Funny story, actually..
So I went from a 14g to a 20 (which are SO hard to find!). School rules say anything other than ears for girls cannot be pierced. No gauges. No retainers allowed. Guys can't have any at all. July 7th, 2011. School on August 4th. I got my lip done done (in a hasty, stupid decision) right before senior year, four weeks beforehand since we finally had the money. I started off with a barbell. After unsuccessfully trying to get my lip ring out for school, I went there the first day and told my principal my predicament: I couldn't get it out and several people tried, and my piercing place is only open Thursday-Saturday. (This was a Wednesday). He allowed it for one day, and the next day (Thursday) they sent me home since we still, unsuccessfully, couldn't get it out Wednesday night. I went to my piercer soon after I went home and he took it out to where I could unscrew it. Afterwards, he gave me fishline instead of retainers because I told him about how we couldn't even have those, and he said that fishline was excellent to hide it as it is easily unseen. And yes, it is.. But there is a catch. I went from a 14 to a 20 in just 2 weeks. Fishline is absolutely in no way thick, and I can only fit a 20g in my lip now until graduation.
[Which, by the way, if anyone can find 20g STUDS for under $15, PLEASE let me know. I have been living with these little horseshoe rings for months and would just like a simple stud that's NOT $80!]
I certainly can't wait to graduate so I can get it re-stretched to a 14! 6 more months
