The day was coming up. And I was super excited. The day I got my monroe pierced. There we're a few challenges that came to this day like my purse being stolen, photo id missing ect., but finally I have a shinny piece of metal in my face.
At A Glance Author Brianna Contact Brianna@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Jen Studio Universal Tattoo Location Ottawa, Ontario Canada The day was Monday, February 26, 2007. And I wasn't too sure if my dad was going to drive me. He was very reluctant of me getting this. I did try to get him to allow me to get my tongue pierced. NO luck. But one day I drew a pretty black dot on my face and he actually liked it. And even recomended it. (Very weird parental behavior) I knew he was going to at some point that week, but I had no clue it was going to be today. So I got all ready for it and listened to some music to calm me down a bit before it and I was ready to go. My dad got home from work, we got in the car (along with my friend) and we were off. We went downtown to Universal Tattoos on Rideau street and I filled out a form and I was ready. They said that it would be a few minutes because my piercer was getting the room ready. I waited a while, then she welcomed me into the room.
It was a pretty small room with a plastic covered red bad thing that she told me to sit on. It looked like I was about to go into surgery or something, there was a little silver table with clamps, needles, cleaners, pretty freaky. She was talking me through everything she was doing which calmed me down a bit. She gave me a little cup of mouthwash, made me rinse, put this browny/yellow liquid on my upper lip to clean it off, dried underneath my lip with some cotton stuff and put a small blue dot where she thought it looked good. I looked into the mirror and to my surprise it was perfect. I was deffinitly nervous once I saw the needle, but she said it was just going to feel like she was popping a big pimple. I shrugged and was like "Ew okay." And she clamped me. The clamps are NOT as bad as everyone says, but that might have just been her. She said "Now I'm going to run you through this, I will count to three, take a deep breath, then its through." So I jolted out my hand and grabbed my friends and squeezed with all my might. "One, Two" POP. It was through. I didn't cry, I didn't move, I didn't do anything except for a little "ehh" sound at the end. She commented on how brave I was, she said that most people kick her, or yell at her, and I did none of the above. (I later asked my friend how hard I was squeezing her hard on a scale of one to ten and she said 9.5, I was nervous.. but it wasn't as bad as I had antcipated.) Sure, it did hurt. I wont lie, but it wasn't that bad at all. I could feel it going through each and every layer I had in my lip but it was still alright. It hurt more while she put the jewelry in though. She twisted the ball on and gave me a mirror to look. I WAS IN LOVE. Most of my other friends have gotten queazy or dizzy after facial piercings, but not me! I was too excited to notice anything going on around me except the beautiful piece of jewelry in my face.
I finaly was happy. I had wanted it for so long and it hit me "I have it!" It looked magnificent, besides the fact the barbell is realy long due to swelling. And I roamed around the streets with my friend showing it off before I went home. It's been only a day but no complications so far. I clean it frequently, and make 100% sure I don't touch it. It's pretty swolen, a LITTLE red, somewhat sore, but no blood or anything. It's not too hard to eat if you're very carefull. It has gotten caught on my teeth though, which does hurt, but doesn't happen often. And yes. Everyone LOVED it aswell. Even my dad. All my other friends that haven't seen it yet aren't too pleased, they want to join me in my excitement. But I can't say it enough. I love it I love it I love it. For anyone thinking about getting a monroe piercing I highly recomend it. It was my FIRST piercing besides my ears, (which was a little nerve wracking) but not as bad as people make it out to be. You deffinitly will not regret it. I know I don't.