I've been afraid of needles for as long as I can remember. I have no idea where this fear came from, but alas, it's always been with me. I used to say I would go my whole life without getting my blood taken, but that's besides the point. And also a pretty stupid thing, because it's just something you have to do eventually!
At A Glance Author Courtney Contact Courtney@bme.anon When A week ago Location pasadena About 4 months ago I decided to get a breast augmentation, and to go through with this you have to get blood taken. I passed out when I had it done, and I still honestly think that was the worst part of the whole thing. I felt really brave after I got the surgery, and since I had been thinking about getting something pierced for a long time, I decided I would finally go through with it. I chickened out about 10 times though! I would drive over to the piercing place and sit in my car going back and forth. I am seriously the biggest wuss, but I hate people thinking I'm weak so I was determined to do this on my own. I guess I wanted to prove something to myself, who knows.
I was also scared to tell my parents that I wanted to get a piercing, especially one on my face. They freaked out when I got my boob job, but they came to terms with it so I figured this would be the same. Finally, after I got out of the shower one day I knew I was ready. I got dressed and drove over, and didn't even give myself time to chicken out. I went in and it was SO clean and everyone was really friendly. I even talked to another girl who had gotten her lip pierced at the same place a year before, and she told me it wasn't all that bad and that she was such a baby, so if she could do it, I definitely could. I wasn't so sure though, because she had tons of tattoos and piercings, so I think she was a lot braver than me. I filled out the paperwork, told them what I wanted, and picked out my jewelry. Then I had to sit for about 20 minutes because other people were ahead of me, and that's when I started majorly freaking out!!! I wanted to cry or throw up or pass out. But I didn't do any of those things.
Finally they took my back to a room and sat me in a dentist chair type thing, and told me exactly how it would go. Everything was super clean and I felt way better about it. I got the numbing spray, but I don't think it really did much, so I wouldn't waste your money on it. But get it if it makes you feel better, it did me. The piercer marked my lip and asked me if that was okay. I wanted it more to the left so he changed the mark and had me look at it again. I looked at it for a long time, because I wanted to make sure it was exactly where I wanted it. Then he put the clamps on, told me to breath in deep and let it out slowly. Then all of a sudden...POP! The needle was through and I opened my eyes and stared at the needle and I almost fainted I was so freaked. He was saying things to calm me down and making jokes as he put the ring in. He asked if I wanted this as a picture to put on my myspace and that made me laugh, which hurt my lip like no other!!! It didn't even really hurt to get the actual piercing, it just shocked me and made a weird noise. The ring was pretty big, in case my lip swelled. I was worried it would always look so big and weird and I started wondering if it fit my face or not. He then told me all about cleaning it and how I should come back in about 2 weeks to get a smaller ring put in.
So far my lip hasn't swelled all that much, but it does sort of hurt. Mostly just tender and awkward feeling. It's also been somewhat hard to eat and sleep because I always put my face in my pillow! My mom just shook her head when she saw it, but I know she doesn't mind. All my friends love it, and I'm actually going with my friend to get her lip pierced tomorrow! It's contagious.
I just can't wait until I get the smaller ring and get used to having this ring in my lip! I also want to find out about the barbell for my lip, but I'll wait until this heals. I love it so much and I'm so glad I was brave enough to go through with it. I would say to go for it if you really want it; it's only a moment of pain for something you really want!!! I think the next thing I'm going to do is get my tattoo that I've been wanting for years, but I'll save that for another story.