I always said the day I turned 18 I would get so many piercings and tattoos you couldn't imagine. Well, the day I turned 18 I used all my money for rent, so I could not get anything done. But I had a friend, who is friends with someone who could pierce me, so why not? We went to Jakes house and Josh asks, "Who's first?"
At A Glance Author Jeniturd Contact Jeniturd@bme.anon When It just happened "I am." I was SO ready to finally get this done, I've waited for so long to have my septum pierced, and I love the feeling of being pierced so I was up for it. I sat on the couch and then my stomach dropped. I got really nervous. I was more nervous now then when I pierced my own tongue...it didn't make sense. So Josh sterilizes all his things, and puts the needle to my nose. Just the tip of it touched me and sent good and bad chills down my spine. I looked into his eyes and was terrified for a split second, grabbed something to squeeze when it happened and then he asks "You ready?" and the needle was in. I could feel it inside my nose, I could feel it pushing through the things in my nose, and I heard it pop in the back. Tears were running down my face, but I wasn't crying, it was just because the piercing was on my nose. Then I felt the blood, and soon enough I could taste it. Josh tells me he's going to make the transfer and it was going to hurt. So I prepared myself and told him to go for it. My eyes were closed and I was kind of holding my breath so he waited a minute for me. He told me my eyes were dilated and that I was sweating pretty badly. I guess I was in shock, and didn't even know it. Once I cooled down he asked me if I was all right...
Then he made the transfer...or he tried. He kept saying, "Why isn't this working? Why won't the hoop go through?" And I'm sitting next to him, thinking "Just get this done, it hurts so bad." Everyone always told me that getting my tongue priced would hurt, but my tongue was like butter compared to this. He kept moving the needle in and out of my nose and it would tug on the insides of my nose and hurt so bad. It was like I could feel the pain all over my body. My toes were even hurting. Then I caught a glimpse of his fingers and saw all the blood, and got a little freaked out. He kept asking me if I was O.K. and I would just mumble yeah, because I was in so much pain. Then Josh says "Oh my god. No fucking wonder."
This whole time, I GRABBED THE WRONG HOOP. I had grabbed a 12g and not a 14g. So I went through all of that for nothing. And it's not like I could have just ran home, because I live 45 minutes from were I was. I told him "Shove the thing through. Get it done, it will only hurt for a little bit." So he tried. And all that pain was enhanced by about a million. I opened my eyes so big and grabbed his leg so hard. Josh was like. "Want me to keep going?" I said yeah, and so he tried. It just wasn't working. As I sat there with a needle through my nose, I thought that I could go to the mall and buy a 14g, put a barbell through my nose, or just try again. Well, I didn't have a ride to the mall, and I needed a horseshoe in my nose so I could flip it up inside my nose so my mom wouldn't see. (Even though I'm 18, I still live with her, and she would rip it out in a heartbeat. Just like she ripped out my 0 gauges. So I look at Josh and tell him to just take the needle out and well do it some other day. He looked at me and said "You trust me after that? What's wrong with you?" But all in all it was really my fault. After I asked a few questions, he told me the second time doesn't hurt that bad, since he's done his 5 times because of work, I'm sure he knows.
In this experience, all I got was a sore nose and a bloody paper towel. Josh told me that when I want it re-done, that he'll do it for free, so everything is all right. My nose is healing, and it still bleeds a little bit, but I don't regret it. And I can't wait to get it done again.