I'm 17 and addicted to piercings, I have 7 at the moment yet have so many more planned. People ask me why I have them, do you know what my answer is?
At A Glance Author SSiXX Contact SSiXX@bme.anon When A month ago Artist Val "I've become addicted to them over the years, I don't do it because everyone else is doing it, can you really see many people getting the piercings I have? If you don't like it, don't look. Simple!"
I saw a picture of Trace Cyrus and his new piercing, Micro dermal by the eye, I instantly fell in love with it, I had to have it done. When I see a piercing I want, I get it. So the time came to do some research into this type of piercing. I watched a couple of videos, read some information and was completely satisfied with what I came across, though the thought of having a hole punched into my face was a little gut wrenching, but I already knew it wouldn't be as straight forward as my other piercings.
I told everyone about my upcoming piercing and I got the exact responses as I thought I would. Basically people telling me I wouldn't suit it and that it looks stupid etc. Whatever, it's my body, if I want to get a huge bolt through my nose, I will do it.
A few days later when I had £30 to get it done, I went straight to my workplace so my boss could do it for me (I work in a body piercing and tattoo studio). I can honestly say, I was slightly nervous as I had never had this type of piercing before, surface yes, micro dermal, no. I sat in the chair whilst nervously waiting for Val to get everything ready. I made my friend come with me, she was intrigued to see how it was done. Val marked where I wanted the micro dermal to be, the placing was perfect.
As she put the numbing spray onto the area, Val went over what she as going to do. I started to feel a little sick, I don't usually get like this with any of my piercings, a bit weird really, maybe because it was such a new thing to me.
"Breathe, don't forget to breathe" That's one thing I always forget to do when it comes to this, stupid as it sounds I guess. As I took a deep breath in, Val used a dermal punch to punch a hole into my skin, that was nothing. Next, she got a needle inside the hole and started pushing all the tissue out of the way so the implant would get in, this is the part where it killed. I actually screamed. The color at this point drained from my face.
The next step was nothing at all, just having the implant pushed into my face, by this point, my whole body was in shock! Finally, I had the attachment pushed into the implant, nice silver gem, beautiful. I've gotta say, if I never had the numbing spray in the first place, I can only imagine what the pain would have been like, it was bad enough when it was numb. There is only a certain amount of pain that can be subsided I guess. It bled like hell, expected really after what I just put my face through. After I left my workplace, I headed straight for the pub, I needed a drink after what I just did. The pain lasted all of 15 minutes, nothing really.
It's been roughly 2 months since I had it done and it is one of my proudest piercings I have on my body. It was the most painful, yet best thing i've had done to my body. I had no problems at all with the healing process, I didn't even attempt to change the attachment, I still haven't! At the time I said I would never be able to do that again....but hell I would!!
And as for my friends and everyone back at home, they love it, I love proving people wrong, it looks lush. Don't let people talk you out of a piercing, if you like it, go for it.
I advice anyone who is planning to get a micro dermal, expect some pain, don't expect it to be as straight forward as a basic piercing. It's worth the pain. If you get so nervous beforehand, you feel like your going to pass out or throw up, don't do it. Your obviously not ready. And if it's going to be your first piercing, you've headed straight for the deep end, but go for it. If anyone wants any advice or pictures, get in contact with me. Also, im a training body piercer, so if you have any questions, let me know.