I have wanted to get my belly button pierced since my older sister got hers when she was 18 so I didn't want it cause everyone had it. I wanted way before that. That would have made me seven years old when I decided that I wanted something pierced other than my ears which I got pierced when I was a baby.
At A Glance Author anonymous When A year ago Artist dont remember Studio dandyland Location san antonio Fast forward eleven years and I finally got my long awaited piercing. It was my 18th birthday and I decided it was time. My mom had other thoughts. She said it was too late in the day and the piercing place would be closed anyway. Since I couldn't argue with her or she legally throw me out of the house. Without a job that would be hard so I decided to wait until the next day. So the next day right after school I went to the parlor. My friends said that they heard that Dandyland was a pretty good place. So that was where we decided to go.
When I walked in I was so nervous that my feet were slipping out of my flip flops! The woman working there asked what she could do for me so I told her I wanted to get my navel pierced. Navel is a funny word that makes me think of old ladies or the army. She asked for my i.d. and made a copy. I was excited to actually show off my i.d. since I was rudely not carded buying cigarettes legally that morning. I filled out a paper that said pretty much if I died that they weren't responsible for it. BOO. No money for my family if I die. That wasn't very comforting.
I waited approximately five minutes and looked at the tattoos on the wall with my two best friends. A tall blonde bearded man came out and asked if I was ready. He was intimidating but very professional and nice. I wasn't ready but my friends kept pushing me and I had already paid and was way too excited to back out. The room that I was taken into was freezing cold and my sweaty feet formed ice and I was stuck to my flip flops. I really thought I was going to freeze to death but maybe it was just my nerves.
The guy told me to lift up my shirt so he could clean and mark my belly button. He asked if the placement was fine and I just agreed without really paying attention cause I thought I was going to shit my pants. The chair he asked me to sit in reminded me of a dentist chair. He got the needle and asked if I was ready. The mistake I made was looking at the needle which in my eyes looked like a huge sword. I just thought of all my little cells popping and veins bursting. I told him I was ready and he put the clamps on. I don't really remember much after that but I remember feeling a pinch and that was it. Not too painful. On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give it a 5. And I can't take pain at all cause I am a big wuss.A really big one.
My very caring friends had me drive myself home which was quite a pain in the ass and belly button. When I got home I showed my mom and she said it looked cute. My dad said it was ugly and I told him he was jealous. My friends asked to see it again and when I put my shirt back down my friend accidentally hit my right on it and I wanted to cry like a bitch. That hurt more than the piercing in the first place. Thanks Genevieve!
The soap the guy gave me just smelled good but didn't do much to heal the piercing. My sister took it to her bathroom and used it as hand soap because she liked the scent. I used Bactine on it about 5 months after I got it done because it was still oozing. I had gotten the Bactine originally for the new nose piercing I got but used it on my belly button and that cleaned it up for good. I highly recommend it. My really good friend used sea salt on her and it healed quite nicely.
It has now been 11 months and my belly button is clean and completely healed. Some good advice would be to not change your belly ring until the time they tell you and whatever you do don't stay in a pool all night hooking up with someone two days after getting a piercing. By the way I didn't do that, My friend did and her belly button is oozing now and quite unattractive.