About a month ago my life was depressing. I had recently been faced with a decision to follow my boyfriends dreams or live my own life and with that I moved back to Saskatchewan leaving him in Alberta to pursue his career. I felt like I abandoned him, and the first week being back home I was severely stressed and depressed about my life and leaving the guy I love. I know I made the right decision, but knowing that didn't help at the time but finally in the second week I started to get my life together, got a job, started playing soccer, and seeing more and more of my friends. For me, piercings have always been an experience to either start or mark a new part in my life. I felt that moving back home was opening up another chapter in my life and what is to happen in the future is so unsure.
At A Glance Author Kris Contact strawberryshortcake48@hotmail.com When A month ago Location canada I've always thought about my piercings long and hard before making a decision, and even then I start reading as many experiences as I can to learn about risks, procedures, healing, etc. I had already decided on lowbrets when I started to look for experiences about them and was shocked to find such little information on them and the experiences that were there weren't much help. I guess that's one of the biggest reasons I decided to write on such new piercings rather that are still healing instead of older ones.
I talked to my piercer about the lowbrets and he was cool with the idea and so we made an appointment for a Thursday night after I got off work. When I arrived, I talked with one of the girls working while Steve got the piercing room set-up. I started getting nervous since I knew nothing about healing time and such, and for Steve being into the general piercings he has never dealt with such a thing as what I asked of him. Sometimes I put too much pressure on the guy to try new things, but at the same time I don't think he's regretted doing any of my piercings and loves them since it's not the same old nostril or naval piercing that's so common these days.
Steve finally came to the front and told me he was ready when I was, so I followed him to the back and tried to calm my nerves. We went through the whole mouthwash procedure and cleaning the area, then he asked me to look in the mirror and tell him where I wanted the placement. I was a little suprised when I looked and seen most of my chin marked/cleaned with the orange dye but the place I wanted the lowbrets was beyond the point he thought I wanted them. I made a big smile in the mirror to find the dimples on my chin, and pointed to them. Steve looked at where I pointed and didn't know what to think. We only had the chance to talk about the piercing over the phone, and he thought the placement was just going to be like a labret but lower and paired on each side. What I had in mind wasn't so much on the chin, but more like a cheek piercing outside the smile-crease and along the jawline.
Steve was then the one that became nervous, the only thing he's done similarily were monroes and even then it wasn't as thick of tissue, so low and far back in the mouth, and a pair of them on the face so they would need to be perfect. We talked about it and decided to go through with it, but first he needed to pick up another piece of jewelry from his other store since he only had one sterilized labret post for the length we needed with us.
In no time he was back and we washed up and did the ritual again of mouthwash and marking. This time everything was ready, and so we began. He started with my left cheek and had me lie down on the piercing table. He clamped it, and decided to use a shorter needle he sometimes uses for oral piercings since it would be easier to properly grip and push in my mouth. I started my breathing process and got my mind set for this when he placed the needle inside my mouth and waited for my signal before counting down with my breathing.
I gave him my thumbs up and we began. We did the count to three and then suddenly I felt some pressure which I thought went all the way through and I thought to myself, it wasn't that bad.. I thought it was gonna hurt more than that. And just as I'm thinking this, the needle breaks through the next layer, then the next and finally out. Boy was that piercing a bitch to get! It was painful, uncomfortable, and gross. You can feel the needle go through all the layers of tissue in your face starting with the inner wall of your mouth (he pierced from the inside out) then the fat, nerves, and skin.
I was so excited with it after he put the ball on, and cleaned up the blood. The rush and pain was enough for me that night but after he went all the way to the other store to get the second post I couldn't back out, I wouldn't let myself. So I gave myself a 5 minute break before starting on the other side. After all was said and done, I was then the proud owner of a pair of lowbrets which look amazing. They're so far back and so low, they look like they're protruding out of bone. Steve did an incredible job and is very proud of how they turned out.
As for healing, I can't really say how long they will take but I can tell you what I know. After the piercing my face swelled pretty bad and I ended up with some minor bruising around the holes for the first week. For the first couple of days I had orange kind of crusties from the blood, and it hurt to smile for the first 4 days. Here I am a couple weeks later and annoyed by the green crusties I wake up with every morning and sometimes through-out the day they build up on the jewelry and look gross. Over-all, they're not hard to keep clean and I haven't had any major problems thus far. For me, piercings are more to me than "looking cool"... it's a passion. Those few seconds the needle slides into your flesh isn't an ordeal, but a release and an experience I enjoy. Maybe if your not to that view of piercings yet, one day you will be lucky enough to experience the true reason behind why people get body mods.