Let's see... Let's see... Where to start? Hmm... Well, I suppose it began 9 months or so ago when I somehow got the notion into my head that I wanted piercings. I become interested in piercings and such when I was in eighth grade, roundabout. My cousin's boyfriend at the time had his eyebrow pierced. A couple years went by and I found myself browsing the pages of BME. As I went through the images I came across nipple piercings, which is when I sat there in awe thinking "This is what I want!!!" It also seemed like a good option because I have a very conservative father, and my nipples are not something he's going to see (let's hope not anyway).
At A Glance Author AshuhleeJoi Contact AshuhleeJoi@bme.anon When Three months ago Artist Katie Studio Royboy's Place Location Gary, Indiana So it's around April and I'm telling everyone "I want to get my nipples pierced" and getting their opinions on it. Most people said positive things, a few said "Gross." "Eww." "That's sick." et cetera. School came to and end and summer school rolled around. My lil buddy Marian, who I love dearly was unfortunate enough to be placed in the same math class as me. (We were in the same math class during the school year as well, spending most of our time talking about piercings, tattoos, and music opposed to polynomials or what the 'f' ever, I still don't know..) Summer school math, we fall into the same routine. There we sat talking about piercings, and our friend, Shorty from physics says "Hey! I want my tongue pierced! Let's go Friday!" so the plans are set.
Friday comes along, and Shorty can't go. She had to meet family somewhere in between here (Indiana) and Texas to take her cousin home. She says she'll call us. We didn't get in touch until Monday in class; Shorty was just as disappointed as Mari and I. She decided we'd go that day. "Right after school!" It seemed as though the day would never end, but it did, and off we were.
For the majority of the ride Mari and Shorty talked about how nervous they were. I didn't get nervous until later...
After Mari screamed out "There it is!" and we found a parking spot we walked into Royboy's. Our piercer came out and asked "Can I help you?" Mari stuttered "Uh, yeah, I'd like to get my tongue pierced". She was lead into a room in the back, and screamed for us to follow.
This is when I started to get nervous. Mari having filled out her paperwork sat down in the chair, and stuck out her tongue. Standing in the doorway watching the needle go through her tongue made me think "I'm going to have this done to my nipples!?!" It looked like the piercer was having a rough time getting the needle through, and Mari was whining, but the next thing I knew Mari and Shorty were both done and I was handing over the binder with the signed papers and sitting down in the chair.
"I guess I want something a little different"
"What's that?"
"Nipples."
"Both?"
"Yep."
"Okay."
She got everything ready, and had me pick out beads. I picked plain white ones. She said "I usually have people pick colours that can go with most clothing, but I guess clothing isn't an issue for this particular piercing." Soon after this I said "Welllll.. I guess I'll take my clothes off for a complete stranger now!" Off came the wife beater and the swimsuit top.
She put little dots on my nipples, and asked me to look at them and see if I was pleased with their location. I told her "You're the professional" and we went from there. I watched her open a new needle which soon enough would be going through my nipple. The left was first, I got the 3.. 2.. 1.. countdown and through my nipple the needle went.
"You know.." said the piercer "..this is one of the most painful piercings you can get." She gave me full permission to tell Marian and Shorty that they are 'wussies' for getting their tongues pierced while I got my nipples done. We also talked about how we felt about other piercings, and tattoos. Being able to talk to her made the whole experience a lot easier, and less awkward. I WAS sitting there half naked in front of someone whom I've never met before... that does make for some awkwardness.
It didn't hurt the way I thought it would. At first it felt like the nerves in my stomach were vibrating, it later turned into more of a burning feeling. It wasn't a bad feeling, I actually kind of liked it. Maybe I'm just strange though *winks*. The piercer had a little bit of trouble getting the CBR closed on the right nipple, but after dropping the bead, and having to get a new one, it was fine. I paid for everyone's piercings (they'll eventually pay me back.. let's hope so, anyway) and walked out of the little room after putting my swimsuit top on back over my freshly pierced slightly bleeding nipples. Mari and Shorty were talking to Roy, the owner. He asked what I had gotten done, and when I said nipples he told us that we needed to get some tattoos. We were then told, with a smile, to come back anytime.
On our way home we stopped by Walgreens, Mari and Shorty picked up some Listerine and popsicles. I stood in the freezer, it was niiiice!
A little less than two months later my right nipple started to bother me. I thought it had been because I was running a lot and it was just a bit irritated, but upon closer inspection I noticed that it had migrated. I wasn't very happy with this, but thought I'd wait and see how it went. If it settled where it was it wouldn't be too bad. Another week goes by and it's still hurting and I was unhappy with the placement so I decided to take it out. Having no signs of infection; after my shower, I popped the bead out and pulled the ring through. Byebye Righty. I was kind of disapointed that it didn't work out, but I still had lefty, and every intention of getting it re-pierced.
Three weeks go by and my nipple is looking pretty good so I start making plans to have it re-pierced. A group of friends and I decided to go to Royboy's together, everyone wanted some work done. A few minutes after the four of us got there Shorty, Mari and three other girls showed up for a total of nine.
Everyone was nervous, so I volunteered to go first. I told the piercer, Katie, what I wanted done (the girl who had previously pierced me no longer works there). I filled out the paperwork as she got everything ready, and had me sit in the chair just like last time. We made sure that the jewelery matched what I've already got. (14g CBR with white bead) I made kissy faces at one of my friends, and watched her expression change from smiling to horrified, this is when I looked down and watched Katie close my jewelery. It didn't hurt as much as it did the first time, probably because I knew what to expect and I was distracted. After the nipple, I also had my navel pierced but we'll save that for another experience as this one is getting to be pretty long and experiences are to be about one mod only anyway.
I'm not having any problems with healing, things are looking good. I've been doing salt soaks, and cleaning them in the shower when rotating is easy. Aaggh, it sure does hurt when you twist crusties through!