My first non-ear piercing was my left eyebrow. It was pretty much a "lets get something pierced" sort of moment, which are sometimes regretted, but I'm happy to say that over a year later, I still love my third piercing as much as the day I first got it.
At A Glance Author Billie Contact RecklessRaver007@hotmail.com When A year ago Artist I believe his name was David Studio A-One Tattoo and Piercing Location Georgia, USA I owe my interest in getting my eyebrow pierced all to one person. Previously to meeting her, I had only known one person with an eyebrow piercing done and he had wore a ring in his, which never remotely appealed to me as something I'd like to have as an addition to my own body. Of course, I won't mention that I'm rather clumsy and felt that I'd somehow have it ripped out. However, everything changed while my mom and I were moving to Georgia and on the way, ended up staying in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a couple days. While in a store on the boardwalk, I met a girl with several tattoos and piercings, including her eyebrow, and she instantly became my hero. The first piercing I wanted inspired by her was my tongue, but my mom refused to even consider it due to the sexual connotation with it. (And no matter how much I told her that wasn't why I wanted it, we only agreed to disagree.) Regardless, I think my tongue may not be suitable anyway. So, I tried my luck with the eyebrow piercing. The girl told me it didn't hurt at all and I had a much better chance convincing my mother of it, so I had chosen what would be the next hole in my face.
Attempting to stall, my mom didn't seriously consider the piercing until two days later after reaching Georgia. I had done a bit of research online and it seemed to be a low-risk procedure, especially when done with a curved barbell to minimize migrating, so I felt comfortable with it, albeit she didn't. I had begged her perpetually and after going to three different studios whom refused to pierce me, we finally found one willing to do a facial piercing on a thirteen-year-old. Appointment-free, I walked into A-One and was immediately greeted with a friendly atmosphere, clean studio, and several awards gracing the walls. I met my piercer, David, and after filling out some forms, I picked out a curved barbell with purple crystals and all that was left was the sterilization of the jewelry.
In the waiting room was when it really hit me that I'd soon have two holes through eyebrow. And believe me, that can be a very frightening thing to suddenly think about. I became extremely nervous and considered backing out, but just when the nervousness was becoming too overwhelming to bear, David called me in. My mom decided to come in and watch, as did my piercer's (I assume) little brother, and I attempted to calm myself down while David made the entrance and exit points of my piercing. To make matters worse for me, in spite of the fact that I think he thought he was making it better, David's brother began telling stories of past procedures performed by David and saying things such as, "Don't worry 'bout a thing, I seen him do it without no tools or nothin'. Just his bare hands!"
I tried to focus on the ceiling while David clamped my eyebrow, though I will say it's a little hard to ignore a stranger who's all of two inches away. I was taught a breathing strategy and at the count of one...two...three, I felt nothing more than a tiny prick and then some tugging. No intense pain and very little bleeding, the clamp on my eyebrow may have hurt more than the piercing itself. Unlike most people, I didn't feel dizzy when I stood up either. Everything had gone as perfect as possible and I had a new piece of sparkling jewelry added to my small collection of piercings.
The healing was simple, cleaning it several times with...I believe Benedictine and rotating it to keep my skin from bonding to the barbell or anything funky like that. While I never encountered much, if any, swelling, I did get a minor infection two months after the piercing when I returned to school due to the fact people don't know how to keep their dirty little hands to themselves and away from my nicely pierced face. Luckily, I kept my piercing and never had any problems with scarring or migration. I'd suggest it to anyone considering it, especially as a first non-ear piercing, which hurt less than my cartilage. My next piercing: the right side of my lip, hopefully before I turn sixteen which is when my mom told me it would be. Of course, I'll be back to share any more piercing stories I have in the future.