my painful, yet lovely industrial

So I was in Fort Collins, Colorado visiting family and we were shopping in town. My father was bored so I asked him if he would bring me to get a piercing. Of course, he said no--I already have too many piercings.. bellybutton, all DIY--do not DIY though.. lip, cartilage orbital, plugs, second holes, and another cartilage piercing I took out so I could get my industrial. I was originally going to get an industrial last summer in Colorado when I was going to get my tattoo, but due to an extremely bad hangover, I could not move out of bed or away from the toilet to get to Millennium.

Two days later we were on our way to the New Belgium Brewery and I asked both of my parents again if I could go get a piercing. My dad said no.. My mom said no, I asked again.. she said we will see. [that means if I keep bugging, then probably yes] And only if it wasn't big or ugly [no facial piercings, no more plugs ha]

On our way back from the brewery, I asked again.. she said yes, if there is not a wait. She thought that there would probably be a wait.. because there was last year.. We parked and my mom and I went into Millennium, Sandy was at the desk.. she said there was no wait.. told me the price and we filled out the paperwork. I had forgotten my ID, because I had been so excited I just ran out of the car and into the shop. So I ran back out to the car and got my ID.. we filled out the rest of the paperwork and sat down. I explained to my mom what piercing I was going to get.. she looked disgusted. I told her this place was clean and I will keep it clean so it wont get infected.. I can put clear plastic through it for basketball games.. etc.

After waiting for 15-25 minutes [and describing what an industrial is to my mother] Sandy called me in and told me what she was going to do and let me ask questions. She gave me answers to all of my questions and when i asked if it would hurt.. she said yes. In my head, I was thinking, i can still back out and leave, we did not even pay yet! But I decided i was not going to let myself back out, I was going to go through with my decision and get this piercing. It would not hurt that much.. would it?!

After opening new sterile needles, washing her hands, getting clean gloves, etc, Sandy marked my ear and showed me.. after moving the marks a little bit, she told me to lay down. I was really nervous, I hate needles, but she calmed me down. She talked to me and told me to breathe and relax, one of the guys came over and held my hair off my ear and watched as she counted to three and pushed the needle through the top of my ear. And wow, did it hurt. She told me the first half was over and now she was going to do the second part. After making the second hole, she put the barbell through and took the needle out.. and screwed the balls on. She explained the aftercare to me, gave me a pamphlet and some lotion, we paid, and we were done. Despite the bleeding, the swelling, the pain, and the throbbing.. I was so excited! I got to go show it off to everyone and gross my mom out with it.

It was definitely the most painful piercing I have ever had done, but it was well worth it. It bled for the first couple days and was throbbing until I took some Aleve. Now I get to go show it off to all of my friends. It's still a little swollen a few weeks after but I am sure it will go away with time. My mother does not exactly love it, but she deals. It hurt to sleep on for week or two but not so much anymore, but Sandy told me not to sleep on it for a few months because it would aggravate it piercing cool.

If you are thinking about getting an industrial, go for it. It is worth the few seconds of pain piercing club! And if you are in Colorado, I highly praise Millennium--it is an extremely clean and calm environment. The people are very nice and knowledgeable. I am planning on waiting until next summer to get anymore piercings, because not only will I be 18 and able to get piercings without my parents permission, I will be in Fort Collins again and able to go to Millennium. I plan on getting a tattoo Body peircing My Space and a piercing next time!