I really caught the piercing bug a couple of years ago when I got suspended from school for having my lip pierced, and had to threaten to write to the local papers about my unfair treatment before they let me back in (what a cocky little smartass!) So i wanted more piercings but descrete ones.
At A Glance Author kt starr Contact ktkixarse@hotmail.com When Six months ago I began to focus on my ears gradually building up a snug, couple of lobe piercings and a top cartilidge piercing. Id been thinking about getting my tragus done for a while but considered letting my ear calm down before any more piercings. However...
After a rough night out and feeling well and truly hungover, with that empty alcohol pit feeling you get in your stomach after too many JDs the night before, I went to meet some friends and my ex in town for coffee. We soon moved on to our local piercer's as my ex was getting his tongue pierced. We got there and I chatted to the piercer about getting my tragus done some other time, and my ex, who was more experienced with piercings than me, began to bait me to get it done now. He knew I was extremely impulsive and knew that when I'd got my lip done I'd basically decided then and there as I walked past the piercer's. Not wanting to look like a wuss I got in the chair after him. I'll say this to everybody, DON'T GET PIERCINGS WHEN YOU ARE ALREADY QUEASY FROM A HANGOVER!
So I'm looking forward to the adrenaline rush of a new piercing hoping the new, exciting feeling in my stomach will replace the hungover sick one.
The piercer prepares my ear and freezes my tragus. He gives the little speech "you'll feel a pinch.." then pops the needle through. It stung a bit, but i knew the worst was over (or so I thought)! The guy gets a ring and I'm a bit worried to see his hands are shaky. He fiddles around with the jewellery in the needle for a few minutes which caused a bit of discomfort, it seemed to be taking a lot longer than it should.
The guy apologises saying he's using new needles, and then tries to slide it out, it goes a little way (more discomfort), but the jewellery's not staying in. The guy apologises again and goes to get a bar instead of a ring. So i'm left sitting there feeling queasy anyway with the needle still stuck in my ear and now it's tip stabbing the inside of my ear because the guys moved it in a bit.
He comes back with a bar...more fiddling...more OUCH! but no luck. I made a little squeak when he takes the needle out. Im kind of relieved and assume he's giving up...nope.
He pierces my ear AGAIN from the other side, which was way sorer this time because of the previous piercing, now the needle end is making a little scratch on my face as once again he fiddles around with the jewellery.
The fiddling took so long he added more freeze while the needle was in. The tattoo artists in the next room said that by then I was making noises like I was "having sex with a dog"...thanks guys.
After about five more minutes he gives up, and with an ear full of crusty blood I hear..."want anything for a free?"
..I'm such a weiner...
I go..."hell yeah, give me an industrial" So he gives me a 30mm industrial through my abused little ear, but he gives me rings not a bar to save money, big fuck off ones too so it looks really poopants!
The bottom piercing was right on the edge too so that it grew out super quickly before the guy even got a bar in stock!!
I left the piercer's, went out feeling fine, even though I'd had the equivalent of four cartilidge piercings in under half an hour and a whole bunch more distress. I went to get some food in the cafe and noticed the waitress was looking at me funny so I went to the bathroom and noticed the blood on my swollen ear and down my neck. I had one drink later that night and spent the rest of the night upchucking!!
My ex goes..."well your tragus is really small"...I could have punched him I swear!
I'm not trying to put you off getting your tragus pierced, hell I'm still determined to get mine re-done. The lesson I learned is don't go to the piercers hungover, or feeling sick/faint, know and trust your piercer, when you hear the words "want anything for free?" high-tail it out of there(what's the point of screwing up four piercings instead of two?, and never get pierced with your nasty ex present!! xxx