After deciding that I was in need of cheek piercing and talking to my Piercer: Maria Fleet she said was willing to do it although she'd never done them before (People in the little village I live in tend to only want their noses, eye brows and tongues pierced.)
At A Glance Author Bot Contact Bot@bme.anon IAM Bot When A month ago Artist Ed Studio Chrome Location Cardiff When I found out about the Newport Convention in April and that Maria maybe working there; that was the place it was going to happen. We'd arranged it all and then Maria had to drop out and although was going to the convention she wasn't able to pierce me.
I still hadn't convinced my dad to 'let' me have them (this usually consists of me asking constantly for the week or two before set date and although still getting a 'no' I'll go and have them done anyway.)
The convention was a great reason for the very few Welsh IAM'ers to get together and get a good drinking session in. It was great to meet everyone.
The night before we had a severe drinking and were a little worse for ware the next morning. We all regrouped in the afternoon and before I knew it we were at the convention. It was a lot better than I expected and was happy to see Maria and her dad (Dai Fleet) who was working that day.
Quickly wanting to get my cheek piercing booked Maria instructed me to where her friend Ed of Chrome in Cardiff was and to go book in asap!
My little legs couldn't get me back downstairs quick enough; to the front of the building where I found a little stage area with a black plastic drape over (Obviously for hygiene and privacy reason.) Sat outside was a group of the usual convention folk all bright colours and large amounts of modifications.
I was told by Maria to look for a guy with 'wicked ginger hair and beard' and that's who I found. Not caring for anyone else I quickly jumped in
'Hey, you Ed?'
*Kinky look from 'Ed'*
'I maybe!'
I knew I was in for a good flirt here.
'You willing to piercing my cheeks Hun?'
*Mass group of 'ooooooooh'*
'All depends which cheeks?'
*Much laughing and a slight blushing from myself*
Before I knew it I was calling Maria to tell her I was having them done, she ran down to come watch and get some tips from Ed who is kind of a mentor to her.
I was sat on this table/bed thing; it's the one thing I hate about conventions. Being a bigger girl I always worry I'm going to break them, it's like sitting on a bloody pasting table!
At this time remember I'm sat staring at about six people all armed with cameras and just can't wait to watch me in pain.
Ed and I had a little flirty banter as he marked out the piercing's and I was so impressed that he got them pretty much spot by free hand. He measured them and then asked is that where I wanted them. I got my compact out and used the mirror to check and I agreed, it was exactly where they should be; in my little dimples to make me even cuter.
It was at this point that I realised that I have a really chubby face and I'd actually agreed to have a needle through it. I began to get a little nervous; this can be seen with my excessive and constant chit chat which Maria is used to after all the piercing work she's done on me. Ed could sense this and he started making me laugh with his silly comments and rude gestures.
This was going to hurt!
Next thing I know he's got his hand in my mouth and putting a small spot of numbing agent on the left cheek, followed by pushing his index finger on the back of my labret stud; pushing the disk into the flesh which I thought to myself
'That hurts!'
I was so concerned with this that I didn't even realise the needle was in my skin and out the other side! (This man is a God I thought) Now I can't say that I believe this to be a conscious act on Ed's behalf but it worked and I was cool and happy.
Remember I had a load of camera flashing and 'wurring' at me
*Flash Flash Flash Flash Flash Flash*
*Click Click Click Click*
*Zoom Zoom Zoom*
I tried not to think about how unattractive I must look with my mouth wide open and heard the conversation going on between Ed and Maria
Ed: "See, you take it at an angle for it to sit like that"
Maria: "Oh yeah!"
Yet again I was worried more about the jewellery being added to the piercing, my mouth wide open and more flicks and flashes of the cameras. If I'm honest I don't even remember the metal being pushed through. All that was going on in my head was to keep calm. Ed added yet another filthy comment of
'Well, at least I can say I've had my balls on you cheek!'
As he was tightening the barbell.
