I'm addicted to piercing. I always get this urge to get new piercings. It's starting to become a problem, because I'm really running out of room. At one point, I was getting a new piercing every week, but now that's not the case. So having said that, I'll give you a brief history on my nipples. Ah, yes, my nipples actually have a history. A few years ago, when I started getting piercings, I got my left nipple pierced. It was pierced at a 16 gauge, which I don't recommend, but I didn't know much then, so that's what I did. A few months later, I got the other nipple pierced, and then I got a vertical piercing in my left nipple. These were both at 14 gauge, and I stretched the first one to a 14 gauge (it's hard to stretch nipple piercings). It stayed that way for a while, but then about a year later, I got the second one pierced vertically too, so that I had a cross shape in each nipple. Soon after, I took them out. Now, I must say, I don't really agree with the re ason that I took them out, but what's done is done.
At A Glance Author jess Contact jess@bme.anon IAM Jess R When A week ago Artist Joan Studio Stigmata Location Guelph, Ontario I took out my nipple piercings, because I started dating a guy. He didn't like them. Normally, I wouldn't do this for a guy, but we had dated for a year and broke up when I moved to Toronto for school. When we got back together, I guess I was just so excited, that I wanted to do everything to make him happy. Like I said, it wasn't the best idea. I would never take out a piercing for a guy again. I'd only do it for myself, because that's why I get them in the first place. In any case, he wasn't very happy about it, because he knew that I did it for him, and he didn't want me to be changing for him.
After a while, we broke up again, and I decided to re-pierce my nipples. Though I decided to pierce them on diagonals, because I wanted to do something different, and at least that way, I wouldn't have taken them out for nothing. So I got each of them pierced on diagonals, pointing down and inwards. I had plans of making an X, but I had to wait to add the second piercings to each nipple. It took a little longer than I had planned, because I ended up dating the guy AGAIN. But this time I didn't take out my nipple piercings, I just postponed completely what I had planned. And once again, we broke up. I know, it's rather pathetic, but it's the truth, so that's why I'm writing it.
Anyways, eventually, it was time for me to complete the X's. I hadn't gotten any piercings for a while, and so my urge to get pierced was getting stronger and stronger. I tried to ignore it, because I need all the money I have for tuition. But soon enough, I gave in. I guess it was a little over a week ago.
I went in to Stigmata, but Joan was at the doctor's office, so I had to come back later. I went to eat, because I always make sure I have eaten something before I get piercings. It keeps my blood sugar up, which is important, because I don't like getting dizzy. Shortly after, I met my friend Jill downtown. We went back to Stigmata together, and I filled out a waver. I've filled out these wavers a million times, so I just signed it, since I already know what it says. Lois started to high-light an after care sheet for me, but I told her not to bother, since I already have the thing memorized. She started joking about how I should collect them, and then I told her how I haven't gotten one for over a year. When I was getting the after care sheets, Joan used to joke around about how I could make wallpaper with them all. Anyways, I was waiting for my turn, so Jill and I looked through some books. When Joan was ready for me, I went to the back room and Jill came with me.
I entered the piercing room, which I've seen a million times. But I'll describe it anyways. There are pictures on the wall of piercings being done. They show a nice step-by-step procedure. On her wall, there is also the plaque I gave Joan for her birthday. It says, "best piercer ever". I bought one of those masks, that look like the drama face, and I pierced it a few times. Then I bought some silver spray paint, so that it would look more like it was a metal figuring. It took me a while to make, but it looks really nice. It even looks like it could be a real award. As for the rest of the room, the chair looks almost like one of the chairs they have at the dentist. Joan had her table all set up with all the tools she needed.
We closed the door behind us, because I don't need the whole world seeing my nipples. I reluctantly took off my shirt. She's seen everything before, but I still get nervous about removing my clothing. I stood up straight, and she marked my nipples. Then I went to the mirror to check the marks. They looked okay. So I sat down in the chair, and tried to relax. Joan clamped my right nipple first. I started to get really nervous, because it had been a while since I had been pierced. I told her I wanted to wait a little while. So we sat there and talked for a bit. I knew that it was going to hurt quite a bit, because of all the scar tissue left in my nipples from previous piercings. Jill left the room to get me a juice box. This helped to calm me down a bit, and then I was ready. Once again, Joan clamped my right nipple. She told me to take a deep breath, and then to release as she pierced my nipple. The first one wasn't bad. It's always the second one that hurt s more. But still, I clenched my face, as if it would help. After she had the needle through, she got out a barbell. The barbell was shorter than the ones I already had in, because Joan had got in some new barbells. The size of this barbell was much better. The other ones I had in the other nipple piercings were tongue barbells. I have big nipples, but it's better to have barbells that are too big then too small. Then came the follow through. I hate that part. In my opinion, it's the most painful part. It's not too bad with hoops, but the threading really hurts going though. So once again, I clenched my face. And then I gave Joan the okay to go ahead with the second nipple piercing. It hurt a lot more. But the follow through wasn't quite as bad as the first follow through. Joan put on the bead, and I looked down to see my new piercings.
I hopped out of the chair, and looked in the mirror, to get a better look. For some reason, I only ever look quickly. So I sat back down in the chair, and then Joan said, go have a look. She didn't even know that I had already gotten up to see them. She asked if she could take pictures of them. I reluctantly said yes. She has pictures of a lot of my piercings, but there was just something about someone photographing my nipples that I wasn't sure about. Not only that, but my brand goes down my cleavage, so I knew that everyone would know it was me. She said she could crop the picture, but I told her not to worry about it. It's not like everyone doesn't know they are there anyways, so I figure, I should be proud of it, and try not to be so shy. She took quite a few pictures, and then I asked for some gauze. I didn't want my bra to get stuck on my new piercings, so I wanted to use the gauze as a bit of padding. I put my bra back on, and I was on my way.
As for the aftercare, I soak them, and clean them with Spectro Jel. I've used this method for a lot of my piercings, and I find that it works well. So far, I havn't had any problems with my new nipple piercings. Except, when I woke up this morning, one of my nipples were bleeding. However, I think it was one of my older nipple piercings. Any how, I think I'll just wear some looser bras for a while.