So when I was sixteen I talked my friend who had been a piercer into piercing my septum for me without my parents knowing. He felt awful about it but did it for me. I was very afraid of getting it done but at the time I thought it was the cool "punk rock" thing to do. I sat on his bed while I held my friends hand and asked a thousand questions. Watching him prepare the needle and jewelry frightened me a lot. But once he put the needle in I was surprised when I realized it did not hurt at all. I let go of my friend's hand, shocked that I didn't flinch or feel the pain. Everyone's mouths dropped when they saw my eyes weren't even watering. He cleaned up my nose area and was done. I blotted away a few spots of blood and the adventure was over. I found out a few days later after looking at it more closely that it was crooked.
At A Glance Author .keara. Contact .keara.@bme.anon When Six months ago Artist Devo Studio Adambomb Gallery Location Milwaukee Wisconsin I wasn't aware of how crooked it was though until I had to go into the dentist a few months later. And before I could do anything, they took an X-ray of my head. And there shining back at us was this horribly crooked septum retainer. My dentist sat me down in the consultation area to talk about my teeth, but looks me dead in the eyes and asks, "Do you have a staple stuck in your nose?" I sheepishly explained the piercing and asked that he please not tell my mom. I was so embarrassed and afraid that she would find out, that I took the piercing out. I convinced myself it was an ugly piercing anyway and that I looked better without it.
So two years passed and I became legally able to be pierced. But by this time I had stopped being into piercings as much as I had been before. I was at the Adambomb Gallery in Milwaukee with my boyfriend this time. He decided he wanted to get his lip pierced, but wanted me to get something done as well. He told me if I didn't get something done that he wouldn't get his lip pierced. Which I thought was silly but I went along with it anyway, I was sort of feeling in the mood for a bit of an adrenaline rush. I was teaching at a daycare at the time and knew I couldn't get any noticeable facial piercing's with that job, and I am not a fan of below the neck piercings on girls so I decided to get my septum redone. This time, with a smaller diameter captive bead ring so it would look more feminine then my previous septum piercing.
The big difference was that this time I was getting pierced by a good piercer, (Devo at Adambomb) using septum forceps, unlike my original piercing. My boyfriend made me go first, so I wouldn't back out after he got his lip. So I sat down in the chair and smiled, thinking it was going to be a piece of cake like the first time. But then I started realizing that it would be going through scar tissue and hurt really bad. My smile quickly went away, I'm not going to lie, it hurt bad. I am not sure if it was because of scar tissue or maybe just because it was actually going though the right spot. But it hurt a lot worse then I remember the first time did. My eyes were a watery mess and when I stood up I had to lay down right away. I have blood sugar problems and had forgotten how getting pierced messes with my blood sugar, so I had to lay down for about 10 minutes and drink a soda. After a little while I felt fine, and my boyfriend went about getting his lip pierced. B ut as for my septum it is as straight as it can be now. It is not perfect though, I didn't realize it right away but when I did I asked my piercer about it and he informed me that I have a deviated septum and that is partially why it looked so awful originally and why it isn't perfect now. But I am happy with it now, it is at 12 gauge with a captive bead in it occasionally, but usually just a retainer in it so I can wear it up for work. I had the kids at my daycare convinced I had broken my nose an it was a brace to keep my nose straight while it was healing. I was amazed they even noticed it, but I suppose when a kid is 4 feet tall you can see easily up someone's nose. All that matters is that their parents don't know.:)