I was recently in Ethnic Concepts (a local tattoo/piercing studio in Wakefield, RI), with my girlfriend. She was getting her navel barbell changed. She also has her nose done.
At A Glance Author DeRez Contact DeRez@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Joe Studio Ethnic Concepts Location Wakefield, RI I've wanted to get another piecing (only had ear lobe done) for a while now. Because I work in a really professional environment, I am restricted to what I can have, basically nothing on my ears or face. I had considered my penis (ampallang), but after looking at some for the gallery pics here at BMEzine, I was beginning to reconsider. And my nipples were always a fall back idea I never really considered.
As we were in there I began contemplating getting my nipples done. I love my nipples being touched, kissed, sucked and played with. After we left I mentioned getting them done to my girlfriend and she was very excited by the idea. So later that day we went back in and I was ready to go.
So after selecting the jewelry I wanted (I went with hoops with charcoal gray balls), I was in the chair. Joe cleaned and marked my nipples and asked me to look in the mirror to check placement.
Before I go on, I would like to give some background on me. I'm a big guy. Six foot tall, two hundred and sixty five pounds. I have a really high tolerance for pain; I have broken five bones and dislocated my ankle. That being said lets move on.
I sitting there and he's putting the clamp on my left nipple. It takes him a few moments to get the clamp placement correct. I am really freaked out at this point. He takes the needle off of his tray; I immediately start looking at the ceiling. I feel the needle pierce the skin and come out the other side. I look down and see the needle. I'm starting to feel some massive pain now. He inserts he hoop and removes the needle. I finally let out the breath I had been holding since the needle hit my skin. I say "owww" and start to laugh an uncomfortable laugh.
He asks me if I'm ready to do the next one or if I want minute to relax. In my mind, I'm ready to walk out the door right now, but I cant wimp out. Especially not with my girlfriend in the room. I tell him to give me a minute.
He tells me, "it's ok to scream out in pain. The guy who was in here before you getting both of his nipples done started crying". I tell him that I'm ok and we can start the second one.
Now the first one was easy, I didn't know what was coming. But the second one, I knew what was in store for me now. But I knew if I didn't get the right one done now, I wouldn't go though this again. I was kind of now or never.
He clamps my right nipple. He pierces. I grunt in pain as the tender flesh of my nipple is being skewered. Time seems to stop, all I can feel is metal going through. I'm trying to breathe as a small trickle of blood runs down my chest. He inserts the hoop and cleans both nipples. It was all over.
He explains cleaning and aftercare, I can barley concentrate on what he is saying. All I can think about is the pain coming from my chest.
So I pay him and leave, I go back to my girlfriend's house (Thank God is was two minutes away). I began to feel lightheaded and my nipples were throbbing. I felt weak and I could barley stand. I feel like a massive wimp, I should have been able to go though this without a problem, yea right.
The experience was great, I tend to like pain. Joe was awesome; he was trying to make jokes to calm me down. And my girlfriend is extremely anxious to play with them once there healed.
It's been 3 days and my nipples are extremely sensitive to pain and I'm constantly hitting them by accident. The first night sleeping was the worst. I woke up and my left nipple had started bleeding and there was dried blood on my sheets and chest. In hindsight, I'm thinking I should have gotten barbells instead of hoops. I think they would have tended to move around less.
Even though this whole ordeal was painful, I'm really glad I went though with it. I still seems weird, I look down and see metal going through my chest. But I like how it looks on me. And judging on how bad my nipples hurt I think I am defiantly reconsidering getting my penis done.
Would I do it again...hell yeah!!!!!