Ever since I was in junior high and I saw a picture of a girl with an eyebrow ring in Sassy magazine, I wanted one. I loved the look of the silver hoop with the little blue bead on the model. I lived in a small town and no one in my school had eyebrow rings. Of course, my parents were against it--they were against any type of piercing other than ears. My mom threatened to kick me out of the house if I got pierced. Once I moved out after high school, she threatened to cancel my car insurance along with other varied threats along the way.
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The threats worked--for awhile. Instead of getting pierced myself, I dated a few guys who had piercings. I always told my friends I was going to get pierced, but never went through with it. This summer, I went with a friend to Intricate Decor to watch her get tattooed and I ended up getting a navel ring. Easy to hide. But I still wanted the eyebrow ring.
Around this time, I started dating a guy with a pierced eyebrow. Despite the problems he had with infection and eventually rejection of the ring, and the small scar he now has, I was still hooked on the idea of getting mine done.
I am a college student and I work as a cashier part-time to help put myself through school. I see a lot of people in this college town with many different piercings and I kept noticing girls with cute little eyebrow hoops and wishing I had one.
Well, last night I was home alone and bored, surfing the internet. I was browsing this site and contemplating having a friend who has pierced other people's navels and tongues pierce me (bad idea, I quickly realized) when I decided tomorrow, I am going to get my eyebrow done professionally. It just felt like it was the right time to do it. I decided to go when I got out of work, by myself, and not to tell anyone ahead of time. I was sort of afriad I'd chicken out and I didn't want people to know if I did.
I was nervous when I walked in to the piercing studio. I mean, I'd been pierced once and it didn't hurt much at all, but what if this was different? This was going to be my face after all. I was told that the piercer had stepped out but would be back in about 10 minutes. This was my chance to back out, to say I'd come back later and bail. But no, I filled out the form, handed over my ID and paid my $40. Then I sat down to wait.
I think E.J., my piercer, sensed that I was nervous because he talked to me about Halloween and his son going trick or treating while he prepped my eyebrow. I closed my eyes because I was afraid I'd freak out if I saw the needle. I felt the tip of the needle against my skin and felt it go in but there was virtually no pain--the ring was in before I even realized it. The clamp didn't even pinch like some people say it does. "See, not bad at all," he commented. I have tweezed and waxed my brows and let me tell you, both hurt a whole lot more than the piercing did. I was really surprised--it was even less painful than my belly ring and it didn't bleed at all.
As soon as I got in my car, I looked in my mirror and couldn't help but smile. I could not believe I had gone through with it. My best friend was the first person I knew to see it when I got home and she immediately asked when I had gotten it done. When I replied "about 10 minutes ago", she looked shocked and asked who had gone with me. I told her no one and that no one knew about it yet either. She was amazed because she was with me when I got my navel pierced, taking pictures and talking to me the entire time. Most of my friends can't believe I managed to do it without telling anyone beforehand or taking someone with me to hold my hand. I keep saying it was a spur of the moment decision, which is true in that yesterday, I finally made the decision that it was going to happen. But it was not impulsive because I had been considering it for a few years. Now everyone wants to know what I'm going to pierce next. Although piercing is somewhat addictive, I think I'm sati sfied, at least for the time being.
Now my only problem is my dress code at work--no visible facial piercings. So I will be stuck wearing a band-aid over my left eyebrow until it heals enough to wear a retainer to work.