Title: Kick arse navel piercing!
Author: Stephanie
Complications: I had a little bit of trouble putting the needle through, but it worked.Since then, no complications
End Result: Turned out well. A little red
Happy with the Result: I'm very happy!!!
Date Done: January 20, 2003
Story: My best friend, Kendall, said she wanted to pierce her eyebrow, so when I heard about it, I thought it'd be cool to do my belly button!! After looking up a lot of stuff, I decided to do it!
I numbed my belly button with ice and marked where I wanted it to be with pen. I made sure it was centered and everything and then clamped it. I poked around at the dot for a long time. The numbing went away very quickly and got very hot.
After about a half an hour, I had it through and I very a very happy camper!!! It didn't hurt nearly as much as I had expected. the only thing I didn't like was how I felt very sick afterwards. I love adrenaline and everything, but maybe it was too much. It didn't matter though, I got what I wanted and it turned out better than I hoped.
Needle: A sterilized sewing needle
Gauge: I don't know
Purchased:
Cost:
Jewelry: Currently, its just a needle that's protected on both ends
Gauge: I dunno.
Purchased:
Cost:
Aftercare: mild soap and warm water, warm water and salt
Purchased: Claire's ear care solution
Cost: $5
TOTAL COST: I'm buying a barbell in a few days, so probably it'll be 15 bucks
March 1, 2003
The Thursday after I wrote the above story, my piercing got extremely infected and my Mom had gone through my notes and put 2 + 2 together and realized what I had done. She said she'd let me keep it in if it wasn' t infected. I kept it in anyways, and by this time, it was draining green puss. I don't know how much you guys know about medics, but the more green puss is, the more extreme the infection. I finally realized what I had to do. I had cleaned it plenty, but it was still in big trouble.
After a week, it had finally stopped draining puss and blood and began to scab over and heal. By this time, I felt very embarrassed that I hadn't made it work. It's been a month and now I have a large pink circular scar where the needle had entered and exited. I'm going on a vacation very soon to Key West and my scars are going to show because I'm wearing a bikini. Now I'm wishing that I wouldn't have done it, and just kept begging my parents to let me get it done. However, after seeing how upset I got when I lost it, she offered to get it pierced again when it fully heals. It's pretty cool, but I wish the healing process wouldn't take so long!
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