In the past few years I've had a total of 10 piercings. Recently, I was down to one, my vertical labret. And only having one piercing was bothering me. So I decided I needed a new one.
At A Glance Author rotang Contact everythugneedsalady138@hotmail.com IAM boysxdoxcry When It just happened Artist Manda {iam:xsickxgirlx} Studio My bathroom Location Alert Bay / BC / Canada I had had my nostril pierced for a few days back in September. On the third day I think it was my mother found some alcohol in my room and while she was yelling at me she noticed my nostril and said "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!" Me being me replied with "What the fuck do you think it is?" That was not the best answer and she immediately ordered that I take it out. I wouldn't of if I wasn't already in enough trouble.
My grandpa had just passed away last week and on top of that I was (and still am) way behind in school. And everything was just stressing me out. It was difficult to deal with it. On the night I got pierced was the night before my grandpa's funeral. I was supposed to go out with one of my friends but she ended up going out with another friend, and I couldn't get a hold of her. So I was bummed out and kind of pissed about that. My cousin was staying here and she was just on the computer and such. So I called up my friend Manda and asked if she'd go to my house right then to pierce my nostril. She said she'd be down in a bit. I was full of adreneline.
I went to the bathroom and brought and got out everything I'd need, 18g nose pin, sewing needle (yes that's what I said), Hibitane, antibacterial soap, paper towels, cotton pads, eyeliner and a camera. I washed my hands with antibacterial soap and then cleaned my left nostril, needle and jewelry with Hibitane. I put a paper towel by the sink and put the needle and jewelry on it. I dried off my nostril and waited for Manda. When she finally got there I was getting kind of nervous and wasn't as full of adreneline. But I proceeded to shove a rolled up cotton pad up my nostril and marked the entry stabbing point with eyeliner. And took a picture of the cotton pad in my nostril, just for kicks. Manda washed her hands and stood in front of me, needle in hand.
I was getting hesitant because I didn't want a repeat of last time. The first left nostril piercing she did on me went fine, but she went to do the right one and I stopped her half way through. I have no idea why. I guess it's because it's a reflex to push someone away if they're causing you pain... because the right nostril hurt SO much more than the left one. I let her finish with the piercing but when she went to put the jewelry in, it started pouring out blood and it didn't work out. But anyways, back to this story....
After some debating and a lot of "I'll let you do it in a minute"s I was thinking to myself "I said I'd get a piercing this week in memory of my grandpa and I'm going to fucking do it." So I let my friend stab my nostril with that sewing needle. I do believe I quietly said "Ow. Fuck." I then got up, took the cotton pad out of my nostril and looked in the mirror and up my nostril to see if it was indeed all the way through. It was. So I walked out of the bathroom to show my cousin and all she said was "Eww.." When I went back to the mirror I was going to push the needle in some more so that it would be sticking out of my nostril when I realized that the needle went in on such an angle that it couldn't go out of my nostril, but at least it was through. After twisting the needle and taking some pictures, I took it out and Manda quickly replaced it with the jewelry. I barely heard and felt the pop when it was in. I got up and it was so pretty, just like last time. I took some more pictures and cleaned off the small amount of blood. And took some more pictures. I showed my cousin and she looked kind of shocked that I went through with it. I don't know why she was shocked, she'd seen me with some piercings she'd never seen (transverse lobes, tongue web, vertical labret). .
My mom didn't notice all throughout the funeral the next day. When we were sitting on the couch later that day she finally noticed and wasn't mad at all. I was surprised!! All she said was "You have a nostril like me." She got her nostril pierced in September a couple weeks after she made me take out mine... At the time it kind of pissed me off that she could have her nostril pierced and I couldn't. But it was for the better, because this time when I got pierced I had a real reason, not just because I wanted it. Even though that's a good enough reason already.
The first night I couldn't yawn properly because it hurt my nostril!! That was funny but it was kind of annoying. But now, two days later it's fine. Never got swollen or red or anything. None of my piercings have ever swelled up or got discolored. I've been cleaning it with antibacterial soap (Soft Soap) and sea salt soaks once a day. Other than the yawning thing, I haven't had any problems. Haven't bumped it... yet.
Even though I know you've heard it a million times, I'm NOT saying you won't have problems if you pierce yourself with a sewing needle. So for the best, don't do it. If you're going to pierce yourself, do it with a proper needle, at least. I plan on getting my other nostril pierced, at 16g with a CBR, professionally at the same place I got my vertical labret. I was going to just stretch this one to 16g and put a CBR in it but that wouldn't go with my future facial piercings I have planned out. And I can't have that happen because I'm a control freak. Hence the hesitation to get this piercing when I was sitting in my bathroom.