"A what piercing?!"
At A Glance Author Pierced-Ventricle Contact Pierced-Ventricle@bme.anon IAM Pierced-Ventricle When It just happened Artist Monique Studio Trendez Location Nelson, NZ "A slip piercing!" I reply grinning.
"Where's that?" Asks Monique confused.
I point and say "the flesh between the lobe and the face." as if it's the most normal thing on earth.
"...What?! How would that sit? And with a stud?!"
"It sits straight. And no, with a barbell."
"Hm, okay..." she touches her own lobe and thinks for a while. "I'll give it a go."
I enjoy presenting my piercer with a new challenge.
There was nothing to do, so I walked into town, dead set on getting a piercing. I had seen the "Nies" or "Slip" piercing on BME about 3 weeks before, and thought it was pretty cool. Did a bit of research, and decided to throw it out there with the girls at Trendez Fashion and Body Piercing.
When I told them the name, I thought it'd just be easier to tell them it was called a "slip" piercing, rather than "nies", seems they had enough trouble getting their heads round the idea of the piercing in the first place.
So, after explaining it to my favourite piercer, Monique, I was booked in for a time to get it done. It was a Sunday, and that was always their busy day. I returned later at the time and she asked about what sort of jewellery I wanted.
Originally I'd been keen on a 14 gauge barbell, but Monique had never even heard of, let alone done one of these piercing before, and if she felt more comfortable doing it with a 16 g, then I wasn't going to argue. Monique was an amazing piercer, and a good person, she'd earned my up most respect. She was pleasant and sometimes told me about her 4-year-old son, and her life, to take the edge off the whole needle thing.
She still seemed a little confused and I could sense her nervousness, at being presented with an unfamiliar piercing, and she asked if I wanted a labret stud in it, and I said no, knowing that it would be harder on her, and that it wouldn't look as nice. So we settled for a straight 16 gauge barbell.
I signed the consent forms, seems it was a needle piercing, and entered the piercing room. The room is a tiny room below some stairs, painted white, with a beautiful sculpture above the door that doesn't shut, on "just in case" grounds. I climb quickly onto the bed, as I have done so many times before, and I feel great.
When she marks the dot, I look at it in the mirror, and I'm not sure. It looks a bit low, like it'll look like a normal kind of off lobe piercing. After looking at it a while and talking about it, I decide it's fine, and I lie down on the bed.
Monique clamps it, and this takes a little while. I can tell she's being very careful. Now I'm getting nervous, and I suddenly want to say "you know what, don't worry, I don't want it anymore." but I won't let myself. I'm just scared it'll hurt, seems I know little about these piercing. She places the needle to my skin, and pushes. The breaking of the first thin layer of flesh below the skin stings and I hiss through my teeth as usual. I don't even realise when its done. Other than a split second of light stinging, it was completely painless. So I'm stoked! I feel her insert the barbell, which is cold, even through plastic.
After she's done, I'm expecting after pain or throbbing. There is none at all! She wipes up the blood on the back of the ear, and smiles "there! And it's a long bar, in case it swells. If it does, you'll have heaps of room."
But it doesn't swell, to my surprise, and it's still not hurting. I check it in the mirror, and I'm blown away by how great it looks. It sits perfectly, and looks adorable. I used to think my tragus rings were cute... but they have nothing on my new Nies piercing! The little silver ball sits parallel to my lobe piercing, and separates my lobe from my face. It looks great! I beam and thank her about 20 times.
When I leave the room to pay the price we decided it should be, one of the other piercers Monique works with asks to see it. I show her, and she tells me it looks cool, and then asks Monique if it was hard to pierce. She says it was not, and I'm asked if it hurt. I grin and say it wasn't.
Despite the fact I only introduced Monique to the piercing 40 minutes before hand, she'd done amazingly. It never swelled, and there was no after pain. Plus I could sleep on it right away. It's been easy to look after so far, and I'm in love with it. If you get a chance, you should defiantly get this piercing done. It looks great, and hardly hurts, except for the split second at the start, infact it hurts less than any lobe piercing. I just can't wait to get the other side done!