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Hi, my name is Ailis. I'd like to add my story about my navel piercing. One day I arrived too work early, so I decided to kill an hour or two by walking down the main street of the town I worked in. Since I worked in a tourist building, I knew that people came from all over the world just to go down that street that lead down to a beautiful beach. There were plenty of unique stores & bars along the way. There is everything that you can think of down there. 2 weeks before, I noticed a boutique that had just opened up down the street as I came out of the tattoo parlor with a new 4 leaf clover. I seen on the boutiques sign that in small printing it said "body piercing". I honestly never planned on getting anything pierced that day, but along the walk down that street I was attracted by the nice dresses that were displayed, so I went walking in. The whole place was so nicely decorated. There were fake flower vines all over the walls and the wallpaper matched great. I just loved the place. It made me feel welcome and at ease. I went toward the back of the boutique store to see where the piercing took place. I was amazed at how nice the piercing room was compared to the sales floor. It looked like a doctors office, but different. I can't really describe it. I looked at the jewellery on display and became fascinated with everything that I seen. I then heard someone behind me mumbling something, so I turned around to see what they were attempting to say. I seen a girl hunched forward looking as though she was about to pass out. I seen 2 other people keeping her company and telling her to relax. I asked what had happened and I was informed she had her belly button pierced. Then the piercer came into the room and gave her something to drink. I asked her if that happened to everyone and she replied, "No, not really. She just hates needles". I suddenly felt challenged somehow. I wondered if I would feel ill or anything of the sort would happen to me. I continued to question the piercer about the whole procedure and how much it would cost me. I thought about it for 10 minutes at the most and went to the front desk of the store and paid for the piercing. I went back to the piercing room and announced I had paid. I then learned that the piercers name was Robin. I then started to think about the lectures at university on Egyptian history I had taken. I remembered something about the royal females piercing their navels. Before I could think too much about it, Robin was explaining after care to me and putting the back of my chair down. I was then looking up at the ceiling asking question after question. I looked up to see her taking several things out of packages. I asked to see the ring I would be having. She showed me this steel ring with a ball. I wanted something more colourful, so I asked for something different. After a minute or so, I choose a rainbow coloured bead. I put my head back and Robin proceeded. After hearing all sorts of little noises from whatever she was doing, she told me to take a deep breath in my nose and exhale through my mouth. I felt a pinch. I wanted to get up and look, but I was scared I would interfere with what she was doing by moving an inch. She told me she was done and that I could get up and look. I was amazed, it was all done and it didn't hurt as much as I expected it to. I didn't feel dizzy or anything either. I actually went through the whole thing. A group of people came in to look at the jewellery when the whole procedure was taking place. I was a bit surprised to hear "Are you ok" by an onlooker. It turns out they were watching me the whole time. I talked with them for a minute or so while laying down and got the ok to stand up. Robin asked me to sit up in a chair for a few minutes to make sure I would be all right. I looked behind me and seen pictures of a mixture of piercings. I suddenly remembered about Chad, one of my friends from school. He was drunk one night and decided to get a piercing with his buddies. From what I was told, the piercer he had, apparently consumed a few drinks himself. Chad had to put up with a lot of tugging and pain to get a ring through his left nipple. I remember him saying that he didn't regret it and that he would feel lost without it, but wished he picked a better piercer. Even though the end result was desired in his case, I was so glad that I hadn't thought of him before I went through the navel piercing. I left the boutique 30 minutes after I walked in and felt so incredibly happy with myself. The after care is going pretty well and I can't wait to get accessories to hang as soon as it heals completely.

Submitted by: Ailis.

Experience Added 07/23/2000