I had been craving a new piercing for a while, so when my friend asked if I'd go shopping with her, I decided that was the day I'd get something new. I had in mind a septum, septums are very pretty on girls, but on the day I went in with my friend the piercing studio only had the trainee in who had never done a septum before. So, second resort was a bridge, he hadn't done one of those either. So, I went to another piercing place from there were they are supposed to be really good. By then I'd decided a bridge was what I really wanted and they'd do it for me for $70.
At A Glance Author kerri Contact kerri@bme.anon When A month ago Studio 4 Roses Location Adelaide, Australia The woman who was to pierce me looked scary, if it weren't for their reputation I would have hiked myself out of there, but they've been in Adelaide forever and have a lot of experience so I stayed and handed over my money.
The jewelry I wanted was 16g, but apparently manufacturers don't make 16g bars that long, which is a real shame because I like the little balls that come on 16g, but I resorted to a 14g curved barbell.
Then the placement started. She danced around my face for about 10 minutes trying to line it up, and that was scary she breathed very heavily and shook. I was thinking, "lady, your very close to my eyes", but eventually she settled for a spot and by then I was somewhat fearful for my life and agreed it was fine. It did look okay, it's hard to tell when they say "I'm going to piece in front of that dot and behind and down a bit on that dot" not helpful. Once again, her reputation saved her.
Then it was time to pierce. She told me to keep my eyes closed which was very hard because I like to watch what's happening, but it's like sneezing yours eyes shut when a huge needle is coming towards them. She clamped the area, which took awhile, then pierced. She did it in two stages, pushed it through one half, and then lined it all up straight and pushed it through the other side. I squeaked, like I do when I'm being pierced just in case it hurts, but it didn't. I didn't feel any "sharpness" of the needle, I felt the whole thing it just didn't hurt. Much like if u have a straw between your lips when u drink and then pull it out with your lips shut. I felt something going through, but there wasn't any discomfort.
She didn't tell me much aftercare, partly because I already had plenty of facial piercings so she assumed I knew what to do. Which, in some way I did, but later I wished I'd known what questions to ask so I knew what to expect while it healed. Once we left my friend enlightened me and said that the piercer was on speed. I wouldn't know, but apparently it was plain as day. I didn't get a very good service and I now have a bridge that is crooked. So, go with the piercer you know and trust.
I used Protat spray to clean it, I like that stuff, it smells clean and it's also a soothing type solution. Also I soaked it a couple of times during the first few days with a warm salt solution, which I did for around 10 minutes each time. And lastly, I used watered down Listerine, that was very ghetto of me, but I have this notion about Listerine that it works.
It still bled a few weeks later, I would wake up and there was a substantial amount of blood around the two balls. It is now about 6 weeks old, it is still a little swollen, but I'm not sure if it's going to settle anymore than it has. After 4 weeks I put in a straight bar that was shorter, the curved bar rubbed against my bone and hurt. If your thinking about getting this piercing though, get a curved bar, because a bridge swells a lot and your piercer will put a much longer bar in and lots of spare bar in the middle of your face can make you a quite self conscious. Whereas, a curved bar will curve round to show the balls and most of the "spare bar" will be behind them. It's not that much of a difference, but when it was smack bang in the middle of my face I was very glad to have a curved bar.
Questions you'll get are "does it hurt", say yes so that u can get away faster, and not hang around for their profound opinion on the matter. Also, "does it go through the bone?" is a popular one. The fact you'd have to drill seems to escape them. If you want this piercing go and get it, you'll have something not everyone has and it looks mighty good.