My Navel Piercing Experience
At A Glance Author Sara Contact Eminemgrl617@aol.com When N/A Artist Didn't catch her name Studio Big Joe and Son's Location White Plains
Okay first let me tell you this my name's Sara. I'm 14 years old, and I live in a quiet New York Suburb. I got my ears pierced for the first time when I was nine. My babysitter had taken me too get it done, a year later I got a second hole, As the years went by I kept getting more until I had 5 in one ear 3 in the other. Everywhere I go people ask me why I have so many piercings. I just laugh it off and say I don't have half as many as I want. Well back to my Navel. One day I was siting in my moms car reading a magazine and I noticed how many of the models have pierced navels I knew right then and there I wanted one too. When my mom came out I asked her and she said okay. BUT you have to make honor roll in school. I agreed but as time past I wanted it more and more so I asked again please???? She said I would have to win a tennis tournament and I could get it. So I started practicing and studying all the time. Then one day while I was at my pool I was stung by a bee. I had a n allergic reaction and passed out my nose was really cut up and my mom felt so bad she said that Saturday I could get it done. I was so happy. The moment I got home I went on BME and started reading the experiences eventually I found a local piercing parlor. Big Joe and Son's in White Plains. As the week went by I read up on the cleaning procedure's and how to know if the place I chose was sterile enough.
Finally Saturday came. I was terrified, I had read the experiences on BME, which said it did not hurt but I thought they were just saying that to sound brave or macho or something. Anyway I had already told some friends I was getting it done so I knew I had to go through with this. That afternoon my mom made me do like a million chores for her then after I did everything we got in the car and headed down to White Plains. On the ride there I could not do anything I was so scared. When we got to the place my mom parked and we entered the place. The place was really nice my mom stood at the desk and looked around. A young woman came over and asked how old I was. When I told her my age she said that's pretty young. My mom said I know but we already agreed to go through with this. The lady asked for my moms I.D and had me sign some forms. I sat down for a minute and waited for a gang of girls to finish getting pierced. While I was sitting there was some guy with a lot of tatt oo's who said you're really young to be getting pierced, then he walked outside. He was sort of rude.
When they came out the woman beckoned us to this little room. I must say everything was very clean and sterile all the items were in single use bags and laid neatly out on a tray. The woman had me lift up my shirt and she used a marker to put two purple dots on my stomach. She then had me check the placement in a mirror. After I approved it I she had me lay down on some reclining chair. She washed my stomach and applied the clamps. I shut my eyes at that point. Quickly after I felt some pressure and she said you're pierced. She had done it so quickly I never realized it was through. And I must say there was NO pain at all. I looked in the mirror and my pretty surgical steel barbell. I loved it. In case you wanted to know there was no bleeding, and very little redness. My mom paid the woman and she gave me a care sheet and told me to go pick up some sea salt at the health store across the street. As I left I kept looking at my freshly pierced navel I could not believe I had gone through with this.
I have had the piercing for three days now. I follow the cleaning instructions very carefully. Two sea salt soaks in the morning and evening and a quick wash with DIAL antibacterial soap. So far the piercing is doing great, there is no redness, no bleeding, and no signs of infection. The woman told me to come back in a moth and a half to have it checked and to get my jewelry changed. I can't wait to start buying all the cute jewelry I saw at the place. I also must say this piercing is a great revenge. My friends who bragged non-stop about getting their cartilage pierced or there second hole. Are speechless when they see my navel. And people constantly ask me to lift my shirt so they can see. The only problem is I can't figure out what to pierce next.