At A Glance
Author	^V^
Contact	^V^@bme.anon
When	Three months ago
Artist	Elton Berry
Studio	American Graffiti
Location	Downtown Sacramento, California

I've wanted my septum pierced for years. About two years ago I was going to do it but didn't have the guts. Instead I got some nipple piercings and a tongue piercing--all standard. I also had a job where I needed to hide thing easily. I get bored really easily, and when I get bored I like to put holes in my body (if that can't be done then I just dye my hair). So being bored with my standard issue piercings I decided to get another standard, but not so standard, piercing.

I know Elton at American Graffiti so, I knew I was going to go to him. He's very professional and easy to get pierced by. He pierced me twice before I knew him beyond "piercer-guy" so I trusted him, his work, and I knew I liked the way he handled his business.
He unwrapped the tools from their sterile bags and set them down on the tray. He took a lot of time on my nose with the clamp, which I appreciated that because I knew he couldn't see exactly where he was piercing and I didn't want to end up with a crooked septum. He confessed that it was very easy to screw up a septum. I've seen quite a few people with crooked septums too, so I knew what he was talking about.
Before I knew it, he was re-swiping my nose with an alcohol pad and setting the needle up next it.

I had no idea what to expect. I knew it couldn't be nearly as painful and getting my nipples done and I also knew that no matter how bad it hurt I would get through it, but my hands went cold and sweaty nontheless. I started getting that sick feeling. About 2 weeks before I got it pierced, because I'm a total idiot dorkus, I put a pin up to my septum and jabbed at it a little just to see if I could estimate how bad it would hurt. But the pain definitely isn't what I consider to be the worst part of a piercing. The pain is manageable and quick, but the feeling I get in my gut before that needle goes through my skin makes me feel like I'm losing my mind! It's a terribly wonderful part of the experience.
I thought the clamp that was resting on my nose hurt enough. It'd been on there for awhile and my first instinct made me want to reach up and take it off.

Before I could think too much, I felt a sharp pinch and the needle poked it's way through my flesh. I remember it stinging really badly. The 1 second it took for the needle to pass from one side to the other felt like 10, but then it was over. He slid the jewelry in, which stung more but felt cool at the same time (I love the feeling of jewelry sliding), and I now had a beautiful septum piercing! No blood or throbbing aftershock.

I would N0T hesitate at all to get this piercing. It was the least painful, least bothersome, most beautiful piercing I've gotten! If you have a job where you need to hide peircings it's no problem. You can just get a horseshoe and flip it up in your nose. Nobody at work would have known I had my septum pierced if I didn't tell them. I had to because I was so stoked on it.
Also, my healing time was insane!! I definitely do not recommend doing this, but I got drunk the night afterwards and accidentally got knocked in the nose and it was still fine. Other than that the soreness there was practically no pain from the piercing. If you've ever gotten a hangnail that got really sore and hurt to touch, that's about as much as my septum hurt and it only felt that way for a couple days. It probably would have been much less if I wasn't a drunk.
When I got my nipples done, every time I washed them I thought I was having a heart attack. My belly button was terrible and pussy and sore. If something happened to my belly I would not get my belly button re-pierced.
The septum was great. At first I washed it 3 times a day and was strict LITHA, but at the end of two weeks I just stopped washing it. I knew I shouldn't have done that but it was healing so well I just didn't care and it continued to heal--no problem.
I have a short nose, so the hardest part about the piercing was finding a size that didn't look gigantic on me but also didn't disappear. I definitely wanted people to see it, but I hated that I couldn't even make a pucker with my mouth and not have the ring/horseshoe touching my lip (not to mention getting in the way of kissing).

Lastly, the biggest downer has to be listening to all the questions and snarky remarks from dumbos like, "Why do you want to look like a bull?" or my personal favorite, "Uhh...Why would you want to do that?" but I say fuck them!

I LOVE it!!