Tattoo/Piercing Tour

I have a total of 12 body modifications, regarding tattoos and piercings. I have four tattoos and eight piercings. Out of the eight piercings that I have, I did five of them myself. 

When I was younger, I got my earlobes pierced, just like any other. Later, when I was 16, I got my first tattoo and also got my lip pierced the same day. I went in for my birthday to get both. I had my mom design my first tattoo, in remembrance of my brother. She drew up a rose with his name written in the stem. This was then slightly altered by the artist at the shop. I got it done. It took about an hour and was not very painful. I would rate it a 4 out of 10. Then when the tattoo was done, we did my lip piercing. This was nothing. It was about a 2 out of 10. I had so much adrenaline that I did not feel it at all. The healing process was not bad either. Still my favorite piercing today. 

I then got into piercing my own body. I got a kit for piercing with different jewelry and everything that was needed. The first thing I did on my own was my septum. It took me a while to get the needle through because it was a bit painful. I would rate that one a 5 out of 10 for piercings. 

Months later I did my second on my left ear. This was not bad at all, a 2 out of 10. I wanted to start doing a bunch on my left ear only, so as of now I have three on my left ear. I only have two on my right ear and the second one I did on my right ear is not in the right spot so I might have to redo it in the future. 

I got my second tattoo. This one was only about six or seven months ago. I got my boyfriend's sister's boyfriend, who is a tattoo artist, to design me one. It is a fox lying in cherry blossoms. An arctic fox is my spirit animal, so I wanted it as a tattoo and cherry blossoms are one of my favorite flowers. So, I got them combined. 

Soon after this tattoo, I did another piercing. I did my own nostril piercing which was a bit painful. I would say it was a 6 out of 10. 

For my third tattoo, I went with my friends to a tattoo shop and got another meaningful one done. I had each of my family members who mean everything to me write "I Love You" on paper and I combined them into a list form. I got this tattooed on my right forearm for personal purposes. This was only a few months ago and it was a painful one for some reason. It was about a 6 out of 10. 

My most recent one was done by the same tattoo artist that did my fox. I got it done on March 11th. It is a dragon tattoo of Haku from Spirited Away with cherry blossoms. This one was considerably painful given that it was on my left calf. 

I am hoping to get many more tattoos in the future. I would like patchwork on my arms and a few on my legs. Do you have any tattoos? Piercings?