New Metal

By Elizabeth, from France.

I’ve wanted my nose pierced for over a year now, but i wasn’t sure if I wanted a nostril or a septum piercing. I’m a big fan of Paramore, and when I saw Hayley Williams’, the lead singer, septum piercing I thought it looked really good and decided to research septum piercings.

I thought they looked cool and would be easy to hide if I needed to, so I decided to get one. I’m currently on a study abroad trip in France and a bunch of us decided to get our piercings in London one weekend.

However, the piercing place that was recommended to us had a gas leak and so we didn’t get them pierced in London. The next weekend, we went to Blois, France to this piercing and tattoo shop called Corporeal Designs. We went on a Friday and the guy only did piercings on Saturdays, but since there were six of us that wanted piercings, he decided to do them that day.

My friend went in before me to get her nostril pierced. She came out and told me that it hurt so much she almost passed out. This freaked me out b/c Idon’t have a high pain tolerance. But still, I went back to get it done. The guy didn’t speak much English, but he knew enough to explain the procedure and the aftercare. He was super sweet and joked around with me some about America, which made me feel more relaxed.

He took out three different size clamps, which freaked me out even more. He cleaned my nose and felt around for the sweet spot, then marked it with a marker. He then showed me the needle still in the package. I have to say, this man was very meticulous with cleanliness. Every surface in the room was clean. He put the tube on one side of my nose and the needle on the other and told me to look at the door and take a deep breath. Then he pushed the needle through. It didn’t hurt at all.

There was a little bit of pressure when he first put it in, but I barely felt it go through. Putting the jewelry in was the same amount of pain, very very little. My eyes did water a lot and my nose stung a lot afterwards but it was not bad at all. I got this done yesterday, and so far it only hurts when I move the jewelry around to clean it. I love the way it looks! Its definitely worth it but you will get some negative reactions to it.

But if you love it, like I do, it doesn’t matter if everyone else likes it or not.