Hey!
...isn't this weird? Sorry I haven't blogged in FOREVER I've just been busy doing over stuff and my main focus is always on my YouTube so between that and school (and my mild social life) blogging doesn't get a lot of time with me :(
But I am striving to start blogging more!
I received a request from someone in the comments on one of my videos (she does blogs so check her out, they're reeeally good- love4beauty2412)
She requested I do a blog post about when I got my belly button pierced so I am going to be doing just that!
When?
I got it pierced on either the 23rd or 24th July (I have a terrible memory!) on the day I broke up from school for the Summer holidays
Where?
Unfortunately because of security reasons, so on a so forth, I can't say the exact place I got it done but it was just a tattoo/piercing place near-ish where I live
Why?
I feel this might be a question some people will want to know and that it 'why on Earth would you get your belly button pierced!?' Yes, I know a lot of people don't like belly button piercings either because it makes them cringe, they think it's tacky or some people just don't like how it looks but I got it done because I think it looks soo pretty and in Summer when I'm wearing my crop tops and bralets it's nice to have it because it just looks so gad damn cute!
Pain?
For me to be honest it barely hurt, obviously I felt it happen and it did sting a bit but to be honest it can't have been too bad because I barely remember how much it did hurt. But from what I remember on a scale of 1-10 (1 being..did anything actually happen and 10 being mother of the lord! that stang like a biatch!') I'd say for me it was only about 5/10 What hurt the most was my Dad making me laugh when the needle was still through my skin -_- haha
Overall experience?
For me the whole thing was very quick and very very exciting!
My Dad took me to the piercing place, we asked a few questions, asked when I could have it done then had about a 10 minute wait.
When I went into the actual piercing room the man told me about the risks etc. and once I had said 'yes I still want it done' I picked what colour bar I wanted (I just got a silver one with clear diamonds on both the balls)
Then he cleaned the area and marked where he was going to pierce it, he asked if I thought the placing looked alright and it was just peachy so I laid down and this is where it gets torcherous! (I'm kidding by the way)
They get out what look like scissors but on the end are two hollow circles, they clamp that around the dot previously drawn on, you take a breath in, breath out and they push through the needle (can I just say this is the moment my Dad made me laugh...while there was a huge needle resting through my belly button!)
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| This is what the clamp thing looks like (I think my explanation was quite spot on!) |
Then they take the bar and as the slide out the needle they push in the bar and screw on the top ball. Then they put a plaster over it and you're not meant to take it off for at least 4 hours.
(After the piercing you have to sign some papers and stuff but if you're with a guardian you don't have to worry about that stuff!)
So that's about it! That was quite a long post but its just a LOT to explain but before I go there are just a few points I want to mention...
- There is always an age restriction to when you can get pierced without parental guidance, make sure you check!
- If you're not old enough to get it done on your own and your parents don't want you to get it then PLEASE do not get one of your older friends to go with you.
- NEVER pierce it yourself, it's gonna hurt way more and you're bound to get an infection.
- There is a chance that if you get it (especially while you're still growing) that the body will reject it and it will grow out.
- Don't take the piercing out for about 6 months, I know it will seem like an eternity but if you take it out before then it won't be properly healed and it might hurt to another one in.
- Then last but certainly not least just be careful with it, you don't wan't to get it caught on something and have it rip out do you!
Right I think that's about enough from me, I hope this helped anyone and if you have any more questions then put them in the comments and I will do another post with questions on :)
Check back here soon!
Byeee!
Belle xoxo
