So I have this best friend her name is Raquel we're basically joined at the hip we do everything together, well one day I don't even know how we thought of it but we thought it would be cool to get our belly buttons pierced. We were both 13 and amazingly both of our moms had said yes! Her birthday was before mine, so she got hers done first! THANK GOD I was so scared but the way she made it seem I thought it was going to hurt so bad. I've never been one to be able to take pain very well so of course it scared me.
At A Glance Author Shaw When Two years ago Artist Big ed Studio Big eds Along comes my 13th birthday a month after Raquels, keep in mind hers is all heeled and I still have yet to get mine. I come home from school kind of forgetting that my mom told me I could get it done. It's about 4:00 pm and my mom asks me if we are going to go. I was kind of nervous but I said yes, changed and then left. Driving to big Eds was probably the fastest 15 minutes of my life. I was so nervous, I didn't think I could go through with it I mean come on I was 13 and in the 8th grade. I'm bound to be a little over dramatic!
We finally get there and go inside I see all these people with tattoos and piercings and get extremely uneasy! Big ed comes out and has me and my mother fill out some papers because I was 13 and everything. My mom had already gotten her belly button pierced the year before with my older sister. She never thought I could go through with it I think thats one of the only reasons she said yes to the whole thing in the first place because she thought I would back down.
Big ed calls me in this is the moment I've been so scared about for the last 30 minutes and it was finally going to happen. He sits me down in this chair that the back can go down. Kind of like a dentist chair you could say. Told me how many people like to blame the places if their piercings gets infected and had me watch the whole sanitation process. I was scared out of my mind I knew any second would come and BAM it would happen, but it was worth it in the long run. He tilts the chair back so in a sense you could say I was laying down. I held my moms hand the whole time. I know LAME, but its okay! he took a clamp and pinched it shut took the needle and bam over in like two seconds. I got my belly button peirced with a barbell So I don't know if its any different than a loop. He then taught me how to clean it. It was very sore and red, but its okay a few weeks later Still a little sore but for the most part healed, and better than ever. Whenever I used to watch other people play with them and like tug on them it would make me sick to my stomach but now I can do it and its perfectly fine. I made sure to clean it a lot and take care of it so if didn't get infected.
Whenever I take my belly button ring out now I just think of how gross my stomach looks with a little hole. I can't imagine my stomach without it in it now, I'll be turning 16 and really want my lip pierced but I know she will never go for face piercings, which sucks real bad but I'll just wait until I'm 18. After begining for about a month to let me get my lip pierced and being shot down numerous times I have finally talked my mom into atleast letting me get a tattoo, A star going down my back.
If I thought my belly button was going to hurt clearly I have no idea how bad this tattoo will hurt. Raquel has wanted a tattoo the last year and her mom said she could but she has yet to get it. I'm pretty sure I will end up getting mine before her but it would be pretty cool to get ours together though.
My mom agreed to get a tattoo with me when the time comes in about a month. My mom wants to get a rose on her lower back symbolizing her and then leaves and such extending off it with two little roses on the sides. One for me and one for my sister. If I go through with this I'll right back and let you know about it!