I Can't Smile (Anti-Tragus)

At A Glance
Author Gilly
Contact crazy_biotch23@hotmail.com
Artist Art?
Studio East Side Ink.
Location Abbotsford, B.C.
So ya, I wanted to get my daith done for a long time. But this about a different thing. Instead I got my anti tragus done. But i got my daith done later also. I also like anti-tragus, helix and rooks but this was simple enough for me. I was hopeing to get something either than the normal lobes and upper cardilage. I have already stretched my lobes (well 3 of the holes) to 14g(haha not that big eh?) using cbrs from mine and a friends cbr and a dolphin bananabell that glows in blacklight. It didnt fit my navel so i put it in my ear. It looks actually pretty good i guess but im going to get anoth cbr soon hopefully.

Well,I finally had enough money to get it done so my mom made an appointment, seeing as i am too young to get it done by myself, for 12:00 friday. It was $40 for one and $60 for two. I'm guessing it only costs $20 to get pierced but $20 for the jewellery? I actually wanted a stup for this but that can happen later i guess. I wasn't really worried about the pain because i had been waiting so long to get any type of piercing done. I was really bored with just my lobes and my navel that i started playing around with the lobes. I had these cool earrings from cheap thrills but my friend broke one trying to get it in her lip. I have never had a cardilage piercing so i didnt know what to expect except from some of the stories i had heard on the BME.

I havent put any experiences on here yet so this would be my first and most unorganized of them all(maybe.). I had gone to this place before to get my belly button pierced. I didnt really want it done but i jsut wanted something pierced and megan (my friend) was going so i decided "hey! Why not?" and so it happened. But thats another story. So back to my wonderfully boring story here.

Me, my sister and my mom went to the studio and got there early so we had to wait a couple minutes because the store wasnt open yet. There was two girls there checking to see if they could get their navels pierced after i had my ears pierced and before they had to go to work.

The guy (named art?) got there and opened the door. He called me in and asked me what part of my ear i wanted pierced. I told him "this thing" as i poked at it. O.k. i was now sitting on the comfy piercing chair looking at the colourful selection of beads for cbrs. I chose a green one since i already had a cbr with a green bead in my lobe.

He looked at the part and got out his supplies. He showed me the stuff he was going to use with was all in their own packety things. He cleaned the area and then marked it with his little marking thingy. He asked me if the placement was good and im like yap. Now for the fun part! He gets the needle ready and the clamp thing. He put the clamp on which, unlike my navel, hurt quite a bit. Now he grabs the needle and tells me to relax and then puts it through. It kinda surprised me. It hurt but only a bit more than my gunned lobes. Yes, i did say gunned unfortunatley.

Well the pain went away a bit after but it was kind of a tight procedure all pulling and what not.But he told me he would have to twist it a bit. Well he put the cbr in and i didnt really feel that or the bead go on so that was all good. It was bleeding a bit and later had big gobs of dried blood of the holes. Pretty gross huh?

So its a couple of hours later and im at my moms boyfriends house with my friend, Marie. Im cleaning it with an eyeshadow applicator which looks exactly like q-tips so i hope it doesnt seem too wierd. The gobs of blood are gone,i think, and its pretty tender. I like that word. Tender. Ya so anyways it still kinda hurts. Now about the title. When i smile it moves my ears where it was pierced. It really hurts when i smile and im a very happy person. If you knew me you'd probably think im crazy. I probably am but thats ok. So i smile alot and now i cant smile unless i want to inflict pain on myself so now only one side of my face smiles. Its actually pretty wierd. dont ask.

I want my helix, nose, a cardilage spiral, and maybe anti-eyebrow. Well if you want any info on anti-tragus stuff just email me even if you just want to tell me to admit myself to an assylum. Bye bye for now ill be writing another story soon hopefully and getting sum pics on here. I should clean it soon. I only have clairs solution and betadine so i guess this is the part clairs is actually the good guy. My belly button got infected form betadine sinse i have an allergic reaction to it. Well this has been a most interesting experience ya? Well ya. Happy piercings!


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