Hmm, well where to start.. I'm kind of a very plain person. I don't really have style of my own, and I don't ever do anything crazy. I guess you can say I'm a little goody girl. I keep to myself, I'm really quiet, and i like to hang out with my boyfriend and play Everquest all day. Then one day, out of the blue my boyfriend started talking about getting piercings. I went with him a couple of times while he got stuff pierced. He has gotten about eight piercings in the last month. Anyways he started talking to me about getting piercings of my own, the only piercings I had are ordinary lobe piercings. So when he asked me what I thought of nipple piercings I was a little shocked. At first it was a definite no. I would never even think about getting any thing pierced other then ears especially nipple or genital piercings. However, the more I looked into it the more I started to like it.
At A Glance Author Ginaa- Contact ginaa@bak.rr.com When A week ago Artist Josh Studio Mad Dog Tattoo Location Bakersfield, CA, USA One day I went over to my boyfriends house and I let him beg me all day long about getting my nipples pierced, knowing in my head that I really would like to do it even if he didn't want me to. Then he offered to even pay for the piercing. so I said, "Well I'll think about it" just to lead him into thinking I wasn't sure if i would do it. Just incase i decided to back down. So then next day when he got paid we headed to Mad Dogs Tattoo with one of our close friends and his digital camera. I walked in and asked for Josh, but he wasn't there at the time. The reason I had asked for him is because I had talked to him about nipple piercings a week before when I was in there with my boyfriend and our friend when they were both getting their labret pierced. The guy that was there said he would be here soon though so we sat down and waited and looked at some of the tattoo artist and piercers portfolios. For some reason I wasn't nervous at all even though i hadn't even really resear ched the procedure. I had just looked at some pictures so I would know what it would look like on me and one or two stories on BME. When he walked in I walked back to him and he turned and smiled at me and asked if i was ready to get my nipples pierced. I said yes, and then started asking him some questions like where would we do it? Is there a room or a curtain? And did I have to take my shirt and bra off?. He said i would have to take everything off. =( Which really bothered me. I'm not exactly a skinny girl, but then again I'm not really overweight either. And my breast aren't the most perkiest but not saggy either. Just ordinary breast for an ordinary girl I guess. Then he said we was going to do it in the room where everyone else was, with no curtains! That almost made me change my mind. Then he said he could do it in the back room on a couch, but warned me that it's not the most sanitary place. I appreciated this so much!! I would hate to miss out on getting my nipple s pierced after wanting it done so bad.
So we went into the back room and I took a deep breath and ripped my clothes off. I laid down on the couch and he put some gloves on and started cleaning my nipples. Then he started marking the area as he was doing this I told him not to ask if it looked straight to me because I trusted his judgment. He had me stand up and lay back down to make sure they looked straight, both standing and laying. This felt like it took forever but then again I just wanted it to be done and over with. He got a pair of clamps and started to try and make my nipples hard so he could get a good enough grip, as he was doing this he informed me he wasn't getting off on doing this it was part of the procedure. This was a bit embarrassing, it took him awhile to get them hard, I don't know why really. Shrug. Even though I didn't feel nervous I think I was because I started asking him a million questions. Like will they grow back if I decide I don't want them anymore when i turn sixty and stuff like th at hehe. He laughed and answered all my questions while working. He told me to take a deep breath through my nose and exhale out my mouth and when I exhaled WHAM! through the needle went. It was a little painful but not unbearable. It didn't hurt like I had expected it to. I didn't scream, I didn't cry, and I didn't even make a face, none of the things I had guessed I would do. I opened my eyes and looked down and he was finished with my left nipple. I looked at my boyfriend and our friend who had been taking a million pictures per minute and gave them a big huge smile =D. My boyfriend who had been more nervous about this then I did looked shocked. I think he thought I would cry too. Then Josh had me stand up and switch sides of the couch so he could do the other side. He did it exactly the same as before, but this one seemed to hurt a little more but not too bad. Then he tightened the jewelry and sat down with me and we talked about how to take care of the piercings. He wa s talking in a very serious voice to make sure i payed attention, thou gh it was still a little hard.
I was excited this was the first out of the ordinary thing I've done in my whole life, I kind of felt like a rebel ;). He then gave me a paper with his phone number on it and said I could call him for anything, also on the paper was the after care instructions we had just went over. And for some reason he gave me a deal! He only charged me $40 instead of the normal $50. I asked him how much people usually tip and he laughed and said most don't. I said, "Hmm how about ten bucks and he smiled i gave him three twenties of my boyfriends money, grin. But he didn't have change to give me back so I ended up only tipping him five bucks which made me feel cheap for such a good job he had done. And for all of you who don't tip your piercer shame on you! After it was payed for me and my boyfriend and our friend headed to Carls Jr to get some dinner and talk about what had just happened! They were really surprised that it hadn't even hurt. It's been four days since I've gotten it done a nd they are healing perfectly. At first it burned a little to clean them but as time goes on it gets less and less painful. As for sleeping, well I always sleep on my tummy and it didn't even bother me. They were a little sore the first morning, but after that sleeping was painless. For anyone thinking of getting their nipples done I'd say go ahead and do it! What are you waiting for?!?! And if your in the Bakersfield ,CA area definitely go to Mad Dogs Tattoo and if you can, get Josh!! He is really nice and caring. :) Now to find some cute nipple jewelry to add to my collection. =)