hassle ain't the cost. it's the tooth damage, irritating aftercare (especially if you smoke), yadda blah. just about the only piercings i really liked enough to keep for any extended period of time were my stretched 'lobes. when i took 'em out to heal some scar-tissue, it seems like everybody in the monkey-fuckin'-a-football world decided THEY'd get stretched. since then, i haven't been motivated to get 'em reworked.