It started out with me once again begging my mother to let me get my tongue pierced. My interest in piercing had only been sparked about a year ago, but I must admit that my mom had to put up with some pretty intense nagging during that time for permission. And once again, I lost the argument. So there I was, with an intense desire to pierce something and nothing to pierce...or was there?
At A Glance Author vixen7 Contact vixen7@bme.anon When Three months ago Studio Outrageously Amazing Location Grande Prairie, AB A co-worker had recently gotten her nipple pierced, something that until that time I thought was limited to needle crazed psychotics (who would have thought that I actually was one too?) but the more she talked about, the more of an option it seemed to be. It was a piercing I could get that nobody would ever have to see. So the next day I brought up the idea with two friends at school with the intention of having them talk me out of it (both very 'good' Christian's girls), but much to my surprise they handed me my car keys and told me to go make an appointment. We went to Outrageously Amazing because I had heard good things about it, and my friend had gotten their belly buttons pierced there and said that the piercer was knowledgeable and friendly. Once we got there it was so hard to actually say what I wanted to get done (at this time it still seemed like the weirdest thing to pierce), but finally I told myself to suck it up because I definitely wasn't the first one to ge t it done. I talked to the piercer about risks, after care and benefits and decided it was something I definitely wanted; my friends at that time did as well. We made an appointment for after school went back to classes completely giddy and counted the minutes.
At first I was a little taken aback by my friends wanting to get it done with me. I was looking for this to be my thing to, make me different, and it seemed strange to get the same piercing, to me it was like wearing the same outfit. However, I was happy for the moral support, as weird as it was to go completely topless in front of everyone.
I got in, signed the papers and jumped on the table and watched my friend's crowd into the tiny (but clean) room. We discussed what gauge it was going to be, settling in on a 14, because...well I have some growing to do. And she assured me I could move up to a 12 gauge once it healed. (I have moved up without any problems, and it feels so much more secure). The piercer was great she talked with me about any fears that I had before I took off my shirt, then marked me while I was sitting up, and got me to lay down on the little raised bed. She asked if I wanted to watch (nope. I just saw the needle and that gave me second thoughts) my friends crowded around, got me counting and bam! The needle was through, it was the most exquisite pain I have ever experienced it was...tingly, but it didn't actually hurt. I looked at my new adornment and thought (after thinking that the pain was not as bad as I expected) "GEEZE THAT IS SOO UGLY". It was a little hoop with a sliver bead. I rea lly thought it was horrific, as my friends did as they started to have second thoughts (in all honesty I had only seen a few pictures of it done prior to getting my own) .Now that I've gotten used to it, it's so pretty...and fun :)
My first night with it was quite interesting, but not nearly as bad as I had expected, I was in a play that required a few quick costume changes so it got bumped a few times, but it was more of a dull ache then actual pain when it happened. I found myself a lot more aware of my breasts~!
I was kind of disappointed when the sensitivity of the piercing wore off, but I found that once I changed the jewelry to a horse shoe a bit of it came back. Healing was really easy; I just cleaned it with anti-bacterial soap for the most part, and swabbed it with Dragon Mist cleaning products. Once in a hurry I had neglected to make sure all the crusties had been removed....never again! That hurt so much worse then the actual piercing! Now that I've got it done I also moved on to the tongue and am seriously considering a Christina (a "pubic mound" piercing) thanks to BME.
I definitely recommend it! It has made me so much more comfortable with my body, and just knowing that I had the actual drive to do something a lot of people talk about and never do. It really made me feel good about myself. I've also found myself feeling a lot sexier at times because of it, even though its something that few people know about ~ it's kind of like sexy underwear ;) I tried to keep it a secret for the longest time, but when I heard a few acquaintances telling me that nipple piercing was only for strippers...well I had to make myself known. When people find out that I have my nipple pierced (it's somehow finds itself into a lot of conversations) most are quite shocked, but that later turns into curiosity, as I've had more then one friend ask to see it! I was afraid of what my Dr. would say when I was having my medical, but to my surprise she commented that she had always wanted one and wanted to know about the pain and increased benefits!