I got my industrial piercing done 6 months ago in December right before Christmas. My friend brought up the fact that she wanted to get an industrial piercing and that got me thinking that i actually really wanted one also. I was away at school so my friends and i set aside a date that we would go and get piercings.
At A Glance Author anonymous When Six months ago Artist idk?? Studio somewhere in framingham Location Tattoo something?? I wanted to keep that fact that i was planning on getting a piercing a secret so that if I did not go through with it people would not think any less of me. I only told one of my friends because she had her industrial pierced and I wanted to know how badly it hurt. She told me that it killed and that it still did sometimes. That freaked me out, so I got the brilliant idea to go onto google and search and read stories about peoples experiences with getting their industrials pierced, that was not a good decision. After I read someones story on how they said it felt like a dog bit their ear off, I said there is no way i am getting this done.
The scheduled day that we planned to get our piercings came and I was set that I was not going to get it done, so instead we went to the mall and did some shopping. After we left the mall we had to pass the piercing studio on the way home and my friend asked if I wanted to do it one last time and I still was unsure..it was not until one girl said "I knew you wouldn't go through with it" that i made up my mind.
We got into the studio and I told the guy what I wanted, as I handed him my ID I was shaking. My friend was also getting her tragus done and I wanted to go before her to get it over with but of course the guy took her first, so I had to wait in the waiting room nervous as hell, with sweaty palms. Finally she came out and it was my turn.
One of my friends came in with me but she had to sit in a chair at the other side of the room. I layed down on the bed as the guy sterilized every thing. He asked me to move closer to him but instead i moved in the opposited direction. He then told me to calm down and take deep breaths, he marked my ear and asked if I had any questions and I said no. I honestly can not remember how he put the piercing in, I remember the first hole hurt alot as I closed my eyes so hard and was breathing so heavily. The second hole did not hurt as much as the first but I will not lie by saying it did not hurt, because it did. It took less than 4 minutes and before I knew it he was screwing on the balls.
My ear bled a lot I got it pierced. I also have a large helix so it is hard to see the bar, which is what the piercer told me. He said however that he liked it like that because you almost have to do a double take when you look at it. When I got back to my room I hard dry blood all on the inside of my ear and I was trying to clean it out but my ear was still swollen and I started to get a little nauseous so I put that off until the next day. I bought the salt H2O to clean my ear. It worked well until I ran out and used the regular cleaner they give you to clean piercings, I then got a bump behind my second hole. Then about 2 months later i got a few more bumps that werent really going away.
I did not tell anyone that I was getting this done so right after I did it I called up my mom and told her and she started flipping out. I was laughing on the phone because I was so happy I did it and I didnt care what anyone else thought. She was unhappy but really there was nothing she could do. The piercing truley sparks up a good conversation. Someone sees it and they cant help but ask if it hurt and I "Oh Yeah IT HURT" but it was worth it.
I have had my industrial piercing for 6 months and absolutley love it but it continues to hurt on and off. I get bumps and then they go away but come back a few weeks later. Hopefully it will fully heal soon and I will not have to worry about it anymore. To anyone who wants it done DO IT!!!!