How about I start with a little background detail?
At A Glance Author Amy Contact ice_cream_amy@hotmail.com When N/A Artist John Studio G-Spot Piercings Location Whiplash Trash, Cockburn Street, Edinburgh
I can't remember what exactly triggered my obsession with lip piercings and just piercings in general but ever since about the age of 10 I've wanted my lip pierced with a little stud in the middle. Growing up with my dad buying me copies of Kerrang! magazine every week for years just helped my obsession grow, what with seeing all these people I loved and respected with the very thing I wanted.
Unfortunately my parents have always hated the idea of facial piercings and no matter how hard I tried, there was just no convincing them into letting me have a small stud in the middle of my lower lip.
Many of my friends shared my obsession and seeing them get it done only made me want it more. All the local piercings studios in my area will not pierce anyone under 16 without a parent or guardians permission so as you can imagine there was no way on earth id be getting mines done before my 16th birthday.
So yeah, my 16th birthday came and went. I never got it done on the day. My boyfriend got his done instead.
Four months on and I developed a 'who-gives-a-sh*t' attitude and decided that I was just gonna go for it. So off I went up the town with my boyfriend. The rules were though that you wouldn't be pierced without photographic ID but seeing as my boyfriend is friends with the piercer, John, we didn't think this would be a problem. It was.
John told me that he wouldn't do the piercing without ID but if I came back later in the week with valid ID he'd make sure it gone done. Five days later, which seemed like five years to me, soon pasted and I went up with my old passport. Of course everyone had a good wee laugh over the fact im about ten years old in the photo.
So all the boring stuff aside, such as filling in the safety concent form and the random conversations about bands, John set to the piercing.
First he cleaned up my outer mouth, wearing gloves of course, and then he started the marking process. This was probably the hardest part of the piercings for me. I had to sit completely still with my eyes closed and making no facial movements at all. Doesn't sound too hard but it is when he's standing there saying 'don't laugh.... don't laugh...don't laugh'.
After about 5 attempts at getting the position right he clamped my lip and told me to relax and breathe through my nose and out my mouth. I felt suprisingly relaxed and when it came to the needle it took me a minute to actually realise it was through. It wasn't so much pain that hit me, more sort of shock. Hard to describe. Removing the needle felt really weird. Im not sure how to put it but it was like the same pain you get when ripping a plaster off. Sore but only for a second then its a constant stinging.
John was making sure I felt ok through the whole thing and assured me I was doing well with my breathing and that I was taking it very well.
Once the bar was through, John had a bit of trouble getting the ball onto it but once it was on it was fine. He went over the cleaning process with me, explaining that I was to start using mouthwash straight away and that and then he asked 'Are you feeling ok? You look a bit distant?'. I think he thought I was about to faint, which I knew I wasn't, I just felt kind of over welmed by everything that had just happened but he lay me down on the bench anyway, just to be safe.
My boyfriend decided to get his ear pierced while I was laying down and once that was done we payed and stayed for a bit a chat until John had some more customers (it was just at the begining of his day so he wasn't busy yet), he even told me i looked extremely cool, although im sure he says that to everyone and he also told me my mum was going to kill me, which was true.
But anyway, I would highly recommend G-Spot piercing to anyone in the Edinburgh area wanting to get a piercing done by an extremely professional piercer who not only knows what he's doing but does look after you, keeps you calm and shows an interest in the welfare of the piercing afterwards.
Im going to get my smaller bar put in, in two weeks.
Overall though im extremely happy with my new piercing and although I have lost my job over it I feel more like me now.