I must first say, out of all the piercings I've ever had done, this had to be my favourite (so far, that is!). I think one of the many reasons I liked it, was because of the way it accentuated my eyes. It seemed to offset them that extra little bit.
At A Glance Author Twiggy's Mistress Contact twiggys_mistress@hotmail.com IAM Twiggy's Mistress When Three months ago Artist Amy Studio The Crypt Location Winnipeg, Manitoba When I decided to get my bridge done, I had decided to make myself an appointment at "The Crypt", seeing as I was going to be heading to Winnipeg shortly, and I normally end up spending all my money on clothes there whenever I visit. So, this was to be my first, but not last, visit to "The Crypt"'s piercing studio.
I was fairly comfortable with the atomosphere and the employees at "The Crypt", so walking in wasn't as adrenalin pumping as I usually experience when getting ready to get a piercing.
I walked up to the front desk and let them know I was there to see Amy, and as I waited, I had a quick gander at some of there beautiful clothing. Okay, now I was starting to get nervous!
Amy came out and approached me and said she had to clean up after her last client, and would be right with me. So, I had a seat on the couch as I waited.
Amy finished up, and came out and told me to follow her into the studio. I followed her excitedly as she told me to hop up into "the chair" *dramatic music* Upon me having a seat, we discussed the choice of jewelery, which was to be a 14g implant grade steel, internally threaded barbell. As we both anticipated the piercing to be done, she asked me about some of my other piercings. See, this was only my second visit to a professional body piercing studio, so she was asking who had done my previous piercings. At the time I had my ear project completed by my friend Dan, from Ontario, in my room, my Madonna done in Scotland, which was my first time being pierced in a professional body piercing studio, and the rest were botched jobs done unprofessionally in the laundry room in a hair salon. I have since learned my lesson about her ethics and procedures, which for lack of a better term, you could get a better and cleaner job done by a hobo in a dumpster with a safety pin! No lies there! Many people in my town, with good ethics, agree with me on that one.
Anywho, Amy tilted "the chair" back and raised up the whole unit, so that I would be high up enough for her to do the piercing with ease and adequate lighting. I started to relax a tad, as she slid on her gloves and marked where the entrance and exit holes would be. She then passed me a hand mirror and had me see if I liked the placement. I agreed, and she proceeded with the forceps.
NOW, this was a really *weird* feeling. Because this piercing tends to be done quite deep, she had to get quite a lot of skin into it. It didn't hurt or anything it just felt, well, *really weird*. It took us a while to get the forceps in the right position and with adequate depth. But once we had them right on target, it was smooth sailing.
With that, she pick up the needle and prepared it for it's quick journey. She got me on the breathing routine: breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, and on the last breath, in goes the needle. Very little pain with the initial piercing. I didn't exactly know what to expect when I chose this piercing, but I was very surprise about the pain, or painless, if you will, factor. I was very impressed.
Now it was time to put the barbell in. Just like the piercing, in with ease and little pain. Lovely! She tilted "the chair" back up, passed me the hand mirror again, and I was in pure awe. It looked absolutely beautiful. I loved it!
Amy went through the cleaning routine with me, and I was off, feeling very confident about my choice of a this new piercing.
I cleaned it twice a day with just a no-name brand anti-bacterial soap and bactine, but only for the first three days. At first I thought cleaning my bridge would be difficult because of the location, but it proved to be no more difficult than anything else I've had pierced, so it healed beautifully.
This was my favourite piercing, but unfortunately, I had to part with it not too long ago due to migration. RIP: 14g bridge (November 19th, 2001) I really do miss this piercing, but it was for the best. Surface piercings, like bridges, tend to have migration or rejection problems, but *not* all of them do end up that way. I wish mine hadn't, but I'm glad I took it out when I did, this way, I ended up with minimal scaring and scar tissue (ick!).
In the near future, this is a piercing I would *definitely* consider getting redone.
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Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed it.
Twiggy's Mistress