At A Glance
Author	anonymous
When	A month ago

Hi!

My Christina experience has been good and bad, really. The piercer and I discussed things, and everything seemed to be going well. I came back a week later with my boyfriend (he kindly offered to pay, since I had no money) and got paperwork filled out, etc, when I noticed something odd. Whenever he talked about the Christina he'd make a horizontal motion across his pelvis with his hand. Turns out he thought I wanted a horizontal pelvis piercing, and not a vertical one; in fact, he'd never done a vertical one!

Well I went for it anyway because I like him, and he seems to be a reputable piercer, everyone has to start somewhere, you know? He made me lie on the table with my legs straight out, and I got marked up a few times until we were both happy with the placement. Then yes, I admit it... I chickened out. I had to ask for a few minutes to myself, and psych myself up for it. Finally he came back, and I laid down. He couldn't use the clamps because apparently my skin is quite taut in that area, so he told me it would take a little bit longer, but not much. Well let me tell you, it felt like it lasted FOREVER. It HURT. I could feel the needle under my skin, and feel him moving towards the other dot on my skin slowly. I also felt him stop when I accidently moved, which probably made it longer. Then I felt the last of the needle, when it went through the top of my skin. I made noise through the whole piercing, but it hurt so bad I didn't care. He then put in the jewelry, and that was quicker but hurt at as well. But you know what? It was completely worth it. I mean, the pain only lasted like 30 seconds or less, and I have an extremely low pain tolerance. I got up and looked at it, and man was I happy. This thing is beautiful.

The second day, things looked and felt gorgeous. I kept doing my SSS, and everything seemed to be going great. I wore band aids until about the 13th day, because I was afraid to have something break through that skin (not that I think that's a normal worry, it just seemed like there was so little skin over it.)

The third day, everything was red. It hurt, the slightest touch or the slightest shift in how I was sitting and I wanted to scream.

The fourth day, everything was normal again.

The fifth day, it was red, it hurt, and there was a dark red line where the tygon was placed under my skin. I had to wait until the next day to go to my piercer.

Sixth day, everything looked fine again. I went to my piercer; he thought I was a nut because it was perfect, haha.

Then on the eighth day, something bad happened. I went to the bathroom to look at it because it was hurting, only to realize that the top ball had sunk halfway into my skin. I had to push it out from the top, it was sore for a while, and it was bright red. This kept happening again and again.

Tenth day, I came up with a solution. I took a band aid, and attached the sticky part of it to the top ball. I made sure it was stuck to it and wouldn't come off until I wanted it off. I then pulled the band aid up until I knew that the top ball was no longer in the hole, and I attached it to my skin at that level. This prevented the top ball from sinking at all. It scabbed over, and I gave it two more nights with the band aids.

Thirteenth day, I slept with no band aid, and tried to sit still and give it air to strengthen that skin.

Today is the fourteenth day. I will tell all of you how everything goes, and we'll see if it rejects or not. Some extra barbell does seem to be showing, but I want to hold on to this piercing anyway.

This piercing has made me feel so sexy about myself, and has given me so much more self esteem. For one, I'm proud that I went in and did something I wanted to do even though I was afraid of it. For another, my boyfriend loves it, and that helps. I'm just so thankful that I have this piercing, and even if it rejects, I'll either get a deep one or get dermal anchors there. For any of you that feel like you're not very pretty, or have low self esteem, I recommend that you get this piercing. It's made me so happy with myself.

I'm in love with my Christina.