I like to pierce on the uh one single exhale .
Most of it is , is all in your head .
Pain is temporary .
Vanity is forever .
My mom has this thing where her grandma would always tell her if God wanted a hole on your body , he would have put it there just to get my ears pierced .
I had to wait until I was in 10th grade and I begged for them .
My name is Melissa and I'm getting a nose piercing today .
So I have both ears pierced , but two holes on this side .
I had my cartilage done , my nose done and my belly button , I had my nose piercing for a little over a year , but I kind of got tired of where the piercing was placed .
I really love wearing hoops and mine hung way too low for me .
I'm definitely looking forward to going to someone who knows what they're doing .
You mark you up and then pierce you up .
My name is Brian Thompson .
I own body electric .
I've been piercing about 10 years now .
My commanding officer was to see me .
Now he would say I was an idiot .
You know , this is not in Marine Corps regulation except for my haircut .
That's what drew me to tattooing and piercing is that I could manipulate and change my body the way I wanted to .
And nobody had a say in it .
There's two sides of piercing .
There's the actual physical act of piercing and then there's decorating , knowing where to put it .
I am a decorator placement is definitely important when it comes to piercing .
When you get a piercing done , it shapes your face .
If it's in a weird spot , you might feel uncomfortable and you might feel like you look weird .
I don't myself use a piercing gun .
That's not to say that the gun doesn't work .
It does .
But me , if I'm gonna decide I'm gonna get pierced with a needle every single day , I'm not gonna use the gun when the piercing gun is used .
It is basically using blunt force trauma .
It is taking a stud that is fastened to a point and using the spring loaded force of that gun to puncture it through your ear lobe .
You're gonna see the fibers eject from the back side where the actual jewelry exits .
That's happening to your ear as well .
Yes , right after you pierced , you're gonna have more swelling , inflammation causes pain .
So then you're going to have more pain , it's going to take longer to heal , especially if you have sensitive skin .
Now , a puncture is going to heal slower than a cut .
A needle may be round , but it's still cutting .
It's basically like a circular , tiny little scalpel .
The piercing needle , it's one mission on this planet is to do what cures the body , uh , piercing it .
It's hollow .
It pierces quicker and without any kind of drag , it doesn't remove any tissue .
It just kind of opens the space right now .
I'm just setting up a little bit of ink for marking sterile lubricant and a little bit of soap .
You're scrubbing .
When I get set up to Pierce , nothing is pre sterilized .
I do it all while you wait gauze a needle jewelry , toothpick I use for marking everything runs through this machine .
There we go .
Once it's complete , I bring the client back .
That's when uh we pierce .
All right .
So what I'm gonna do is get lined up once I am , I'm gonna have you take a big deep breath , OK ?
Into your nose .
Slow , concentrated out through your mouth .
OK ?
Your right eye is gonna walk .
Just let it out and deep .
All it all out .
I like to pierce on the uh one single exhale , deep breath in exhale .
That's when I pierce first .
It's a sharp pinch .
You have a lot of nerve endings on your nostril .
It's a very sharp pinch , but it subsides very rapidly .
The next is you're gonna feel warmth in the area .
Blood is rushing into the area .
The eye immediately waters .
Oh , well done , my dear .
So when you're getting your nose pierced .
It happens quickly .
It's a pinch and it's an anticipation that makes it feel like it's gonna be a lot worse .
But it isn't everybody's eye waters .
Even Bruce Lee , if he got his nose pierced , his eye would have water too if you build it up and make it about the negativity of the pain .
And I , I think you're going about it all wrong .
You should look at it in a positive light .
Can I do this ?
A slight change ?
Made such a big difference .
He moved it up a little bit into the side and I think it looks so much better .
If you really want to do it , then sit down and make it happen .
You can always take it out .
Thank you so much for watching .
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