"I think I might go get my nipple pierced today". Those were the words that went through my mind as I was walking through town one sunny saturday morning. I was already in the city so I headed over to Vogue Body Piercing. I had been contemplating getting the piercing for a while so I thought "why not".
At A Glance Author Apples IAM Apples When A month ago Artist Lori Studio Vogue Body Piercing Location Darwin, Australia So in I strolled into the studio, no hesitation whatsoever. Lori greeted me as I walked in and asked what I was in for. "A nipple piercing thanks" I replied. With that, the appointment was made for later that morning. Lori sent me off to have something to eat before being pierced.
I must say, I was much less nervous than I was when I went to get my tongue pierced. All I could think about whilst I enjoyed my sandwich and iced coffee was the piercing. "What's my boyfriend gonna think? Aww heck it's cool. Whats everyone else gonna think. Hmm, I don't really care". I finally finished eating and made my way back to the studio.
Lori greeted me again and we walked out to the back waiting area. I signed all the usual paperwork and then met Lori in the piercing room. The familiar scenery and smell of cleaner filled my senses. Only then did I feel slightly nervous, only a little of course. I think it must have something to do with the smell of cleaner. Whenever I smell cleaner, my body suddenly comes to a realisation of what is about to happen.
Lori talked me through what she was going to do, how I should care for the new piercing and that it doesn't exactly tickle during the piercing. I then had to remove the top half of my clothing. Lori then marked up the placement for the piercing, and we were ready to go.
Next she started preparing the equipment, jewelry and piercing area. I sat up on the table and watched. She showed me that the needle was single use and that all of the equipment and jewelry was autoclaved (sterilised).
She then told me to lay back and get relaxed and comfortable. Lori then made her way to the side of which the piercing was going to be. As she started to put the clamp on and the needle in position, all that was said was, "nice and quick" "yeah, nice and quick". Lori then said to take a deep breath in and out and then ....ouch, the needle went through. the most uncomfortable part was over, in went the jewelry and it was all done.
I lay there for a minute so that I didn't get up to quickly and get dizzy. then I got up, off the table and checked out my new piercing in the mirror. It was perfect and looked great. Lori cleaned the piercing and applied an adhesive dressing to the area to stop anything rubbing or catching on it. I then got dressed.
Lori cleaned the piercing table and disposed of the equipment used and we walked out to the front counter. I paid for my piercing and went through all of the aftercare instructions with Lori, I then thanked her and made my way home.
The piercing is healing really well. I have already managed to catch it on my loofa, (even after I had been so carefull with it after reading a similar experience posted on bme), on my boyfriends watch as he leaned over to turn on the air conditioner and various other things. I do try to keep things from knocking it and don't let anything or anyone swing off it. Im usually careful, really I am. The piercing is still healing but it is going really well and it looks great.
Of course the friends I told about my new piercing wanted to check it out, maybe to see if I had really gone through with it, or maybe they were just interested. Either way, all of the reactions were about the same. It goes something like this: "ooooh ouch, didn't that hurt?" "why did you get that done?" "wow". My boyfriend just smiled and shook his head. I think that means he secretly likes it, but I don't think he ever expected me to get it done.
I still find that some people don't accept piercing, or body modification of any type all that well. Sometimes it frustrates me, but I have learnt that whatever I do to my body is my choice. I love my mods, and plan to have them for a very long time. People often ask me what going to happen when im 50. I just just figure that I will still have them, and by that stage I will probably taking my grandkids to get their first mods. It's just like the quote from bme; 'I never wanted to be different. I just wanted to be me', and I am.
Many thanks to lori at Vogue Body Piercing, she did a wonderful job. I have no complaints, and I don't think I ever will, Lori and Jim are both great piercers and I would recommend them to anyone.