For about 3 years I've wanted an industrial (or scaffolding as us Brits call it). I can't really remember how I came across it, I just remember an older friend talking about it and thinking..woah, that sounds pretty cool. All was forgotten about and in the mean time I had my Navel and Helix, and 2 extra lobe holes. The idea suddenly came back to me about a month ago, when I met a guy who had an industrial. I remembered how I'd wanted it done and thought..damn, I have to do this.
At A Glance Author Ceit Contact lessthanjake@hotmail.co.uk When It just happened Artist Not sure Studio Prob Body Piercing, Leeds Location Leeds, England About 3 days later I was out shopping with my mam, and I remembered and asked her..She's not exactly your strict type, but she has limits on what I can and can't do. She sounded horrified by the idea, to be honest, but I could tell by the way she was talking about it that she wouldn't mind. Anyway, the subject ended up being changed until we got home and I talked to my dad about it. This is about the time I expected a big 'NO!', but instead I got no answer and again, the subject of conversation was changed. A couple of days later I decided to ask again, and the answer was a straight YES!. They must have been talking about it without me knowing. On one condition, the bar couldn't be bigger than an inch. I agreed happily, especially since my school doesn't allow ANY piercings, not even studs in the lobes.
I ran up to my room and instantly started searching for others experiences and found BME. I read almost all of them and was actually beginning to get pretty scared. But I'm not one to go back on my word! I couldn't get it for another 3 weeks, though, because I didn't have the cash.
So 3 weeks passed, and the day came kind of unwelcomed to be honest. I'll admit, I'm a bit of a wuss, my navel really hurt so I was very nervous. My friend was coming with me straight after school, she was going to get her nose pierced. School finally finished to my horror and before I knew it we were in the studio (After having a cigarette and getting abused on the bus by some kids that hate us, of course). My friend was going first, and her nose absolutely poured with blood. The piercer was nice enough though, she had done my navel, but I didn't feel totally comfortable, she seemed to be a bit rushed to be honest. But as I said, I don't go back on my word, so I sat in the chair, shaking like hell and already feeling a little faint. She showed me that the needle was coming from a clean packet, which always consoles me and makes me feel a little better. She drew some little dots with a BLUE marker (ha, someone said it's always purple), I decided they were fine and she stepped up to impale me. The first hole; OH LORD! I was in a lot of pain, and my friend couldn't even watch ha. I wasn't really sure whether she would pierce the second hole with the same needle. Obviously she was going to. By this time, I was about ready to shoot her in the head. It was terribly, honestly some of the worst pain I've ever felt. But I was just thinking of how cool it would look and hoping it would soon be over. She picked up the bar off the side. That went through almost painlessly. She told me to look in the mirror to see if it was alright. I said yes, 'sides, you can't exactly ask them to do it again, can you?!. I left the shop pretty swiftly after paying and we were on our way to get some sugar of some sort, and plasters for my friends nose to cover it for school.
For about an hour afterwards it felt like someone was shoving the needle through continuously, and my friend asked 'If you would have known the pain beforehand, would you have still got it done?'. My reply was a strict 'NO!'. I got on the bus home and it was starting to feel a little better. It was quite cool having people stare at it and look horrified. My mam looked at it and almost fainted, ha, she decided that she didn't really like it but that it was my choice, as I'm 16 and that's legal age. My dad wasn't really interested, even though the bar was longer than an inch.
So fast forward to today, a whole day after, and it's feeling better. I couldn't sleep on it, of course, and I've just cleaned it with surgical spirit and now it's really stinging, but apart from that all is well. It hasn't swollen and hardly bled, and I love knowing it's there.
If you're looking to get it done, I'd say go for it, even though mine was extremely painful. Now I'm starting to think I would of got it regardless of the pain because I love it so. Although I go to se Alkaline Trio tomorrow, which was a bad idea but I didn't really think that through. I'm glad I've got it, anyway!