This is the story of my new favorite piercing, and it all started here on bme.I discovered BME through Myspace, from a piercing and tattoo group I belonged to, and spent most of my free time browsing pictures and experiences, and once I saw a smiley piercing I was in love.
At A Glance Author tash Contact natasha8c@hotmail.com IAM tassh When A month ago Artist Jimmy Studio Adrenaline Location Montreal It took me awhile to get the balls to go through with it and even longer to save up the cash to get it, and being unemployed did not help much.In the time it took me to find a job, I had seen every picture I could find on BME of a smiley piercing.I read all of the experiences and was on the edge of my seat until payday.
I told all of my friends and my mum I was getting it done and my mum rolled her eyes at me. She is tolerant of my recent love for piercings but that does not mean she approves.Just a little info on my mum,,, it took me 3 years for me to convince her to let me get my tongue pierced.
When I told my boyfriend(now x)he just shrugged it off. He is one of those non-pierced guys who just does not get it.PayDay rolled around and I was ape shit.I had to do the morning shift at work but I had made plans to go downtown with now x boyfriend so he could hold my hand while I got it done in the afternoon.
When I got to his house, tired and jumpy from the adrenaline rush I get before getting pierced, he told me he needed to roll and smoke before we went. Aak! Do you know how much i wanted to just explode right then and there.... I was waiting to get some needle in me and i could not wait any longer!
Twenty long ticks later we were on our way.
Once we got to my shop, I informed the receptionist of what I wanted done and she helped me pick out a simple 16g cbr. She went off with my jewelery to go get it autoclaved and to let the piercer know I was there waiting.
Five, ten ticks go by, and I head back to the counter and ask whats up(I was browsing other jewelery and normally there is no wait at 4 pm).As it turns out, the girl piercing that day was still new and was not comfortable doing a smiley piercing on her own. I think her name was kathy,or kate maybe but I just cant remember.
She said sorry and told me to come back the next day, when Jimmy would be in.
I did just that.
I did not mind too much, I would rather wait another day than have someone not familiar with the procedure do it.Nervous as all hell I was back there the next day, alone, and ready to get pierced. Jimmy was really great, he talked me through the whole procedure
and made a lot of my nervousness fade away.He explained he would pierce me freehand because of the tight spot, and had his assistant hold my lip up while he checked out my web.
Web was fine and after a quick rinse with some mouthwash he pierced me.It was a relatively painless piercing, a bit odd feeling the cbr slide into my web but no pain. I got up and checked out my newest addition in the mirror while jimmy explained the aftercare to me.
I was on cloud nine all day, smiling at no one in particular.
Two weeks of sea salt rinses and no kissing(among other things)I went back for a check up and was told all looked good. I had wanted to switch my CBR for something a bit longer, because the one I was pierced with was hard to see unless I made a really odd scowl face or smiled with my mouth open(which is something I do not do often), and i wanted it to peek out when I smiled.That day I was told to wait another few weeks, because it still was not healed.
Jump ahead to today, four weeks after having it pierced, my favorite
piercing might be rejecting. Today is the second day in a row I have had some discomfort while smiling or yawning, and after I cleaned it tonight I noticed one side is lower that the other.Im still babying my new piercing and keeping up the salt thing in hopes it wont "just fall out".
Lets just say, worst case, I have plenty of other piercings I would love to have on my body, a few of which would interfere with my smiley if it does not reject, But i just love this piercing.
Its the best feeling in the world when I choose to show it to someone with a big smile and see the look on their face when the notice the bit of metal up there.