He'd explained to me that he'd prefer to use barbells on my cheeks mainly because my cheeks were thick and the bars help with swelling; unlike the labret studs as the skin finds it easier to grow over the disk if they are too tight.
In my mind I was reminding myself that this was the first of two and the right cheek still had to be done. While Ed changed his gloves and got himself prepared for the second I was sat there with my mouth open worried that it'd hurt if I closed it.
*Flash Flash .. Flick Flick .. Close up!!*
He was ready, Maria was now on my right side and watching with great enthusiasm as I'm her needle bitch and she wanted to learn all she could from this experience.
The second one, again was painless to the extent that I felt the needle in me and that the outer layer of skin was numbed; forcing through the tougher outer skin always hurts me a shit load more than the passing through my flesh.
It was done and the bar was in place. I felt that I was going to need a resize within a week as the swelling was happening a lot quicker than I thought it would. I discussed this with Maria and Ed and we decided on having a size up to a 20 mm or even 22's and I only had 18's in at the point of piercing.
I was a little light headed, I tried to keep myself focused and stood up. I thanked Ed, gave him a hug and a kiss telling him I'd promise to visit the shop when I got a chance.
The weekend flew by and the cheeks started to pinch; feeling a little tight. In work on Tuesday I called Maria who told me to get to the shop when I could, in doing so I called an early lunch break and drove the 3 (ish) Miles - 5 (ish) Kilometres to the shop.
Maria explained that her trainee would be changing the bars if I was okay with that. I felt fine with it and agreed, as I'd known everyone who worked at the shop for a good three years and felt really safe with them all. How wrong could I be!!
Joyce is a really nice woman, she's a good 20 years older than me and obviously decided she wanted to learn after getting a receptionist job at the shop. She took both bars out before replacing them, which is something I wouldn't have done, after all they were pretty fresh (around 3 days) and I would've much preferred to have one done and then the other. The tighter of the two (left) was done great; taking only two attempts of getting the bar through, firstly trying from in to out and then realise out to in would be the better choice.
The second of the two wasn't so great. The angles of the piercing we very different and Joyce just couldn't seem to find it with the right cheek. There was mass prods and a little frustration on her behalf. I sat, gripped to the chair hoping my eyes weren't going to water. Just as Maria said she'd do it if the next attempt failed the bar was in.
I was a little pissed off with the fact that Joyce started to whisper to me comments such as
'Why do you have these things done at conventions?'
And
'Why didn't you wait for Maria to do them for you?'
Also her saying
'You need to get to the dentist'
Pissed me off a lot as they aren't holes in my teeth Joyce, they are in fact fillings as I had a lot of problems with my teeth when I was younger!
(Rant over)
It's now almost two weeks since the cheeks were done and they are doing great. I'm really happy with them. I have yet to have a resize as I'm going to wait for Maria to get home from Mexico before I go back to the shop for the fear of Joyce getting her hands on me again.
I'm also looking forward to trying the barbells out when I get one of my 'friends' down to visit next week, come off it, all this metal in my mouth has to make blow job skills improve right? I quite like the feeling of the barbells in and am tempted to keep them as long as they don't cause too many problems with my gums and teeth.
Healing caused the skin to tense and contract and my face ached for a few days, talking wasn't so much of an issue as is with lip piercing when you're spitting all over the poor person you're conversing with. It was just far too much of an effort and I looked like I was smiling all the time.
Now they are almost healed, there's still a few crusties which usually smell of whatever I've just eaten, which I find rather cool, however many wouldn't. I'm using mouth wash more than I have ever to clean them three times a day to keep my mouth minty fresh!
To come to my conclusion; I'm really happy with the metal work I had from Ed and I'm sure with him, myself and Maria, we're going to make a great team, fingers crossed I'll probably be having my second Cheek row done and even some extreme implants in other areas with the two of them teamed up for them.
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© Jo Fisher 2006