I am blogging today to tell you about my most recent trip to the tattoo studio to get my most newest piercings, my dimples. I went to the piercer with what I thought was a firm grasp on what I wanted to do. Simple, make the dots on my face with a marker, stick the needle through, pull the taper behind, put the jewelry in, and BAM! New studs in my cheeks! EASY AS 1...2...3...!
WRONG!
When I told the piercer what I wanted he proceeded to tell me every reason why I should not pursue these piercings. He said that they would be the most controversial piercings that I would ever have (and boy, was he right, you should see the looks I get...it's awesome). He said that it would take at least 4 months for them to heal and it would be a long process. He said that there would also be a possibility of hitting a saliva duct in my mouth and cause the piercing to stay wet. He went on, and on, and on, about the process of piercing them and what could happen if I wasn't careful with them in the healing process! I mean come on dude, do you want to make some money today or not?!
Finally, after all the do's and don't's he finally pulled out the goods and began the process of the piercings. He marked my dimples with a sharpie, measured the inside of my cheeks, the outside of my cheeks, from my ear to my dimples and so on, and so on. This process went on for 20 mins. I swear he was OCD! Then I laid down, he counted to three and boom.... the needle was in. Then, the taper, then the jewelry through the taper and finally, right side done! I thought "that wasn't so bad". I've had worse. The process continued on my left side and then I was laying down again. 1...2...3...and much slower this time, the needle was in. Then, the taper. I'm not sure why but he was moving much slower this time...and I began to feel something wet and warm dripping down my cheek...it was blood! Awesome right, NOT! I was like, "Ummmmm, could you....like, help me out here?!" Finally, the jewelry was in and the bleeding stopped.
I asked him why he was taking longer, and he said that he wanted it to perfectly match the right side. So, in the end, the final product was two perfectly matching piercings in my dimples. His OCD paid off! On a scale of 1 to 10, the pain level was about a 4, and only because of the blood dripping down my check. If you ask me though, that was a small price to pay for my uniqueness. Oh, and it was not until after everything was over that he told me that he had to go through an inch of skin to get the jewelry in! GROSS!
