Well, my friend sam and i had this big plan to go and get our nipples pierced before we went to college. I was really excited because i always wanted to get something pierced, and this way my parents would never have to know, and i also thought that it was a really cool piercing. So we went to check out a few places in Santa Cruz, to see what kind of jewlery and prices and where were the cleanist places and things like that. But this was just our planning mission, and we would both need to think about saving up some money before we could actually get it done. So the summer before we went to college wore away, and my friend sam kept coming up with excuses and before i knew it, she was gone away to arizona and i was off to berkeley, with some cash set aside for my coveted piercing.
At A Glance Author punkpixie408 Contact punkpixie408@bme.anon Artist the girl, not the boy Studio Zebra Location Berkeley CA Well a week after i had moved, my boyfriend and best friend came up to visit me and go to a show, and the night before i called them and informed them that before the show we'd be taking a trip to zebra on telegraph in order to get my nipple pierced, the left one, because the right one was scared.
When they got to my house, we walked down to zebra, my new room mate came with us too(she's my piercing buddy, she's supposed to go with me to all my piercings and whatnot). When we got to the place, i told the girl behind the counter that i wanted my nipple pierced, i picked out jewelry (a 12g barbell cause they said that would heal better) and then filled out paper work, and waited for my number to be called.
I was really nervous, but determined to go through with it, and i was very excited.
Soon it was my turn and as i walked back into the piercing room, butterflies exploded in my stomache. From that point on everything was pretty much a blur, my boyfriend and i went behind the curtain and my best friend and room mate waited just outside, i took off my shirt and the piercer marked my left nipple and had me check to see if the placement was ok. This part was kind of weird to me since i was so nervous i wouldn't have been able to tell whether or not it was the right place or what. I've gotten two other piercings, and i always get weirded out when they ask you if its in the right place.
Ok, so then i laid down on the dentist chair and looked back cause i was kind of freaking out by this point, then i tried my best to ignore what the piercer was doing, and then i felt her put something on my nipple, then a really sharp pain and then it was over, i didn't really feel the jewelry go in, it was really fast. Then i kind of got a little buzz lying there in the chair. And my nipple was kind of sore, then she gave me an orange soda, and i was on my way with my aftercare sheet and new piercing. Later that day it really burned off and on, but i guess it didn't really bother me too much, i think i kind of complained about it a lot though. I had decided to get my left nipple done because it just felt right, but when i was lying there with no shirt waiting for some girl to stick a needle through my boob, my left nipple was standing tall, and the right one was hidding and sinking into my breast. It was like the left one was saying, "here i am, stick that needle in me!" and the right one was saying "oh, geez, i'm exposed in a weird place and it smells like the hospitol, and there's some weird girl with a needle and she's coming my way, aaaaah!"
Later that night we went to a show, and i was right in front getting the crap kicked out of me as usual, but this time i was extremely worried about the saftey of my nipple, fortunately it didn't get too bashed. I had to spend a lot of energy keeping it protected from the masses of hard core kids and i was really afraid it would get ripped out or something.
Its been over six months, and it healed wonderfully, absolutely no problems whatsoever, its a really great piercing. I also have a labret and a nostril piercing and 6g lobes, but i think that my nipple piercing is my favorite. It was a great experience for me because i'm really afraid of getting shots, and needles and stuff, and i guess i think that having piercings has helped me get through that, because since then, i've had to have a blood test, and it was so much easier than any time i've had a nurse stick a needle in me.
Also, for anyone getting pierced in the berkeley area, zebra is a pretty good studio, although they are a bit impersonal, which was great for me because i just wanted to get it over with and not spend a lot of time talking about procedure and what not.