When I was about 14 years old I saw in some movie a lady with a belly ring with a tattoo around it. It looked awsome & i told myself i had to have that. I wanted it done just as i had seen. The jewled barbell with a flower tattoo around. I talked to some people & they told me i was stupid for wanting a tattoo around my belly button. I would get preganent eventually & it would stretch out. I thought about it & they were right but i still wanted to get the navel piercing. I thought & thought about it. I would feel my belly button & imagined what it would be like to have it.
At A Glance Author Jessica Lewis Contact jldg@cutey.com Artist not sure of the ladies name... Studio big city Location orange park, florida One day i finally got up enough courage to ask my mom about it. She totally laughed at the idea & told me i was completely nuts. Well when i was about halfway threw my 8th grade school year *still 14 yrs. old* I decided to bring it up again. I hadn't been going to school much that year. So me & my mom made a deal. She would let me get the piercing done if i paid for it & if i started going to school reguraly. So i started going to school every day. All excited about my new piercing i started to look online for all kinds of pictures stories or anything. Well 2 months passed & i brought it up to my mom again & she said she had changed her mind.
This made me really mad so i went into my room one night & started whinning to my friend about how upset i was. She said she could see this & told me that she had done her's herself. This sparked an idea in my head. So i went into my room & decided i would do the same. Not really knowing how the whole procedure went I thought it would be easy. The needless couldn't be that much diffrent i thought *I WAS SOOOOOOO WRONG* I was on the phone with another friend the whole time I was doing this. It hurt so very much bad. I was ready to start bawling by the time i was done getting the needle threw & i still had 2 put the jewelery in. I had no starilized belly rings or nething so i used a earing hoop. I will tell each & everyone of you this is the stupidest thing i could have ever done was try to pierce myself myself. It hurt so bad. It got all infected & sore & looked so discusting. *DO NOT DO THIS YOURSELF IT HURTS EXTREMELY BAD & IS NOT WORTH IT* So i took it out & let it heal up *luckily it healed completely with a tiny scar*
Well i finally stoped begging & pleading with my mom until the end of my 9th grade year * i was 15 nearing the age of 16 in about 6 months* Well i had gone 2 school & stuff & she agreed & told me she would take me that sunday. I was all happy & joyful and stuff. Saturday rolled around & i was scared. Then sunday morning came & i got up bright & earlie & got mom up & was like are you goin to take me? She was like i dont' want to go to a piercing place ask your father. So i went & asked him. He said he would.
So i got the money & we went. They scanned mine & his id's. Then they set everything up & took me in a room. The lady laid me in a chair. I started to get all screamish. I remembered how bad doing it myself hurt. She cleaned it out & put two dots on my stomach. She made sure that that is where i wanted it to be done & then she said okay & told me to lay down. She pulled out the clamp which i had no idea what it was it looked similar to an ear piercing gun i didn't know if a needlee got connected to it or what so i got screamish & shut my eyes. She stopped & told me to open my eyes & to look at her or she wouldn't continue. I was scared but i did as she said. She closed the clamp & suprisingly it didn't hurt i was like alright this isn't so bad. Then she pulled out the needle from the table behind her. She told me this would feel like getting pricked by a thorn & then a small presure & the whole thing would take about 20 seconds to get the needle threw & the jewelrey threw. So i was like aight. She told me to count to 5 with her followed by another 5.... i started counting 1....2....3.....4......5 .......1 *ouch* i felt a small prick.... 2...... 3....4... *a build up of pressure*.......5..... *pop the needle went threw*.... then the next 3 she slid the jewery threw & it took her about 30 seconds to put the ball on the ring. I had a tiny drop of blood on my tummy. I was like is that it? She was like yes mama' I hope you like your new piercing. Handed me some care instructions & told me whenever it got sore to put a couple drops of saline on it & to wash it with antibacterial soap 2 times a day.
I am now 17. yrs. old * 2 months from being 18* I have since then gotten my tongue pierced & about ready to get my 1st tattoo..... I am soooo glad I went threw with it. I have had about 5 ta 10 diffrent rings. Each & everyone i love in my own way it's a way to express me.