top layers and black underneath it all
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If someone wants to judge me by my piercings and such, whatever, it's your loss ;)