Tribalectic

I had been throwing around the idea of getting a labret piercing. I already had several other piercings but the labret frightened me. I called around and found a place in Cincinnati. I was very impressed with the shop. It was very clean and very professional. My piercer, Cannon, was very informative and funny. He made me feel very relaxed. He explained the procedure very thoroughly. Cannon talked to me about placement and made the mark. He applied the clamps and told me to breath and the needle was through. It stung a little when he put the jewelry in but nothing I couldn't handle.

I got my ears pierced five times as a child. All by gun. All infected, swollen, allergenic, or otherwise effed up. But in October of 2008 I decided to pierce my nose. I really didn't feel like paying a piercer to do something so small and simple. [Rebellious little shit-disturber. I know. Stupid kid. I know.]

I got this piercing done last week, just a rook on my right side. It was a quicky and only moderately painful experience, and I had high hopes that it would heal without a lot of fuss.

BUT now, I don't know if it's been bumped or just because that's such an awkward area to clean, this piercing has made my entire upper ear swollen to the touch and the pain is throbbing. I'm continuing salt soaks, about to try antibacterial soap on it, and will decide in the next few days whether to take it out or not.

Yesterday, or Monday December 29th, I got an industrial piercing!