Well, it all started yesterday when I was at work! Me and my friend Tom were talking about the latest modifications we could have to our body. I decided that I wanted my Tragus pierced, and Tom agreed to come along with me.
At A Glance Author Sophie Contact Sophie@bme.anon When It just happened Artist I don't know her name i'm afraid Studio Blue Banana Location Lincoln, UK So, When I got home, I thought I would ask my parents before I had it done because I thought it would show respect and maturity!! I asked my mum and she said that she couldn't think of anything worse then having a needle shoved through her tragus. I tried reasoning with her and saying that it was a very small piercing that you could hardly see and that it was for my own personal addiction!! Sadly,she used the guilt trip on me! She said that i'm old enough to make my own decisions and spend my own money but she would hate it if i came home with my tragus pierced!! Bummer!
The day I was supposed to be having my Tragus done, my mum came in and said, instead of having your Tragus done, why don't you have your navel done again. (I had to take it out before because it went a bit funny.) So, I thought, I'm killing two birds with one stone here, a piercing and i'm keeping my mum happy!
So, I head out into fantastic Lincoln to get a hole poked in my stomach again. I had to do a few things before I got pierced, to try to take my mind off it. I went to McDonalds, knowing that I had to eat something before. Slowly, eating my Big Mac, Tom was trying to hurry me along. Although, I'd had it done before, I was stupidly nervous.
I walked into the Blue Banana, and said to Tina, I would like my Navel pierced please. I went through to the back area to fill in my form and show my driving licence and all the usual processes. I then chose out my jewellery, i chose a titanium barbell with clear jewels.
She said it would be about 10 minutes for them to autoclave the jewellery, which is always a good thing. The studio is extremely clean and even smells like a hospital and they have very strict rules about everything being sterile. They use only single-use needles and autoclave every piece of equipment they use.
Anyways, a girl went in before me to get her tongue pierced. She seemed to be in there for ages and I was starting to get worried. But eventually, she came out and looked slightly disgruntled, but I didn't let this deter me!!! Though, by this time, I would have been quite happy to walk back out the door!
So, in I went to the cubicle of DOOM!! She saw that I had had my navel pierced before and that it might hurt more because it would have to go through the scar tissue. Although, I know she had to tell me this, but it really didn't calm my nerves. I'm really a wimp when it comes to pain!!
She marked my navel up and then got me to lay down. she sprayed my navel with, what she said was an anaesthetic!! It was just very, very cold!! Then, I felt her put the clamps on, which i thought hurt a lot more then before! Then, I felt the needle go through, and it certainly was more painful then before. I'm not going to lie, it did hurt but it was bearable. I also think this was due to my scar tissue, it didn't hurt that much the first time I had it done. It took her a long time to put the ball on the top, and it was twisting the barbell in my navel at the same time and it really hurt. But, as soon as she had managed to put the ball on, the pain went away. I looked down and saw my beautiful navel piercing back. back to, what I liked to call, the 'pregnancy days' where I couldn't bend over properly.
I am now sat typing this, exactly 5 hours after having my navel pierced again, and I have cleaned the dry blood off and its now all nice and clean. Clean with Saltwater and tea-tree oil at least twice a day.
Don't let my account put you off having your navel pierced, it was only that I had scar tissue to contend with that it hurt me. It's a piercing with minimal pain, and it looks so cute and you can buy so many rings to change! I still have ones from before so i'm quite lucky really. My boyfriend doesn't know yet though!! Wish me luck.
Happy Piercing and don't forget, it is addictive!! I'm already trying to convince my mum to let me have my tragus done!