Well, not anywhere really interesting. Just the ear. Yes, only one ear. And not even somewhere exciting in the ear- just on the lobe, where a normal earring goes.
And you know what? NO ONE HAS NOTICED!!! ARGGHHHH!!!
Here I was all excited, just dying to tell people how brave I was, that I didn’t weasel or squeal or cry or anything, and not one person has said a thing about it. This was such a huge thing for me, after my failed piercing fiasco 20-odd years ago.
Oh, and Mr. Bobkitty? Well, he showed up at the jewelry counter just as I was signing the consent forms, and tossed around supportive phrases like “What… I have a drill at home” and “Hell no, you can’t hold my hand!” and, my personal favorite “You can’t get both done? You think they’re gonna give me a discount when I go to buy just one earring?” sigh
OK, bobkitty. Spill. You can’t possibly throw off a remark like that and not expect people to want the dirt. So what happened? You pass out? Bleed everywhere? Smack the piercing technician in the mouth? Enquiring minds want to know!
And here I was hoping it was…somewhere other than the ear…
I recently took the plunge and got both of my traguses (tragi?) pierced (Tragus Piercingno, that’s not me in the picture)…
It seemed like a great idea at the time and I’d developed a near-fetish for seeing other people’s traguses pierced, but let me say that the sound of your own cartilage being crunched through, torn and mutilated is not exactly the most jolly pleasant experience in the world.
It’s cute, though! Congrats on getting your ear pierced! Can you sleep on that side yet?
Did the navel. Got the needle stuck in me. Distraction is a good thing
bobkitty: But it’s just ONE earring! congrats on overcoming that evil prior incident, however. You may now wear a ‘I survived ear piercing’ t-shirt. (A really tight one that shows off your belly?)
Yay bobkitty! I love piercing. I wanna go get something pierced right now, but I’m about out of ear space, the navel thing didn’t go so well and is long gone*, and I like to be able to show people my piercings (and tattoos!) in public, so anything below the navel is right out for me. Although I’ve thought about it…
PillowPhat, I’ve wanted to get a tragus piercing for ages, only I’ve just now learned the name thanks to you. I already have two cartilege piercings in my right ear (along with three lobe piercings in each), and I do sometimes have a little discomfort if I sleep on that side for too long with my studs in. Are you having any trouble with yours?
*This is not a scary piercing story, rather, it’s the story of university health services overreacting and removing my navel ring when I went to get a minor infection looked at(they said they had to and I only found out later that it could have been saved).
Lindy, only for you will I re-live my childhood trauma. I begged and pleaded and finally got MamaBobkitty to take me to get my ears pierced. Well, I weaseled a bit during the process, but all was well and good in the end. Unfortunately, I hadn’t taken into account my natural squeamishness. Weeks pass, and it’s time to take the piercing studs out. Couldn’t bring myself to do it. Waited another week. Still couldn’t do it. And I couldn’t let anyone else do it, either. Well, I waited a bit too long, they got infected, and MamaBobkitty and SisterBobkitty had to literally hold me down on the floor while they pulled the studs out and poured massive amounts of disinfectant on my ears. I don’t know what my issue was- whether it was the thought that it would hurt if I took out the studs, or if the thought of putting another earring in just freaked me out. Now that I’ve embraced my masochistic tendencies, I’m hoping it won’t be an issue. Guess I’ll find out in 6 weeks.
I did have the pleasure of witnessing my grandmother, two years later, kick the hell out of the woman who was trying to pierce her ears. giggle
Reeder… how far into the procedure did it take before she started screaming?
PillowPhat… yeah, I can sleep on that side. I haven’t caught the stud on any clothing yet, but I have accidentally tugged on it when tucking my hair behind my ear. It’s still a bit sore, especially when I have to turn it, but the swelling and redness went away pretty quickly.
Venoma- snort Very funny.
Rosebud… from all reports, the below-the-waist piercings are a (pardon the pun) waste of time. How about the eyebrow?
Supe… Luv. Sweetie. Darling. Always so supportive. snuggle Thanks. Missed you today, incidentally.
OW! Jeez, that smarts, even from most of the way across the continent. How old were you, anyway?
Glad to hear everything went fine this time; I’m sure you’ll find the courage to remove those piercing studs. You gonna post pics? (Still waiting for one of you that shows your face, BTW…)
Warm salt water. That is the cure to an infected piercing… So, if you are having trouble with a piercing create a combination of the stuff and soak your piercing in it. Even if you aren’t having trouble this will also help the healing process. Trust me, it saved my cartlidge piercings. Rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide and neosporin will only make it worse, just some piercing care advice for you Bobkitty and for anyone else for that matter.
That never completely goes away. I’ve had a cartilege piercing in my left ear for 17 years now, and I still have occasional problems. More so with irritation on my head behind the ear where the pointy end of the post digs in.
Ihad to take my cartilage pierce out last summer. It was infected,as always, and I was sick and could only breath on that side! By the time the swelling went down the hole closed over…
Have had almost no trouble with my nose pierce… except when I forget it and vigorously rub my face with a towel!:eek:
Go bobkitty! Pierces are good. (With the exception of multiple tongue pierces - Sthuffering sthuccotash!) I’ve got one on the left, two on the right (because I am queer), and the ones on the right got infected when I had them done, but that went away soon enough.
congrats on overcoming that evil prior incident, however. You may now wear a ‘I survived ear piercing’ t-shirt. (A really tight one that shows off your belly?)