About a year ago I had a friend pierce my eyebrow. Now... that didn't go so good. The needle got stuck about halfway in and it all hurt like a bitch. So that was kind of a failure.
At A Glance Author Matt Contact Matt@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Nick Studio Absolute Tattoo & Piercing Location San Diego, California I had a friend do it because I'd been asking my parents for a long time and I just kept getting the typical answer... NO. Well... even after the failed attempt, I asked, but I kept getting the answer no. Well so far this year in school I'd been doing pretty good, so I took a chance the other night and asked my mom if for my 16th birthday in February if I could get my eyebrow piercing.
To my surprise, she said "Yeah sure" without hesitation. I then took an even bigger chance if maybe I could get it sooner and maybe not get anything for my birthday. She said not to be silly that I'd still get stuff for my birthday, but I could get the eyebrow whenever. So we decided this weekend.
We already knew a decent parlor so she just called them and got some information. Well for the past two days I'd been nervously reading stories on this site and although they all said it was nearly painless, I expected loads of pain like the last time.
So that was that, and today was the day. Even reading the stories would send my heart racing. So the entire first half of the day I'd been a nervous wreck. I even considered backing out a few times but decided that no, it was what I wanted so I should do it.
So we left about 1, and it took about a half hour to get there. The entire time I was shaking but kept convincing myself that it'd all be good.
Well we got there, and talked with the guy at the counter a little, who had an eyebrow piercing. We decided on a curved barbell, 16 Gauge. He asked a guy doing a tattoo if he could do an eyebrow and the guy (Nick) said yeah, and he'd be done in about 10 minutes.
So I waited on the couch, looked at the people coming and going, and then it was my turn. I was called into the first room, which was pretty small and had a black, leather chair-like seat. After putting on some gloves, he cleaned my eyebrow, while asking me some questions about what school I went to, how I got my mom to let me have one, and stuff like that. He made the two marks with the purple marker, asked me if they were okay, and they were perfect.
So he got the clamp, which I actually barely felt but have heard horror stories about. Then he told me to close my eyes. He told me to breathe in and out and to focus on the breathing. I felt a little poke and that was that, he said "okay" and I didn't quite know what he meant at first until he pulled his hand away and I could feel the needle sticking out of my face. I was amazed, I mean I hardly felt it, it wasn't painful at -all-. Then he said he was going to put the jewelry in, and after a few seconds he told me to look in the mirror. I was in love.
I was in there literally under two minutes. Anyway he lead me out to the waiting room, where my mom said "OH MY GOD" and covered her mouth, then gave me a huge grin and asked me to come close. She actually kind of likes it now.
Anyway, Nick gave us the aftercare paper, gave me instructions on how to clean it, and said that it was $41. I was just filled with such glee that I have him $60 and told him to keep the rest.
It's only been a few hours but I love it. I'm amazed at the lack of pain, I mean there was NONE. I just can't stop looking at it. :D Sometimes I even get paranoid that it's fallen out since I can't even feel the thing in here.
Although my step-dad has always kind of been against of piercings, I don't really care. He was pretty pissed off when my mom told him last night what we would be doing, and when I came home he just put his hand on his mouth and glared, asked a couple questions and that was that. Oh well, he'll get used to it.
I just really hope that it doesn't get rejected or it migrates or something. I really do love my new piercing and I haven't had it that long but I already feel like it's a part of me.