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[saitaina]

Well, we're home.

Our fun filled three day vacation is OVER and I'm finally feeling better.

My tattoo looks awsome. I can't wait to display it at the book seven release day. Six bloody years of waiting and now I have a very large dark mark tattoo'd in black across my forearm.

It's an enlarged copy of the header picture of "Parting of the Ways" (Goblet of Fire, US edition). Mum took a picture of it just after it was done so as soon as I get that from her I'll show it off.

She also has video of me getting pierced (funny as hell to watch, I'm grimicing and you can clearly hear me saying "OW" despite the fact half my lip is held out.

Sadly we realized a problem only hours after I got the piercing, my 'bite' (alignment of my teeth) is not conductive to thepiercing, the back kept getting stuck behind my lower front teeth, which meant I was constantly pulling on the piercing and nearly ripped it out twice. So I removed it...

And for the past few hours, have been trying to shove it BACK into my swollen, bruised hole, crying (either from pain or frustration I don't know), feeling pathetic because I've also waited years for this piercing and I let a small thing like almost ripping it out come between me and my 'dream'.

I now have a severely damaged lip (goddess it hurts), no piercing and no idea what's going through my brain because it's not 'weak' to remove a piercing you almost rip out.

And another bit of proof I'm fucked in the head tonight? I keep thinking that some how not being able to have this piercing is going to make Bunny think less of me, despite the fact he has dated me for over a year without it, and never encoraged me one way or the other about it, despite to describe what it was (and mention that he liked girls with them, of course).

I would blame it on the fact I've been off my meds for three days but it shouldnt' be screwing with me this bad. I re-start them tomorrow now that we're pretty much sure I'm well again.

..I can't stop staring at my tattoo. FA, HPfGU, all my friends and all the drama...it's all summed up in this tattoo. For the rest of my life I will look at my arm and remember what these six years were about. Which is kind of good, as I'm walking away from the fandom in July.

When my kids ask why I have a snake and a skull on my arm, I can tell them the stories, the memories of six years that changed my life.

Man now I want to cry over that!

I'm tempted to go back to the artist when this heals and get my other four done, just kind of nervous as they require more shading and it fucking BURRNED when he did the shading on this.

....wonder how much he'd charge to put Kaitou Kid on my body though...

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[belindashort.livejournal.com]

Lemme tell you a little bit about the piercing..wait for the wound to heal and then repierce. If you keep trying to put it in the partially healed wound, you'll end up with a pretty bad infection.

That being said- you should NEVER remove a new piercing. Always go back to the piercing shop and tell them the problem. You never know, they may have a solution. The last thing in the world you want is an area like your mouth infected.

[saitaina]

That's all wonderful advice...except the fact my piercer is three hours away from me. *grins*

I gotta find a new one around here (some of the ones I liked before either went out of buisness or left me with a bad taste in my mouth due to health practices/friendliness. I don't want an ass anywhere near me with a needle).

I noticed this morning my gums were sore from the disc, which is to be expected but annoying since I already have gum problems. I think after this heals I'm going to just go in for a nose stud and stick with magnetic fakes for my mouth.

The hole is looking pretty good this morning though, still a bit sore but it's not red or irritated or bumpy so I'm hopeful for the healing.

[belindashort.livejournal.com]

I have problems with my gums as well, which is why I'll never get any lip piercings. I'm sure it will heal fine, since they use a relatively small gauge needle for those. It's just that the mouth is an insanely dirty place

[saitaina]

Oh I know, I always hated studying the mouth during sciences, learning about all those bacteria.

I'm learning the love that is Listerine, though I can't use it as often as it gets under my temporary crowns (which is a level of pain even beyond getting a taboo with wet rubbing alchol).

[(Anonymous)]

just some pointers on the piercing (i've had mine for about 6 months now)

1) now that it's out, yeah, you're going to risk major infection if you shove it back in. i don't suggest that. go back to the parlor and have them redo it. one of my friends got drunk after getting hers done and managed to get it ripped out. she went back and had it redone.

2) the biting thing is normal because it's a longer bar. it's longer to allow for swelling. after one month, change it out. but i should also say, you'll get used to it. just be careful. i couldn't eat for 12 hours because it was so bizarre and got caught in my teeth each time i tried to eat. i also kept forgetting it was there and touching my lip, which hurt. also, laughing or smiling too widely hurt.

the pain was pretty much gone by morning, though. i stayed on ibuprofen to help with pain and swelling, though mostly swelling. suck on popcicles if the swelling's too bothersome. my swelling wasn't bad at all, but everyone is different.


my eyebrow a month ago was a bitch and a half. it continued hurting and i almost passed out a couple of times when i was trying to clean it. it's all better now, though still a bit discolored.


make sure to clean it often, and make friends with listerine. if it feels bothered or anything, just give it a quick wipe with solution and a q-tip and a quick swish of mouthwash.


good luck.


- jess

[saitaina]

The wound right now is doing great, a bit sore but nothing that would indicate an infection is starting. I'm keeping a close eye on it and may go back to get it re-pierced after I talk with my dentist about it (there are some gum issues too that I need to discuss before I put a disc back in that area).

If anything, I might just go for a nose stud (which was my second choice) and stick with magnets for a fake mouth piercing.

Thanks for your tips though, I didn't know biting the bar was common.