Cheeky Cheeks

So I finally did it. My cheeks are now 100% pierced, and I couldn't be happier! Before I go on, I have to thank Jori from Jori Zan's Body Piercing for hooking me up. Her shop is immaculate, she is extremely pleasant and easy to talk to, the whole experience was just lovely. Well...maybe not the entire experience. Let me tell you having my dermals removed and then being re-pierced in the exact same spot not 5 minutes later was no walk in the park.

So I went in there today with the explicit expectation of getting my cheeks fully pierced. After Jori tried (unsuccessfully) to talk me out of it, as she does all her customers due to the nature of the piercing, she gave up and we got the show on the road. The first thing she had to do was take out my dermals. Now I thought she was going to remove the gem and then somehow remove the jewelry painlessly...yeah, I know, I'm retarded. That is not what happened. I guess the only way to remove dermals is to yank them out of someones face. What was surprising was just how little it did hurt. After I knew what she was about to do, I was expecting the worst pain I've ever felt; I mean she literally ripped them out of my face!! But no. It was more of a pressure thing than a pain thing, I know, crazy right? The pain came after they were removed, when they were just holes on my face. I could feel my face swelling and blood trickling down my cheek; I can't even imagine how terrifying I looked in that moment!

After the dermals were removed, which took about 5-10 minutes of tugging, pulling and yanking it was time for the cheeks to be re-pierced. This is what I was worried about. I mean, if the removal of the dermals didn't hurt that bad, then jamming a needle through the exact same hole sure would! I was nervous to say the least, literally dreading the moment of penetration. But as usual, I didn't have anything to worry about. The question I get asked the MOST about my cheek piercings is, "did that hurt?" What do I say to that, "no, it felt like rainbows and butterfly kisses...OF COURSE IT HURT!" In this case, I was stunned at how painless this piercing actually was! I can't imagine how it feels when your cheek is fully healed! You probably don't even feel it! Needless to say, I am grateful that I wasn't subjected to any more pain. Pain is not something you want to pay for, you know?

I look super weird right now because my bars are like an inch and a quarter long to compensate for the swelling, but I CANNOT wait until they heal a bit more. I am so excited to FINALLY have the look I've been wanting for years now! It sucks that I had to spend so much money but it's an investment I guess and there's a lesson to be learned: stick up for yourself. When I got my dermals there was a huge part of me that didn't want them because I knew they wouldn't be the look I wanted. I should have had the backbone to just walk away, to say, "nah" that's not what I want. It's my body and if I don't stick up for it, who will?