Third Time's The Charm :]

First of all, I don't know what's wrong with me, but I randomly got super hungry at like 12:30 tonight. My stomach was killing me and I ate the other half of my veggie sub but it still wants more food haha. I'm trying to resist but I'm just so hungry for some reason!

Okay so on to the main point of this entry haha, and guess what? It has nothing to do with food. So I never ever talked about the awful crap I had to go through with my second conch piercing, I think I only wrote about getting it done, so I figured I'd better explain some things before talking about this third conch piercing.

Ever since the day I got my second conch piercing, it constantly felt irritated. It wasn't a sore feeling like my other conch, it was this painful irritated feeling. I don't know how to describe it other than that. I didn't think it was the jewelry, because even though I don't think it's good quality titanium, it's in all my other piercings and has only given me problems with this conch. I don't think it was anything I was doing. I went through all the things I do on a daily basis and couldn't think of anything I was doing that would cause it to feel this way. I don't sleep on it, I don't use hair products besides shampoo and conditioner in the shower and I make sure none of that get's on my piercings, I don't touch it unless I'm cleaning it and that's with clean hands, I don't put anything harsh on it, it never gets knocked. It was just plain irritated. I finally figured it was because I had a circular barbell in it as opposed to a straight barbell so I went back to the guy that did it after a week and got it changed to a straight barbell. I know I should've waited but I couldn't take the irritated painful feeling in my ear any longer. When he changed it, he told me it was infected, and I couldn't believe it. It never looked infected, and was never pussing or bleeding so I'm not sure weather it really was or not at the time, but if it wasn't it got infected a few days later. I thought things were getting better with having the bar in, but it only got worse. The pain radiated throughout my ear. No amount of ib profin could help the pain. I got it changed on a Sunday, and then the following Wednesday woke up from my ear being in so much pain. It was hot, throbbing, swollen, and extremely painful. It was crusty and pussing, and wasn't apparently going to let me sleep. I didn't want to go to the doctor because most doctors aren't piercing friendly, and plus I knew my dad was going to say something which he did. He was basically like 'Why did you get it pierced in the first place if it was just going to get badly infected?" It's not like I asked for the infection. Well anyway, I went to the doctor and she gave me two different types of pills to take for the infection. She didn't make me take it out thank God, but she did douse my ear in hydrogen peroxide, which did not feel good lol.

I still am not 100% sure of why it got infected. Like I said, I've gone through everything I was doing and don't think it was something I was doing or not doing for that matter, that caused it to get badly infected. I would be honest and own up to it if I was playing with it or not cleaning it, or whatever, but I've been really careful with it and have been trying to do everything right so it wouldn't end up infected like my second one did. I hate to blame my piercer for it getting infected, but I think it could have been his fault. One thing that bothered me that he did was not properly sterilize my jewelry that I brought in before he put it in my ear. He knew I had only had my piercing for a week, and yet all he did was spray the bar with alcohol and wipe it off. And the bar I brought in was definitely not sterilized before hand, and I had been wearing it in other piercings. So I think that bacteria that was on the bar could have been what go into my piercing and got it infected? I don't know, it could have just been some freak thing, but whatever, it's doing better now and is on the path to healing. I've never had anything like that happen with any of my other piercings and I hope I never have to go through that again. I am definitely going to make sure I take wonderful care of my newest conch piercing so it doesn't start out like my other one did.

Okay sooooo finally onto the experience of my third conch. I decided to go somewhere different for this one, since I had so many problems with my other one. I found a place on the corner of University and Deen called Dungeon Tattoo and Body Piercing, and I am so glad I came across them! The girl that pierced my conch was Monica, and she was so awesome! She was so nice, patient, and knew what she was talking about. What really impressed me was how much time she took in making sure that both my conches were going to be even. I appreciated that so much! She could've just marked it and pierced it with out trying to make them look even, but she really took the time to make sure they looked the same which I am super happy about! The actual piercing part was similar to the others. She had me laying down ,which I was happy about, because it gave me no chance to move while she was doing it. I don't know, it just personally feels more comfortable then sitting up. I was expecting this one to hurt more then the other two, and it did lol. It was definitely a sharp pain, but it was over quick and I'm now left with an awesome conch piercing! I can't stop looking at them! They look wonderful! Yay!! I would 110% recommend Dungeon to anyone in the Orlando area looking to get pierced! Check out their Facebook page if you want more info :]