I had suffered from really, really bad needle phobia. It got at the point where I would freak out if anyone would point a pencil at me, and if I had to take a vaccine or anything requiring needlework, I would have to prepare myself for actually dying for the doctor to be able to get close to me. No, I'm not kidding. I was deadly afraid. But not the kind of "i'm gonna faint or start crying or screaming"-freaking out, just the kind of "i'm not gonna meet up at my appointment, or I'm gonna just run for it the moment he turns away, or just punch him (my doc)". And I'd have a million excuses for why I should rather get, say, malaria. "Why, I hear it's characterbuilding!!" :P SO: I figured, enough already, and started working with my fear.
At A Glance Author Rough Music Contact Rough Music@bme.anon When A year ago Artist Kristiane Studio PinPoint Location Oslo, Norway My first step was getting my ears pierced. Don't laugh. It was a BIG step for me. Seeing how that whole process really helped, I then figured I'd go for a piercing. I had fancied a genital piercing a long time, but wasn't sure if anyone had gotten the kind I wanted. I was thrilled to find out that the one I wanted indeed existed, it was not common, and also, that it was considered being one of the most painful piercing a girl could get... So after reading everything I could about the Chris, I made an appointment with Kristiane at PinPoint. I chose not to tell anyone, and to go all by myself (this got really funny though, because some of my friends figured out I was going to get a piercing, so I told everybody that I had a navelpiercing done... Funny trying to outtalk them from viewing the navel..."err, no, it... eeeh. Can't... get air. Kinda. Well see, it's not really -there-") Heeheeeheee =D
Now PinPoint has a really good reputation. And Kristiane obviously has it too (she's the only piercer there and the owner). She was as cool as can be. She understood the whole thing and was just amazing. Like, it felt normal getting undressed and stuff - that's how professional she was!
I was feeling really calm during the whole process of marking, checking if the spot was right no matter hw I moved, etc. I chose the jewelry top piece, she measured me and made the barbell custom made, and we chitchatted during the whole process. when she then reached for the needle in the closed package, she asked me to breathe, look some other way ("even the most pierced people can get nervous by looking at the needle, so just relax and you know, don't look"). At this point I felt like I was about to get pushed over a cliff into the unknown, and I all of a sudden realized I was about to get my first piercing. I couldn't tell if I was thrilled or out of my mind or nervous, so I decided to focus on the ceiling and to Kristiane's words. She then did a skin roll, to be sure my flesh would be as flexible as possible, and then after asking me how I was doing and if I was ready, she said "okay, here we go then".
This is kinda how the Chris is in me: \_/
So at first the needle went in, like downwards. The second it went in, it was just the weirdest feeling ever. It was so smooth, kind of, but you could really feel how it cut itself through the skin and into the flesh. Then she sort of paused a nanosek, before moving upwards and parallell to the bone. Now it started hurting real bad and I was really focusing on laying still. Then the last part came, like from deep in there all the way up and out through my skin on top. That was rather bloody effing painful, really the most painful part, and I sort of jumped (you know when you stand still but you still jump, like you get so scared or whatever? THAT feeling.) and just really gasped for air, my hands white from sqeezing the chair. In one movement she had the needle out and the barbell in. Stupidly, I asked, "was that it?" and she grinned widely, telling me now she just had to screw on the ball. I panted my relief and then she said, "done! Congrats, you now have a Christina pierci ng. Look!" I was simply in awe and SO happy and SO in love. But then I figured, how the hell do I get dressed and HOW do I move? I quickly found out moving, walking, everything - was just super easy. No pain, nothing, just the initial swelling and that was it - no soreness. The only pain was the pain I went through getting it.
I did wear skirts or loose pants all the time the first two or three months, nothing tight, and made a great deal out of caring for my Chris so I was "sure" it wouldn't get rejected. I was fearing rejection so much, and looked for signs all the time, but it stayed super super healthy and gorgeous-looking. I used warm salt water soaks and brought with me EVERYWHERE those little bottles you use for your eyes if you wear contact lenses so that I regularily fixed the Chris and kept it free from pus or whatever, for four months (the last month I didn't do the soaks EVERY day but very often - careful not to overdo it!), and also, since I moved to Mexico the week after I took it (brought PLENTY of stuff I could fix it with on the flight and so on), I made sure not to get local water in it, did not go swimming the first two months, etc. I also ate Zinc and vitamins, which helped a great deal. It was a little bit of a lifestylechange.
Now it's been almost a year since I took my beloved Christina. My lovers are intrigued by it, some got really really surprised finding it there (I don't necessarily tell beforehand...). It gets sore at times if I wear really tight clothing and go clubbing a whole night. And also, at times it can be a botch to shave around, but you do develop techinques and either ways it is -so- worth it. Also, it may show when you are in a bikini. Like, you can slightly see the balls kind of, against the fabric. Hehe. But all in all it's just a really beautiful piece and I can't believe how much it feels like it's always been a part of me. It shows no rejection-ish traits, and I am planning on keeping it for EVER!!
So. If you plan a Chris. Do your research. Keep in mind you are not necessarily physically fitted. Remember it's a very probable rejection waiting to happen. Imagine the scars down-there. Don't forget that it will take 6 months or more to heal - and that's the primary healing, then comes the rest, IF you get to have it that long. Look at your wardrobe, do you have enough loose pants and such that you will like to wear the first few weeks? Are you willing to not wear supertight clothing at first? Are you willing to commit to cleaning it and shaving AROUND it all that time and all the time?
When that is said: What the H*** are you waiting for??????? Go get the most beautiful piercing a girl can have. :D
xoxo,
Rough Music