A month ago, I got my both of my nipples pierced. It had been something that I had been contemplating since my senior year in high school but my boyfriend at the time objected and by the time we had broken up, I had dismissed the idea. It was something I did completely on impulse a year later. A friend of mine called me up and said she was getting her tongue pierced and another friend of ours was going to get his left nipple pierced. She asked if I wanted to tag along since I had piercing experience and she wanted someone there to hold her hand. I brought along money just in case I decided I wanted something done. When I saw how excited my friends were, I decided I was going to get my nipples pierced since I couldn't get any visible piercings because of work.
At A Glance Author Nessa Contact Nessa@bme.anon When A month ago Artist Ry Studio friends bedroom Location Dallas The piercing artist is my friend's friend, and we met up with him and talked for a while before actually talking about the piercings. He was very honest and straightforward, which put my little butterflies at ease. I wasn't told that he was not working at a studio anymore, but was working on his own. (I had been under the impression that since he was a friend, he was doing a special favor and going to the studio with us on his day off, stupid me) This made me a little nervous again until he got out his equipment. All of his needles were still packaged, and he swore to us on his kid that he had autoclaved his clamps that morning. Butterflies gone, we continued.
We discussed what jewelry I should use, after care, and what to expect my piercings to do. He warned that they could bleed slightly for a week. He gave the usual spiel about antibacterial soap, but in my personal experience, salt soaks whenever the piercing gets bitchy works best. Otherwise it's LITHA (leave it the hell alone) for me. After that I got to pick out my jewelry. I chose curved barbells, partly because I think they're sexy, partly because he told me they're easier for healing. Both of my friends had never had piercings before, so I decided that I would go first since they kept backing out. (This was a bad idea however, if you're a first timer, don't watch someone get a piercing right before you get yours done. My friend ended up freaking out and almost backed out of her tongue piercing.)
He got out his marker and told me to lift up my shirt. I was apprehensive since I didn't really know him, but he assured me that he does this piercing all the time and breasts no longer phase him. He marked where he was going to pierce them and told me I could put my shirt back down because he was going to prep his clamps. Since I was nervous, I quickly checked the placement in the mirror (not closely enough) and pulled my shirt down.
When he was done, he told me to take off my shirt and bra and lie on the table. I laid on the table while he was putting on his gloves and getting his needles out of their packaging. He started playing with my nipples to make them hard and I started smiling nervously and made a joke about how it was the first time I had seen someone look so serious about playing with my nipples. He laughed and told me just to get ready for the most painful piercing out of all of my life. I like pain, but I was unsure about how much pain he was talking about. I started to get really nervous, so I asked him if I could hold my friends hands while he did it. I got both of my friends to hold my hands and he started clamping my left nipple. He explained that he was going to pierce each nipple first (with different needles of course) and then come back through a second time to put in my barbells.
In my opinion the clamps were the worst part of getting my nipples pierced, and in my mind I was thinking, 'if the clamp hurts this bad, the piercing is going to be hell.' I kind of started breathing heavy, so he told me to calm down. He got the needle up to my nipple and I closed my eyes. He counted to three and pushed the needle through. I gasped and was surprised about how much it didn't hurt. It wasn't as bad as he had worked me up to think. He played with my right nipple some more, clamped it, and then he started stalling and teasing me (keep in mind he's a friend of a friend) about how worked up I had gotten myself. He kept asking me if I was sure I wanted the other one done, and finally I told him if he didn't do it I was going to kick him. He counted to three again; big gasp, and they were pierced.
Both of my friend's hands were completely red from how hard I had been holding onto them. While he put in the jewelry, he explained that he told me it was going to hurt like hell so that I would be expecting tons of pain and psych myself out. Good trick, I thought, cruel, but effective. He let me lay on the table for a little bit so I could enjoy what I like to call the "piercing euphoria." That feeling is comparable to sex for me, that's how much I enjoy it. He began talking to my friends about their piercings. I thought I felt blood soak through the gauze that he had placed on my new piercings, and sure enough, it had. None of my piercings had ever bled like this and I was a little frightened. I finally got up and he told me that for right now, even though it might hurt a bit, he wanted me to wear my bra so that they would have some pressure against them since they were bleeding a little more than normal. He gave me more gauze and I went into the bathroom to try to get eve rything into place. I felt really lightheaded but happy. I checked out my piercings and was disappointed that I couldn't really tell how they looked because of all the blood. I clothed myself and went to lay down on the couch.
After he pierced my friends, we hung out and talked about other piercings and different people he had pierced. When it was time for us to go, he asked for one final look at all of our piercings to make sure they weren't bleeding too much. He seemed a little concerned and gave me his cell phone number and told me to call him anytime I had a problem with them.
They have never really given me any trouble, besides the fact that in my own hasty nervousness to check the marker placement, the right one is slightly crooked. I'm told that it's not noticeable until it's pointed out, but I've learned that I'm going to check placement more thoroughly from now on. However, they've healed nicely and it's only been a month or so. They make my nipples more sensitive than they used to be and I love getting cold now.
The only drawback I really see to them is that I love showing people. If anyone asks and its at the right location, up my shirt goes.
To anyone that is considering getting their nipples pierced do it. They're so much fun and totally worth it.