Let me begin by saying that my all my life, my nipples have not been true nipples. They are just dark spots on my chest like symmetrical birthmarks. They don't poke out. The sensation I get from them is no different than anywhere else on my body. I have had my eyebrow pierced for almost a year and, having always been dissatisfied with my nipples, I decided to get them done.
At A Glance Author J Contact dna_accident@hotmail.com When Six months ago Artist Tony Studio Superior Skin Art Location Columbus, GA So, I'm sitting at my apartment with my roommate one night, talking about how I wanted to get it done, and he tells me he is about to take me to the shop to get them done. "What!?!" says I, because I had no idea the opportunity would come so soon. He says to me, "Yep, you've been talking about it for a while and it's time you get it done. I want to be there and if you don't do it today, you'll chicken out. Now hurry up and get ready, I have to go practice with the band." I'm very shocked, but, knowing that he's right and I will chicken out any other time, I start getting ready. I also am thinking about how cool it would be showing up with him at band practice and freaking the guys out with my shiny rings.
So we're riding to the shop and I'm freaking out. I'm not scared, but this is all a surprise and I'm nervous. Anyway, we get there and tell the folks at the studio what I want and why I'm nervous. They tell me how much it costs and that it's really no big deal at all. I talk to Tony, who I've met before at the studio. He knows that I'm not an idiot and that I know a good bit about the whole deal. We talk about the nipple piercing idea and I tell him I think I'm ready and everything. I fill out the necessary forms and stuff and head on back.
I lay down on the table while he gets his stuff ready. The whole time I'm trying to get myself psyched up. He calls a girl in who works there and she says that it's not that bad and she has had it done. Tony has his nipples pierced, too, but just because they say it doesn't hurt doesn't mean that it's true. Anyway, by this time I'm calm and take my shirt off and lay down, he makes the marks and I look at them. I lay back down and do the whole "breathing thing" and he clamps and stick the needle through my right nipple. He puts the ring in and I ask him if I can look at it. "I don't care, it's your nipple." So I look at it and it rules. I am all zenned out. Pink Floyd is playing on the radio, God is in His heaven and everything is right with the world. Tony talks about Pink Floyd a little and then tells me that it's time for the next nipple. I'm ready and he pushes the needle through. It hurt more than the first one. "The second one always hurts more." Oh! He p uts the ring in and says I can sit up if I feel okay. I sit up and look at them and get all adrenalined up. I'm so happy. They're great. I stand up and he's looking at me all funny like I'm going to pass out. "You okay?" he asks. "Yeah, I'm great." I put on my shirt, hand him his money and give him a tip. I can barely count the money because of all the endorphins and we talk for a while about the business and piercing and stuff, then I thank him and walk out front.
My friend sees me and starts smiling, mostly, I think, because he didn't believe I'd go through with it. I tell everyone at the shop "Goodbye" and thank Tony again and we leave. I tell my friend about how everything went and the whole ride I stare at my nipples. They begin to get sore and my shirt feels like sandpaper rubbing up against them. I smile all the way home and when we get to where the band was practicing, I showed them right away. A few of them were surprised but they didn't seem to care too much at all. I didn't care, though, because I thought they were great. I mostly just sat outside and thought about them, how my parents would react and if it would change anyone's view of me. My parents didn't care too much, really, and no one thought it was out of character for me.
Oh, and one more thing. Now I have nipples! Real nipples. They stick out like nipples should. They feel like nipples should. They have rings in them...like nipples should. They're righteous.
All of this was six months ago, I have since retired my eyebrow ring, but I hope to get it repierced soon, and I still have my booby metal. I would like to tell everyone that is thinking about getting a piercing and is scared about the pain to go and do it. Think about it long and hard, make sure you want it, but don't worry about the pain. Piercings DO NOT HURT as much as you may think. It's all in your head. Don't be scared. Have fun.
Well, I have run out of things to say. Goodbye. God is love.