When I was 14, I saw a girl with what she called a "Vertical Labret". I was in love, but unsure of how they could do that with just a needle. I found some more pictures and had my heart set on that piercing, of course my mom thought a lot diffrent, like almost all mom's in america. She said "When you turn 16 you can only get a navel, nostril or eyebrow piercing. Nothing else!" So when I turned 16, I recieved my navel piercing. At that point and time, I had no idea about piercing and thought it was just the coolest! So it didn't last long, it got infected and I took it out. Later on, I found BMEzine.com and found out so much about piercings. Soon after that, I gauged my ears and got my eyebrow piercing. I look the eyebrow ring out once it got infected, I got a bladder infection and it somehow made the piercing infected. I finally went and got my nostril piercing only about 4 weeks ago from today, and I still have it.
At A Glance Author Jinx Contact Jinx@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Drew Studio Fine Line Location Garland tx So speed up time, it is about 4 months before I turn 18. So I'm thinking, since I'm moving out and getting my own place with my boyfriend, hey I should get another piercing, the other nostril. As soon as I asked her she said "Ew another one? That isn't right, but if you want to." So I thought to myself, why not a vert labret? I told her about it and she said it was "Neat". As soon as my fiance got home, we ate a little some McDonald's, I grabbed my birth certificate and got in the car. The ride only took about 3-4 minutes. I wasn't scared at all, seeing as how in just a few months I would be a piercer apprentice, why be scared of a little needle? The whole way there, those weird anxious butterflies in my stomach kept trying to pop out. We walked inside and I saw my piercer, Drew who I am in love with, he is such an amazing piercer. I told him what I wanted and the other piercer, Holly filled out the papers. Drew walked to his room and set it up. Only a few minutes after he left, he came back and asked me if I was ready. "Yeah!" I said, even though I was getting nervous, My nostril had hurt a lot and I had a feeling this one would to. So I walked the short distance to the room and saw the lovely Drew waiting for me.
"Okay girl, have a seat." I crawled on the bed and looked at the little rolly table that held all the supplies he will be using. I saw a packaged needle, a 16 gauge barbell, clamps, the bottle of lube goo, some q-tips and cotton balls, a small cup for the violet marker junk sitting on a small paper towel. All of this felt the same as the last time I came in. He look at my face up and down, as I told him about the time I had pierced my labret myself, about 2 years ago. He said that I had a lot of scar tissue and proceeded to swabbed my lip with the goo, next he mark my lip right down the middle. He had me look in the mirror, as I thought about it. I asked if I could have it to the side, if it wasn't to much trouble. "Not at all, let me wipe the dots off." He wiped off the side with goo and marked it. I looked in the mirror and told him I liked it and layed down. "Okay, I'm putting the clamps on now, hold still." He fiddled with the clamps for a minute until he got them the way he liked it, and picked up the needle. "Okay sweetie, you ready?".Quick Nod. "Hold really still, your doing great. Take a deep breath in...and...Let it out *Stab!*..." I'm just sitting there really still, while he pulls the clamps off and grabbed the curved barbell. "That didn't hurt as bad as my nostril." He smiled and said he was going to insert the barbell and that it may feel weird. I didn't even feel it, of course my lip was throbbing and starting to swell like someone hit me in the face. "Okay, I'm going to put the bead on, so hold really still. Your doing so good, I'm glad your not one of those kids who shakes and twitches, it makes things a lot easier." I tried not to laugh since he was putting the bead on, it was hard! He got the bead screwed on, everytime he tried to turn it some more, he would try and twist my lip along with it, so he didn't get very far.
"Okay your done sweetie! Look in the mirror." I picked up the mirror and the first thing I saw was my fat lip." My boyfriend said it wasn't to bad but it felt fat. I told him that I loved it and gave him a nice tip. I started talking to him about a few things he said he would look up for me, but he told me he has been busy so he hasn't had time. I told him it was okay, and I knew the feeling. So we walked out and got in the car. As soon as we got in the car, the blood came. It was like a big red glob around the top bead, it started dripping in my mouth. After a few minutes, I could tell it stopped because the blood around the bead got hard and just kind of sat there. We got home and I cleaned it, sprayed it with H2ocean. There was a few drops of blood on the top bead, it stopped after an hour.
It is the next day and it only took me about 2 hours to start drinking, eating and spitting correctly. I am a little afraid to brush my teeth, we will find that one out in a little while.
My aftercare is simple. I clean it in the shower once a day with Provon, I spray it with h2ocean when I wake up, after I eat or drink and when I got to bed, whenever I drink,eat or smoke I use mouthwash, since I hate my lips being dry, I lick them a lot. So I have to clean the inside to.
I waited almost 4 years to get this piercing and after my hardwork and a lot of waiting, I finally got what I wanted. To all of you who want to either do it yourself or try and go to a no ID shop because your to young or your parents don't like it, I strongly reccomend just waiting. It isn't worth it. I have a lot of friends who come out of those gross no ID shops with diseases and infected piercings. If you do it yourself, get the right tools and have a clean area! Only do that if you know what you are doing. This is a great piercing, I love it. The pain is...Not to bad and it is so pretty! So go on and get it.
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The finished product, because I'm nice.