Since there are so many stories of rejected Madison's on this site, I figured a success (or at least a success so far) story would be a good thing to put up. Around six months ago while looking around on this site I stumbled onto a piercing called a Madison, I had never seen something like it before. The fact that something like that could be done amazed me, I instantly fell in love; I knew I would get that done one day. I researched everything there was to know about this piercing; the fact that the rejection rate of them was so high did not stop me from wanting it. I had to get this done, so I called around and found a place that would gladly do it. Once my eighteenth birthday started coming up I made my plans to go get it done.
At A Glance Author Ben Contact clayton334@hotmail.com When N/A Artist Butch Studio The Exotic Body Location Sacramento, CA So there I was, the day after my eighteenth birthday back in the exotic body (I was there the day before for a tattoo, but that's a whole other story). I'm not going to lie I was very nervous about getting this done, I was shaking a little and did not know what to expect (I have never had a piercing done before). My friend was doing his best to keep my mind off it while I waited for it to be my turn up; luckily it was crowded that day so I got some time to relax before I got it done. Finally I was up; I went into the back room and sat down. The normal piercer let me know she would not be doing the piercing, since she had never done one before, so instead she had another guy who had done them before do it and teach her how to along the way, they asked if this was cool with me. I was okay with this since it ended up being the guy who did my tattoo the day before. Before they started they told me that there is a 70% chance that it will end up rejecting and if I still wanted it after hearing that, I told them I knew all about the rejection rate and still wanted to get this, even if it is in for just a couple of months.
After that they started getting everything out on the tray and needed to put the marks on my neck where the needle would go through. This took the longest; they wanted to make sure it was perfectly straight. After re marking it about three times and getting three different opinions on if it was perfect, we decided it was time to go. I again got very nervous when they had me lay down on the table while they finished getting everything ready. Soon the clamp was put on my neck, this was an odd feeling, very hard to describe. About now I was sweating bullets; they could see this so they did their best to take my mind off of what was going on. Finally the time had come, it was time for the needle to go through, they told me to take a deep breath in and exhale and bam in it went. All my fear was over nothing, there was little pain, just a very small pinch. In went the jewelry and it was over, took maybe 4 seconds. They told me I could sit up and take a look in the mirror see how it looked and when I did I could not stop smiling, it was perfect, I could not have asked for a better job. After they gave me some instructions on how to keep it clean and ways I can try to keep It from rejecting, I paid gave them a tip and left with a smile on my face.
I have had it in for two months as of today, and it has not showed any signs of rejecting. I still love this piercing and hope it never will reject. As far as shock value goes it is pretty high, going back to school the following Monday was very interesting from all the reactions ranging from amazement to utter disgust I got, and of course everyone must ask if it hurt. Not everything with it has gone perfect; it was weird at first that I could feel it vibrate when I talk. The other problem I ran into, is I ripped it in my sleep about a month ago, when I woke up I had blood all over my neck. I figured this would be the end of it and that it would soon reject, but I kept it clean and put some vitamin e on it and it seems to have healed up nicely. So there you have it that is the story of my first piercing, my only other advice to you if you are thinking about getting it done is, don't be afraid, it does not hurt and treat this thing like it was your baby and hopefully it won't reject.