I have my boyfriend to thank for this one. John was driving me home from school and he got a call from his friend Mike who was at Accurate Body Shop. Mike apprentices at Accurate and he had called to ask if I wanted an industrial because he had never done one before and wanted to experience of doing one. I declined because I thought it would be pretty hard on me to heal since it's two wounds to deal with in a very sensitive part of my body- ear piercings take long to heal for me for some reason. Anyway, I said I'd think about it, so with the thought in my head that I'd get a piercing today stuck with me, and I grabbed a bite to eat with John and went home. I suddenly thought about a madonna because it was something I had always wanted. A madonna was also something Mike had never done so it was perfect. He wanted experience on a piercing so here it was.
At A Glance Author AestheticTrash Contact AestheticTrash@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Mike Studio Accurate Body Shop Location Miami I never got it done earlier because of the reaction from my parents after getting a labret. They flipped out, threatened to kick me out of the house, got disgusted by me- basically set-in-their-ways traditional hispanic parents I was dealing with. I wasn't sure if I was ready to deal with a reaction like that again plus removing a piercing I loved again. The idea of their approval seemed far-fetched but I wanted the madonna so bad I asked my father if I could get one. I showed him a picture of it from a magazine and he said he didn't like the idea, but I could do it if I wanted to. That was approval enough for me!
I was Mike's guinea pig and the cost was only 20 bucks. I knew he was new to this but I wanted to help him out and grab this good opportunity to get it! John and I got to the shop and Mike was skateboarding outside, showing off for his girlfriend, I don't know, but that was making me anxious. I wanted to do this right away. So he finally comes in, I fill out the paperwork, I rinse with mouthwash, and I sit in the chair while he gets everything prepared. He marked the spot to pierce and I approved. Dave, the owner of the shop, came in to watch over Mike since he hadn't done this piercing before and surprisingly I wasn't a bit nervous. I already had an idea about the pain factor and I was calm and ready. Mike asked if I was ready and I said "yeah" and he attempts to put the needle through. This part sucked. He didn't clamp the skin so the skin was sliding a little back and forth and it took a little bit to get a hold of and pierce. When he finally did, he left the n eedle in there for what seemed forever. The stab itself wasn't all that bad, but it was very annoying when he left the needle in there and had lots of trouble screwing in the end of the jewelry. So that was that. I looked at my new madonna in this huge mirror and I couldn't stop staring at it. He explained the aftercare and we hung around to keep him company while he closed.
John couldn't stop staring at it and he kept complementing me on the way to the store. That made me feel good. We went to buy aftercare products and I kept getting stares and double-takes from people; some looked shocked or grossed out. I hate that but I deal with it. So John pays for the aftercare and I thank him a million times. Then we dropped by my mom's work and she took the fact that I had another facial piercing quite well. Her reaction was along the lines of " Oh my God! What did you do to yourself this time?! Oh yeah, I got you some salads and yogurt ." Huh? I couldn't believe she didn't go nuts. So she gets out of the store for a sec to smoke a cigarette outside with John and me and the worst thing she said was directed to John "Do you like that one her?! How could you let her do this?" and he said he liked it so after that she dropped it and we talked about other things. How sweet is that!
I'm very happy about this piercing and I'm glad I trusted Mike with this one because he did a good job with it. I 'm also glad John supported me with this and loves it. He paid for the piercing and the aftercare products for me; he's so good to me! I'm going to keep up with the aftercare as best as I can because I want nothing to go wrong with this. It's too cute to let it rot from lack of care. The deal with my parents isn't so easily explainable. Maybe it's because I'm getting older and this labret incident happened almost 2 years ago. Whatever the case may be I'm glad they approve. I don't care if the rest of my family doesn't, I'm just glad my parents are okay with it. For anyone who is thinking about getting a madonna, it looks wonderful! So there.