So I've wanted my septum pierced for a long time, and the only thing that was really stopping me was my husband. Since he's awaiting a shipout date for the Army, he had to take all his piercings out, and has wanted his septum done for a long time, and he was kind of jealous. But he said just to go for it. When my friend Mandy told me her friend Mason was apprenticing at Mystic in Crofton, Maryland she suggested I go get it done by him...and, since I've wanted more piercings soo badly but haven't for the fear of getting fired (I'm a secretary), I figured it would be great since I can flip it up. I have always loved septums because it's in one of the most obvious places on your body but you can hide it easily and no one would have a clue it's there.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Mason Smith Studio Mystic Location Crofton, Maryland So yesterday my hubby and I drove up towards Annapolis to spend the day with friends, and we went to Mystic. I signed the papers, which ended up really sloppy since I was shaking so bad...and we go in the back room. I've gotten plenty of piercings, but for some reason this was the most nervous I had ever been before getting one. I felt really dizzy and nauscious, my heart was fluttering and I was getting goosebumps. But I didn't let it get to me. I pick out my jewelry, a 16 ga horseshoe. I just wanted something small, I've got a really slim face and a small nose, I don't think anything really bigger then a 16 would look right in my nose. He cleans out my nose, pulls out a super hot booger, after all the supplies are sterilized he puts the clamps on. He said that would be the worst part..well he was right.Uncomfortable as fuck. Then he says "breathe in..hold it" (at this point my friend Mandy and my husband both jump up to watch it) and shoves the needle through....and.....it's a tiny little pinprick. I was expecting something way worse, like all the horror stories people hear from their parents to try to scare them out of getting stabbed. But no..it felt pretty much like a bellybutton piercing. Whatever. So I'm saying "that's it?!?".Then the jewelry goes in, we clean off the blood, yay all is wonderful.So Mason tries to flip up the horseshoe. Wonderful, my nose is too small. It won't fit. Everyone in the room is thinking....fuck. I could tell Mason was getting a little panicky. But he handled his own very well. So he decides he's going to take it out, follow it through with a taper, and follow that through with a smaller horseshoe....the piercer watching Mason says to go for it. Fun. So after sterilizing the taper & the new horseshoe, out comes the bigger horseshoe...and in goes the taper. The taper decided to be an jerk and hurt like fuck. Now i feel like an asshole because I was saying "that's it?!?" and here's some of the worst piercing pain I've ever experienced. Then the taper goes in...and the smaller horseshoe, and...sweet. It's cute, and small, and flips up perfectly.
So I'm totally excited,after getting a cherry freezy pop we all go outside and I smoke like 47 cigarettes, and I just sat & chilled while the endorphins take me away. Best feeling in the world. After all that time wanting it done so bad, and all that wonderful septum-piercing-drama, it looks amazing and it's my favorite piercing yet. My husband thinks it looks adorable and was excited as hell for me.
After it's all done Mason asks, "has anyone ever told you that you've got a deviated septum?" uh...no. Then I realized that yea, what the hell, my septum is crooked as shit. But I don't care, I love my septum, it looks awesome. You can't really tell that the actual piercing itself is crooked, but now that's it's pierced I can see just how crooked the septum really is. I had never noticed that about myself before.
All this was yesterday, and today it's a little swollen and this morning when I flipped it down to clean it one side bled a bit, but aside from just being sore everything's dandy. When its' up you'd pretty much have to be right underneath of me to be able to tell it's pierced. I can't wait until I can put a claw in it. I would suggest getting a septum piercing for anyone. You can have it up when you don't want it to be seen, and keep it down when you do. I'm sure it's way different for pain thresholds for lots of different people but all in all it's a great piercing to have and it's worth the pain.