It was nearly two years since my last mod -- my lovely tongue piercing. I had been itching to get more since then, but either a lack of money or time has stopped me. About a month and a half ago I was discussing different piercings with a friend of mine, and I was showing her photos of them. I came across one of a daith piercing, and I fell in love. They're very elegant, and can easily be hidden if your work place (or parents) are against mods.
At A Glance Author Winstin Contact Winstin@bme.anon When A month ago Artist Paul Studio Paul's Piercing Location Langley, British Columbia, Canada I was a little worried though. I work in a lumber mill, and I didn't want to get a piercing done just to have it get infected or something because sawdust got inside it.
I had nothing to do that day though, so I printed off the picture to show to my piercer, and asked the friend I had been talking to, Megan, if she wanted to come along. She did. I decided that I would talk to the piercer about my worries about my job, and would hope for the best.
We got a ride down to downtown Langley, and went to a couple stores so Megan could hand out some resumes before we made our way to Paul's Piercing.
Paul's has been my shop of choice ever since I decided that piercing guns really were not the way to go. I have never had a problem with them. It's extremely clean, and everyone I have talked to there have been polite and helpful. I have yet to have a problem with any of my piercings -- they've never been infected or anything. It's been great.
Megan and I entered the shop, and I talked to the piercer that was in, Paul. I explained my job to him, and asked if he thought it would be any trouble. He told me that there was little to no chance of sawdust being able to get inside of the piercing, so it should be no worry. Excellent. I showed him the picture I had printed off, and picked out the jewellery I wanted (16g curved barbell). I paid, and he went to the back piercing room to put the jewellery into the autoclave. When he came back out he talked to me about after care for my piercing, and then the three of us talked about some current events until my jewellery was done.
Megan and I followed him into the back room (she claimed that she wanted to hear me yell, but if that was the truth she was to be disappointed), and I sat down. Paul marked my ears, talking all the while. I was not nervous in the least as I've never had a piercing really hurt, and I have a pretty high pain threshold to begin with, but that man could have calmed anyone down. I don't think that anyone can be nervous when they hear about someone meeting their wife at a nude beach. It was hilarious. Back to the piercing though. After Paul marked my ears, I checked in the mirror to see if the placement was right. I asked to have the right one moved up a bit. After that, Paul got to work. He put his gloves on, washed the area I was going to have pierced, pulled the jewellery out of the autoclave, and got the needle ready.
The first one, the right one, went in without a problem. I felt little pain when the needle went in, and none at all after a while. Paul had no problem getting the jewellery in either, even though it's a bit of an awkward placement. The left one was a little bit more difficult. The piercing itself went fine, and, like the first, I felt little pain. Paul had a lot of difficulty getting the jewellery in though. He asked me to lie down so the angle wouldn't be so weird. Putting that one in hurt quite a bit more than the other, but still not anything I couldn't stand.
Once that barbell was in and the ball was screwed on Paul cleaned it once more, then had me look in the mirror. They were beautiful, I was so happy! I thanked Paul, and Megan and I left.
I have had no problem with them at all. For the first three-ish weeks I cleaned them religiously, several times a day. Since then I've slacked off a bit. My job has been no problem either. Actually, a week after I got my piercing done I was given a new job to do, one where there is little flying sawdust.
I could not be happier with my daith piercings. I keep getting complements about them, even from people who normally have nothing nice to say about mods. Apparently they think the same of them as I do: they're extremely elegant looking. I can't wait to go back to Paul's to get another piercing. I just need to decide what to do next!