I had allready gotten a naval piercing and was ready for the next step. I had seen girls at my college with various piercings and I always thought that they looked cool, they always came across as very confident out going people. These things I had never considered myself to be, or able to become, I always have had a problem with my body image! So this made me think that I would never be to pull it off. Instead of just taking the plunge and going for things I always ponder over what I want to do, even if it is something as straight forward as a haircut! It was always at the back of my mind, so once I had left college I spoke to a friend of mine Lisa, she was at the time training to be a piecer and she would often practice on her brother in law at his tattoo palour. She said to me, how simeple the precedure would be and the fact that if I didn't like it, its not permenant, just take it out, whats the problem?
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When Ten years ago or more Studio tatooze Location lee green She told me to go along there and just get it done as it had a good reputation, so in the end I thought what the hell.
Very nervous, everyone who knows me I think over things to much and all in all, I am a bit of a chicken shit. Not your typical Arien bird.
We went to the pub across the road for a bit of dutch courage, my friend found it very funny as she said there was nothing to it and she couldn't see what I was worrying about! When I got up the bottle, walked back over, up the stairs and into the hot seat.
The place was very small, but clean and the people in there were friendly, some of these places you want to walk out of within the 1st minute, as they look at you like a marsian.
He gave me a load of tissue as he said I would dribble like mad, when he pulled my tongue to mark it before he put the needle in. I braced myself as I was shaking, when it went through, he was right, felt like i had just spat out a bucket of water, but the actual pain, was nothing to worry about!
He was really quick and just got on with it and took no notice of me shaking like a leaf, which I was glad of. If I had of had anyone pussy footing around, it would have made me nervous and not want to it.
I felt the initial breaking of the skin, (if thats what its called around the tonuge!?!), I could feel it going through, but that wasn't painful at all and then when it broke through the other side. Was a bit shocked at what it felt like, I had been nervous for nothing really.
Swelled up pretty much straight away, so quickly ran over to the shop and got an ice pole to soothe it but wasn't as bad as all the horror stories I heard about the tongue piercing. About people tongues swelling so much it has blocked their airways etc.. but it's my fault for going on about things so much rather than just getting on with it.
I showed my sister and she thought that it looked so good, she went and got it done also, her tongue didn't swell at all and she said that she didn't really feel anything either, since then she also got her naval and her lip pierced, much to the dismay of her employer, who feels that people would take offence to such a piercing on her face, eventhough all of the other women there have huge loops and that in their ears! It's funny what people still find strange now adays, you would think it would be taken as a normal part of our culture.
Got the inside of my ear pierced (can never remember what that bit is called) and didn't feel a thing and got my nose since, which was a bit of a disaster, as I kept getting it caught and pulling it out, so walked around looking like a nob with a swollen nostril, so that went as soon as. Maybe I will get another piercing in the future but at the moment looking at tattoos. I want to get a tiger and a bird of paradise and my beautiful baby boy's name,a seahorse, there's so many things for me to choose from but that's another story.
One thing I know for sure is that I will be getting them done as soon as and no more of these negative thoughts, I think body art looks so wonderful, that why shouldn't i look gorgeous too!
N xx