My mother had always been against body piercing, which just so happened to be something that I enjoy a great deal. It is a beautiful form of expression and also a beautiful form of artwork. For me though, someone very opposed to the permanency of tattoo art, the main attraction to body piercing was that I could take it out whenever I got sick of it.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When A month ago Studio Get Smart Body Art Location Melbourne, Australia Mum had, against her better wishes, allowed me to get my eyebrow pierced on the proviso that it would be the only piercing I would have. I though that this would be easy enough to do, but then I started to realize how much I enjoyed the whole process, and, the final outcome. So I decided I needed something else pierced.
Mum was obviously opposed to this idea so I thought "it's my body I can do what I want to it." (As any teenager would). And I booked myself in at "Get Smart Body Art" where I happened to know the Piercer there. I had decided on a nipple ring because that way I could get all the apparent "added stimulation" of the piercing as well as mum not knowing that I had it done.
So I went into the shop, told him what I wanted done, and we sat down together to decide on choice of jewelry and after care procedures and so on and so forth. I'd been through this all before but I was still anxious. He told me that the pain factor of this particular piercing varied from person to person but it was usually extremely painful as it is a highly sensitive area.
I eventually decided on a small CBR sized to 14ga, because this would ensure the fastest possible healing time and rings just look so damn cool. The 14ga scared me at first because it was a little big, but the Piercer ensured me that a 16ga would have too much chance of rejection. Surprisingly though, the next thing to cross my mind was that I wanted maybe to stretch to 12ga over time, so it would feel and look even better than I was already expecting.
So we went into the piercing room. It was so clean in there, immaculate even, with safety procedure posters on the walls, sterilizing equipment and I can safely say it looked like a hospital. He brought out all the equipment he would need for the piercing: clamps, marker, needle, ring, gloves, and antiseptic. Everything was individually wrapped which eased my mind a little. He put on his gloves and marked two little spots on either side of my nipple, asked me if I was happy with it and when I replied yes he asked me to lie down.
He clamped around the nipple which was slightly uncomfortable, this took him about four attempts so he could get the placement right. He told me to breathe in and out three times and on the exhale of the third breath he would pierce me. So that's what I did. In, Out, In, Out, In, and then the pain that proceeded was undeniable. I didn't kick and I didn't scream just a low pitched grunt as it pierced that oh so tender flesh on my nipple. The endorphins rushed to my brain to at least try and kill the pain but these must somehow have displaced the blood, because out of my nipple it flowed like a river.
He then replaced the needle with the ring, closed the bead (this hurt a bit) and told me I could sit up. I then started laughing (maybe hysterically?) and he laughed with me and said "lets you know you're alive huh?" to which I replied with more laughter and a stifled tear in my eye. He then told me ever so eloquently "you did well mate; I've seen big men roll around in pain from that one. It hurts even more than getting your knob pierced"
I tried to stand up but the colour had drained completely out of my face and I was feeling VERY dizzy. He gave me a cold sugar filled drink, Pepsi I think, and said it was probably a mixture of the blood loss, the pain, and the new sensitivity of the area.
Eventually I started feeling better and looked in the mirror at my newly decorated nipple. I was so happy with it, and still am to this day. It is very sensitive, which, most of the time anyway, is a very good thing. A lot of people have asked me "how could you do that to yourself?", "didn't that hurt?", "are you crazy?" to which I reply "Maybe I am crazy, but damn, I'm glad I did it."
I have had a few run-ins with infection with this piercing and on this area it is extremely painful and luckily I was able to fight off the infection almost immediately after I noticed it. The infections were mainly due to using a spa that wasn't cleaned properly so I guess the risk of infection probably isn't that likely.
I would recommend this piercing to anyone really. I love the feel of it and the look of it, and the looks I get from other people too! However I think my reasons for getting it done were a little infantile and you should think and rethink the piercing before deciding on it.