Well since my subscription has run out...and this just happens to be my next experience, here goes.
At A Glance Author Lori Contact Lori@bme.anon When Six months ago Artist Nicole Brown Studio Budo Tattoo Location Jackson Tennessee After my first experience with piercing I had trouble finding jewelry that I really liked. So in trying to find jewelry to suit me I found several sites where it was really just as easy to order wholesale. Since we have a retail jewelry business already I thought it might be fun to incorporate my newfound addiction into my existing business. So in comes the jewelry...and the customers...and the requests. In ordering for and talking to other people who had many more piercings than me I became intrigued with nipple piercings.
Determined not to make the same mistakes the second time around I did quite a bit of research. Asked many questions. And listened to every recommendation. Still I had not made up my mind, or built up the nerve to go. I had already decided who I wanted to perform the piercing and how I wanted it done, I guess I was just waiting on the bravery fairy...
So as usual, since he happens to be and has been since the day we met the center of my little world, my beautiful mate had everything to do with the fairy showing up when she did. He did something shitty, not intentionally Im sure, and it hurt. And the next thought was...piercing anything could not possible hurt this bad. So I sent the kids to my moms...called the shop, and waited on him to get home.
I have to say here that some of what I joked about in my first experience will probably be clarified in this one.
He was, to say the least, not tickled with this decision. But being the person that he is he went with me. I had a drink on the way just to take the edge off and when we got there she was waiting on me. So in I went...no jewelry to pick out, simple standard captive bead rings..."just strip to the waist" she says...ha ha ha...just that easy right. And when I hesitated, "I do have to see your nipples to pierce them" God love her...but the humor did help a little. She made the placement marks, then she showed me in the mirror. On went the clamp, Im not sure now whether she cleansed me before the marks or afterward, then the cork on one side and the needle on the other. Then the infamous take a deep breath and let it out when your ready...
I will say that I was surprised that there was not much pain on the first one and just a little more on the second. She was very quick and very precise. Out with the needle in with the jewelry then on to the next side. It was over and done with in just a few minutes really and all was well until I decided that I wanted her to do my tragus too...I guess I had not been through enough pain as of yet. So she gets everything ready as I put my bra and t-shirt back on gingerly. I sat in the chair and leaned back. I think she was completely prepared for everything except for the fact that I had not eaten since breakfast and had only had that one alcoholic beverage recently. All I can say that I remember is a very loud pop. I would not think that it would have been enough to make me hurl, but I surprise myself and others at times and she was most definitely surprised.
Oh well I do really like it and my nipples and I would not change either of them even though I was embarrassed about her having to clean up after me (it happens not to be the last time someone has to either). I changed my bead after a month and I changed the rings not long ago. I still have not changed the tragus piercing. I think I will leave it alone for some time. Its healing well and really did not hurt at all but the memory of that barf session remains with me. Im sure she would remember it also.
A warning...Since then I have had several more piercings and a couple of stretchings and I still would consider that tragus piercing the most traumatic. Not because of anything that Nicole did wrong, she did a beautiful job. I think that the ears are just more sensitive. I did the same thing (only not as suddenly) when I had my second and third holes in my left ear stretched. I had planned to have my other tragus pierced. Im not going to say never but I will say that the plan has definitely changed for awhile.
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