I've been getting those comments since I started dying my hair in middle school *rolls eyes*.

I'm a material handler at a warehouse. My employer does not mind any of my visible body modifications, and it seems like my co-workers don't mind them either. Everyone I work with actually looks forward to me coming to work with my mohawk put up, which I have done once. I make a decent wage, doing what I do and am happy with it.

After being miserable in retail (being forced to conform to what society sees as "normal") for many years I decided that I will not get a job that restricts the way I look (only if absolutely 10000000% necessary).

I work in a medical office owned by the local hospital system, a very large organization. Multiple staff members (including physicians) have visible ink and our front desk girl had a labret. It's not always acceptable everywhere but some of the most professional and intelligent people I work with are modders.

I'm a helicopter pilot in the military. As a military Officer I am not allowed to have visible tattoos, so at the moment am restricted to places I can hide whilst in uniform. I'm looking at further tattoos on my shoulders and upper arms and partial chest, but this will all still be required to be covered. I am pondering the possibility of UV tattoos on my forearms though, still working on whether this is will be acceptable. Piercings at present are out of the question due to visibility and regulations prohibiting piercings in covered regions whilst working.

I do get questions from people when they find out I have large tattoos because they are not too common at work, although smaller ones are very common in our military - and it's also because people don't expect me to be their interpretation of someone who has tattoos.

Awesomeness! Thank u all for sharing!

I'm a make up artist (special FX, bodypaints, props of all kinds, standard beauty make up, i do everything!) But i don't work full time in that field, i work occasionally on some events, short movies, photoshoots, all fun stuff!

I'm full time assistant manager in a store, we sell band tees and punk-rockish/rockabilly clothing brands (iron fist, hearts and roses, abbey dawn type o' things), so i'm actually very happy with it,  they want their staff to ''look cool'', piercings, tattoos and crazy hairstyles are more than welcome!

I'm being judged often for working in the retail for such a small wage and not looking for further carrer opportunities. I've always been struggling against society, i'm a major school dropout; halfway to my first year of high school i stopped going, then went back a year later ended up getting kicked out 2 years later for ''leading other students to fail.'' Come on, i was successfull in class, i was just an angry kid with strong opinions, but apparently speaking em out was a crime!! So, i left and never went back!

I'm happy where i am now, i'm happy in the morning when i go to work, I am free to be and look the way i want to, I think it wins over every arguments people may have!

I'm a piercer. Even though I work in this industry, people still give me grief over my appearance. When it comes to the public, they assume I work in a shop but still ask me what I will do when I'm older and what my family thinks. My mother is especially not accepting of body modification. :) The way I see it, is it doesn't matter what you look like, everyone judges everyone. There is no getting around it and you just have to accept it and move on.