Hello. I'm Patrick, a 19 year old male from Memphis, Tennessee. I've been wanting to get my nipples pierced for about two years now. One night after a whole lot of consideration I finally decided to get off my ass and do it. So this is how my story goes.
At A Glance Author Patrick Contact atom8905@hotmail.com When A week ago Artist Inger Studio Trilogy Location Memphis I was talking to my girlfriend one night and casually mentioned that I was thinking about getting my nipples pierced. I asked her opinion of this and she told me she didn't care, but she wanted to know why. She couldn't believe that I was going to do it and wanted to know what would make me think of such a thing. I told her I wanted to because its something that I've been wanting to do for a couple years now and I was finally going to do it while I had the money and the time. We went back and forth about it for a little bit and she still wanted to know who I was doing it for ( who I wanted to impress) I finally said "Look, I'm doing it for me but now there's to much talk of who I was trying to impress. It has to be spontaneous and now its not. I'll go do it one night without telling anybody." So I did a few days later.
It was my birthday and I wanted to go do something. I was sitting in my chair watching T.V when I thought to myself "Hey I'm going to go get my nips pierced tonight." I finished watching the show that was on and got in the car and headed to the studio where I got my tattoo and my eyebrow pierced at. The ride down there was rough because I was nervous and couldn't keep still. After the 20 minute ride I finally arrived. I walked in the door and was greeted by a young teenage girl. I told her with a little shake in my voice that I wanted to get my nipples pierced. She smiled and asked whether I wanted barbells or captive bead rings. I decided on the rings because I think they look better. She handed me the paperwork and I filled it out, shaking all the time I was writing. I gave it back to her and she told me there was a person back there getting pierced at the moment but I was next in line. I sat down in the lobby and smoked a couple cigarettes to calm myself. A fe w minutes later Inger (the piercer) came out and called my name.
She led me to the piercing room and I took off my shirt. She told me to have a seat in the dentist-like chair and relax. Inger washed her hands very thoroughly and put on some latex gloves. We talked about how it had been a long time since I've had any body work done and she helped me to relax. About this time she had a itch on her face and took off her gloves to take care of it. That made me feel like she knew what she was doing because she put new gloves on. Through the course of the night she must have changed gloves 2 or 3 times. That put my mind at ease about things not being sterile. Inger got out a toothpick and marked my nipples with the purple ink they always use and asked me to look at it. Everything looked good to me so we continued.
Sitting on the table next to me were 2 pre-packaged 14 gauge needles, 2 corks, some kind of lubricating goo (provon maybe?) and my jewelry. She took the rings and removed the balls and bent them open a little bit to make it easier to go in after the needle. Then she took a needle from the package and made sure I saw it was coming out of a sealed package and told me to be as relaxed as possible. She told me that she was going to line up the needle and then ask me to take a deep breath, and when I let it out she would pierce me. I took a couple baby breaths and then the deep one. I didn't really feel the needle going through however I did feel a stinging in my right nipple. "All done" she said and I relaxed a bit and looked at it. There was a needle going through my nipple! Inger took the CBR off the table and lined it up with the end of the needle and transferred it to my nipple. She bent it back to normal and put in the ball. One down and one to go. She asked me i f I wanted a break or if she should just go ahead and do it. I told her to do it now. She lined up the next one and told me how my heart was beating like mad. Deep breathe in and out then PAIN. The second one was a little worse than the first because the pain lasted longer. I looked down and yet another needle has been passed through my nipple. The transfer of the jewelry went smoothly with little pain. Inger gave me some aftercare instructions and let me put my shirt back on. I went back out front and got my Provon soap and sat down for a few. It was over. I finally did it! I came home and went right to bed but not before staring at my freshly pierced nipples for a while.
The next morning I woke up and went to work and everything was cool. No bleeding and not too many crusties. I cleaned them when if got home and everything was still awesome. My mom found out about them and didn't freak or anything. Figured that if she ever found out there was going to be yelling and screaming and hell. Surprisingly not. I told my girlfriend that night and she couldn't believe I did it. She came and saw them a couple days later and laughed. I'm not quite sure why though. She can't wait until they heal because she wants to play with them ;) I clean them everyday at least once and now a week later they are healing very nicely. There are no crusties to speak of and no infection.
Overall the experience was a good one. I love them and that's the best part about it. If you're going to do it, do it for yourself and nobody else. If you don't want to then don't be forced into it by anyone, after all they are YOUR nipples. I recommend it highly. Feel free to email me about questions or whatever. I hope my story has helped any inquiring minds. That's all for now. Just remember kids, its not self mutilation if they do it for you.
Patrick