When you think of piercing, a standard set of earlobe piercing is, for most people, the first thing that comes to mind. Unless you know me. Then, that would be the last thing to come to mind. I'd never, not until this year, had my earlobes pierced. 3 piercings in the top of each ear, but never a single one in my ear lobe. A lot of people find this very odd, especially for me. But I just never got them done. To me, it was always a very girly thing. And I was never too girly.
At A Glance Author she_could_choke Contact xcupcakexcorex@gmail.com IAM she_could_choke When Six months ago Artist Smitty Studio Big Brain Productions Location Omaha, NE There are 2 modifications that I love above all others. One is big septums. And the other, is big lobes. Having achieved the big septum, I thought it was time to embark on my lobe journey. I didn't want to start out at the standard size, but I wasn't sure how big I SHOULD start. So, one afternoon while I was at Big Brain, I brought the subject up with Smitty. We talked it over and he suggested starting at a 2g. So, we looked through the catalog and ordered a pair of black and blue double flared 2g glass plugs that would be there in about a week. That was the longest 7 days ever. I was on pins that whole week.
They day the jewelry came in, James and I made our way over to Big Brain. He was getting his ears done at a 2g, too. We were planning on heading out shopping after the piercing, and had his mom and 2 sisters in tow. So the lot of us piled in to the shop to wait for Smitty. We sat at the counter and talked until he came out and said he was ready for us. He greeted me with a hug and a smile and asked how I had been. We all squeezed in to the small piercing room and I took a seat in that well known dentist-esque chair. After looking at my ears, he went back up front and got the plugs, which he had ordered in a 0g, too. We talked about this and that while he got everything ready. Gloves, clamps, needle. HUGE needle. Butterflies took over my tummy as I realized just how big a 4g needle actually was. I swallowed the lump in my throat and took a deep breath. It couldn't be so bad, right?
We talked some more and he basically kept my mind off things. He clamped my ear, kept talking, and then pushed the needle through. It wasn't so much a feeling as pressure and heat. It didn't hurt. It was pretty warm, though. He pushed the needle through and as it was my right ear we did first, I watched the horrified look on everyone's face as he pushed the 2g and then the 0g taper through. He put the jewelry in, cleaned it off, and then gave me a paper towel to hold on it, as it was bleeding down my neck. He chuckled and said 'Still not even a wince.' which made me smile and relax even more. He turned the chair around and repeated the same procedure with the right one. Same thing, just pressure and heat. When all was said and done, he cleaned them up a bit and gave me 2 paper towels to hold on my bloody lobes. I hopped up out of the chair and stared in the mirror. They were beautiful! I was absolutely overjoyed with how amazing they looked, blood and all. I couldn't stop smiling. I was so preoccupied with h ow wonderful they were that I didn't really even notice James had sat down to get his done. Smitty was only doing his at 2g, because his ear lobes were tinier than mine. So I turned to watch. It always fascinates me to watch other people being pierced. I did think poor James was going to faint however. The poor thing turned white as a sheet and needed a couple glasses of water. By the time both of us had stopped bleeding, there was a bit of a line waiting on us to get out of there. So we went up front and paid, said our thank yous and goodbyes and a couple more thank yous, and set out with smiles on our faces.
It's now 5 months later, and I've gotten them up to 5/8th plus 3 wraps of bondage tape. My ultimate goal is 1 1/2 inches. I get a lot of 'That's going to be way too big!' and statements of that nature. I want to get up to, at the very least, and inch. With every stretch, I get more and more excited about my end goal. It's a long and tedious process, but it's something I'm willing to work a long time to achieve.