I Crossed Over......My Bridge
At A Glance Author Tasha Contact Tasha@bme.anon IAM krack munkey When A week ago Artist Russ Foxx Studio Foxx Works Inc. @ The Tunnel Location Victoria St. W Alliston, Ontario
I always want more and more piercings, and I couldn't decide what to get since I got my tongue pierced. Finally deciding I wanted to go with a facial piercing, I had three I really wanted to choose from. They were my septum, labret, and my bridge. Asking friends what I should get, they all said my labret thinking that the others would look funny. Well being the type of person I am I went against what they said and decided to get my bridge pierced. I was waiting to get this done for about a week, as the day neared closer and closer I got more excited. At the same time I took my friend to get her navel pierced for her birthday.
I had talked to Russ earlier that day and told him I was on my way up to see him. Not thinking about it on the way so I didn't get all worked up and nervous. We got to The Tunnel and we went up to see him, and told him what I wanted. I was excited and Russ likes doing bridge piercings. So I made my friend go first (since it was her birthday) so I could see how she would handle the pain. As soon as he finished I knew it was my turn, excited yet nervous he told me it might take awhile to mark it. He first got some q-tips to clean the makeup of my skin. Then got the marker and started make little dots, he had to make sure it looked good from every angle. It didn't take as long as he thought it would, he had me check out the marks and asked one of my friends and we came to a conclusion. He matched the size of a barbell to my bridge to make sure it was the right size.
He had me lay on his cool table, and he pushed the button to make the table go up. He got the clamps and told me he was putting them on. I wasn't quite sure what to expect seeing as I had no other facial piercings. The clamps themselves hurt, as he told me he was almost ready to pierce me. Russ said "Ok Tasha," take long slow breaths in through the nose and out through the mouth. I grabbed my friends hand and closed my eyes, he said breathe in...and...out. Feeling the needle go through my skin, I started to relax. He asked me if I was alright and told me he was going to put the jewelery in. I said ok as my right eye started to water. He finished putting the jewelery, and I decided to lay there for a minute to make sure I was ok. He was pleased with his work and told me to have a look to see what I thought. I stood up and walked to the mirror, only being able to concentrate on the shiny balls from the barbell. I looked in the mirror and I loved it, he told me that it was a portf olio shot. He got his digital camera and took a couple pictures, me being happy cause I never got in the portfolio before. He then explained how to keep the piercing clean, and told me there would be a little bit of swelling. Being a fresh piercing it started to sting a little, but nothing I couldn't handle.
We finished up our conversation, and Russ had to go back to work. And we went on our way back home. Realizing that it didn't hurt as much as my tongue, and wanted to see what it was like to take care of and clean. Since I don't sleep with my face in the pillow, I didn't have a problem with it while sleeping. I left it alone for the first night and cleaned it in the morning with spectro gel and q-tips, making sure I washed my hands first of course. I would say it has to be one of the easiest piercings to clean since it's in the middle of my face. Cleaning it no more then twice a day and making sure the jewelery was tight before I went to bed. But I was soon to realize that it got irritated when in the cold. With nothing I could really do about it cause it was always in the open. But couldn't wait to go to work the next day to see what my manager would have to say.
I went into work and he looked once and then suddenly turned his head really fast, only to stare and say OH MY GOD! He told me it gave if chills down his spine just from looking at it, but he couldn't believe I went through with it. Since I work with a lot of people constantly, I kept getting comments and stares. Some of the comments were rude and judgmental, and some others were compliments. A lot of people inquired about how much it hurt, and whether or not it went through the bone. But I am happy with my piercing and am deciding what I want next. I think it was the best piercing yet.