Once again

At A Glance Author Just some chick Contact brokenlight311@hotmail.com Artist I didn't catch his name Studio Earth's Edge Location Winston Salem, NC

Ok, hey people, I've been into body modification for about 5 or 6 years now. I'm 16, and I started liking it when I was somewhere between 10 and 11. I probably messed that math up, knowing me.

I have my ears pierced 5 times, just gun piercings. Bad bad, I know. I honestly didn't have any problems with them, I guess I was lucky. I have 3 on the lobes, one in the cartilage halfway up, and one up top. Those last two are on both ears, by the way.

Well, when I was 13, in 8th grade, I finally talked my mom into letting me get my eyebrow pierced. I was being a pixie-like thing for a Halloween party, but with combat boots and funky hair and stuff, so I wanted to have the ring in by then. On a side note, I got kicked out of the party for a really stupid reason. That still pisses me off.

I don't remember too much about getting my eyebrow done that first time. I remember I was laying down in the dentist-like-chair, and the dude was resting his arm on my boob and that hurt like hell, and then he stuck the needle in and my whole body went rigid, even though it didn't hurt much. That almost sounds slightly pornographic. Hm. Oh yeah, and I remember they had these decorative glass balls that were really awesome looking and for some reason just enchanted me, captivated, mesmerized, whatever word you wanna use there.

The healing went alright, no problems at all. But after about a year, it got all nasty and my mom made me take it out. Ever since then, I'd been longing to get it back, and today, after nearly a year, I finally did!

We walked in there and the freakin' cutest guy asked us what we wanted! I told him and we got all set up and everything.

While we were waiting, this dude came out and showed his girlfriend his freshly pierced nipples, and I asked if it hurt(like the little loser I am, I know), but he didn't hear me, and the hot/cute/ bootylicious/ oh-my-freaking-God-I'm-in-love guy told me it's not bad. He said that "we guys" have it worse than "y'all" because... I didn't quite catch what he said because he pulled up his shirt to show me his nipple ring while he explained. It was like an instant orgasm, dude. He had his labret pierced too. Labret piercings can be so so SO sexy on some people. Like Mr. Bootylicious, for instance. Hehe.

Well, unfortunately(hehe) I was called back then. I sat down in this funky blue chair while he(a different guy, just in case that isn't clear) set up. I was kinda pissed because he didn't ask me what gauge I wanted to be pierced with, I had to stop him and tell him I wanted 16 instead of 18. Otherwise, he did a good job.

Somewhere around this point, after asking a few questions, I remembered one I thought up a while ago. I wanted to know: How the hell do you pronounce autoclave? I know it looks pretty straight foward, but I had heard it pronounces several different ways, so I got it down once and for all. If someone reading this is as dumb as I am, I'll tell you... It's a long A, like in cave. Yeah, I know, I'm a moron, hehe.

He did the whole sterilization thing, changed his gloves often, no problem there. Then he said the clamps would be uncomfortable as he was putting them on, but they weren't bad at all. I read somewhere that if the clamps hurt, the piercer put 'em on wrong, so that's a plus for this dude. Then he asked me if I was ready and told me to keep my eyes closed.

This time it seemed to hurt a little more than it did last time, even though I don't remember last time too well. People say it doesn't hurt, it's just annoying... Well, wasn't that way for me. It hurt. Not bad at all though, don't worry.

It swelled up almost immediately, but not a lot. And now, two hours later, it's almost completely back to normal. It was pretty sore for a while, but right now it's not bad at all. Hopefully the healing will go as well as last time. He said it might be a shorter healing time because he pierced right where I had my ring last time, something about scar tissue or something, I dunno.

I know this was a pretty generic little piercing story, but thanks for reading it anyhow. If you're considering getting your eyebrow done, go for it, dude. Dude or chickadee, whichever you are. Um...yeah...hehe. Good luck!