New piercings

Since there is no place to get a  gun piercing around here and I was in the mood, I gave myself a shitload of new ear piercings using the old needle and thread method. I will NEVER do a stud piercing again, that was ridiculous and got horribly infected. It hurt like a mother and I couldn't sleep on my left side for weeks. But, my first piercings I did myself when I was like, 13 or 14 with a needle and thread and they were fine. I did find out that as the years passed the holes stretched out and now I can't wear a tiny stud in them, because the whole stud will slip through. That's because I had no advice and I used a big darning needle to make a nice sized hole. This time I used the tiniest needle in my sewing kit, and plain old sturdy thread.

I put two more holes in each lobe, going up (they already had two and one had three). Then I pierced what they call the orbital on each side. It has a lot of cartilage and I thought it might hurt, but, it didn't and the needle went through pretty easy. The others didn't hurt at all either, though it was tough pushing the needle through. I ended up getting a pot holder to give me some traction and shoving hard several times to get it done. However, there was no pain at all. It hurt much less than when a nurse gives you a shot in the arm. Some people recommend ice to numb and a potato in back to catch the needle. I didn't bother with that stuff. I mean, geez, it's just a little fat or cartilage. I figured, how hard could it be? I was right. Not bad at all.

I left a couple inches of the thread and tied it off in a circle. It's been two days and they are just fine. No pain, no infection and the threads move freely. I soak them in isopropyl alcohol every day and pull the thread through. I figure they'll be all healed in a month and I can remove the thread and put in my earrings.

I want three more piercing going up the side of the lobe and I want to pierce that thing there they call the tragus. It feels thick and full of cartilage, so I don't know how that will go. I'll let you know when these new ones heal. But, so far, I am happy and pain free. If you feel like trying a needle piercing, I think you should just do it. Be sure and use a small, sharp needle. Clean it well with the alcohol and soak the string too. Dip your fingers in the alcohol too, just to be sure everything is very clean. I swear to you, it doesn't hurt at all. In my opinion, it hurts much less than the gun peircings, which don't hurt when they do them, but, get pretty sore afterwards when you have to keep twisting that stud. The string is much more gentle.

Now, I'm wondering how hard it would be to pierce my eyebrow? I've always wanted an eyebrow piercing. I might have to Google that.