I didn't realise a piece of metal could mean so much.

At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon Artist Mark Studio Krystal Blade Location Canada

The day I got my eyebrow pierced was a day I'll never forget...I was never so happy in my life. Finally for once in my life I got what I wanted. I showed it off to everyone, and they all seemed to love it. I loved it more then anyone though. Weeks past, even months. I took great care of it, it looked awesome! It sort of grew on me, became a part of me. But it all came to a stop the day I was told I had to remove it. I knew it was coming, but not now.

My dad came into my room from some trip he went away to for two weeks. The first thing he said to me (besides hi) was "look at your eyebrow ring, it's falling right out of your head!?" I look up at him and nodded. And no joking it was literally falling out of my head. It took no more then two weeks to practically fall out. You could see through the skin to the metal. So my dad said he'd call the piercing place to see what we should do about it. They told me to come in to get it looked at, so I did, that night. I knew what was coming but I wasn't ready. I couldn't bare to see myself without that piece of metal through my eyebrow, it just wouldn't be right! I arrived at the piercing studio and sure enough they said it would be better if I took it out. It already started to rip out of my skin and scarred and they said if I didn't take it out, it would leave a bigger scarr. It wasn't a easy decision, but I said to take it out. It probably hurt more getting taken out then gettin' put in. Yes, it did bleed getting taken out. I didn't want to look it the mirror. It was sort of like losing a leg or something. It didn't feel right. It wasn't right! Yes, I was very sad! I felt sort of naked. But I didn't realise how attached I was to the thing before, until now. I finally looked in the mirror, I almost cried and no, it wasn't because I had a huge red slash in my eyebrow. I went to school the next day, everyone was shocked. They couldn't believe it! I couldn't believe it either!

Its been about a month since I've gotten it taken out. I really can't wait until December when I get it re-done. I still have a red gash in my eyebrow but it just reminds me of the huge smile I had on my face the day I got it. I want it now, as badly as I got it done the first time. Trust me, you'll get attached to it! You may not realise it until it's gone. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about the scarr, but it's cool for now.

If your eyebrow ring starts to migrate, i'll only take a matter of days for it to happen. But take it out before it rips at your eyebrow. 'Cause the scarr's not all that pretty.

Anyways here's my actual experience...

I didn't actually figure that I was going to get my eyebrow done. It seemed like a week ago my parents said it looked really ugly on some guy. But that Friday was the day I wanted it, and my parents didn't really seem to care, or at least my mom didn't.

I had wanted my eyebrow pierced for quite some time now, and it wasn't just something that I JUST decided I wanted to get...So think about it a little bit before you go and get it done.

I didn't really know what to expect, I'd never been to this place before, and have never been to a tatoo/piercing place before it my life! The night before I called to ask them a few questions about the percing, and the people seemed to know what they were doing.

The first time I went there the piercing guy wasn't there, so yeah I was disapointed, but I came back in a hour or so after I had some lunch and he was there. I wasn't nervous at all. The piercing guy, Mark, made me and my mom sign some form, which I didn't really read, because I was like beyond happy that I was finally getting my eyebrow done! I picked the jewelry that I wanted and five minutes later the guy told me to come with him, and sit in a seat. I still wasn't freakin', it's like I did it before or something. They were even playing awesome music which probably helped a little! First of all he asked me what eyebrow I wanted done. Then he rubbed some sort of disinfective stuff on my eyebrow that was soon going to be pierced. I suddenly didn't follow anything that was going on. What made matters worse was that Mark wasn't even telling me what the hell he was doing. But still I didn't panic. He attempted placing the clamp on my eyebrow but he failed. he tried and tried like eight times, and trust me it hurt! I had tears falling from just that one eye! He finally got the clap to stay, and told me to take a deep breath, and I did...and I closed my eyes, and then I opened them only to find the needle touching my eyeball...I knew the worse part was over and I still hadn't freaked. I didn't even feel the needle or the jewelry go in. The clamp came off, and he was I was done! I looked at him and he said 'yeah it's really done!' I was shocked, I didn't even know the ring was in! he gave me a mirror and I looked in it and I smiled ear to ear. I was so happy! But I felt wierd, like a was going to faint...At this point of time my mom came in, and I looked up at her and said 'I think I'm going to faint' so I layed back...but I was fine...haha...so a little bit after I payed and walked out of the store with a huge smile on my face...I was so happy!

None of my friends knew I got it done so it was a huge suprise to them! And I had a great time showing it to everyone!

Whenever I looked like it was getting infected, I just put the solution that the piercer gave me and soaked the piercing in salt water which seemed to work okay.

Yes, sometimes it does get annoying, like when you hit it or something...And for the first month when you hit it, it hurts a lot! But I think it's totally worth the pain. Anyways good luck with your piercing! And if you have any questions, feel free to drop me a e-mail.