I got my hood pierced about 20 mins ago and let mi tell you. My piercer Shimp was awesome!!! Virginia Beach Ink was VERY professional and they even put up cloth screens so no one would see me taking off my clothing. He sprayed my hood, positioned the tube, and I jumped a tiny bit because I thought the pain was going to be horrible...but boy was I soooo wrong. He stuck me and the little "tingle" lasted all of 2 secs if that then bam it was over. He placed a curved barbell on the hood and boy does it look ever so pretty. I have been wanting one for years and was too scared from the stories of pain some of my friends explained to me. On a scale of 1-10 I give it a 2 if that. I have my tongue and nose pierced also..I will be going in for my eyebrow very soon.

My nose hurt more that the hood piercing because of the nerves in my nose causing me to tear a bit. But I feel foolish that I was all nervous about that piercing. I to my shocking surprise since I have been to Shimp before and the special was 20.00 since he made me feel comfortable I tipped him 10.00 on the 20.00 job.

I will post pictures later after my camera battery charges.