A lonely evening at home. One of these dangerous evenings that end up with you playing with the idea of getting another piercing done. So I sneaked to the computer. Then, doing some research on BME, i was stunned with the beauty of a monroe. I think there wasn't a single person in the photo section that wouldn't look as he/she was born with a beauty mark..it looked so natural. So i spent the whole evening dr00ling at the pics and reading experiences (thank you god for BME). I drew some dots on my face with a silver eyeliner, and my roommates agreed monroe would look "kinda ok" on me. When i woke up the next day, i knew this piercing is something i must have ASAP.
At A Glance Author oxx Contact oxx@110kv.com IAM oxx When A month ago Studio Emendia Location Tartu, Estonia I told my parents i would pierce my face again, and mum suggested me to set myself on fire. Oh well, what do these dinosaurs know about piercings, i thought to myself and marched to the phone to do some research about the nearest piercing studio, as we have just relocated to the south and i didn't know the city at all.
Half an hour later, i knew that there was a qualified piercer in the city centre. I called the studio to ask about prices and to book the time, and the girl on the phone said the piercing would cost ~19$ (yes, the prices here are microscopical compared to the prices in UK etc) and labret stud would cost about 15$. And the piercing was going to be made with local anaesthesia (i was more scared of that, than the piercing procedure itself, but getting pierced cost the same with and without anaesthesia so i gave it a try).
So i counted my money and headed to the shop with a huuuuuuge grin on my face..there's nothing more exciting than the minutes before you get pierced, when the butterflies in your tummy turn to rebelling elephants. I love-love-llloooove getting pierced. Kind of masochistic, don't you find? :D thehe.
I walked in the studio, was greeted by my piercer then we headed to a small room to pick the right jewellery. The one we picked was, i believe (don't remember, really) 18 gauge 5/8" labret stud. I was asked if I was a sweller, and I honestly didn't know. All of my piercings have acted differently. So I was given that huge stud and a cup of something green and awful to squish my mouth with. After that I was taken to the notorious dentist chair, where I tried to relax a bit. The piercer suggested me to wiggle my toes (that really helped as I was wiggling-giggling there), put on white latex gloves and cleaned my face with something that stank terribly, but effectively. Like vodka. We marked the spot with a purple marker. Then she took a syringe, filled it with some liquid and shot me in the lip from the inside a couple of times, asking if I was ok all the time. Then I got some time to enjoy myself as my lip and also half of my face went number and number.
It was fun as hell, - a friend of mine, who was all pale and shaky, started to laugh as soon as I tried to talk to her, she said my facial impression was close to Frankensteins. I was having the time of my life.
Then the piercer came back, poked me in the face with a finger and asked if I felt something. I didn't. She put on the new gloves and pierced my lip through. I still didn't feel anything. Then the piercer put the jewellery through and screwed the ball on. After that she cleaned my face with some cotton balls soaked in something and let me run to the mirror. I didn't care if I wouldn't ever get a job or I would be pointed at on the street by some grumpy grouchos or whatever – I was in love with my new piercing and I couldn't believe I got it without pain at all.
The piercer warned me that my lip will definitely swell in 6-8 hours and I was really expecting it to swell, but when I woke up the next morning, my lip was exactly as it was before piercing, only with a stud in it. I thought that it will definitely swell by the evening. Dunno why, - it it still didn't.
Once i cought the stud on my teeth. I thought my lip would be smashed (at least it felt like it), but it only bled a little bit, and a quick seasalt soak fixed everything in half an hour.
In general, I soaked the cotton balls in hot seasalt water 2 times per day and cleaned the piercing whenever I felt like it with Asept (which I think really does miracles for your piercing), and I also swished mouth occasionally with Colgate anti-bacterial mouthrinse.
Now it has been exactly a month since I got pierced, and a week ago I went back to the piercer's to change the jewellery for a shorter one. Screwing the ball on hurt as a b*tch, but now it looks just purr-fect. I couldn't be happier, really.
If you think that monroe is uncomfortable, then well, it will take some time to get used to, for example, not to rub your face with a towel but gently dry it.
First couple of hours were weird, I felt some foreign body on my upper lip, so smiling, talking and eating was a bit inconvenient, but you'll just have to get used to it. Mirrors nearby are VERY dangerous as when you spot one, you will stay by it forever. You'll probably stare at yourself in everything that reflects. And stare and stare and stare. Because it really is a "beauty" mark.