At A Glance
Author	Raya
Contact	whoisraya@hotmail.com
IAM	Guineveire
When	It just happened
Artist	Jacob! :)
Studio	Next!
Location	Vancouver, BC

Ok, chapter 4, the story of my medusa piercing.

This was one of my piercings I never really expected to get as soon as other piercings I wanted.

But then some time passed by after getting my septum pierced and I got THE ITCH. You know the one. When you look at the mirror and all of a sudden you're stricken with the thought that you must get a new piercing.

I started playing with the idea of possibly starting to stretch my ears or getting snakebites.

Then I thought to myself maybe I should hold off on the snakebites just for now because of my current job. Although no customers have complained about my facial piercings yet [bridge, septum, and vertical labret] most of them love it and ask questions] I still thought I should hold off. That and also symmetry. Since my bridge, septum and vertical labret is pierced I thought getting a medusa first will look better.

So medusa it was! Christmas time rolled around and I opened up a present one of my friends gave me. In it was a little note saying this coupon entitles you to one free piercing of your choice anytime you want. I absolutely loved it! I was getting my medusa piercing anytime I wanted.

Let's fast forward to today. I got up not feeling a bit scared. Then a couple hours passed by and I started to feel slight butterflies. Not really feeling scared, just butterflies for excitement like the kind you get before going on a roller coaster. I decided I should eat before getting pierced so a friend and I went to Hamburger Mary's for dinner. [Little did I know that be the last time I eat a hamburger the normal way for a while but we'll get to that later.]

After dinner, Seb and I headed to next. When we got there I did my routine of pulling out my cigarette and lighting it up before heading inside. I was nervous now. But I'm kind of addicted to that feeling and everything that comes with it. The nervousness, the adrenaline. I was done my cigarette and we went inside where we were greeted by Carl. I told him what I wanted and he said great, and gave me a form just asking when I ate last, etc. Then Jacob came out and it was time!

Seb and I headed to the gold room and I took off my jacket and got up on the dentist like bed. I flipped my septum up so it was easier to mark and after that Jacob told me to flip it back down to see if it was in good alignment with the soon to be medusa. It was perfect, I said. Then I flipped the septum back up so it would be easier to pierce.

As always, I got the lovely lavender aroma therapy stuff to help me breathe in and out.

Then the clamps came on which I barely even felt.

The clamps were set and I started breathing in and out, in and out in and on the final exhale the needle went through.

Instantly tears start pouring down my face. It hurt a wee bit more then I had expected it to. But within seconds it was all over. Before the ball got screwed on Jacob had said something funny and we all laughed. I forgot what it was but it had something to do with people getting medusa piercings and how their faces look when the needle goes in.

After everything was done I got my bridge downsized and Seb asked me when I'd be getting my vertical labret downsized and I told him I didn't know since I lost the receipt.

Jacob said it was ok, and he did it for me right after my bridge downsize. He also didn't charge me for that one which was super duper nice of him.

I put on my coat, thanked him, tipped him and thanked him again.

He did such a great job on my medusa.

I went to the front to buy some more soap and then thanked Jacob and Carl one more time before leaving.

I love walking out of next with new metal. It feels so great.

I went to go buy some Non Alcoholic mouth wash afterwards to use after I smoke, drink and eat.

A few hours later I bought some pizza and I had to eat it with a fork and knife! Ha-ha, I couldn't open my mouth a lot. It gave me memories of when I had my vertical labret pierced and I ate hamburgers with a fork and knife. I felt silly, since I always think people who eat pizza with forks and knifes are kind of ridiculous.

I'm very happy with this piercing and happy I got it.

Now I am worried about the pain for the venoms I am getting sometime in the summer but that will be another story.

Until then...

Happy piercing!