Can I be the guilty party and say that I do have a tattoo and I did get a piercing two years ago before competition. Now I am not the rebel person nor am I saying "do what the teacher says not to." Because that is not what I am saying, but I am saying if you want a tattoo or a piercing and legally by yourself you can then go for it!
Sunday, the day after my birthday, I was in Dallas. I told my aunt how I wanted a tattoo and my mom told her that she was going to take me so my aunt went with us. My aunt has a tattoo and got it last year, she said it hurt really bad and if that is what I want then I can have it but that it will hurt a lot. Well like the sucker I am not I decided "Okay." So we went to the parlor and I knew exactly what I wanted when I walked in. I had asked my grandmother to write I love you in korean, since she is korean, and she did. So I went to the artist and he did everything I asked and he was really nice about it. I have been scared to get a tattoo not just because there is a needle going into your skin and leaving a mark on your body forever, but because of color guard. But since my tattoo is the size of a band aid I decided to just get it anyways.
I got my cartilage pierced sophomore year, two years ago, and it did not hurt at all. A friend of mine I asked before I got mine said hers did not hurt so I thought okay not bad. When I went to get my cartilage done a girl before was crying and her ear was bleeding. "Was I really going to go through with that?" I asked. DUH! So I went up there and it was super fast and did not hurt at all. SO thinking that that didn't hurt, and hearing a cartilage was the worst pain for most people, I decided a tattoo wasn't going to be that bad. Well my pain tolerance I feel like is pretty high, but that's just me, so I did my research about tattoos to find that the pain is worse than what you think. Okay well I think it's like a needle going in me no big deal, when I was sewing I got a needle stuck in my finger, didn't hurt. I got this. Well the artist starts the machine and I freaked out! The first line he did actually didn't hurt but because it was in the inside of my arm by my armpit the nerves were hurting so bad.
When my aunt asked me the rate I thought of it as a 6, as her's was a 10!!, but after it was done it wasn't that bad that I think now I could rate it probably a 4-5. After getting use to the idea of something being on your skin forever and going through pain, like a needle, it isn't that bad.
I love hearing people have to go through surgery because of some bad incident in their lives and them thinking they probably were not going to make it and they did make it and have an amazing scar for it. Not like scars that when you were younger and you got ant or mosquito bites so you picked them. No I want actual life scars because it means you lived, and being the chicken I am, I am not going to jump off a high building or tree and cut myself to get one so I used a needle and ink to get me my "scar". A lot of people that over come depression have tattoos that tell their story. Some people don't like tattoos but like people that over came rough obstacles in their life the tattoo will tell my story just like the one I will be getting in may, hopefully. My scar is that I lived and that I was brave enough to get a tattoo and it is a part of me whether people like it or not I love it.
Yes tattoos hurt but they are so worth it. If you are thinking of getting a tattoo then don't hold back. GO FOR IT! Yes it hurts but it is worse in your head unless you read this and a million different other sites because then you think "Oh it won't hurt" like me. Other than that go get yourself a tattoo that has some significant meaning to you and show that bad boy off!
"My body is my journal and my tattoos are my story." -Johnny Depp
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