In my teens, I was a mad fanatic of all things body modification. Had all the ones I loved; labret, anti-eyebrow, nape (which grew out & I was gutted. Oh & still am!), bridge, wrist surface piercing, 2 nostril, a tattoo but growing up & having to get a job, I had to take the out one by one. Which, by the way, is the one grudge I have towards being older than 18! Thing is; 5 or so years on, the urge to be full or holes had came back! I missed the buzz of deciding what to have, eventually going for the piercing, sitting there - nervous but oh so excited at the same time! So, I came onto BMEzine again & had a long look at which piercing I wanted. I would have loved to get my nape done again but I have scar tissue there & the last time I had it, Louise (the piercer) had enough trouble doing it - due to my skin on the back of my neck being really quite tight! So, no new nape for me. Carried on looking & there it was - Madonna! Had a look in the mirror, thought that's for me & off to Manchester city I went! I should have probably thought about it a little bit more, what with work and everything but I didn't & I'm glad I didn't. I've become to head strong to let work stand in my way but there you go eh!
At A Glance Author MsLucy Contact MsLucy@bme.anon When A month ago Artist Funky haired gal Studio Holier Than Thou Location Manchester Walking up Oldham Street in Manchester, I noticed my favourite piercing place - Manchester Piercing - had gone! I hadn't noticed before, though I walk past it often but oh no, what can I do now? This was the place I had every single one of my piercings done & now it wasn't there - I was so tempted just to go home & forget about it but I carried on walking back up Oldham Street & came across a new piercings studio "Holier than Thou". Walked in & it instantly reminded me old my old piercing haunt. Had a look round & it reminded me how much I missed being a part of all this!
I then had a quick chat with the guy & gal in there (who's names escape me but the guy had pocketing on his hand & the gal had great hair!), asked them what happened to Manchester Piercing down the road & was told that Louise, who used to do all my piercings (together with Caroline), now own Holier than Thou, she just wasn't in that day though. After a quick twenty minute chat about the piercing I wanted & generally what a good/bad day I had, had a toffee to pump my blood sugar up, we went to the back room. That another thing I loved about this studio - they actually talk to you - so many I've been in, where they give you no advice what so ever & just get it over & done with.
Anyways, I was the last piercing of the day & the girl did it for me. She was really nice & helpful & didn't lose too much patience with me when I couldn't decide on the placement for my new madonna piercing. Finally I decided on the left had side & off we went.
3 different mark for me to decide where I wanted it (another 10 minutes for me to decide!), she put the gloves on & then I was clamped in. Held my breathe in, Squeezed me eyes together, felt the needle go through my skin & it was done. God almighty, that hurt more than I remember! She then proceeded to put the metal into me & it was done! To be honest, I bled loads (which I never used to) but I didn't care - I was so happy with my piercing.
Thanked with people there, took another toffee from the counter, then hopped & skipped out of the shop - looking in every shop window down Oldham Street - just to get a quick reflection look at my new piercing.
It did swell a little; I looked like I was trying to do an Elvis Presley impression for a few days, what with one side of my lip going up slightly but no real pain after the initial needle. Apart from that night in bed, when I threw the duvet over me without realising - Jesus, that woke me up fast! I followed the usual cleaning regime (salt & water), which as pure usual did sting a little but 6 weeks later, I still love it - so happy I had it done & the funny thing is, work haven't said a thing about it!
Next piercing - Nipple!