It has been three days now…

I have always loved and fancied nose rings. Of course, my mum was always quick to dismiss it with a No. Why the No you ask? I am sure most of you already can guess some answers. The list is endless. Is it though? I just said that to sound deep. Anyway, she had her reason and it just didn’t resonate with me. I, therefore, made a resolve to get my nose pierced once I am done with school. I have already cleared campus right now, been working for a while and even graduated recently. Why is it that I took this long to get it?

One of my reasons, of course, was the pain. I spent days before the dee day googling and researching on what it is like to have a nose piercing, how to take care of it and also finding out what jewelry would be the right fit for me. I am clearly intense.

I also took the time to soul-search and find out why I wanted the piercing in the first place. Why was it so important to me. I have two piercings on my both ears and I always have a hard time remembering to put my earrings on. I had to make sure that It was not going to end up like that.

I finally got the guts to do it and I was going through something then so I figured it was the right time to get one. This time around it held some significance. People get tattoos to remind them of different phases in their lives and this was definitely equal to a tattoo for me.

So what was it like?

My lovely friend took a video of the whole thing and I will post the links below.

Just like most of the things in my life, I have to ensure that it is the right fit. I went to three different tattoo and piercings shops before finally settling on one. You need to have it done right and be comfortable with it especially if it is something as permanent.

There are two versions of it. I had two alternatives get the piercing from the gun or get one from the needle. The gun uses normal earrings size and I definitely knew I was not ready for such a big hole on my nose. Then there was the piercing from the needle. I left the first shop first because I didn’t feel like it was clean enough. The second one I left because he was using an earring. Come on, dude! Made a stupid excuse and left that too. There are things in life I can settle for but this one was not one of them. At the same time, I was ready in my hearts of hearts for it to be done today. I had to like the place and I had to like it on this day.

Flash forward. I have had a weird time when I touch my nose. Sometimes I think its a pimple and I am always about to scratch it. Thankfully I haven’t. Maybe I am now used to it.

One funny or ridiculous thing I had to deal with yesterday was someone assuming they know me and all I am about just because I have a piercing. Like, come on. Are you kidding me? I guess I have joined another minority group — Feminist Non-religious Women in Tech ladies with piercings. Lol.

I can’t wait for it to heal completely though. But for now I feel so good and I am in love with it. Until next time.

Sharon Immaculate Waithira

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