About a month ago I left my husband in search of the freedom he'd taken away from me. All of a sudden I could do whatever I wanted with no criticism or fighting, it's been wonderful. I just couldn't resist but to take full advantage of it so I decided some new body adornments (which he was completely opposed to) were in order.
At A Glance Author Leann Contact Leann@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Mike Studio China Doll Location Hammond, Indiana In high school I had always wanted multiple piercings but all I could convince my mom to let me get was a nose ring, and I had that done with a gun at the mall, which I took out about 6 months later to find a job. The desire never really went away, but people who work at accounting firms don't generally have or accept eyebrow, lip or tongue rings, labret or septum piercings so, until now, I've been content just getting a few tattoos which are coverable without much effort. Since I already have a couple tattoos I thought I'd just stick with that and get another one. As I sit here I'm still not sure how the idea come to light, but I decided that I needed something better than just another picture on my skin...I needed a nipple ring. So after talking to quite a few people and hearing everything from "it felt so good I had an orgasm in the chair" to "It was the worst pain I've ever felt in my entire life" I decided the only way I'd know was to do it myself.
Well, anyone who knows me knows that once I've made up my mind about something, it's just a matter of time before it happens. So just a few weeks later I took a day off work and convinced my boyfriend to go with me to China Doll, the only place I will let some near me with a needle. We were both planning on getting tattoos but after talking to the artist we had to schedule an appointment to come back after he'd had some time to design them for us. I was really bummed because I had wanted to get the tattoo, feel the adrenaline rush and then have my nipple pierced, but now that wasn't going to happen. I stood there and debated if I should go ahead and get the piercing done anyway. Everyone in the store managed to convince me that I should.
So there I am leaning on the counter filling out paperwork, signing away my left nipple, and Mike, the piercer, asked me if I was nervous. I realize that I have the same butterflies I had before my first tattoo. I just laughed and said "hell yes, I'm asking you to shove a piece of metal through my nipple, I think most people would be." So everything is signed and he starts gathering tools and takes me into a room. My boyfriend stood there not wanting to go with me, but the other people insisted that he really should; that wasn't very comforting to me, why should he need to be with me?
I get into the room, Mike runs through the usual speech about the autoclave and the single use needles and jewelry, being sure to show me that everything he's using, except the rubber band which is brand new, has been sterilized and is ready to go. I swear I wonder if they do this sometimes just to give you a few extra minutes to run screaming. As he starts to prepare everything we start chit chatting and I ask if he has his nipples done to which he responds, "Yes, it hurt like hell," "Well, gee, thank you Mike for putting me at ease," and then he tries to back out of it saying that it hurts more for men since there is less tissue and they have to piece deeper. I understand the logic, but at the time I wasn't really buying it.
He says "I'm ready whenever you are" "let's do this" so I take off my shirt and bra, throw them at my boyfriend as I ask if he minds that another man will be fondling my breast, "No, as long as he isn't inserting parts of himself in you I think we're okay," he's so polite. Mike tells me to stand up so he can mark the entry and exit points. As I do he tells us that he used to be a breast man until he started piercing, now he sees so many of them in a week that it doesn't really phase him anymore. He puts purple dots on each side of my nipple and tells me to look at them, make sure they are okay and then to sit down and relax if they are.
I sit down, he tells me that the key to a successful nipple piercing is breathing, I say that I'll try to but sometimes I forget; then I explain that I make stupid jokes when I'm nervous. He pulls out all the tools and my boyfriend gets concerned for me because of all the scary stuff, but I explain that two of the tools are just for the jewelry and he relaxed a bit. So Mike tells me to hold my breath and I try to but as soon as I take a breath in I just can't hold it because I'm so nervous. He chuckled and said "okay, this time hold it" so I took a deep breath and he stuck me. I was squeezing my boyfriend's hand pretty hard and had my eyes closed, but I didn't scream or cry or anything just said "okay, yea, that's not very comfortable." After the needle was through I opened my eyes, let go of my boyfriend's hand so he could regain circulation and started chit chatting with Mike while he put the ring in, he told me about the girls who scream right in his ear and the guys who try to be macho and don't make a sound but end up passing out.
He went over after care with me: no ointments or creams, wash with anti-bacterial soap 3-5 times a day, as often as possible soak it in a shot glass with water and sea salt, in about 6 weeks it should be okay to change the ring if I want to....then I put my shirt back on and was on my way to show as many people as I could think of.
It's been only 2 days and I can rotate the ring and move it around with no discomfort, no oozing or anything yet but it seems to be healing well. I even bought a special shot glass that says "Lick me!" to soak it in. I'm really excited for it to heal so I can play with it. I'm really glad I did it.