Okay well I first got the idea that I would like to get my navel pierced when I was 13 but thought that my parents would never let me get it done. Being a bit of a rebellious teenager and because I like a good argument I decided to ask my parents if I could get it done fully expecting the answer to be a resounding NO! I had my arguments all ready though and so went ahead and asked and them both and to my surprise said yes straight away. Well I was a bit deflated what with me having a full debate prepared but hey this was a good thing.
At A Glance Author bubblybabe Contact bubblybabe@bme.anon When A week ago Artist donal Studio belfast city skinworks Location belfast Anyways now I had there permission to go ahead and get it done I naturally began to tell people that I was going to get my navel pierced and that when the horror stories came out. Virtually every single one of my relative tried to put me off and I must say they succeeded (well for a while anyways). I was totally petrified and eventually gave up on the idea through sheer fear of what may happen (I no very stupid of me but I was young).
Well with the idea of my navel put to the back of my mind I went ahead with other mods some being successful and others not but have had no really horror stories to speak of as yet. Meanwhile friends of mine were getting their navels done and although I though they looked so good and really wanted one there was still this stigma attached to them in my mind and I couldn't bring myself to get it done myself.
Fast forward to the present day and at 19 I finally thought enough is enough and decided I needed to conquer this fear and get it done. My friend Joanne hade just recently got here navel done for the second time (it was her inverse navel she got done this time) and seeing how well it was healing I thought well mine can't go much worse.
So I psyched myself up and headed into Belfast taking Joanne with me for moral support. However when we got there Donal was fully booked and so I couldn't get it that day, it just so happened I ended up in town on the Tuesday and called in with Donal again to see if he was free and he was but I was by myself this time and this piercing is my biggest fear so I was more than slightly nervous.
I decided to get my nose pierced as well and went ahead with that first ouch it hurt but was grand. And then came the point were I was getting my navel done lots of deep breaths on my part. Donal of course being the professional he is showed me the needle he was going to pierce with fresh from the packet and showed me the ringed he'd put in place. He cleaned the area he was going to pierce and them he marked up my inverse navel (i decide to get this done as it isn't as common as the normal navel) and clamped me. He then got me to lie down and started chatting away to me as always. He put the numbing spray on the area and still was just chatting away to me. I felt a wee bit of pressure and just thought he was holding the clamp a bit tighter so I kept chattering away and all of a sudden I'm being told its all done and to stand up and have a look. So I get up and look in the mirror and sure enough it's all done.
Donal told me that if it looks like its rejecting that I'm to come straight back in to get some PTFE put in but so far its looking good. I do have a bit of a problem with my body not liking piercing initially but this one is not too bad. I went straight out to boots and bought some saline solution and 400 cotton buds hehe (for my nose and navel you can never have too many).
It's been a week and although bending and moving were a bit uncomfortable the first few days its fine now. There's still a bit of redness and it s a bit itchy but its only been a week I've been cleaning it four times a day with the saline, I no that sounds like a lot but I'm very cautious when it comes to piercing especially this one as the thought of an infection scares me still.
I'm so glad I finally got over my fear it only took me six years and am now planning two more navel piercing when this one has healed a bit more.