I always thought septum piercings was the ugliest piercing that you could get. I thought people who had them looked stupid. It reminded me of those bulls in cartoons that had the big rings through there noses.
At A Glance Author Lydia Contact Lydia@bme.anon When Six months ago Artist Myself Studio My bedroom Location Wendover, Nevada After awhile though I started to really like them. It was also something that none of my friends had.
So a few months ago I decided that I was going to pierce my septum. I already knew that my mom would never take me to go and get it pierced. I had my ears pierced and my nipples (without her knowing of course). She always told me that she didn't want to be responsible for me getting a piercing and than not liking it. I told her if I didn't like it that I would just take it out to which her reply was always "it'll leave a scar!" So I decided to do it myself.
I looked up information online a few days before I did it. I read all these stories saying how badly it hurt. Also that it was the most painful piercing that you could get.
I had my nipples pierced so I thought nothing could compare to that pain and that it'd be a piece of cake. I was wrong.
Me and my friends all got our piercing kits from a shop in the mall. You had to be 18 to buy them so I always had one of them buy it for me. Seeing as I was only 17. It came in a little package. It included a 14 gauged hollow piercing needle, a septum ring, a clamp, and instructions. The kit was only 20 bucks which wasn't bad. I ended up buying a different septum ring because I wanted one that I could flip up into my nose so that I could hide it from my mom. Lame, I know, but I didn't want to go through all that trouble and have to take it out on the account that she saw it.
I decided to do it really late at night because I didn't want to be interrupted. My brother was in the room with me and told me that it was a really stupid idea because I had no idea what I was doing. He was right. I had no clue what spot was the right spot to pierce. I was really nervous and excited at the same time.
I sat in front of my mirror and read the instructions. I put the clamp on and got the needle out. It took me the longest time to do it. I sat there for about an hour before I decided to just get it over with. By this time I had taken the clamp off because it was starting to hurt my nose and it made it hard to see what I was doing. My brother suggested that I got a cork so that when I pushed it through I didn't stab my nostril. I felt the inside of my nose and chose what I thought was the correct place to pierce it. I put the needle to my nose which made me feel like I had to sneeze.
I finally gathered up the courage and put the needle to one side of my nose and the cork to the other side. I shoved it in as quickly as I could. It only went in halfway because the popping sound and the immediate blood that ran down my face grossed me out as well as scaring me. My eyes watered really badly. I thought I was going to start crying. I became a bit lightheaded and a little sick to my stomach. It had hurt worse than anything I had ever felt. I sat there for another 10 minutes before I decided to push it all the way through. More pain and more blood came with pushing it through.
I waited about 20 minutes before putting the ring in my nose, which hurt almost as much as piercing it. It took me a few minutes to get it in though. I must have gotten a ring that was bigger than the needle because I was having some trouble with it.
I thought it looked really good even though it was really red and irritated. After a few days it was really crusty and it eventually got infected. It hurt a lot so I took it out and decided to wait until I was 18 to get it pierced again because I wanted to get it done by someone who knew what they were doing.
I wasn't too bummed out about taking it out. It was pretty crooked looking anyways.
So listen up kiddos, I highly recommend that if you are going to get a piercing whether it's your septum or lip or anything, get it done by a professional! Really think it through too.
I hope that my story was helpful to someone.