At A Glance
Author	synde terror
Contact	punk_terrorist@yahoo.com
IAM	punk_terrorist
When	A year ago
Artist	Self Done

Well lets talk about my Madonna piercing.

The following is something I recommend no one partakes in. Piercing my Madonna myself, and as carelessly as I did, was very dangerous and stupid.

Also, piercing yourself when drunk is also a stupid thing to do. so please learn from my mistakes and go get it done professionally. Professionals can give you a well placed piercing with minimal chance of contamination. There is a reason they train as much as they do.

Lets start this story off. It was about 8 PM in my little Surrey, BC apartment. It was a regular night of drinking and general carrying on. That night everyone was doing stupid ass things like eating my spice rack contents to see who could get sick first. General ridiculousness. Then came the pain contest to see who could do the silliest thing. One guy pierced his ball sack, and well you get the idea.

I was way to drunk to be thinking with a clear mind. I decided that the piercing I had been long awaiting, should happen right then and there.

I had a flat back labret stud that had previously been autoclaved, so at least I had sterile jewelry to work with. Being the idiot I am, I pulled out a huge kilt safety pin and boiled it in a pot of water. Not exactly an autoclave, but good enough I figured.

I marked above my right upper lip exactly where i wanted the piercing to go, took a big swill of vodka and rammed it through a hard as I could. It went through, and i can't comment on the pain because I was pretty drunk. Then came trying to put in the jewelry.

It took me an hour of fiddling and ramming this flat back stud into my face. It just did not want to go through. After one hard push, it popped through and made a sickening sound. I felt blood dripping into my mouth and realized that it was through. Getting the ball on the screw also proved very difficult, and by the time I managed to get it on, my face was very sore indeed, despite my intoxicated state.

I definitely wowed my friends, at the cost of giving myself a horrible piercing.

I woke up the next morning and my upper lip was so swollen, I didn't know what had happened. Then I saw the carnage in the bathroom and the stud slightly peeking out from my swollen mess of a face. My whole right side of the face was sore and had sharp pains going up it.

I cleaned my new piercing, unsure if I should take it out or what.

I applied ice packs to my face all day and finally the swelling subsided. Two days later.

Surprisingly, my face healed real fast, and my new piercing was doing very well. I decided to keep it in and continue to clean it and pamper it.

I did hot soaks 3 times a day and gargled with mouthwash 2 times a day. This went on for a few weeks.

I don't know what possessed me to pierce myself with a kilt pin, but its a mistake I refuse to make again. The pin wasn't sharp enough and made a very torn hole in my upper lip. It wasn't clean, and it was general stupidity on my part for thinking it was a good idea.

I kept my Madonna piercing for a good 2 years, then I retired it about 6 months ago when the stud I had in it fell out during one of my band's performances.

However, because of the poor piercing job, I now have a horrible dent above my upper lip that will not close in. It is scarred on the inside of my mouth as well. Prices I paid for being ignorant. I'm very lucky I did not get any sort of infection from improper sterelization.

A Madonna is a very interesting looking piercing, however it is more trouble than it is worth in my opinion. The ball always came unscrewed from the post, no matter how tight I made it. Because of constant talking, and the fact that I tend to sneer a lot, always worked the ball off the screw. I must have replaced about 15 balls. I also tried a new post, but even that did not work. As a result I was constantly fiddling with it, and the piercing was always just the tinniest bit sore.

So, the main thing I urge is to get it done professionally. Don't end up with horrible scar tissue and a permanent dent in your face for a moment of stupidity. Really think about what you are doing, and it's consequences. And remember not to do dumb things when drunk, as cool and exciting as they seem.