At A Glance Author Bondage-Kit Contact maygin_nothing@hotmail.com IAM Bondage-Kit When It just happened Artist BJ Studio Soul Survivors Location Winnipeg Unlike the majority of my other piercings, the story of my daith isn't a long one. I haven't longed for the piercing day after day, nor have I constantly admired it online.
I discovered the simple beauty not long after my first piercing. I'd contemplated it in place of my first conch and tragus but the thought has never really held through for me. For a while I was sure that I was unable to attain the piercing due to the anatomy of my ear and my hopes turned to the rook (same idea, similar concept, not as pretty, and a lot more common).
The rook piercing has never really appealed to me. I liked that it was a slightly unique piercing, and well on certain people it was pretty, but it wasn't really for me. More recently I've noticed the popularity of the rook soar, almost as popular, or perhaps just as popular as the tragus. I even went on two separate occasions to my piercing studio with one of my friends to get each of her rooks done. After finding out that a few of my other friends had been hoping on getting it done as well I decided that well, perhaps the infamous rook just wasn't for me.
As I cast away the silly little rook piercing that I had never really wanted, the thought of my daith drifted back into my mind. Perhaps I could get my daith done. Well if it was on the right ear anyway... In brief, my left ear is more suited for a daith than my right one is. I made a decision then and there that I would get a daith in my left ear and if I couldn't get that then I would get two rooks in my right ear.
So with my mind made up I waited for the day when I would get my piercing. In the meantime I went on to get a few facial piercings as well as an ear project. Unknowns to me, the time of my daith would catch up with me soon.
Soon came to me this past weekend on Friday. I had gone down to Soul Survivors with all intentions of getting a piercing. I hadn't actually gotten around to scheduling an appointment for the day, but I decided that I would go in anyway and buy some jewelry if I couldn't get scheduled in. My mom waited in the car while I went and shopped around (I went in a few other places other than the studio), and I happily hurried to Soul Survivors.
When I walked into the shop there was a fair sized line up but I realized that they were all paying and no one else was waiting to get in. Once everyone left I fished through a bowl with some cheap earrings in it. When I say cheap I don't mean crapy jewelry that you can buy at a jewelry store, I mean plugs and stretchers that are made of acrylic...You know, cheap jewelry. Anyway I found some nice purple talons that were just the gauge I was looking for. I asked the counter girl, who's name I still don't know, how much they cost and she said they were five dollars but BJ probably wouldn't worry about it. I then asked if there were any piercing openings for the afternoon and she said that it was a surprisingly slow Friday. I think of it now and realize that since it was Thanks Giving weekend it really wasn't unusual... but I digress.
The receptionist gave me my form to fill out and I sat down momentarily to do so. It was weird filling out that far too familiar form with no one in the waiting area, let alone no friends along with me. I filled out the form, handed over my identification which I've finally learned to just keep in my pocket and then waited. I walked around the shop as I waited but was soon greeted by BJ.
When BJ called me into the room I told him that I wasn't sure if I could even get my daith done, and that I'd get my rook done instead. He said that it was a 50/50 toss up for each one saying that neither area was better suited for each piercing than the other. I stuck with my daith and hurried up into the chair.
There was the usual small talk, while BJ got everything ready. He said he doesn't bother setting up anymore for me, I don't blame him. Who knows what I could change my mind to at any second! But without any jokes, it's good to know that BJ is willing to let me change my mind as I do appreciate his understanding.
I seem to learn something new every time I go to Soul Survivors, this time I found out that BJ would be using a special little piercing aid with me. I can't remember the name of it for the life of me, but basically it looks like a little tiny metal circle on the end of a thin metal handle. I realize that's a bad description, but it's used for hard to access places so that it puts pressure on the other side of the cartilage. I thought it was the coolest thing ever but that's just me.
Since I forgot to bring my elastics I ended up twisting my hair and holding it to one side and BJ got straight to work. The whole piercing procedure was pretty fast and not even worth getting slightly upset about. I felt the needle going through but it didn't feel like a normal cartilage piercing. To sum up the initial feeling it was like the ridge of cartilage was hollow and made of two extremely thin layers of cartilage. I asked BJ if the jewelry was in and everything because I was so surprised at the painlessness of it all. Turns out that the ring wasn't in yet, but when he put it in I didn't feel any pressure in the least. It took a while for BJ to put the bead in the cbr, but he could take as long as he needed as long as he didn't drop it down my ear canal.
Once the bead was in and the little bit of blood was cleaned up BJ offered me some more soft soap, but I turned it down seeing as I have a big refill bottle under my sink. I'm supposed to use sea salt soaks and my soap to clean the area, but since BJ got it in nice and deep I don't really want to poke around in there.
My marvelous daith set me back $40, but I'd say it was worth it. Besides, I did end up getting my pretty purple earrings and a set of spikes for one of my other piercings. It was an exciting trip downtown, I'd say. My daith didn't even hurt and it was positioned deep enough that if I rest my hand against my ear it doesn't even touch. I discovered that this means I can sleep on that side as well as wear my headset for work on that side. The only pain that I get is the tiniest dull ache, like an ear ach of a headache, but not really strong enough or for a long enough time to be called either.
All in all, I absolutely love my new piercing. I think that it's beautiful and looks very feminine ( yes I even think so when I see it on guys, no matter how masculine they try and make it look), and I am more than happy that I was able to get it. Ear piercings will always be a favorite of mine and my daith was well worth my desire.
Seeing as the daith is in a spot that really depends on your ear, I recommend getting a piercer's opinion before completely setting your mind on this piercing. If your ear anatomy is suitable for the piercing then you'll enjoy the daith. Although I can't guarantee that the piercing procedure won't hurt since everyone has a different level of pain tolerance, I can say that it's positioning is pleasant and doesn't get knocked around easily.
If you are from Winnipeg Soul Survivors is always a great place to go and I defiantly recommend BJ as a piercer.
Have fun and happy piercing!
Until next time,
Bondage-Kit