When I was in grade nine it seemed like everyone was getting there lip pierced which made me very jealous because I knew I had parents who were very uptight. As time went on I realized that I really did not like the lip piercing, but still looked at pictures and commented those who had gotten it done. One day as I lurked some random boy on myspace I noticed that he had something different, something I had never seen before. I decided to message him and ask him about it. He told me it was called a vertical labret. Never seeing it before on anyone made me more interested.
At A Glance Author Angele Contact angele.xo@hotmail.com When Two years ago Artist Deacon Studio tora tattoo Location 7 Young st, east waterloo As days went by I had decided this was the piercing for me, the only problem was my parents. I told my mom I wanted my lip pierced and within .01 of a second her answer was no! Being prepared for this, I asked her to reconsider. I explained to her that it was not going to be like everyone else's and that I was interested in keeping small jewelry in. My mother told me she would think about it. Luckily, my mother worked at a university so she got a lot of feedback from students with piercings and without.
After about 3 months of waiting, bugging, and wondering if I should just go out and get it done without her permission my mother had called me at school on my lunch break. She told me that something had come up and she needed to pick me up from school. Worried and confused I headed out, and got into my mothers car. As we drove uptown waterloo I was very confused, then we pulled up to what looked like a house to me. My heart was pounding. I had no idea what was going on, but I knew the house seemed familiar. When I entered I realized where I was. The purple walls immediately rung a bell and at this point I thought I was going to faint because I was so exited!
My mom filled out a few papers and I was asked a few questions. As we sat and waited for my turn I was shaking. Next to me was a younger girl with what I assumed was her father, and another girl filled with tattoos. I then turned to my mom and told her I was scared, really scared. I had so many thoughts running through my head, but my biggest concern was the pain. I had never realized until I sat down in the waiting room that there would be a sharp metal object piercing my lip. As the thought of leavings ran through my head Deacon came out. To be honest, he scared me and did not look nice what so ever. At that point I really wanted to go home but was too shy to say anything. He then clamped my lip and told me he was measuring it. He then took me into the piercing room and took a good 30-45 minutes measuring, stepping back and telling me to smile with my mouth closed and open. Waiting such a long time really calmed me down because I knew Deacon knew what he was doing. The he handed me a mirror and asked me how I liked it I took a quick glance and said it was good, trusting that the last half hour was not just a waste of his time.
I knew it was coming. As Deacon clamped my lip I demanded my mother hold my hand. I closed my eyes, squeezed my mother's hand and bam! In less then a second it was over. He then explained he was just going to tighten the ball and I would be good to go. As he handed me a pamphlet and started to explain the hazards I started to feel light headed, dizzy and nauseous. I turned to my mother and explained how I felt. Deacon quickly jumped up and grabbed a fan and a glass of water. He pushed back the chair I was sitting in and told me I was going to be all right. After a few minutes of lying with my eyes closed I realized that I was fine.
I am very happy that my mom decided to take me to tora tattoo and I have no regrets what so ever. Deacon definitely was not scary at all. He took great care of me when I fainted (which I learned was very common after getting a piercing and that many people, even some of my friend have fainted just because of the shock) and he took his time to before marking my face. My vertical honestly did not hurt and ton this day I still love it. I am also very happy that I did not go behind my mothers back. I had gone into another shop a few months later and was told the key to a good, straight piercing was to go "quick and fast" and later listened as they cut up every tattoo shop in Kitchener, poor businessmen if you ask me, anyway what I am trying to get at is its not worth it to be pierced without your parents permission/at a dirty place. Odds are, they don't know what they are doing, nor do they care. Also, paying the extra 40 bucks is worth!