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Today, I finally got a piercing that my mom approves of. :P The last piercing I got was a tongue, which actually gave me very little trouble, but my parents raised holy hell to my surprise. They were convinced that my tongue was going to fall off or something, no matter how much I tried to explain that I’m taking very good care of it. Despite my tongue piercing not being infected I had to take it out in the end, which I really didn’t want to do. Then again if it was going to cause so much drama it wasn’t all that worth it.

I used to think that I would never get my navel pierced. I’ve always found that particular piercing very skanky and tacky, because for other people to see it you have to wear a top that will show off your midriff. There is no way in hell you can make a midriff top look classy, unless you’re at the beach. And a lot of times you still look like a skank. I especially don’t like it when girls wear dangly, glittery jewelry on their navels. I get the strange urge to pull at the dangly part and rip the whole thing off. But as the number of body parts I can legally pierce dwindled (read: parts that my parents won’t get heart attacks over)–no more facial piercings, boo–I began to look into getting a navel piercing, or an alternative to the common navel piercing.

Thanks to the awesomeness that is BME, I did find a less-trashy variation of the standard navel piercing. It’s called the inverse navel. It’s a piercing located at the bottom part of the belly button instead of the usual one on top. I got a bunch of jewelry from the only ebay store I swear by, PiercingPal, and went to Alimall after class to get my inverse navel done. (Third floor, by the cinemas)

I was nervous as I sat on a chair in the store and watched the piercer open a pack of new gloves and get some new needles. With a pen, he marked the area where my piercing would go and prepared the clamps. My body piercings have always been done freehand, meaning the piercer just pinches your skin and puts the needle through it. I’ve never been pierced with a clamp before and I’ve read that it can be rather uncomfortable. It was. I winced as the piercer placed the clamp on my navel and to my horror, it stayed there pinching my skin as he took out a new needle from its pack. Then the piercing began.

I don’t think I’ll ever understand why some people get pierced for the pain aspect. Every time I feel the needle going through my skin I get nauseous, cold sweats, and generally wish I could just pass out. I nearly did, the first time I got pierced. I went into shock and couldn’t move a muscle. It’s probably because I tense up every time I get pierced; when the needle was going through my navel, the piercer kept telling me to breathe deeply and relax. The deep breaths I could do but no fucking way can I relax with a sharp object pushing through my flesh. I felt the skin resist towards the end and he pushed the needle harder for it to go through. I thought I’d die.

But the pain wasn’t over yet; he had to remove the needle and then insert the jewelry. I let out a girly yelp as he did so and he asked if it hurt. “Uh-huh,” I mumbled, my head spinning. He screwed the ball of the jewelry on and finally, it was done. I got a mirror and took a look at it but with bile threatening to leap out of my throat, I couldn’t appreciate how it looked. I paid the piercer (400 pesos because I had my own jewelry) and found a cab back to Katipunan.

I felt a lot better after I swallowed some ibuprofen and mefanamic acid. As soon as my head stopped spinning I took a look at my piercing in the mirror and fell madly in love with it. It’s the perfect piercing, and not just because it’s aesthetically pleasing. If I had gotten the usual navel piercing, the barbell would be at the spot where my stomach folds when it sits. It would have made sitting down and bending down very awkward and painful. But sitting down and moving around doesn’t bother my inverse navel one bit.

I’d highly recommend this type of piercing to anyone who’s sick of the traditional navel piercing. I even think inverse navels would look good on guys, but I’ve yet to meet a Filipino who’d be man enough to get one.

I wrote this last Sunday, and on the same day I told my mom about my new piercing. She wasn’t exactly thrilled, but she said she’d be more tolerant about my piercings if I quit smoking–which I plan to do over the sem break

When people get depressed, they either go drinking or smoke. But after realizing that my thesis is going bad and that cigarettes just weren’t cutting it for me anymore, I thought I’d deal with the stress some other way.

I got an industrial piercing.

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Lately I’ve been looking at a lot of piercings and body modifications that people have done, so i thought I’d blog about the more interesting ones I’ve seen.

Apparently, you can get surgery done to make your ears look like this:

It’s called ear pointing and from what I gather, it hurts like a bitch, takes ages to heal, and there’s no a guarantee that your ears will end up looking that flawless. I’m not sure I’d want that done on me because it’s too freaking permanent and twenty years from now, the elf thing may not be so cool anymore. Do I think it looks awesome? Hell yeah. If somebody paid for the surgery, aftercare, and the trip to the US and back, would I get my ears pointed? Probably. *coughcough*

This, by far, is the coolest piercing I have ever seen:

I’m pretty sure that’s not permanent, but I guess if he keeps the piericng open with a shorter barbel it might last. I have no idea why people are giving him so much crap for his piercing, though. I think it’s fucking awesome and if I could, I would get that done and spend an entire week camwhoring and cosplaying X-23. I’d probably win first place too. I mean, who can beat implanted claws?

Lastly, a picture that always makes me feel warm and fuzzy every time I look at it.

I want a new piercing, damnit.

For more pictures of hot girls, hot guys, not-so-hot girls, not-so-hot guys, adorable kids, and unusual, awesome, or disgusting piercings, check out the Mod Blog at BMEZine.