4 DAYS OLD MEDUSA PIERCING EXPERIENCE

This is the saddest story of 2016. I have done more hardcore stuff this year, and I never get the acceptance from my parents.

I got my philtrum pierced.

It was on a joyful Friday afternoon. Parents never allow me to spend money on things that they do not know about, so they rarely give me money without reasons. So I just asked them for some pocket money to get on the bus to Giảng Võ streets to do a science project with my friend, then go to school for the Film Festival show off event, and then stay at grandparents house, where I can be saved, because it was closer to my school. All my lies are well based on the truth, so parents always believe me. I hate to lie but I have to do anything to accomplish my goals. They agreed. I also have my own lucky money fund which I secretly hide away from parents, so I was ready for this.

Before I decided to have the first facial piercing, I had been gravitated for months by this pretty medusa piercing. I was not following a trend; I just felt like it perfectly enlighten my face. Me and my friend go to the little piercings shop, Vịt Xỏ Khuyên, which is highly recommended by my best friend Valleytoskiz. We took an hour to find out the place, and when we made it there, the piercer asked me a terrifying question:

"You are only 15. Aren't you scared of your parents?"

She accidentally ruined my courage to get the first hole on my face! I jumped out of the chair and get out of the shop rapidly. My heart stopped beating for a while. Such a terror. I was scared of my parents, but I want to express myself, to not be mistaken as two other girls at school.

 

2 hours later, I finally calm myself down, and I decided to pierce my philtrum again. I was nervous, I didn't even know why. Oh, this was my first piercing ever. The piercer sterilize the needle and slide it through my philtrum skin. There was no pain; I just felt something inside my skin. The metal stud was inserted into my skin, and the whole process only take five minutes and 200k VNĐ (10 dollars). There was a swelling, but the piercer said it was totally normal. "And never take it off after the first 48 hours."

Taking care of my healing hole is the most challenging. I brought a bag of antiseptic mouthwash and Q tips everywhere. I washed my mouth after meal to ensure that my new piercing was not infected. I had 2 satisfying days with the medusa. 

This medusa piercing shapes my lips perfectly!

I had to return home on Sunday evening, so goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa, I would be facing hell. I covered it with my facemask, stayed away from them as far as possible, and it was effective until dinner. Mom yelled, "Take that ball off  immediately!". I startled and tell them that I can take this off in the bathroom, but they wanted it to be taken off right at the dinning table. 

I did twisted the ball, and they were like watching a pimple popping video! They cringed and screamed, "Disgusting!" "You are not my child, get out of the house!" "You ugly corrupted child" "Drop that piece of nose wax into the toilet!" But I did not. Then I started an argument about human right and parents right, even though I know arguing with parents is useless and boring because they never listen. Mom even called the psychology teacher of my school because she thought I was having some sort of mental illness, but it was actually her. 

At night, when they were falling asleep on the bed, I put the piercing on again to maintain the hole , and then took it off on the next morning. Then I put it on at school, and people thought So tired. I may get infection from the intrigue of the stud movement, not from germs and viruses. I decided to get a retainer, but before I can get a proper retainer, I dropped my piercing when I tried to get it into the disappearing hole, and I never find it back again. I fell in a deep hole of depression because it was the forth day. I gave up the medusa piercing and conclude: never get a facial piercing when you're staying with Asian parents, unless you have the permission.