Right away I go through all the bad scenarios in my head like it won’t heal, it’ll hurt, it’ll look bad, it won’t suit me, the artist will turn out bad. And every time I put it off.

If you’re asking other people how to decide on your first piercing, I think it’s not time yet to get one. It shouldn’t feel like a decision of a lifetime, in my opinion.

When I decided on my first piercing, I went through almost all available information, and it helped me put everything together, calm down, get a grip. I have an industrial, and I watched everything from the piercing process to the point where I read more about industrial piercing aftercare. The process is definitely not very fast and not always painless, but for me it was worth it.