Do you have a friend who is not a certified piercer, they just do it on their own? So do I. Most of us do. I happen to have a few. I decided I wanted to pierce my septum on a whim, kind of. I knew my mother would never allow it. (This is because she is paranoid about body parts becoming infected and falling off). Since I am not 18 yet, I just decided to have a friend of mine pierce my septum. I read probably over one hundred "septum piercing tragedy" stories, but I also read more success stories. I went out and bought a 14 gauge retainer. It was nothing special. It was really cheap. A few weeks later I contemplated how it would be done.
At A Glance Author Rachel Contact pokemonmaster1027@yahoo.com When A week ago I have one friend who does all his piercings, and they have all turned out just fine, with no infections. The only problem was, I heard that he was not so successful in piercing other people. I heard from a friend of mine that had her labret pierced by him that he gets really nervous, and he shakes right in the middle of the process. I decided to rule that option out. Then I went to another friend of mine, who had a lot more piercings that he had done himself, and he also did other people's piercings. All I heard were good things from people whom he had pierced.
I talked to him about it for a while and he agreed to do it, free of charge. (He usually charged people like $15 dollars. Not very much). After about a week of making me wait, he finally informed me that he could do it on the upcoming Sunday. I wasn't nervous, and I just wanted to get it over with. I read about the pain that comes along with the piercing, and it was (apparently) minimal. That is wrong.
He put his gloves on, sterilized the needle, and attempted to calm me down. He had a 14 gauge hollow needle that looked extremely scary. This is not my first piercing, but I had never looked at the needle before. This is because of my irrational fear of needles. It took about ten minutes to get me to a point where he could start. He had me take a deep breath and he started to pierce it. It was the most horrible pain I had ever felt in my entire life. I have a low threshold for pain, too. I was sobbing like a child the entire time, I looked like a fool. When the needle was about halfway through my "sweet spot" he had asked me "Do you want me to keep going." Of course I said yes. I wasn't going to go through all that pain for nothing. It took him a while to get it through to the other side, but he did. Then he slid in the retainer and I didn't feel it.
After it was all over, I looked at my friend, tried to dry my eyes, and I said "I think I need to take a nap for about two hours." (I was so drained. It was crazy). I didn't look in the mirror right away. I waited about two hours. I am not really sure why. I could feel that it was red and puffy. There was no bleeding. I remember all of the pain that went along with it. I would never do it again, so I am determined to keep this one in. I read a lot of horror stories about how septum piercings were so crooked they were completely diagonal! That was my worst fear, besides the piercing getting infected.
This happened a week ago, and it still hurts but there is a decline in pain every day and it did NOT get infected. My point is, get it professionally done, especially if you have a low tolerance for pain because, it will most likely get infected if you have a friend do it. (Especially if it is your first piercing). I am also going to have to live down crying and screaming in front of him and two other friends of mine that were there. I tried to explain to them the pain that went along with that think needle piercing my flesh and almost going through cartilage, but it was no use. It was very hard for me to find my sweet spot. For a while, I honestly believed that I did not have one. I was pretty much convinced the sweet spot was a myth.
As for future piercings, I am not really sure about what is next. I am still recovering from the shock of my last one. I probably will not get anymore for a year or so.