Don't get my wrong.
At A Glance Author Abby Contact Abby@bme.anon When N/A Septums are gorgeous. And I love mine, and would go through the pain of getting it done again.
But I won't lie. The piercing itself really sucked.
It was a pretty spuratic decision. I use to think septum piercings were not very pleasing to look at(you know, the whole "bull" thing). But with my new short-cut hair and braces, I felt like I looked tweleve years old again, and my double nostrils just really weren't doing it for me anymore when it came to my face. I wanted something not many people had. I gave it little thought ( a good day or so) and realized I would be the only person in my school (that I had seen...which dosn't say alot, considering I am extremely oblivious to my surroundings) with a septum piercing. And that totally sold me. Because NOTHING bothers me more then seeing people with MY mods. Which poses as a problem alot of the time.
So anyways, I take my money I was going to use for Playland (an amusement park in a city just outside of mine) and use it towards good'ol body modification. I call up my boyfriend and tell him what I am planning on doing. He is extremely disgusted, but agrees to come and support me, provided I flip it up after so he does not have to look at it.
I show up a Bria's and tell Rhonda what I want. She isn't the greatest piercer in town, but she is clean and that all I really care about. I'd go somewhere better, but I lack funds and consent. So I settle for what I can get. I pay her before hand (after I get pierced I just want to leave...I don't really know why...just a weird thing of mine) and go sit in the chair while she sets everything up. Everything is autoclaved and packaged and she changes her gloves numerous times. Finally she gets the needle and tells me she is going to do the piercing free-hand. She marks me up, and pushes the needle threw my septum without warning. It fucking hurt. It hurt more then my nostrils (which were also very painful) my nipple, my navel, my hood...by far THE most painful piercing I have experienced. My eyes were watering like crazy and I was bleeding everywhere. She puts the jewlery in and that hurts. It's finally over, and I relieved and so excited to see my new piercing. Annnnnnnd low and behold :
IT TERRIBLY CROOKED! HOOORAAAYYY!!!
So I am pretty much pissed. I don't really say anything, I just tell her I'll come back tomorrow and get it redone. I go home and take it out. Once again, a huge display of blood. I spend the rest of the night disspappointed and grumpy.
The next day I go back. She sets up, and informs me that this time she will be using a clamp, which totally puts my mind at ease because I was going to ask her to do so anyways.
Ok. I don't know if it was the fact I was clamped or that I already had a wound where she was piercing. But as soon as that needle started going threw my skin, I burst into tears.
It hurt so bad. I started crying, which is not like me at all, I have a massive threashold for pain. I was shaking, but the crying stopped quickly. She made me sit in the chair for a second before she put the jewlery in because she was afraid I was going to pass out.
She puts in the jewlery and it stings, but I am just glad it is almost over. She screws on the ball and I let out a sigh of relief. I am finally done.
I look in the mirror and it is a touch crooked, which was okay because I knew it would settle into place after a couple weeks.
Aftercare is pretty simple. I just use hotwater and occasionally Saline Solution, but not often. It's a definate LITHA piercing.
It straightened itself out after a few days. So anyone out there who is looking up septum experiences because they just got theirs done and its a bit crooked, SETTLE DOWN! You are fine. Give it a good six weeks before you considre repiercing.
I've had it for a few weeks now and absoloutly love it. I am planning on stretching up one gauge to 12 and putting in a pincher so I can get rid of this goofy circular barbell. But that won't be for a while. And remember how I said my boyfriend never wanted to look at it? Well it grew on him, and EVERY other person who hated it at first.
The pain is bad, but bearable. It's an adorable piercing and requires little attention, so I say go for it if you are considering it.