Two nipples and a Tongue

At A Glance Author Lacedog Contact Lacedog@bme.anon Studio Zebra Location Berkeley

Everyone who knows asks me why? In truth, and people laugh at me when I say this, it was a Mastercard commercial. I'm sure most folks have seen it, it has all these college students dancing around, wearing odd clothes, being young. (Now wait, before you continue your "lame,lame" chant..) I am twenty years old, and I go to college, but I feel like I haven't done that much. Oh, I've traveled, but i really hadn't done anything that i could look back and say, I did that. Yeah, I was stupid, but I still did it. i guess it is all about doing things now that I wouldn't do when I was older. My youth is very valuable to me, and i want to savor it, so I got my nipples and my tongue pierced, all at the same time.

I am a fairly ordinary girl on the outside, I always have done my own thing, but just looking at me I don't fall into the stereotype that people label those who do get their nipples pierced. I shop at the GAP, (shame on me), I love Led Zeppelin, and I live in my jeans. A lot of people, including my Mom, label anyone with a piercing in a unique place as kids gone bad. Haha, we all gotta laugh at that one. I have great breasts, extremely sensitive, so why not take it to a higher level?

Now if you were like me, you'd be researching this like crazy. I was on the internet constantly, looking for experiences in the realms of nipple piercing. I read practically everyone on this site. I talked to some physicians about it, I do want to breast feed any children I might have, and i don't want to ruin that option. I read, emailed and called just about every shop in the Bay Area with questions. Then, a Saturday barbeque with my brother at his friends place in South San Francisco gave me the incentive.

I left for Berkeley as soon as my decesion was made. I chose Zebra on Telegraph because I wanted it to be clean, legal, and I had a few recommendations too. I stood at the counter, the place was packed with twelve year olds trying to purchase pipes and random tourists walking in wide eyed and then hurrying their kids back onto the street. There was a mob of folks looking at tatoos there too. I just stared like a dope at the jewelry. YIKES! A young man then asks me if he can show me anything, and here is the beginning of the end. Or so i thought.

I tell him I was thinking about getting my tongue pierced, then I lean in a little closer, looking around a bit before I whisper, and um, maybe my nipples. He smiles a chesire cat grin and says, "Let me show you these,". He pulls out assorted varieties of rings, I swallow hard. Ummm, less painful looking please. I set my eyes on a nice set of silver barbells. "Those are nice." Small and simple, yet wreaking of sophistication. Who am I kidding, they're for nipples! Well, they weren't tacky. I browse the tongue barbells and i select the Titanium blue balls. My Mom teases me about that pun, since she is convinced people get it strictly for felacio. (hahah).

I pay for my jewlery, and it wasn't cheap, then wait as the long line of pierced-to-bes got theirs. My number was called, 14, and I slip into the back. I wipe my hands on my jeans, only to discover the wet handprints on my thighs. My eyes shut and i see myself the one exception to the rule, the paramedics carrying me and my bleeding breast to the ambulance. "Hi." Reality makes me open my eyes again, and htere stands a petit girl, no more then 5'4", blonde hair with wickedly severe streaks of jet black. Her dress is torn, but stylishly so, acceptable as fashion. She has her nose pierced, her eyebrows pierced, her ears pierced, and she told me, one nipple pierced. i didn't ask more then that. She had autoclaved all the material to be used, the jewelery, the forceps, and especially the needles. I'm nervous. It's ok she says, you're getting alot done today. I just know that if i don't get it all done today, then I never will.

She gave me a choice, the nipples first or the tongue first. Which one hurts the most? Definitely the nipples, she replies. Um, I don't know. She opts for the nipples so I shrug off my shirt and expose my lacy, almost too lacy Victoria's Secret special. I take the straps down and lay on the dental chair she indicates. The ceiling is purple i think, I cannot really remeber, for i was too much into anticipating the pain that was about to incur. i start talking, trying to stall her, in hopes of what? I know not, I just didn't want that needle in my boob. it works, for about a minute, and after she finishes telling me about her stocks and plans to buy a new house, she draws near. Why don't you use local anesthetic? Only a registered nurse or practioner is allowed to administer it. Rats. What does it feel like? Like someone bites you. Ouch i think. She cleans the nipple, and marks the area where she'll put the needle. She hands me a mirror for inspection, it could have been vertical for all I knew, I was down right frightened. I grit my teeth and close my eyes, can I scream? If you like, she says. That's kinda cool, I could really freak some folks out. I feel it and it does feel like someone bit my nipple, but only for a second. It hurt a lot less then I presumed it would. Wow, that's not so bad. Her lips uplift into a smirk, like ha, just wait. I yelled a little when she did the first one, so I thought I was ready for the next one.

She preps the right nipple, and asks me what flavor soda I'd like. Grape please. I close my eyes. I await....oh my GOD that hurts. Shit! Way worse then the first one, i feel it throbbing as she screws on the ball. Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. She gets me the grape soda and puts it on my nipple. Is it hot in here? She smiles at me. I sit up and put my shirt on. I'm sorry i'm taking so long, I'm a wuss. No you're not, she says, you are getting three piercings done in one day, you came in here by yourself, you're pretty brave. I felt like a dog in the sun, yeah, silly i know, but it was nice to hear.

So does the tongue hurt? No not really, she replies, biting your tongue hurts worse. Hmmmm, that's not so bad. She puts the forceps on my tongue and marks it after i rinse my mouth out with listerine. My nipples are throbbing beneath my bra. I keep my eyes open, and it was done. It didn't hurt at all, my ears hurt worse when they were done. I drink my soda, she asks me to hang around a bit. She changes some other girls navel rings, we chat about our piercings. My head is light, she asks if i'm ok. I'm better then I was five minutes ago. Yeah, she answers, you looked like you might have wanted to pass out. I smile, then am excused to be on my merry way. i thank her and head for home.