First of all, piercings yourself isn't the brightest thing to do. I was just lucky, I guess.
At A Glance Author Ghoulfriend Contact kolmastoista_hautajaiset@yahoo.com IAM ghoulfriend When A month ago Artist Me Studio Pasi's Bedroom Location Good Ol' Helsinki, Finland
Anywho, this is a little tale of a chick who decided she liked flesh staples. In other words, me. Sure, I'm stupid, you have to admit, they look pretty damn cool! So once upon a time, I was, once again, visiting Finland. Of visiting Pasi in Finland. But I decided I wanted another surface piercing. Indeed I got what I wanted. A sort of friend of mine works with metal, so I begged and begged and begged him until he agreed to make me 4 flesh staples. Well, I decided to do it my way. Four mini flesh staples, about 18 gauge. He did. I was stoked.
Now onto the actual piercing procedure. Again, we went to Pasi's bedroom to do it. The piercings, not to fuck, duh. I had all the supplies I would need: four 14 gauge needles, clamps, the 4 mini staples, iodine, gloves ruler, marker, paper towels, Cryptopsy, and Pasi. While I autoclaved everything, Pasi helped me choose the location and start measuring and marking. I, or actually we, decided to put them near my retired surface piercings. On the inside of my breasts, sort of pointing out and up, following the roundness of them, I guess you could say. about a quarter of an inch above my old piercings, and about a quarter of an inch apart. I decided I would pierce them exactly as you would a regular staple.
Finally, the autoclaving was finished! I hurriedly grabbed everything, whilst wearing gloves, and laid it out on his desk. Turning my new Cryptopsy *:)* CD up loud, I pulled my shirt off. I decided to start with the top staple on the right side. First I clamped one side of the staple area and pushed the needle through. No pain what so ever. I left the needle in and removed the clamps, clamping the other end of the staple area. Again, no pain as I shoved the needle though. So that one was done! I placed one end of the staple in the first hole as I removed the needle. Then I twisted it a bit and placed the other end in the other hole whilst I took the needle out. Still didn't hurt! So there I was with my first mini staple. It bled a bit, which I caught in a cup and saved. A little snack for later... Onto the next one. Same process, although it didn't go quite as smoothly because the other staple was really close. I clamped and pierced the first end, removed the clamps, left t he needle in, yeah. Then for the other end, I had to kind of work around the other staple. It hurt a bit because the clamp sort of pinched the skin around the other staple, which sort of moved the staple around inside my body. Nothing I couldn't handle. Well, then I pierced it, put the staple in, twisted it and put it in the other hole. Huzzah! 2 were done! I took a cigarette and beer break for a bit while I cleaned them up and put my cup of blood in the fridge. Sometimes I bleed a lot, so I had a nice amount of blood for later.
Pasi was there taking pictures of it all, as usual. The photographer he is. So then it was back to the piercing. Yes, I was walking around his house in my bra. I didn't care, it's not like his flatmate is attracted to me. It was weird, though. Being watched by 4 guys as I pierced myself. Only Pasi truly liked looking at my chest. His flatmate was there with his boyfriend, and another gay friend. They are so cool, though. Anywho, I cleaned the other boob off and started clamping the skin. Pushed the needle through with a little difficulty because of a little scar tissue that was left there for some reason or other. More blood, caught in the cup. Again, removed the clamps, left the needle, clamped and pierced the other side, same as before. I dropped the staple on the floor, so I had to use the other one and stick that one in the autoclave again. But I put the staple in and then waited around again whilst the autoclave worked on the staple. I was so pissed! I wanted these and I wanted them NOW! But finally it was done, and I pierced the last one and put it in.
Ah, it was love at first fright! They were beautiful! I loved them! I cleaned them off and washed them with antibacterial soap, and stuck a little tea tree oil on them. That stuff is the best. The rest of the night I left the shirt off so they wouldn't get rubbed by it. The next day, they were red and a little sore, but perfect one the less. Twice a day I cleaned them with soap and tea tree oil. It's been a little over a month and they are healing perfectly! I hope they won't reject, I'm far too attached to them.
And as for the blood, Pasi and I held rituals and drank it. Yum.