completely painless

I am addicted. That's what I have to say about my thought on body art,
especially piercings. It was around January 20th when I got my eyebrow
piercing. It was luck that I accidentally left a portion of my Christmas money
in one of my school binders. I had a spare block combined with lunch break, so
I had a longer stretch of time away from school for that day. My friend also
had a spare that day too (complete luck) and she asked me to go downtown with
her. She was throwing her lunch napkin away when I saw it; a big purple
building with a fluorescent light saying "open" (it was non other than the
tattoo/piercing parlor) right across from me. I tried to resist, but the
addiction of the adrenaline metal in my body gives me made my cave in, I swear
the building was calling my name to come over and place another hole in me.
The only thing that was saying "don't do it" was my parents because I already
had 8 other piercings.
My parents threatened me that if I got one more
piercing that they would kick me out of the house, but I knew that was too
much of an exaggeration for them. An eyebrow was the next "to do" on my list
(I have a labret and my ears are done) I was not even nervous that time.
I
was excited for the whole experience of being pierced again.
The parlor
usually gives you a long talk about what they are doing to you, how to keep it
clean, and the whole healing process of it etc.
Its like an intimidation
talk in my opinion.
Since I had already had this talk when getting my
labret done, I insisted that I did not need it again. So they agreed and let
me go without the "intimidation talk". I had a different guy this time who I
was comfortable with, so I was completely confident. They use titanium for
their gauges and contain all sizes. I don't mind strangers doing things to me
as long as they look (and are) sanitary and look like they wanted to pierce
me. He put me through the same process for mental and physical relaxation as
they do for everyone else. It starts with the "enya" music being played in
the foreground.
Then a series of aroma scents wafted under your nose
while there is a soothing and focused voice telling you to feel your oxygen
surpassing through your body. He said he would pierce me on the count of
3.
He counted down, I deeply inhaled and exhaled, I could feel the
adrenaline building throughout my body. I was so relaxed and dazed out, I
could feel a natural high. I felt the slightest prick which seemed at the
moment to be over within milliseconds. And then it was done. A huge release
of hormone overtook me. It did not hurt what-so-ever at all. I looked in the
mirror, and it was like adding a new limb, another part of myself. I left in
time to get back to school.
It felt completely normal, like nothing had
happened to my face.
I was highly satisfied with my new eyebrow. My
parents didn't kick me out of the house, but I was punished severely. I
cleanse it two times a day with Bactine that they recommend and I wash my
face with Neutrogena soap, which is less harmless on piercings.
My
future intention is to get more piercings done and possibly some other
things. An eyebrow piercing is easy to take care of and looks good. The only
thing I was worried about was the piecing migrating, I was told by the
piercer that it happened frequently. So I asked him in great detail of when I
know if it has started. But all these months later, it has no sign of
migration, nor infection.
I recommend this piercing for those who aren't
good with pain, because it doesn't hurt. Its little and stylish and accepted
into most families. An eyebrow piercing is so simple I felt it had no healing
to do. I did have to get used to remembering it being there, as I would tug
my clothes over my head and it would get caught.
I kept forgetting about
it, and then when I slightly felt it on my hand I would panic and this it was
a huge pimple.
I like the way it looks with my labret, it looks more
shiny and more completed. It makes me feel as if my labret doesn't stand out,
but that it has a companion. I also feel it balances out my face.
I chose
the right side to be done because I found that the majority of people with
their eyebrow pierced had it on the left side.
I chose the simple sphere
balls instead of the spikes or a ring because it matched my labret. I also
found that the majority of people had the spikes. I took it out once to clean
it, and I found it highly difficult to screw the bead back into the bar being
that it was so little. I did find myself loosing the bead every now and then
and having to search for it on the ground until I found it.
I don't take
it out or unscrew the bead because its very frustrating to get it screwed
back in. I guess all it needs is practice. I am still weary about my eyebrow
piercing getting caught on something and being torn out, as I have heard it
happens.
I have had a few experiences where it has almost been pulled
out. I haven't gotten any negative comments on it I have gotten a whole load
of positive comments on it though. Some people don't even notice, some just
don't care. I recommend this piercing for everyone.
As I've experienced,
well it just didn't hurt at all and I love it !