It's been about 3 weeks since I got my eyebrow pierced, so I'm trying to remember the details of the event as best as I can. I had my eyebrow done the first time a year and a half ago, but took it out for work. My current mods include an off-center lip, septum, and now my right eyebrow (with many more to come, in fact, one tomorrow).
At A Glance Author Jessica Contact Jessica@bme.anon IAM jslawrence85 When A month ago Artist Rosa Studio Nelsons Salon Location Boone, NC I've been pierced at Expressions in Boone before. Not Acceptable by most professional standards (they still believe in betadine and Listerine, hell I'm not even a professional and I know they're not acceptable for healing piercings). I've been pierced at Kingpin in Greensboro by Wendi. My Septum ended up crooked even though she firmly denied the possibility of piercing it crooked. I should've knew something was going to go wrong when I asked her what about the possibility of it coming out crooked and her saying "Oh it won't" with a very pompous attitude. I feel bad because I wanted to like her, but oh well. I was just not happy with my previous piercers, but now there's Rosa.
I've heard a lot of good things about Rosa from different people online and in person. Previously the place she works at was called Primalisms, but now the shop, or should I say everyone but her, moved over to a location in Tennessee. She is still at the place where Primalisms was, but is now part of Nelson's Salon. Very nice people and you can get your hair cut and your body pierced, sounds like fun to me.
About two weeks after my septum my husband called Rosa up to see if she could pierce me. She could that day so we hurried on over to Boone. When we got there she was out for the moment but would be back soon, so we waited around for a bit. When she came in I was really shocked because I had imagined her to be a 30-something, short haired, weird chick. (Don't ask me where that came from, I guess I don't know). But she was totally different. I wouldn't put her over mid 20s if that. She was really freakin cool.
Rosa led us back into her small work area and told me to take a seat. The room is more laid back than the other shops I've been into, giving you a calmer feeling about the whole process. I wouldn't put it over 6x5 feet, if that (I hope my memory serves me okay), with three chairs (all very comfortable and non-dentist like), a sterile looking counter, and plenty of piercing pictures.
First she got some info from me then proceeded to make sure what I wanted, so of course I said an eyebrow, on the right side, with a curved barbell (Curved because I my husband has a cbr which is in it's 9th week and still looks like hell from hitting it so much). I went for a 16 g because I plan to have two barbells when this one heals up and I get the money for the second one.
She went through the aftercare with me and made sure that I knew not to put any betadine or Neosporin or other evil things on it, just an antibacterial soap and water (and the occasional vitamin E oil). She keeps a bottle of betadine in her shop just to show customers the part where it says "not intended for puncture wounds."
Then she started to mark me up, getting the placement perfectly where I wanted it on the first try, and took the needle/jewelry/clamps out of sterile packaging and laid them out, also putting a dab of KY on the needle tip. She put the clamps on my eyebrow (clamps are not evil, they are only evil if you wish them so), told me to breathe in and out, and pierced me. My piercing hit some scar tissue, which kinda sucked, but yeah it hurt a little. Not completely painless, but the pain was quick coming and quick fading. I've said this in some of my other experiences, but I think pain levels are completely personal and what might be painful to me isn't to another person, and vice versa. My eyebrow hurt the worst out of any of my previous piercings (lip, septum, retired tongue), but it's all relevant.
She let me breathe for just a second and then put the jewelry in. If you can take the piercing then you can take the jewelry, it's just kinda like a needle going back through with a bit of force. I paid my $40 bucks and went on out.
It's been 3 weeks since and I haven't had any problems so far. For the first two weeks I diligently washed my eyebrow twice a day with the soap that she gave me, and then put vitamin e oil on it after washing. It has healed very nicely so far and I have had little to no crusties or oozing, and there's no sign of rejection so far.