Well, where do I start? This was my first not-on-the-lobes piercing. I had wanted this piercing for quite a while before having it done. I did not really know anyone that had an industrial, but I have been interested in piercings for a long time and had seen plenty of pictures of them. When I first met my boyfriend he told me about knowing friends that have an industrial and it just made me want one even more! I don't have a clue why, but I just loved this piercing and needed to get it done, no matter what!
At A Glance Author Beautiful-Scars Contact xx_phwoarrr_xx@hotmail.co.uk When Six months ago I had been discussing getting the piercing with my boyfriend for months before having it done. We spoke about not being able to afford it or discussing whether or not it would suit me. I guess he was just trying every possible outcome so that I would not have it done, but I knew I would get round him at some point. It came to my 17th birthday and still had not had it done. After hearing me moan for months and months my boyfriend decided he was going to pay for me to have this piercing for a birthday present. I love him!
The day after my birthday, the 28th September, I took a trip into Manchester City Centre. I did not really know of the best place for piercings back then as I was fairly new to the whole culture. Anyway, I decided to go to the place that all my friends had been, Afflecks Palace. After I had made my decision, I walked around the store for quite a while panicking about how much it was going to hurt. I had never experienced anything like this, I had no idea what it was going to feel like. About an hour later, I decided that I was definitely having it done. I stepped into the studio, sweating like crazy, and asked the lady behind the counter for my first piercing. I signed all the consent forms, constantly thinking about the pain. A few minutes later once the lady had cleaned up and was ready, I walked into the room. This room was going to be the place that would make me fall in love with piercings for the rest of my life!
I sat down on the bed (if that is what you call it) and waited for the lady to tell me it was time. I did not know if I was just quite ready at the time, all I knew is that I was going to get this piercing. Anyway, the lady marked on the spots where she was going to pierce... I began to feel stranger and stranger as the experience went along. I looked in the mirror to see how perfect it was going to look and I just stood there thinking, "oh my God", I'm going to have a bar here in a few minutes'. I stood there for a few seconds thinking how perfect it's going to look and then took a seat again. Now it was time for the pain! The lady sprayed the numbing spray all over my ear, this felt so strange! I did not know what to think at this point... Was it going to hurt/was it not? Anyway, she picked up the needle (it looked horrible!) and then pushed it through the top hole. I suddenly felt some relief. I thought I would scream and run out of the place but it actually was not that painful. My boyfriend waiting for me to say something but to my luck, nothing happened and I let the lady progress. It was time for the second hole. I knew this one was going to hurt, I was absolutely positive. The lady started to push through my ear and all of a sudden I heard "Oh shit!" This was the point where I really started to panic. Why is she swearing? What has she done to my ear? Luckily enough, I did not feel that much pain, it was more shock that was causing the problem. The lady had managed to hit a vein stupidly and there was blood everywhere! My boyfriend was looking at me as if to say, "Are you okay?" This really did not make me feel any better and I just wanted to run out of the place crying. However, I stuck there as I did not want to look like a fool. The lady cleaned up eventually and then started again. Through the second hole she went again, carefully this time. This hurt so much (considering the fact she did it wrong the first time!). Finally she placed the bar through and all was finished, apart from the pain of course! I was so glad it was over, I just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible but first I wanted to see what it looked like. It looked so beautiful! Painful, but still beautiful. I was so proud of myself that I had eventually got an industrial. It was a dream come true for me, I had faced my fears of the pain and got what I wanted, a beautiful piercing!