I won't lie, the idea of someone sticking a needle all the way through my skin was making me ill and my stomach was churning. I've donated blood and I, of course, have my tattoo, but nonetheless I could barely get the nerve to sign the sheet and hand over my card. I picked out a plain white gold ball nose stud, admiring the admittedly pricey diamond one. Eventually I want a white gold hoop and the diamond one. Then I'll be done with this particular piercing. The piercing and stud cost me $60.
We had a little while the wait and I got more and more nervous by the second. I was almost sick in the bathroom. Colby decided that I was going to go first and in hindsight...well I don't know whether it was better or worse.
He drew the dot on my nose and I approved of it. What do I know about piercing placement? Then I had to lay down on the table. Lisa held my hand and he used open tongs to grab my nostril and flatten it. He stuck the needle through the tongs, through the dot and out the other end of the tongs on the inside. I'm not sure exactly what happened next because my eyes were closed. The needle caused a burning pain and it made my left eye water. But he threaded the nose ring (which he had bent into the right shape earlier) through the hole and that was that. After a little while it didn't hurt at all, the inside piece just tickled a little.
(really ugly picture taken when I was half asleep later)
The real funny part was that Lisa almost hit the floor. Colby basically berated me not to move and had Lisa sit down while he got her water. She was fine after a few minutes, but we both thought it was fun that she had hers done but almost lost it watching me get mine done. Colby said they were looking at each other and he knew she was going to hit the floor.
Lisa was up next. He drew the two dots, lining it up with the outside of her eye. Then he used the tongs to pinch the skin upright. He stuck the needle through the dots (and tongs) while I held her hand. She was laying down of course with her eyes closed. She seemed like she was taking a nap. With the needle just chilling in her eyebrow, he hooked the looooooong end of the eyebrow ring (though it wasn't actually a ring I guess) onto the needle and pulled it through. Then he took of the needle, took off the long part and tightened the ball into the end of it. It looks really cute on her and she said it barely hurt at all.
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