I am only 14 years old and have always been afraid of needles. I always wanted to have high individualism and had done so with expirimenting with my hair. Finally I had decided that it was time for me to become more individual than ever. I wanted and needed a new piercing. The only piercings that I had at the time were 4 standard cartiladge and my lobes 2 on each side. This was popular for most 14 year old girls to have. I decided that I needed something the rest of the girls would never think of getting. I turned to my older brother and asked him what I should get done seen as how he has many piercings himself. He suggested the tongue and I asked my mom and she said no. So there went that plan.
At A Glance Author Michelle Contact shell88_32@hotmail.com When A month ago Artist Chuck Studio Steel Appeal Location Clinton Iowa I had came to BMEZINE and looked at piercings in the ear and at first I didnt see any I had wanted to get done but then I took a second look and had seen the rook and I instantly fell in love with it and immediatly wanted it done. I asked my mom and she said fine and my dad said he didnt care and he would take me to get it done. I was so exited. I told all of my friends and they said they would never get that done so I was happy b/c thats what I wanted, something different.
The day that I was going to get it done..my dad, my brother and I all headed over to Steel Appeal and the piercer my dad knows wasnt there yet so we waited...The wait made me even more nervous than I already was. Finally after a 2 hour wait the piercer came back and made us sign forms and pay. It only cost $20. I was readier that I had ever been and more nervous than I had ever been also. He took all of us back to this room while his assistant got out the cleaners, clamps, needle, marker, and CBR. The sight of the needle shocked me but I was still hanging in there. He explained the whole operation to me and asked if I was ready to be cleaned and marked. I nodded heasitantly. He checked my ear to make sure there was no problem with my rook and there wasnt so I was ready to be pierced. I asked him if it would hurt and he said yes. I didnt care b/c I was ready to get out of there. The needle was taken out of the package right in front of me along with the clamps and CBR. The marker was taken out of a new package. After he cleaned and marked my rook and he gave me the marker to keep. He put the clamps on and they were sort of uncomfertable but not anything that would make scream in discomfort. The he put on new gloves out of the package and got the needle readt to go through my ear. He told me to breathe and exhale. On the exhale I felt a little prick and not much after that. I asked him if it was done and he said no... I am now thinking to myself oh great here comes the pain and all I felt next was a little bit of pulling and tugging which was a discomfort because it aggravated the needle in my ear but I didnt cry or anything. The he put in the CBR and cleaned off my ear with Q-tips. I got up looked in the mirror and was in love with it. I told him thank you and he and my dad chatted(they are good friends)and a didnt really feel any pain hours after. The only pain I felt was sleeping on it that night but it was all go od.
It has now been one month and I have had only one problem with my rook piercing. A little bump on the top hole. Sea salt soaks got rid of it though and now it is healing perfectly. I clean it twice daily like I was told and nothing else has gone wrong. Next I am thinking about getting my Tragus or my Snug done. If anybody could give me some really good information about these I would be gracious and if anybody has any questions feel free to contact me. There is one thing that bugs me at school about it.. Everybody always asks if it hurts and they think I am crazy for doing it. In my opinion it was the best choice and i highley reccomend that if you are thinking about getting it done and are unsure....go through with it because it will make you happy that you did in the end.
Thanks for reading this. Michelle