Now that I am 18 I can fight and die for my country but as "long as [I] live under this roof" I cannot get anymore piercings or tattoos. My first piercing was around 16 months ago where I had my friend, who is an apprentice now, pierce my conch. My mom was so angry with me, but some how I did not have to take it out of me ear. Well that was the last time that was going to happen. Now that I am 18 my requests for a tongue, lip or lobe piercings have all been turned down. I also hate school, being a senior in high school to me seems like such a waste of time.
At A Glance Author davestyle Contact davestyle@bme.anon When It just happened Artist myself Studio dumb kid club Location my house Well to the actually experience. After having to suffer through a day of school on Monday that I was suppose to have off, it was followed up by the state math meet (big nerd) being cancelled. Going to school put me in a real bad mood. So I figured hey why don't I pierce something, that would be fun. My girlfriend who was and still is sick likes piercings. Well with my parents rules I didn't want to get kicked out of my house so I decided to pierce my scrotum. My friend for a week before he dropped out had his done once and said that it did not hurt too badly. I figured I'd give it a go. I took out an 18 gauge (yes I measured it) safety pin dunked it in some rubbing alcohol and put it under a flame for a while. I marked off 2 points on my scrotum a the base of my penis and in about a half hour managed to push it through. The hardest part was the stretching the needle did because unlike a real needle it did not cut the hole but stretch it. However getting the 14- gauge ring I had siting around in it would be near impossible. I succeeded defeat and went to bed.
The next day after rummaging through my junk piles I found a perfect 12 gauge-sewing needle. So that night I used the night befores entry and exit wounds and pushed the safety pin through them again. I took that out and began pushing through the 12 gauge taper I guess. This part took about 45 minutes to get it up to where the needle was at its thickest. During this journey I had decided that it would be a good idea to trim the area a little bit with a pair of scissors, and taken a short shower. I took the needle out and tried to fit in my 14 Ga. barbell. This however did not go over too well at all. I managed to get it into the newly created hole but it would not slide in too easily due to the threads on it. I took out my ring and put in the other hole. This seemed to slide in much easier so I decided I would try from there on to get the ring in. The ¾ of and inch diameter of the ring was quite large however I could not seem to get to the other hole. I tried t his for around 20 minutes. I pressed it in really hard and I could see what looked to be the tip of the ring poking through. However it seemed to be caught on some skin. Well after spending about a total of 3 hours on this project over the past 2 nights there was no way I was going to give up now. I was desperate. As luck would have it I had straight blade razor that was unused and still in its package. I whipped that sucker out, dunked it in some rubbing alcohol, some flame and more rubbing alcohol. I took it to what was poking though and sliced along the edge of the ring. I pushed and it didn't go through, I sliced once more and with another push and a little tearing sound it finally popped through to the other side. I couldn't believe what I had just done. I managed to close the ring and get the ball on the end.
Right away I felt really dumb. I had put my mind to piercing myself in such a crude manner and I had actually done it. I was real afraid of what was going to happen, so right away I cleaned that sucker as good as I could. Bactine, rubbing alcohol (owwww) and then some more bactine.
The piercing all and all was pretty painful. However it was spread out over a long time period making it much better. The ring is still in there and seems too be healing now, three days later. I make sure I take good care of it, and hey who knows maybe it will even heal. I know that 14 gauge is too small but I am really focusing on the healing before gauging. My sick girlfriend (stomach flu, its gonna be alright) even likes it a real lot and now some how thinks that I'm tough because I was so stupid I did this to myself.
If I was to give advice I would say, do not do this yourself, go to a professional and pay the 40 or so bucks it cost to get it done properly. Not only to be safe and healthy but that piercers need to make money also.
Well that's it from here BME runs an excellent show, keep up the good work!
.davestyle.