My names Steph a sweet-sixteened female from the UK. I'm sure you don't really care about that – so I'll begin with my lip web story (woo frowny)...or (frownie?)...or lip frenulum
At A Glance Author stephy Contact steph_loves_jelly@hotmail.com When A week ago Artist some guy Studio flesh ideas Location England Being from a strict Greek family (I'm only half), but by strict I mean strict...not the kind of strict most people think is strict. I have my ears pierced...a sort of family tradition. And I wouldn't necessarily count that as expressing yourself.
I've had a few problems with all the "respect" in my household, and to prevent uproar I need to keep any piercing something you can't see. Which doesn't necessarily bother me, because I don't think they always have to be for anyone else but you. That and lip piercing's are turning into a trendy's dream.
I blame my best friend Ruth for my lip web disfigurement. She had a tattoo at 13 and various piercing's. So I started warming to the idea of getting a stranger to jab a hole in me. I looked up on the good old BME (no they're not paying me for this (but yes they should))... and found out about all these amazingly cool things that people have done. And in the name of expressing myself I decided the frowny was, as the French say, super-cool.
So theres me, 15, and having the burn for it. So I waited and waited till I was 16. And can you guess what I did. Nope I didn't buy a lottery ticket (BUT I COULD IF I WANTED TOO)...I went and got my frowny pierced. I ended up bringing as much ID as i could, because I couldn't cope with a "I'm sorry that is not relevant ID...GO HOME"
We traveled to Cambridge, and were told, "tattoo crazy" were all outta bars for it, so I dragged my puppy dog eyed ass out of there. And we headed off to Stevenage. And by the time I got there I was rather exited. We talked to the guy about it, and the nurse-helper woman didn't know what it was. How special did I feel :D *little moment of joy right there*
Me and Ruth headed upstairs to the piercing room. I made some lame irrational joke before being told to open wide. He sat me down and sprayed goo in my mouth, which I later realized was numbing spray after i'd swallowed half a ton of it. And I watched this guy put the needle through (coolest experience ever). All I could see was Ruth staring at it with her gob open, so I shut my eyes and tried to think of the most depressing thing possible, trying to not giggle. Strangest part was having the needle in there in between putting the bar in. He did it deep, which was what I wanted. And a slightly curved bar. When I saw it I was sort of taken aback, cause I'd been wanting it for so long. But for all my reasons of wanting it done, it was well worth it. As long as my teeth don't drop out :|
It's been done for nearly 2 weeks, it's been a bit of a hassle eating and laughing! So I'm on the porridge and mouthwash for a while, mmmmm. It's really cool though. I feel like it's a part of me now. I know that's what they all say...but that's probably because it's true. I changed it to another bar a few days ago (it healed surprisingly quickly) which is a big plus.
I felt no pain what-so-ever, but that could be the fact that I couldn't feel my entire mouth. And it's not visible with a bar. Easy as pie. So there we go... Steph's little trip to the piercing guy. The actual guy who did it, was a really nice bloke. I'm so thankful now that i got to go to him instead of tattoo crazy. Not that they arn't any good - but this place seemed more real. (YEs i know bad explanation but there you go)
In the future I was thinking maybe a tongue piercing. Or a side tongue majiggy (I know my humoungous vocabulary must astound you) I'm thinking just go with the flow. I don't particularly think i have to keep on going for it to be a big part of the way I look. But if i desire a certain thing I may have to go for it.
I recommend this piercing to those of you who want it. Because i'm sure if your wanting it, your willing to except the consequence. Which I suppose are, having a big chunk o' metal in your mouth - buying lots of mouthwash - and going ooh lala in the mirror anytime you want. It's not a very look-at-me piercing. But it's all down to personal choice.
Hope this was informative as well as boring. Happy unnatural hole-ing to all!