The concept of having my lobes pierced has been tempting me for ages, or at least since I was about thirteen years old. I never did it though, and fear had a lot to do with it. At first because the concept was so utterly alien in the context I was stuck in back then, being the unpopular kid and everything. I overcame this eventually, and I did get pierced, but again out of fear – though this time fear of my future employers – not through my lobes but through my nipples. And then there was a new kind of fear, since it took a very long time for my nipples to heal, the left one was sore for about two years – me being very depressed at the time I guess the aftercare I gave them was all but non-existing – and for the next years I stuck to tattoos instead.
At A Glance Author akausal Contact akausal@bme.anon IAM testure When A month ago Artist "Lex" Studio Federal Body Piercing Location Linköping, Sweden Then the idea of the lobes began to haunt me again, and for several weeks I planned to have them done, but nothing happened. And then, one day at work, once again being very depressed and frustrated, I decided that that "today I just have to do something I absolutely did not plan to do this morning". The lobes seemed like the perfect candidates, and so I decided to go straight to my local studio on the way back from work and book and appointment. When I arrived I told them what I wanted and the guy at the counter asked me when. As soon as possible I replied. "Now?", he countered?
Whoa, this was not what I had had in mind. For some reason I had expected no less than waiting for at least a day, and I was very hungry at the time, something I knew was unwise in situations like these. Well, I never really did waver after all, I accepted and we began discussing jewelry. I wanted it as big as possible and he explained to me that 2.4mm (~10ga) was no problem, so we settled for a pair of CBR:s that wide and 15mm in diameter. And then it was time...
The piercer cleaned my ears and marked them, asking if I was okay with the marks, which I was. He then asked me if he should explain what he was doing, or "just do it", I settled for the latter. I was nervous as hell though, being hungry and quite unstable in general that day, but the first ear was nothing, especially not when compared to the memory of my nipples. I expected the other ear to be worse though, as was the case with my nipples, but it too turned out to be nothing. ... and then we were finished.
When I came back home I was thrilled over what I had done. I really liked what my new piercings looked like and I really enjoyed the throbbing pain from my ears, constantly reminding me of what I finally, after all those years, had done to them. I couldn't stop admiring my lobes during the following days either, I really loved them deeply. I came to realize that even though I liked my other mods, the lobes were really something different. Even under my long hair they were very visible all the time and thus they could not (regardless of whether certain situations make it an apt thing or not) be hidden like my other mods, and this aspect I really enjoy because it makes them so totally uncompromising. I tendered them lovingly, mostly with sea salt soaks, and they healed just fine. Then, after about two weeks there was this party coming up, and with the healing process proceeding neatly, and with a pair of 3.2mm (~8ga) CBR:s (originally intended as the last stop in my nipple st retching process) in my drawer, I got this idea... I knew of course that I should let them heal properly before I did any stretching, but I couldn't resist the temptation to at least try. I planned to abort it all if the holes resisted the new rings, but they went in neatly and, wow, if my ears were wonderful before they were gorgeous now!
The perhaps somewhat premature stretching (I plan for one or perhaps two more of them, but no more after that since I personally really do not like the sight of "overstretched" lobes at all) did not cause me any problems after all. I just keep loving my new and improved ears more and more by every day. They make me feel complete in a way I never had before, and having them pierced was truly a spiritual experience. (I know such a statement may sound hollow, yet for me it was definitely the case.) I am not really satisfied yet though, I plan to have have another two piercings done in each lobe as soon as the present holes are completely healed. But that is another story...