I had toyed with the idea of a septum piercing for a few months prior to this. This was a piercing I never thought I would get due to thinking it wouldn't look very good on me. One morning I woke up early in the morning and decided to go have the local piercer take a look at my Madison, do to it looking like it was going to start rejecting. I have had the Madison in for eight months and it was doing fine, until I started a new job that made me covers it with a shirt, which I guess irritated it. When I got to the shop, it was empty, I guess due to it being so early on a Sunday. I had the piercer (who's name I can't recall at the moment) look at it and he said it was best to take it out now. Needless to say my heart broke.
At A Glance Author Ben Clayton Contact clayton334@hotmail.com IAM pancakes When A week ago Studio Pierced Out Location San Jose, CA With a heavy heart I took it out, but now I needed something to replace it and cheer me up, but what? Then it hit me, I will get my septum done, this is the perfect moment to do it. So I asked him if he could do the piercing with a retainer so I could hide it at work, he said he could and gave me a price. So I went out to get a bite to eat really quickly, excited about getting a new addition to my collection. When I returned to the shop it was still empty and he said he could do it then and there. Then the nervousness hit me. Now for whatever reason I always get a little nervous before a piercing, not a tattoo, I don't know why. But for some reason this time was different, I found my stomach getting uneasy and my legs shaking a little, what was happening? Was I not in good health to get this done? Should I come back another time? After all these questions finished going through my head, he came back and said he was ready for me in the back, this was it, do or die. Now I pride myself on not backing out of things so I walked (slowly) to the back room, preparing for the unknown. Once I sat down in the chair, I calmed down, returning to my normal pre-piercing excitement/nervousness.
I think the piercer saw that I was nervous and made small talk with me while prepping my nose to be done (which was a very awkward conversation since he had a Q-tip shoved up my nose while we were talking). Next step he took a metal tool to find the "sweet spot" where the piercing would go through, he warned me that this would be a little uncomfortable before hand so I prepared myself for the worst. "Wow this is not so bad", I thought to myself as he did it. Then he said, I am going to use a different tool this time, it will feel different and will hurt a little. I thought it would be nothing, I mean it's just the back of the needle. Boy was I wrong. It was a very sharp pain that seemed to make itself the focus of my attention, no matter what I tried to do. This main seemed to o for hours, though it was probably more like two seconds. My eyes watered and I could barely keep them open. Then he said, okay, I'm ready to do it. I thought it can't be worse then that, right?
He told me to take a deep breath in and exhale, I knew what that ment. Soon the needle was being pushed through my septum, OUCH, it did not feel good. It was over; the needle was in, though it hurt, the pain went quick, unlike when he was poking with the needle which seemed to go on forever. Now he put the retainer in and cleaned me up. He let me take a look in the mirror at it before he flipped the retainer up, it was beautiful, and I couldn't stop smiling like a goofball. Then he flipped it up and cleaned it just a little more and gave me aftercare instructions. Then something different then my other piercings happened, he gave me a tissue. I was confused at first as to why he just did this; did I need to blow my nose? Then I looked in the mirror again and saw that tears had run all down my face over the course of this piercing. I wiped them off feeling a little embarrassed over that, but oh well right? Then I paid for the piercing, talked a little with him and gave him his tip, then I left, being a little more improved then when I went in.
After care is awkward, salt soaks I mean. Other then that it is a pretty mellow piercing, my nose is still a little sore a week after I got it done, but nothing to bad. As far as pain goes, I'm not going to lie, it hurt, a lot. I don't claim to have the highest pain tolerance ever, nor the lowest, but wow did it sting. I know a lot of experiences on here say its not that bad, but I don't know if I'm just a wuss or if my nose is just super sensitive to pain, but it was by far the worst of all my piercings. With all that said, DO NOT let pain deter you from getting this, if it is something you really want then go for it. I plan on stretching it to about a four gauge eventually, who knows how that will feel, but you can bet I will write an experience about it.