doom

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WESNESDAY, MAY 15TH; last vacation day aka appointment set to get my nose pierced. or shall i say re-pierced, albeit i have not had my nose pierced since 2005. figured i might as well give it another go before i die. right?? moreover, i wanted to get my left ear 3rd lobe pierced to accomodate the new "oh doctor" labret, which (IMO) wasn't the best fit inside my conch. off to paradise, as always lately... i was informed once i got there that my usual piercer (elo) wouldn't be able to do the piercing since she'd been assigned other administrative tasks that day. if i was alright with it, another piercer would take over. "uhhhh...sure??" gave the green light right way not knowing how to react or to feel about it. besides, i'd kinda been wanting to try out with this other more-experienced piercer at some point. bucket list-ish. sooo. might as well have been fate? however a slightly mocking kind of fate when you consider waiting almost 20 years to get a nostril re-pierced, and then this happens. *shrug* quickly explained the basics of what my appointment was for to the piercer and proceeded to wait. meanwhile not being asked to fill in any consent form this time around but ok, sure. (might be looking old today guysss.) prior to the actual piercings, i also had 4 jewelry switches i needed to get done. now right off the bat, allow me to say this: pretty much having to make small talk by myself with the piercer basically only responding when being asked something..... awkwarrrd. not to mention weird AF. seriously. dude, just give me ANYTHING. introducing you with your name and asking me mine while throwing in a generic "how are you today?" wouldn't be so bad, would it? i'm not a people person and even i know this. i mean... i'm not used to this kind of vibe at ALL ever since i've been getting pierced, as i always found my piercers to be talkative and fun to be around. from pat to whoever else followed afterwards. or even if rewinding far back with pierre black. every. single. piercing. switch. h-u-r-t. i'm not sure if he was having a bad day or just not feeling my energy or whatever, but holy crap. he did not even bother to ask any info on the piercings i wanted get jewelry swaps on (i.e. being more careful with the ones still healing? nah?) so it comes to no surprise that alongside his rougher ways, my latest two bled quite a bit. & for the record, they do not whenever elo handles any of them. my approx 6 months old mid-helix was already bleeding when i realized he didn't even swap the correct jewelry in *facepalm* so i got to lay down again to receive twice the abuse on this one. then came the time for the placement of the nostril piercing. he took out his pen and immediately marked a dot on the side of the nose i wanted—one of the very few things he did bother to ask and that's if i'm even remembering correctly; "which side?" 😂😭 now i could only wish i would've taken the extra minutes to take a long hard look at myself in the mirror before leaving home to get a vague idea of where i wanted it. but at my last appointment with elo as we were already planning this visit, she had reassured me that we'd figure this out together and even try out with a hoop to get the right measurement to wear once it's healed. sooooo... that didn't happen. as he waited for my final "ok" after he put the dot on my nose, i hesitated a bit as i most likely frowned; "is that the usual placement?" and he said yes. i asked if he could bring out a ring and test out the fit. actually more than once before he finally did. not having any side mirror to properly look at myself and feeling rushed, i basically said something along the lines of; "yeah ok fine". i actually got more finicky with the placement for my 3rd lobe, believe it or not. third act—or wherever we're at. was told to lay down for the lobe piercing. it pinched a lot and was immediately asked to turn my head around since the nose piercing was on the other side. so basically i now have to lay on my ear that's been stabbed a minute ago and still throbbing. fantastic. he proceeds with the usual "take a deep breath in" and afterwards not sure if he actually pierced along with "my big breath out", but one thing's for sure: just BRUTAL. definitely harsher than for my first nose piercing. i already knew i was gonna be weeping, but little did i freakin' know (cuz he wasn't explaining anything) he was only half-way done when the flow started as he still had to insert the goddamn jewelry. that hurt like a m*therf*ck!ng biatch, thank you. when i finally got up to check myself out in the mirror, i don't believe he even said anything and went to wait for me at the counter. oooo, big shocker there. that's when i found myself staring at my reflection in the mirror being extremely doubtful about the placement. or should i say "placements", cuz frankly i was questionning both of the piercings done. upon paying, no instructions whatsoever or tips given on what to expect or how to process post-piercing (i'm sort of an expert by now but he wasn't aware of that!). elo was still around in the shop and so she came up to chit-chat as the actual PIERCER should, and wanting to take a look at what i got done. it felt awesome knowing someone cared—even if fake-caring—let me tell ya it was good enough for me at this point!! heading back cuz didn't feel like shopping much after this. new tennant on my nose: ...already thinking about evicting it! don't think it can be a lifelong flirt. just not feeling it. too up front + too high. once back home, the horrors i would come upon seeing this bloody mess tangled up in hairs (FOR SERIOUS): what kind of reputable piercer actually lets a client leave their shop f*cked up like this!?? pat would have DIED. pondering one last time nose piercing placement: ...nope. cannot. byyye. emergency situation requires drastic mesures. hopped on my bike to visit the piercing studio in my hometown before they closed for the day: let's clean up this blood-crusty mess and ultimately remove the nostril piercing ASAP. aaaand the lobe piercing, too. forever grateful to caro for this one! she even said i was lucky the 3rd lobe piercing had not swelled up cuz this sh*t was hella tight. & that's how the plan became: letting the 3rd lobe piercing close up and eventually put the "oh doctor" labret on a new piercing on my right helix. letting the nostril piercing close up and get it re-pierced (hopefully without too much of a scar). when you have to get back to work the next day on top of everything, just, 🤬😵‍🥴 ughhhhhhh.......