half-nekkid thursday - needle phobics look away!

HALF-NEKKID THURSDAY - NEEDLE PHOBICS LOOK AWAY!

For the last few weeks I've been having weekly sessions of acupuncture, and I thought that it would make an interesting topic for HNT.

So the first week, I toddle along equipped with my camera phone. I left it in my bag, expecting that I would have a few minutes to slip it under the pillow on the treatment couch while I got undressed for the treatment. Nope - I didn't need to get undressed and so no photo of the first week.

The second week I'm better prepared - I have my camera phone in my jeans pocket and so I plan to take a couple of shots when the acupuncturist leaves the room to let me relax with my needles in. Only this time she turned off the lights in the room so I could relax properly and because my camera phone has no flash I couldn't take any photos. Foiled again.

So week number 3, and I decide to bring my cheap and nasty digital camera because it has a flash (in case of dimmed lights). The only problem is I don't have a pocket in my trousers and so I have to sneak it under the pillow when acupuncturist is not looking and hope she doesn't spot it and start asking questions about why I need a camera for acupuncture!

Success! We're in a different room with a big bright window, and after all 18 (yes 18) needles have been inserted she trots off to leave me to relax. I fish the camera out and start snapping...

So these are the best I could manage - I was lying totally flat on a treatment couch, with 4 needles in my abdomen which meant that I couldn't sit up to try and get a better angle. And the fact that I had 2 needles stuck in my knees also meant that I couldn't bend my leg to try and bring it closer to me. So instead I just lifted my leg and did a 'point-and-shoot' thing, hoping for at least one useable photo.

And this is it...

As you can see, it's not brilliant, it's a bit grainy and definitely off centre, but I think you can just make out the needle in the top of my foot and the three needles around my ankle. No, they didn't hurt going in, but the one in the top of my foot didn't want to come out afterwards!

Anyway, then I took this shot...

... which shows the needle in the top of my hand.

And then finally I took this shot...

... which shows the needle in my elbow.

So, 18 needles in all, equally balanced on each side of the body - elbow, top of hand, abdomen, knee, ankle and top of foot.

Happy HNT, one and all, check out Osbasso for some inspired, sexy and none-needle photos!