Today was the most exciting day ever. Yesterday I had a party and I got around $605, and the week before I had planned to get my navel pierced with the money that I earned. For a year I have planned to get my navel pierced because I thought that it would be sexy (which it is). Well I went to school and 4th period had passed. I was waiting for my friends to meet me at our school green benches for the day. I was excited and nauseous at the same time. I cannot explain how many of my friends went with me to get this piercing.
At A Glance Author KiMBERLii Contact bunny_playette_0228@hotmail.com When N/A Artist Some Guy with an Accemt Studio B-Cool Location Sasebo, Japan I was kind of scared due to the fact that my parents are in the military and they are so strict about everything. But the cool thing was that my dad was cool with this piercing objective. Although he is more strict than my mother, who is a strict Filipino woman. So I go my dad's permission to get this done. I thought it was awesome because I read so many of these stories about it hurting like crazy. That is the part that made me nauseous. From all these girls at school I was hearing that it was painful, but the funny thing is that these girls were afraid of needles.
Well I decided to take the risk of getting it done because I thought that if I got mine done my friends wouldn't be like "Kim is a wimp" and other stuff like that. So today I walked to the 'ginza' (a Japanese shop thing, it isn't really called the ginza, but that is what the people in my town call it). I was so nervous, although I was walking with 6 of my friends.
We walked and walked, I was so nervous about getting there so the pace slowed down. We were right across of the store called 'OUTSIDERS'. A few more steps close to the parlor. My heart started beating like crazy. We entered the store and told the nice Japanese gentlemen that I was going to get my navel pierced. He took me up stairs to choose a navel ring. I chose one thinking that it would only cost only 5,000 Yen because it said that it was how much the piercing cost. But actually it cost me 7,625 Yen including the ring.
The Japanese guy took me downstairs into a closed space room. I was petrified because the room was small. A old Russian guy came in and told me to breathe. He told me the piercing would do better if I stood up so I did. He told me not to think about it. He took a 14g hollow needle and placed it into some alcohol. He told me I would only feel a pinch. So he clamped down my skin (which I did not feel), and took the needle and went. I didn't feel anything at all. Then he told me to stay still because now it was time to put in the ring. He stuck the tip of the ring into the hollow hole of the needle. He pulled it through. I felt a sting due to the alcohol coming in contact with the new, beautiful piercing. He screwed the ball in and said "YOUR FINISHED." He wasn't very friendly. But hey I didn't go through any pain at all.
So far it has been 10 hrs and I have not yet felt a thing. He told me to be careful when I take a shower because it would hurt when I clean it. Well I took a shower and I didn't feel a thing. He also told me to clean it with tons of alcohol and that it would take 1 week to actually heal. I can't believe that I actually went through with this. Any my navel piercing doesn't even hurt and it is not discolored by anyway. So ladies and gentlemen who want to get this done. Go for it. No one is stopping you. And it is worth everything. Just remember to take care of it. And show it off. If people get jealous tell them to get one themselves. Because it is worth it. Really if you think that shots hurt, you might even think that this will hurt. But people... if our aren't afraid of shots go for it. I've gotten lots of piercing and this is less painful than getting your rook, helix, tragus, and cartilage. So far I have gotten my Princess Albertina, nose, labret, and my eyebrow. And I am proud of what I have. But I have to be careful when I am around my parents because if they see any of them. I am in trouble. He he. If you take this risk I will truly believe that you are the brave, courageous person you are.