Well I have had my eye brow pierced and my navel but I wasn't happy with them. I talked with my friend Cole about her ears and wanted mine done. Scalpelled.But I didn't have my ears pierced at all. This took a lot of ...how do we say guts for little me.
At A Glance Author ~* Harmony *~ Contact autumnsgothicsky@aol.com When A week ago Artist Jakk Cook Studio Express yourself Location Lackawanna,NY I made my way to finding out a lot of things first about this, I couldn't decide if I wanted them dermal punched or scalpelled. But I did want them to a 0 gauge. So I decided to go forth with my little decision. I looked at a lot of pictures and of course I changed my mind a lot on the size didn't know if I wanted a 0 or a 00 gauge.
I wrote to my favorite piercer Jakk to find out prices and to find out if he'd do it for me. Of course he said okay, and to this day I thank him very much.
I went to express yourself on a saturday, with a few of my friends. I needed them for support cause im a little baby. I filled out the forms and was scared as all hell. I was shaking so badly and well I didn't know what to do. Jakk came out and talked to me for a few minutes and asked me what I wanted either dermal punched or scalpelled? I told him to decide what he thought I could handle and which had less pain. He said he'd be back and walked in to the little piercing room. (Which wasn't really all that little it was quite big actually)Then he came out and said that I could go back when ever I was ready. I was so scared. I walked back with my friends and Jakk told me that he was going to scalpel my ears because they would eventually close for me if I chose to close them.
The real fun begins. Jakk was very calm with me and told me when ever I was ready to sit down, or I could even sit down if I wasn't ready. I sat. He cleaned off my ears and began to mark them. I was scared shit-less. Didn't know what to expect. I just sat there and asked him a ton of questions because I was so scared. But he tolerated my stupidness. I thank him for that. He put a little towel like napkin thing on my shoulder just in case they bleed and told me to tell him when I was ready. I took a couple deep breaths and looked at Jackie and Matthew and told Jakk to go ahead. (this was all after he showed me what he was using and he took it out of the package and all the fun stuff they do)I wasn't regreting this at all in my mind I was scared. Not because of the pain because of the blood. Jakk told me every step he took and everything he was doing. He first took a scalpel and stuck it in my ear then took a 0 gauge taper and put it through then he put my 0 gauge tunnels in. No blood. Thank god. I almost pass-out. He lays me down. I feel like a weakling. Can't help it. I lay for a few minutes and then I sit back up and take a few more breaths and tell him to do the right side. He does the same procedures but before he could put the tunnel all the way on I almost pass out, I lay down. My ear bleeds because I lay down. He puts the tunnel all the way on. (or screws it on I should say). I sit back up. I'm done.
He tells me how to take care of it and gives me a little booklet to read. I thank him. He tells me that I can lay there as long as I would like. He made me feel really comfortable about this.I give him tons of credit.I was fine after like 5 minutes of sitting. I get up and go to walk out.He gives me some sea-salt and then tells me what to do and how to use it. He also told me to take advil when it hurts or when there is swelling and boy were my ears all puffed up. I gave him a tip. I keep thanking him times a million. Im so happy with my ears! I'm also apologizing to my friends for almost breaking their hands.
Its now week number two and they are doing fabulous! I keep Jakk posted on my ears and wish him luck with all his future piercings! Hes a fabulous piercer. Hes a great guy very gentile and made me feel so comfy.
Off to get something new pierced ...dun dun dun...