So I am going to write about my pretty christina piercing. I always liked the way it looked but never felt comfortable going to another piercer to get it done because, well, I just don't like the idea of dropping my pants in front of a stranger and getting them to poke me with a sharp object near my "area". I even pierced my own hood because of that so I thought to myself "I think I can handle this."
At A Glance Author deadashley Contact kittie939@hotmail.com When A week ago Artist Myself Studio My bathroom Location Medicine Hat,AB About a month ago I got a piece of PTFE from my work and threaded it,packaged it and sterilized it. I stuck it in my tackle box (it's literally a fishing tackle box that I bought specifically for my piercing equipment) and just kind of left it there for about 3 weeks. Piercing my christina crossed my mind a few times in those three weeks but I always got to lazy or just unmotivated to even go through with it.
So about a week ago I had taken my sleeping meds which make me feel super relaxed (not out of it or anything) and decided that the time had finally come to give myself that beautiful piercing that I had never done before. When I am very relaxed I find it much easier to pierce myself and less painful than if I am tense or nervous. I told my fiance the piercing I wanted and he asked what it was so I googled it and showed him pictures, he didn't say much, but his opinion doesn't really matter to me when it comes to my body mods. Now was the time.
So I grabbed my tackle box and all the other things I would need and went up to my bathroom. I first cleaned my bathroom entirely and then used gloves and a spray bottle with bleach in it and a bunch of paper towels to clean the floor. I only needed about four or five feet of space for this but it took awhile because I wanted to be extra careful. Sterility is very important and I know this because I used to be a piercing apprentice at a shop and learned all about EVERYTHING basically.
After I had cleaned the floor I put on another pair of gloves and taped down paper towel where I would be setting my tools on and also taped down another section that I could sit on because I didn't want to be sitting on the bare floor. I then took off those gloves and put on another pair. I grabbed my packaged PTFE,set it on the paper towel, grabbed a 14 gauge needle, set that on the paper towel as well, as well as my clamp,sterile marking pen,and q-tips,oh yeah and some bacitracin for lube. I had all my materials out now.
I took off my pants and first cleaned myself off with antibacterial soap and hot water, dried myself off and then sat down on the one paper towel. I put on a clean pair of gloves and took all the materials out of their packages, lubed up the needle and jewelery. Now I sprayed some rubbing alcohol on my q-tips and cleaned off the area that I would be piercing. I dried off the area with dry q-tips so that the marking pen wouldn't smudge when I put it on. I marked myself a couple times and didn't think the placement was straight so re did it. finally I got what I thought looked straight and was happy with the placement.
I stood up to check it out in the mirror and started to get really excited that I was finally doing it. Time to sit back down. I had touched my bathroom counter accidentally so I changed my gloves ANOTHER time.
I put an elastic on my clamp and tested the tension of it on my pinky finger,it was perfect for this piercing. So I clamped myself and checked both sides to see if my marks were even with the clamp so that I wouldn't get it crooked. Got it perfect. I grabbed my needle and made sure there was plenty of lube on it since I was piercing a large area ( I would say my christina is about an inch ). I pierced from the top to the bottom,I could feel the needle popping through layers of tissue,and it started to hurt pretty bad, I had gotten it about half way through and thought about chickening out. But no,I had come to far already. I put more force on the needle and noticed myself start to shake from the pain.
I took a minute to breathe. Ok, so here we go again, I put more force on it, and it had been about ten minutes already, it takes me long to pierce myself cause I don't want it to be crooked and I'm a wussy. I pushed for about another five minutes and felt with my index finger on the bottom side of my clamp, I could feel the skin starting to "tent" so I gave another hard push and I could feel the needle poking out a little bit. I got excited and pushed it the rest of the way through, the exit of the needle hurt like hell.
Finally! Needles through! Now time to put in the jewelry. My hands had gotten really sweaty inside the gloves so I changed them again. I grabbed my PTFE and started to push it in through the top,it went about half way through and the needle came out but the jewelry wasn't sticking through. I took off the clamp and started messing around with the jewelry but it just wouldn't go through. This went on for about 15 minutes. I grabbed another piece of jewelry,I barbell for an industrial and tried to go through the other way and it slid in nicely. I then grabbed the PTFE and pushed on it again and it came out the other side as it pushed out the barbell.
I threaded on the other ball and then put my needle in my sharps container. Took off my gloves and admired my work in the mirror. It was a tiny bit crooked but I didn't care cause it was barely noticeable. I cleaned up the rest of my mess, there was paper towel and packages all over the floor. Showed my fiance and went to bed.
It was an interesting experience and I REALLY DON'T recommend you pierce yourself unless you know what you are doing and you have sterile materials. I'm not gonna lie,it hurt like a bitch but it's an awesome piercing. It's been a week and all is well, the swelling has gone down and it doesn't hurt anymore. I cut down the PTFE a bit cause it was a bit long and caused irritation if it bumped anything but it's fine now. Thanks for reading my story.