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At A Glance Author Dookie Contact Dookie6385@aol.com IAM Dookie When A year ago Artist Ed Studio Affleck's Arcade Location Manchester UK Anyway, this is the story of my nipple piercing:
About a year ago I happened (!) to wander across the piercing shop in Affleck's Arcade (I can't remember the name of the studio, it's on the first floor) and I pondered outside for a bit, wondering if I should get something done. My brother's friend Ed (extremely cute, I'd just like to add!) works in there and when he walked in he told me he'd only charge me for the price of the jewellery (woohoo!) if I decided to get pierced there today. Hmmmm, I think I was starting to run out of places to get pierced, so I had to go upstairs to the caff and mull it over while I had lunch with my boyfriend.
I'd been thinking about getting my nipple pierced a while now, and Karl (the boyfriend) seemed pretty keen on it! It was either my nipple or the bottom of my navel so I decided to grit my teeth and get my nipple done.
So we wandered back down there, and I asked who'd be doing the piercing. A girl I didn't know said she'd do it, so I picked out a plain barbell and waited around for a bit and smoked quite a lot of cigarettes (I was pretty nervous, the only piercings I'd had up to then were on my face and my navel), and then Ed came out and said that he'd like to do the piercing. I squeaked a bit at this, considering he knows my brother, and Karl also knew damn well that I fancied him, and I'm a bit, well ya know, a wee bit shy about popping my boobs out in front of a really cute guy, but I thought "fuck it, might aswell, if I chicken out this time I probably will never do it"!
Had a bit of a heated discussion with the boyfriend over it outside but I told him he could come in while I got it done, he was still really grumpy about it but he kinda knew I wasn't gonna back down, so he came in and slumped in this chair next to the bench, practically sitting OVER me!!
Ed came in, I think he was as embarrassed as me! He kept forgetting things, like the needle, and he left the bar outside and stuff! It was pretty cute! I was sooooo nervous by this time though. I'd heard loads of mixed stories about nipple piercings, some of my friends say they're the most painful experience EVER (comforting!) and some have said it's nothing at all.... hmmm....
He told me to lie down on the bench and take my top off, which I did, with as much grace as I possibly could (I lay on the bench the wrong way round haha!), then lay there while Ed, hmmm, how can I say it? He had to sort of tweak my nipple to get it hard haahaa, needless to say I was enjoying it! And Karl was looking like an angry shaking beetroot! I held his hand and sorta grinned shakily at him! He just looked grumpy!
Ed cleaned my nipple with some Savlon and then marked where the piercing would be, I got up and checked it in the mirror and it seemed fine, so I lay back down and watched in terror while he clamped my nipple. It felt a bit like a hard pinch. Then he positioned the needle and gently pushed it through.
It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, admittedly it was pretty painful, but like most piercings, only for about 5 seconds. I watched the needle go through my nipple, I think that's what made it worse! It bled straight away!
Ed clipped down the plastic tube, pushed the bar through, which made me cringe a bit, and then screwed the other ball on. Then we both kinda grinned at each other in a "thank fuck that's over" kinda way!
Oh yeah, Karl had returned to his normal colour now and had stopped vibrating!!!!!
We chatted for a bit about the aftercare (Savlon Wound Wash, twice a day, for 8 weeks, and try and give it as much air as you can so it can heal properly!) and about how my brother was and stuff, and then I paid him the money and left.
My nipple was fine until later on in the day, well the nipple itself was fine all along, but it was hot that day and I hadn't drank much (silly me) so on the way home on the bus I felt a bit faint, I managed to get home without collapsing though! Drink LOTS of coke if you're getting your nipple done cos mine bled a lot.
I skipped into my house and yanked it out in front of my mum. By this point she was totally used to me coming back with random piercings, so she wasn't *too* shocked, she still cringed though!
I was dead proud :0)
Karl eventually got over the fact that Ed had pierced me, he loved the piercing! We've split up now but apparently he's nagging his current girlfriend to get hers done!!
The healing was fine, once or twice I'd bang it, like if I'd walk out of a narrow doorway, it fucking HURTS!!! After a few weeks it settled down, and I was running around Rockworld (local club) with my left boob out showing everyone my 'magic nipple' haahaa :0)
Anyways, it's a great piercing to get, it takes a little longer than most piercings to heal but it's definitely worth it! It feels really nice!!! :0)
Feel free to mail me if you have any questions!
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