As I was growing up I had a friend who was a tattoo artist/ body piercer! I watched him do work on many people and learned that body piercing was my calling in life. Due to an unfortunate situation in my life I ended up living with my friend for about 6 months. During this time Jon Cobb performed his first uvula piercing. I was shocked that that was even possible!!! Later on that month I saw the pictures and was even more astounded.
At A Glance Author pray4death Contact pray4death@hotmail.com When Three months ago Artist david gilstrap Studio enigma Location san diego ca. I remember the first time I pierced myself and how I felt. I remembered the first time I pierced a friend and remembered all the energy and excitement. I remembered doing my first genital piercing and the odd sense of some form of accomplishment. All the memories together just flooded me and I knew that this was my next step. I wanted to get my uvula pierced. I wanted to push the bar just a little bit further.
Well I was told by my friend that the procedure was very unsafe and that the guy who did that to himself was an idiot and anyone who would do that piercing on anyone else was too. I knew at that point that I needed to move on and that every thing that I was learning was great, but I felt that their was so much more for me to learn.
Well, fast forward a few years, and somehow I've seemed to have landed myself my dream job piercing(with the help of a lot of friends in and outside of the business).
All the sudden creeps in that want to get my uvula pierced again. So now I'm on the hunt. I called people all over the U.S. and was determined to get my uvula pierced. Almost every one I talked to had a very negative opinion on the piercing. Their were also the few people who were really into the idea but would not do it. They always had many reasons. But I also did not feel that click that I think I needed. I called around more and more and kept getting more phone numbers to call!!!
Finally I talked to Dedier at Enigma in San Diego and he said that he couldn't help me but he thinks that the other guy he works with might be able to. The other guy's name was David Gillstrap and that he would be in tomorrow. I was on my way out the door all ready to come back the next day when Dedier stopped me and said to hold on a minute. He called Dave at home to tell him about me and to ask him what to say to me. Well Dave wanted to setup an appointment just to talk to me before we think about taking the next step!
So I dropped back bye later that week to talk with him. By this time I was pretty knowledgeable of all the risks involved and the basic idea of the procedure (well I had only been thinking about it for about 6 years). When I talked to Dave he said that he had done 3 previously and was open to the idea of making it 4. Dave had a working understanding of the procedure and was very knowledgeable of all the risks as well. So we set up an appointment to do the piercing.
The day before I dropped in to say hi and he was like I thought that we were going to do it tomorrow. I was just excited and wanted to make sure that we were still on for tomorrow! The had finally came and I was nervous and excited and anxious all at the same time. I felt that same feeling I felt every time I did a new piercing that I had never done before, and the same feeling when I received my first piercing.
The whole experience was so weird because I felt like I had grown so much since the first piercing but at the same time it seemed like I was right their all over again. I felt like this would help me some how to bring my life to full circle.
For 3 days before going in I fasted. I went on a juice diet and just drank apple juice and prune juice for the 3 days before (I did this to help cleanse my body of all the mucous; I don't really suggest doing this, it is very hard on your body).
I went into the back with Dave. He had everything setup and ready. I remember holding my mouth open and him checking my gag reflex. I don't really have a gag reflex so it was pretty easy for dave to pierce me. He put the clamp on my uvula and I felt this intense sharp pain on the roof of my mouth. I held my mouth open the whole procedure. My eyes watered like all hell, and I almost went out. I asked for a minute before he finally snapped the ring into place he waited and told me not to swallow. I felt my whole body vibrating in perfect tune with this african tribal music that was in the background. My whole body pulsated for at least a half an hour. But after 5 min I felt okay enough to let him finish. I had the piercing for about 2 months before it rejected. I was so happy that I finally got that piercing that I felt this weird sense of relief. I'm looking forward to my next experience.