My, what I would call, minor addiction to piercing probably started when I was about 11 years old. I remember convincing my mum to let me have my second holes in my ears done when we were in Morocco. A few years later I was pushing her to come with me to get my cartilage pierced since I wasn't old enough for them to let me get them done without her permission. She said she'd only come if I would eat kidney... so it had to be done... yuck
At A Glance Author Vicious Kitten Contact Vicious Kitten@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Paddy Studio Access All Areas Location Nottingham Anyway 20 or so piercings later... I had been thinking about getting a triangle or Christina to compliment my VCH for a while but despite reading up on it in depth and talking to people, had not yet got around to it. So today, when I was supposed to be revising for my exams I suddenly decided that I needed to have it done!! I drove into town and got to Access All Areas in Nottingham early so that I could get it done. They told me to come back in a couple of hours so in that time I just tried to look through my notes but I was too excited about getting the piercing to concentrate. I made sure I got something to eat too because I didn't want to be feeling faint when having it done.
At 12pm I got back to the studio and filled in the standard forms stating my age and any allergies etc and then one of the piercers, John came to talk to me about the Christina. He explained to me the high rate of rejection and the possible problems associated and asked whether I had researched into it at all, which I had.
After that I went upstairs into the piercing room, I took off my underwear but just hitched up my skirt since I didn't really see the point in taking it off and Paddy said it was fine. He marked out where my piercing would go and handed me a mirror to make sure I was happy with it. I was. I was really excited but also a little bit worried about how much it would hurt. I always worry before a piercing even though I know it won't hurt as much as I think it will. He asked whether I had any worries or queries and said if I did have any problems afterwards to come back in. He then cleaned the area and applied a little anaesthetic and told me that I would feel a little bit of pressure. I won't lie, it wasn't painless, however it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and it only hurt as the needle went in and out. The middle bit was fine! It was like a sharp pinch and I did jump a little as it went in but as soon as he had put the jewellery in it didn't hurt anymore!!
He handed me a mirror so that I could see the piercing. It's so pretty I love it, it looks so good with my VCH and I love how it all aligns with my navel and reverse navel.
I had it done at 12pm it's now 10.56pm and It hasn't hurt or bled at all so far. I haven't had any trouble walking or moving and I'm about to give it its first salt soak. I really hope that it doesn't reject or anything like that because it's just so great. We'll see how it goes!!!
Day 2- It's 23.55 the next day and my piercing is still doing great. It has not hurt once, and not bled at all. Fingers crossed it stays this way. I've salt soaked it twice today, once in the morning and once just now. I had to work today, I work in a bar and so was walking around a lot and bending down to pick things up etc and it has not bothered me once. I keep forgetting that I've actually had it done. When I do remember though every get I'm looking at it in the mirror, I love it so much, I like how you can see it so easily as in its not like the VCH which is usually hidden unless you got your legs spread out all over the place.
Day 3- still going great. It's really not what I expected so far since I read so many different people's experiences, some of which sounded really bad. Pleasantly surprised. It did bleed about 3 drops or even less and that's about it. It's a bit sore when moved but when I say sore I mean barely, it's the only way I can describe it though.
I hope the piercing doesn't suddenly get bad as I've read some people's experiences that did have that happen. All I can do is take care of it the best I can and hopefully that should be enough. If anyone is thinking about getting the Christina... stop thinking... and just do it, because the more you leave it, the more you'll wonder why you hadn't done it sooner........ Unless it all goes horribly wrong of course! :P