Before I start this story, I'd like to say that by no means am I telling people to go out and pierce themselves. I still believe HEAVILY in going to a studio with clean, properly trained people who do this for a living! I was young and naive, and although it turned out great for me, it may not for you! So beware.
At A Glance Author RaiRai Contact RaiRai@bme.anon When Five years ago Artist Myself It happened about 5 years ago, I was the little rebellious 16 year old girl that I believe every girl goes through. My parents were divorced and at the time I had a mere part time job as a cashier at the local grocery store. I was going on vacation to visit my mother over Easter break. I had always told her on how I've wanted my lip pierced, but she said I would have to wait until I was 18. I never liked the idea of that, wanting to be one of the "first" of my age getting something other than ears pierced.
I arrived to my mother's house, and although we were visiting, my mom still had to go to her daily job. One day, I remember looking through my mothers sewing items to sew a patch onto a pair of pants I had ripped open. The idea struck me. A stupid idea I now admit, but at the time I thought it was genius! I grabbed a basic sewing needle. Now this wasn't the type of normal needle, this was actually the sewing needle you put into a sewing machine. It was shaped oddly and had a big "eye" in it, which in turn was also shaped funny. My mother hadn't sewed for YEARS, so I don't even know how old this needle was! I took it to the bathroom, put a little ice on my lower lip and washed my hands well. I took a deep breath. Was I ready?
I had to regroup and call my younger sister and brother upstairs to watch my pierce it. Okay, I was ready. I started to pierce myself. My whole (dumb) logic behind it all was that if it hurt too bad I could stop. It took me a whole half an hour to finally pierce through my bottom lip. It was perfectly in the center, so I really can't complain about location. Now the hard part, I soon realized that I had no -real- jewelry to put into my lip. I found my sisters earring stud, and pulled the needle from my lip. Of course, if I were intelligent going into this whole ordeal, I would have known to chase the needle. However, who said I was smart? I quickly realized that the stud would just not go in. After re-finding the hole with the needle and re-piercing again, I started to lose hope! I just popped a hole through my bottom lip, and I couldn't get a stud in it! Oh no! I pulled the needle once again and tried pushing the stud through. Another agonizing 15 minutes went by, and then I had an 18g earring stud in my lip. Although I thought the pain would be unbearable, It wasn't as bad as I could imagine. It would have been much quicker and painless at a piercer, however I do believe we have stepped into this song and dance many times.
It didn't bother me, surprisingly at all! I sat home waiting for my mom to come home to show her what I did. I remember vividly what happened. She walked into the door, took a look at me and said, "What happened?!?!" I sat there, smug as anything as I replied, "I pierced my lip!" My mom promptly loaded me and my siblings into the car, and we headed to the hot topic that at that age I was ever so familiar with. We walked in, got me a small 18g ring, and some cleaning solution. I kept it clean and wrestled the new ring into the hole, and was as happy as a clam!
Now, over the years it was gauged to a 14, and I mainly wear labrets in it now. It's five years old and although I'd love to see my siblings with piercing, I preach so heavily to them about proper care and getting it professionally done. I lucked out, dodging infection. However, I really do love this piercing!
I currently have a list of piercings I need to get, Nipples being the top of list. For the longest time I once again thought of doing it myself. However I am now convinced I need to have it done professionally. There just isn't any other way. I also need to get my venoms, my surface piercings, my outter labia and I would love a web. Happy Piercing!