Okay I have been into piercing since I can remember. I think it may have started with my brothers friend and his piercing. I was the first of my friends to get my cartilage in my ear, and eventually ended up with 3 in my cartilage, and 6 in my lobes. But, of course, that got boring. Then I stumbled across the tongue piercing. I was in love. I thought it looked so cool, I wanted it as soon as I saw it. Unfortunately I was barely 13 at the time. Of course, my Mom said no. After begging and begging, I eventually gave up. I then pierced my own nose one day when the feeling hit me, (not a good idea). But that got infected...very infected, so I took it out. I then went to the beach and my Mom agreed to let me get it professionally done, but nobody would do it in Delaware, because I was only 14. So my Mom told me that when we went back home she would take me to go get my nose pierced. She took me one Saturday afternoon, but we somehow forgot to bring ID. So, we tried again the next day with ID, but the piercer wasn't there because it was Mother's Day. So, we decided to go back the next day.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When Three months ago Artist April This is when the eyebrow idea came into play. My Mom took me out to eat, and while there we began talking about piercing. I told her that I really actually wanted my eyebrow, but I was settling for my nose because I knew that she would never allow my eyebrow. She got quiet and I could tell she was thinking it over. She then told me that I could get either one of the two, it didn't matter. So, I of course chose my eyebrow. I was so happy, I couldn't wait a whole 24 more hours. When I got online, everyone asked me if I had gotten my nose done, because everyone knew I had left to go and get it. I told them that the piercer wasn't there so I couldn't. I held back that I was getting my eyebrow. I kind of wanted it to be a surprise when I showed up at school with it. So, I went to school the next day, but couldn't keep it a secret any longer. I ended up telling a few people, but most of them thought that I either wouldn't go through with it, or I was lying. I don't think any of th em actually expected it.
So when I got home, I waited. I had to wait about 2 hours until my Mom came home, then we left. On the way there, I started almost shaking I was so nervous. Well, I wasn't nervous as much as excited. It seemed surreal that I was going to get my eyebrow pierced, because my Mom really frowns upon piercing. When we got there we just sat in the car for a minute, while I calmed down. Then we got out and went inside. We told them what I wanted, my age, etc., and showed them ID. Then we sat down and started looking at the tattoos on the walls.
After a few minutes, April called me back. My Mom just stayed in the main room, because she didn't want to see it happen. She cleaned my eyebrow and dotted it while I started asking questions like does it hurt, will it bleed, etc. When the holes were placed, I closed my eyes and she told me to count to 3. On 3, she would pierce it. I felt the clamps go on, but it didn't hurt that bad, just a little discomfort. She started to count and when she got to 3 I held my breath as she pushed it through. It didn't hurt at all. I could feel it, but I wouldn't call it pain. It just kind of stung a little. It was so quick, I had to ask if she was done already. I jumped up and looked in the mirror. I was SO happy. It was a rush. I couldn't believe I had it done! April gave me the aftercare sheet and told me the usual, don't play with it, clean it, and everything else. My Mom paid the $40 with a $10 tip, and we left. We stopped at a health food store around the corner to get sea salt, and when we came back out, it was already starting to bruise very badly. Every time I looked into the mirror on the way home, I couldn't help but stare at it.
When we got home, my brother and his friend were like "Let me see it!! Let me see!" Then for the rest of the night, they made fun of me because it was so swollen and bruised. It did look pretty nasty though. I cleaned it with sea salt and cleaned it that night in the shower.
The next day at school, everyone was like Oh my God! Your eyebrow! and I couldn't walk around with them without them showing everyone and drawing a lot of attention. Obviously piercing aren't very common in my school. I was the only girl in my grade (of 600) with their eyebrow pierced, and there was only one boy. Everyone loved it though. It bruised extremely bad for about 3-4 weeks. It looked disgusting, but it didn't hurt, so I assumed it was okay. Everything is fine now and I love it. It is like a part of me, I don't like to remove it for a long time because I feel naked. All in all I am extremely happy with it and would recommend it to anyone who is interested.