All of my friends were getting it done......So I had to have it done too.
At A Glance Author Jacki Contact jnkeiser@hotmail.com Artist Max Studio Beyond Your Ears Body Piercing Location Rome, Georgia All of my friends were having thier navels pierced so I wanted mine done too.One morning I woke up planning to ask my parent's if I could have my navel pierced. Being the people they are they said absolutely no, so I preceeded to ask them if I could have an industrial done. They said yes to that. That surprised me.
The next day I went to a piercing studio called Crystal Moon Tatoos and Body Piercing. I was ready to have it done. (Not really I had butterfly's in my stomach and I knew for sure that I was going to puke on the piercer). A monstrosity of a man walked out of the back room and I turned and looked at my dad and said, "Is he piercing my ear?" He had a very bleak look on his face and he just looked at the man. I walked up to the man and told him what I wanted done and he said he would have to do two separate piercings for cleaning purposes and then after they healed and then he could put my barbell in. Then he told me to come back Thursday afternoon because he had a new shipment of jewelry coming in. I left the shop and I decided to have another person pierce my ears, because I did not like the looks of the guy. He scared me. On the way home my dad was cracking jokes about how big the guy was and how he wouldnt feel any pain so he wouldnt thing anybody else felt it either and he would just jam the needle through my ear. He found it very amusing, but I didnt.
A few days later I had been looking for other piercing studio's in my area when my friends had told me about Beyond Your Ears. They had said the piercers were really nice. I had to wait a week because my grandparent's were in town and I had to spend time with them. Sunday morning I had just woke up and I was still lying on the couch when I heard my parents talking. I heard my mother say that she would rather have my navel pierced rather than a big ugly barbell in my ear. So about 30 minutes later I got up and I asked my Daddy if he would take me to Beyond Your Ears to have my ear pierced and then he asked me if I would rather have my belly button pierced and I said sure. I had to wait until the next day after school because my grandparents were leaving that morning.
The next day... I was sooooo nervous after school. We were in the car on the way to the shop when I almost chickened out. My dad and I walked across the street and into the shop. It was really clean and there was a woman sitting in the window. She was, Max, my piercer.
She was really nice. She had us fill out some paperwork and then she took me to the back. She put on some new latex gloves. Then she cleansed my navel with alcohol and iodine. She opened up a new needle and clamp, then she told me to stand up so she could mark my belly and then she clamped it. She told me to lay down and take a deep breath on three, I did. I did'nt feel a thing. She inserted the ring and told me to stand up and take a look. It was soooo cute. She put a bandage on it and gave me some care instructions. They said to wash my piercing with anti-bacterial soap twice a day and soak it in saline solution once a day for 15 minutes. On the way home my dad found it very amusing to slam on his brakes and hear me scream. When we got home my mom said that she was going to put me on a chain and drag me around my it. HA HA that was funny. My sister and cousin insisted on touching it even after they were told not to and they didnt touch softly, they poked.
It has been 3 weeks since I have had it done and I have had no problems. It was sore for the first few days and people thought it was really funny to poke me. After I slapped a few people it was'nt funny anymore. I have had redness and a little white discharge. I talked to Max and she said it was normal for the first few weeks and I could change it out in 7 to 10 months. (I cant wait until this summer when I get to wear my new bikini).