It was nearing my 16th birthday. I have been studying piercings and tattoos since I was 13 and knew quite a bit about them. One of my best friends who was a year younger than myself at the time has 13 piercings, none of which I am going to list, and decided she wanted to order some needles for her next mod. After thinking it over and looking up all of the possible infections and things that could go wrong I gave her some money to order a couple of piercings kits for me.
At A Glance Author HXCGirlScout Contact HXCGirlScout@bme.anon When A year ago Artist Me Studio School bathroom Location In the school I studied things on the web, anything I found in the library and even asked random people who I'd known about getting theirs done. They said it was painful, some even said it was excruciating. One girl told me about how she passed out in the chair. I was almost scared. But what the hell am I going to do with a couple of piercings kits if I back out? Too late now.
We waited for the longest time for the box to come in. My friends mom hated the idea of her daughter getting more holes popped into her, and she didn't even know about most of them. One morning she found the box of needles and the piercings kits in the back of her moms trunk. They'd been there for almost a month and we thought they were lost in the mail. The next day I missed the bus on purpose, collected my piercings kits and walked down the hall to the most unused bathroom I knew of.
It was the day before my birthday. I was going to turn 16 in 24 hours. It made me feel so hopeless. Like time was going by too fast. And I needed something that would remind me of my youth when I hit my mid twenties and early thirties. I haven't had a birthday part since I was in fifth grade. And this year I decided to throw my own party.
Once in the bathroom I washed my hands vigorously. Hey, just because they are not going to be done by a professional doesn't mean they can't be clean. I opened up the sterile needles and took a small marker. Marked them perfectly in the mirror and washed my hands again. After a few deep breaths I remembered what my aunt told me about her belly button piercing. On three take a deep breath and bite your lip. The first one went through really well, it didn't hurt half as much as I expected it to. But in all honestly I liked the pain. And the second one was the same. I was so proud of them, I told most of my friends and they all wanted to see. But I didn't feel like irritating them this early in the game. I waited a couple of days before flashing people.
After dealing with the daily cleaning and all of the after care that goes with having nipple piercings I decided I would tell my mom. She made a big deal of gauging my ears, but it would most definitely be better to hear it from me than from my younger sister. One night I called her into my room and just started talking. She cried a little and then wouldn't talk to me for a week or two. I was embarassed, but never regretted doing it. When she got over the facts we talked about it for a while and then she just stopped and didn't want to hear anymore ever again.
A week after I had had my nipples pierced, before my mom knew about them, I pierced my belly button. I had a couple of left over needles and was playing around. It just happened and all of my piercings look fantastic. My friend is ordering more needles soon and I can't wait. It's been a while but I know exactly what I'm going to do. I can already feel the pain. And that just makes me smile more.
I don't know why, it was such a thrill and then followed up by the expression on my friends faces. Most of them thought that I wouldn't even go through with it. But I'm so glad that I did. I've had both of my nipples pierced vertically for the past ten months. I have my navel and half inch gauges. I have gotten just a little more tame in the past few months but I'm thinking about getting something done professionally for once. It might be a nice change and who knows how many things I can do on my own.
Even though I have done this being underaged and out of experience I had some idea of what I was doing. I told someone who checked in on how they were doing and I took care of them. If you don't know what you are doing I don't suggest piercing yourself or others.