My name is Tiff and I am 13 years old. Ever snce 5th or 6th grade, I've wanted a body piercing or a tattoo. I always found both of them interesting and a very personal and great (at least to me) way to express yourself.
At A Glance Author Tiff Contact DefKMKtones@aol.com Artist Bill , or Randy...I don't quite remember Studio Crossroads Tattoo Location Culver City, CA At first I really really wanted an eyebrow ring, and I still do, very much so. Then I decided, hey I'll go with my second choice, a tongue ring. And, my sister(Liz who is 18) and I really wanted to get the same tattoo in the same spot, because we are very very close to eachother, and we thhought it would be awesome for us always to be together and have something like that to share. We were planning out a design for a while, and finally when it all comes down, theres no way she would get under a needle. We would have to get her shitface drunk for her to want a needle to come closer than a foot to her. S that plan was gone. I was very upset about that and I still really want to do get it. I couldn't get an eyebrow ring because my sister would be pissed that I got one and she wasn't allowed(fucked up). So I was like alright, what about a tongue ring, you'll never see it, Liz wouldnt care. My mom was totally fine she didn't really care, she understood, the only thing was she thinks tongue rings are gross. We talked it over with my dad and he was like fuck no are you kidding me I see one of those things and I'm like gross, he just hated tongue rings. He thought a tongue with a piercing was just gross.
Anyway, it was a while before we decided to go. My dad was home and we all walked over to the tattoo shop, Crossroads Tattoo.I looked at everything and was settled on one thing, until I found the perfect match. I was in love with it, I knew that tattoo had to be on my body. I believed it totally expressed who I am and what kind of person I am.
When the guy is ready (I forgot his name) he's like alright come over here, he asked me where I wanted it , and I said on my lower back. He went back to make a tracey thing of it. He came back and put the outline of the tattoo or tracey thingy on me...I let it dry for a few minutes, I was getting kind of nervous. I wasn't that nervous thought.
Well he calls me over and I sit n the chair, and he's getting everything ready. When he's ready, he started up and trutfully it didnt really hurt at first. Then it started to hurt a lot. The pain was more on and off. He would be going a litttle bit and hen it would go a little deeper and there was that sharp kind of pain. My parents left after he started so it was just Liz and I...She took really good care of me making sure I was alright.There were a few interruptions, some people coming in, and he was the only one working at the time, so he had to stop for about like a minute. No problem though, just a little time off from some pain. So he went along, wipng it off like every 10 or 15 seconds, I don't know something like that. At first I jumped a little so he said i would be better to fill in what I wasn't going to fill in. So I was like alright sure no problem, why not. It turned out looking better too!When he told me only part of it was done I was like oh shit. It was gonna be a long afternoon.
Well after what it seemed like a long fourty minutes, it was done. My parents were back a little before that. I walked over to the mirror and saw the beautiful piece of art. I thought it was absolutely amazing. The artist asked me if I liked and I could not thank him more for the magnificent tattoo job he did. I was way over happy with it. He got some wrap and taped it up. I got a little thing of Tattoo Goo and he told me what to do. We paid him and went home.
For the rest of the day it was pretty sore and it hurt my back to move around and sit, and sam the next morning. But after that it was fine. It didn't bleed that much, and when it did it wsa only for the first few days. It didn't have any problems healing at all, and scabbed perfectly fine.
This experience was one of the most amazing ones and I will cherish having this tattoo for the rest of my life. I have no regrets whatsoever. I can't wait to add another one to my collection, or in other words, a beautiful piece of art to express myself.