At A Glance Author abstract beauty Contact demonia_mel@hotmail.com When It just happened Artist Natalie Studio Solid State Location Kamloops, b.c.
I've always been amazed by facial piercing and finally I had decided on what I wanted. My Monroe. It took me a few days to find the exact spot that I wanted it at, and once I did I was sure for it to look superb. So I made an appointment at Solid State for 3:30 got picked up and arrived shortly after then.
I walked in and Cathy (one of the owners) had the slip filled out and I just had to sign it and retreat to the back. Natalie (the piercer) took me back and explained everything to me, how it was going to be cleaned, the piercing process, the type of jewellery, which happened to be a sixteen gauge flat back and then got me to rinse. I looked in the mirror and used a pen to mark the spot where I wanted it done while she cleaned the area and got everything ready, making a mark on the inside of my lip directly below the one on my outer skin. I sat there and she put the clamp over the marking squeezing it and pulling upwards to reveal my inner upper lip and gums. She then told me to keep breathing and once the clamp was perfectly in place she would pierce it. So I breathed normally as she picked up the surgical needle and pushed it through my lip, I felt a bit of a rush as I always do when sharp objects are puncturing my flesh. It didn't bleed at all and barely swollen to my surp rise.
I looked at myself in the mirror wishing I had my camera to take a picture of the needle sticking out of my lip. Sitting there I was shocked at how it didn't hurt me at all, I found that its more "painful" I guess you would say just to get your ears pierced with a gun.
She grabbed the jewellery and lined it up with the needle, slowly bringing the needle out as she fiddled to get the jewellery in. she pulled it entirely out and could see the upright end of the bar coming through, it was near the top but by the time it was about to go through the hole was starting to close over. She then grabbed a taper and was trying to break through the partially healed skin on the top but it just wasn't working. It wasn't swollen yet but was sure it would be soon. The jewellery fell out as she let go momentarily and fell in to my mouth. She told me that she was sorry and that to be honest she had never had this many problems with any inner or outer mouth/cheek piercing.
She implied that she would like to try again but if the pain was bothering me I could come back and get it done in a week or two. I told her I was fine and that I had pierced most of my face previously but wanted it done professionally and to push or pull as hard as she needed to, to get it through. We sat there for about a minute. I rinsed again and she grabbed a new needle. She cleaned the area once more and put the clamp on. It didn't hurt but it irritated my skin plenty since it was already so tender from being pierced and fiddled with. I sat there and hoped that it would work. The first half of the tissue was fine but once she was actually piercing the somewhat healed skin it stung a bit but was through in an instant. I looked in the mirror as I had done before and realized that this time it was bleeding quite a bit and running down over my lips.
She cleaned the bar that we had tried to use before and I let the needle sit for a few moments longer taking the feeling in. She tried to get it in leaving the needle near the top to prevent it from closing like it had before. I was salivating a lot without a doubt since it was hard to swallow my spit with her hands in my mouth so I did my best. She grabbed a paper towel and I stuck it up near the piercing to dry it all out while she dried off her gloved hands. She then pushed it half way through, once again removing the needle slowly and got the jewellery through. She then grabbed the ball and tried to screw it on but it wouldn't go her glove had my blood and spit all over them. She then dropped the ball... she pushed a Q-tip on to it and asked me to hold it while she grabbed another ball and I knew that if it slipped I was going to be fucked because she wouldn't be able to do it a third time. I kept it in place until she came back and then it took about another five minutes for her to get the ball screwed on. Once it was on she cleaned up the blood and I rinsed again. Walked out to the front and paid, she gave me discount since the whole process had been rather difficult. I thanked them bought some more saline and headed to indulge in an, oh so very needed slush. It's the second day I have had it now and it's swollen a bit but doing swell.