I started getting interested in body modifications when I was around 11 years old. Of course I was too young to really get anything done except my ear lobes, but even that took 2 months of trying to convince my parents. I promised them it would be my first and last piercing, and I kept my promise for about 3 years. Once I hit 14 the urge to get another piercing became too strong, so I decided it was time to start the convincing again. This time I was trying to get permission to get my nostril pierced, it was hard work but 6 months down the road my patience paid off. I was finally allowed to get my nostril done but only if I paid for it myself and I had to get it during christmas break, that way I would have a small stud in by the time I had to go back to school.
At A Glance Author anonymous When N/A Location BC, Canada Back when I was 14, I promised again that I was finished with my piercings, but oops I guess I lied again because once me and my mom moved out of the house, my body modifications really started. I'm 19 now and so far I have 13 piercings 3 tattoos. My eyebrow piercing was the first piercing I got after my nostril, and I loved it.
A friend and I decided to skip English class and walk around downtown. We kept passing by one of the local tattoo shops when I decided I should get something pierced. Neither of had been inside a real tattoo shop so it took us a while to get the nerve to go inside. After about 10 minutes of standing outside I just went for it. The people inside were really nice and answered any questions I had. After a while I decided I was going to get my eyebrow pierced, so I filled out the forms while the lady got all of the equipment ready. I was shaking so bad, but the piercing lady explained exactly what she was going to do and told me about the proper breathing. I was still shaking though, it was my first real piercing and I had no idea what to expect. I was so busy concentrating on trying not to move my head that I didn't even notice when she clamped my eyebrow. All I remember was her saying to breath in and to breath out and then I felt a small pinch. There was a bit of discomfort p utting the ring in, but it wasn't anywhere close to what I thought it was going to feel like. I sat up and looked at my new eyebrow ring, I couldn't wait to go back to school and show it off. I was so proud of my new piercing.
I loved my new piercing, but it was trouble from the very beginning. I cleaned the area exactly how I was told and I made sure not to touch it. The only times it ever got banged, was accidently while I was sleeping, but for some reason my eyebrow never seemed to heal properly from the beginning. It would be fine for a couple days then it was crusty and red for a week, then it would go back to being fine for a couple days then right back to being sore for a week. This happened over and over again for a couple months but I refused to take my piercing out. I started to notice my eyebrow ring was getting loose but I didn't know about migration so I thought my eyes were just playing tricks on me. Friends would tell me that my ring was falling out but I would just make excuses and tell them thats the way it was pierced. It was about 10 months later that it finally fell out for good. I was sitting at my computer just searching for random web pages when I heard a cling noise. I look ed down and saw a ring on the keyboard, at first I thought I found a new ring but it didn't take long to realize it was the ring from my eyebrow. I was beyond pissed off.
I found out the best way to get over the loss of my eyebrow ring was to just go get other new piercings. I got about 7 or 8 other piercings before I decided to give my eyebrow another chance. I tried getting the same spot pierced but deeper in so that it was well behind the scar tissue. It heeled nicely and I was happier then ever..until it happened again. This time it was only 7 months later, and I could tell the ring was starting to migrate again but I was still to stubborn to take it out. I already had a scar there, so its not like I was worried about having a scar there.
After about a month of watching my ring slowly migrate, I finally took the ring out. At first I wish I kept the ring in, even though I knew it was going to fall out sooner or later anyways. I guess in the back of my mind I just wished that it would stop migrated and stay in this time.
I have lots of other facial piercings but I still sometimes wish I had my eyebrow ring. I was planning on one day having to eyebrow rings beside each other with a coil going through both of them, but I'll never get to do that because I cant keep an eyebrow ring long enough to even try. Although I have had nothing but bad luck with my eyebrow rings, I still recommend them to people. It's a simple procedure to get done, and it looks good on almost anyone. I still might one day get my eyebrow done again and see if third times the charm, but until then all I have to remember my first two tries is the scar at the end of my brow.