Usual story really, I got interested in body modification when my sister got her first tattoo and then her tongue pierced. Previously the thought of having metal through any part of my body except the five pairs in my ears hadn't really attracted my attention. Now though, I began to think that maybe i'd like something like that. Now my sister and I are like chalk and cheese, different music tastes, clothes, hair etcetera but now we had something in common.
At A Glance Author Jennih Contact bluesnarf@hotmail.com When A week ago Artist ? Nice lady. Studio Beorc. Location Grimsby, Lincolnshire, UK After discovering this wonderful site after a brief search on the net for body mod. sites I began to be drawn into the wonderful online community. I was amazed at the attitudes of people here, so different from the narrow minded little people that shout on the street. I viewed experiences already knowing i wanted my tongue pierced, but wanting to discover more of what you could get poked.
I liked the look of nostril hoops, so I told my ever so open minded mum (she'd said she wanted a tattoo for her 50th and that I could go with her to get one of my own :P ) and she hmmed but said no more. I left it at that for a while that started to comment on anyone we saw with their nose done, and showed her loads of pictures on BME and telling her about the piercing to show I wasn't wanting it on impulse, one night she turned to me while watching tv and said 'I guess with a small enough stud you could hide it for school right?' totally out of the blue! So a week or two later while doing my part by mowing the lawn I shouted could I get my nose pierced the next saturday, the day after I finished school, mum said she'd ask dad, he grimaced but agreed. I was soo chuffed I gave the lawn the mow of its life!!
So there I was a week later out side Beorc. I go to that place for jewelery and I know the people working there so I figured it'd be okay. I went to the desk and said I'd like my nose pierced, they said what stud would I like and I said did they pierce with cbrs, the guy said yeah and showed me the titanium rings, i wanted plain not coloured so he said i'd have to have a 1.6mm ring, I nearly died, it looked bigger than the 1.6mms i had in my ears!! but nonetheless I took it and paid up. A bargain I felt- £5 piercing, £3.50 for the cbr, though I knew I could have got that cheaper elsewhere, but they didn't sterilise other people's jewelery, this on its own should have struck a chord with me.
Anyway the lady came down, having finished off the guy who wanted his eyebrow poked, and asked if I was okay. I said I thought my ring was a little large, she agreed and said would I mind a coloured titanium ring, I gave in to a 1.2mm green one. I paid the extra £1 (tch!) and we went upstairs, I'd been into the piercing room before but never paid much attention, now I realised there wasn't an autoclave, she dipped the ring I'd been fiddling with while my palms had been sweating into some liquid. I shot my mum a look of horror but she just shrugged. I was kinda nervous but I didn't expect it to hurt, had 'cleaned' my nose thoroughly in the car on the way there and we were all set. She wiped my snozz, marked and asked if it was okay, I checked, got mum to and my friend Hannah who had sneaked in(fiend!) and we all agreed it was fine. She warned me the spray she would put on would sting and dammit she didn't lie! Nearly got me in the eye and I swallowed half if it oops :P but sh e clamped, and poked, I winced and my eyes watered, looked down boss eyed at this plastic needle poking out my nose, cool thought I! It did hurt,I was surprised, but nothing major. Mum took a few pics then the lady put the cbr in, mum joked that I'd probably have liked leaving the needle in for a tribal theme. The jewelery didn't hurt much, though she had to get pliers out to close it and keep the bead in!
She told me the aftercare, no sheet( I was disappointed) and I went home, showed Rachel, the girl I know who works there, my new nose before I left. I stayed in town with Hannah afterwards and got a few funny looks, but I think I was just paranoid :P
It was okay afterwards, didn't hurt until I tried to turn it to keep the bead inside my nose out of view. That went off quickly anyway and I was very pleased, except that to account for the bead the ring stuck out a bit :( Its nearly two weeks after now and bless the little thing its behaving well( i've probably just jinxed myself, but ahh well ) I know that school(stupid old fashion conformist grammar school who disapprove of any individuality) will tell me to take it out even if I wear a screw but well they can take a running jump! I'm me and my mum's proud, my dad's proud and gawd dammit so am I!!!
I've been salt soaking and trying lavender oil(though that just sends me to sleep :P) and I think I'm healing well. On the first night the bead came off the ring and I couldn't get it back on, I was really worried but managed it and luckily it didn't hurt too much to put back on but took a lot of fiddling. I'm looking forward to being able to wear a spiked screw, a nice pierced lady recommended getting a labret post as my nose is 1.2mm so I can change the bits on the end, clever lady! Even if my nose had to be made naked because of school and if it heals up I'll definitly have it done again, I think I'd like both sides done eventually.
I'm angling for getting my tongue done when my brace comes off, as a prezzie,my mum wasn't to keen on my sisters but recently said she liked lip, tongue and nose piercings, so I secretly cheered! I never really liked my nose so now i've made something I love out of someting I'd just accepted! Looking round there are so many beautiful holes to be had and they suit the beautiful bunch of people you are so well that I want to try many! I'd like a Medusa which I only just found out you could ahve done! Tattoos I adore, but I'm taking my time in designing my first so it's special for me and not some flash. I love modfifcation even if im not heavily altered yet, I'm hoping one day soon all the unenlightened people will realise that expression of your true self doesn't make you a freak, until then I pity them!! If you want to make your body something even more special be true to yourself and do it.
We are who we are, and dammit we're proud!