About 3 or 4 hours ago, my industrial was done.
At A Glance Author Brooke Contact xgdfanx@yahoo.com When N/A Artist Mike Studio Under The Gun Tattooing Location Binghamton ,NY I have been wanting an industrial for about a year now ever since I have seen it on my friends older sister and she has a ton of piercings. I thought it was just the coolest thing ever, and now I am sitting at my computer getting ready to tell you about mine.
I have been doing a bunch of research on this piercing on BME so I know a lot about it. It took me a long time to actually get my dad to approve it because he hates piercings, and he finally gave in after a long time of nagging him . Anyway I was searching for a place that would actually do the piercing on a 13 year old. The first place I went to said you had to be 16 even with parent signature. So I moved on to another place..Under The Gun Tattooing. This was the place. So my dad called and made an appointment and asked how much it was and how old you had to be. They said 13 with parental consent. And that it would be 50 dollars.
So when the day finally came. We went to the studio and had some hard time finding the place. But we found it,and walked in and the first thing I thought was this was a nice place, it was clean and they had portfolios laying on the counter to show you the work they did. So we just had to fill out the paper work and give him my birth certificate, and my dad had to show them his license. Then we went to the piercing room. Mike was really nice and friendly. He had me sit on the dentist chair and he got all the tools together. Every thing was wrapped seperatly and he used to different needles, I think. But over all the place was quite sterile. Then he marked my ear, with a purple marker and had me get up to look in the wall mirror at the placement, since my ears are small I thought that you wouldn't be able to see the bar because it would be hiding behind the flap of cartilage, but he said that you would be able to see it so I said ok, after all piercer knows best. So he put some gloves on and took everything out of the packets. He then told me to take a deep breath and breath out, he didn't put the needle through,I think he needed to get a better grip or something, so he told me to take another breath and exhale, and on the exhale he put the needle through. The bottom hole was the first one.I wouldn't say it hurt a lot, but you could definatly feel the needle going through each layer of skin and cartilage.
By this time my face had started to sweat, because my ear was throbbing and felt like it was on fire but it was something you can deal with, after all it will have a good outcome. So he told me to take another breath and exhale. I did and he started to put the needle through the top hole. It wouldn't go through. He had to get a better grip again, then it went through. I heard the pop noise everyone talks about. But it didn't really scare me because I was expecting it. Then he started to put the barbell in and I didn't even feel that part. All of the sudden he said ok now all I have to do is screw on the balls, and clean it. I was so proud of myself.
If you are thinking about getting an industrial I totally say go for it, its about 4 hours after getting it and it doesn't even burn it feels exactly like my other ear that didn't get pierced, it doesn't feel like its even in there. My piercer recommended neosporin to put on it instead of sea salt soaks because salt drys the piercing out and can cause it to hurt. But some say it makes it feel better. But he said that I could salt soak it if I really needed too. Who knows. But the neosporin seems to make it feel really good and not hurt.If you want this piercing but are little afraid I say go for it, im only 13 and if I can do it you can. This is the greatest piercing ever.I love it to death. and I think you will be proud too. So go for it...you'll be in love at first site.
p.s if you live in the binghamton ny area and cant find a nice place, go to under the gun tattooing its awesome.