It was right after graduation and my mom jokingly said "you wanna go back to Texas with grandma and grandpa?" I couldn't say no, even though I really didn't want to go, they live in the middle of no where and they treat me like I'm 6. Anyway, I have two cousins who are also girls around the same age as me, one older, one younger. The oldest one, Julie decided that she wanted to get her navel pierced and invited me to go watch.
At A Glance Author Vicky A Contact Socially-Distorted@hotmail.com When Six months ago Artist Sketch Studio Voodoo Tattoo Location Texas I had been seriously thinking about getting my tongue pierced since I was like 13 so I called my boyfriend and asked him what he thought. We both decided that tongue piercings were kinday skanky and just not "me" so I started thinking about something that only he and I knew I had ever wanted... I had told him that I wanted to get my nipples pierced, but not vertical, or horizontal, I wanted them on 45 degree angles, we were both stoked and my cousins thought I was absolutley insane. We got to the shop around 10:30pm and there was only one other person there getting a tattoo. My cousin told them that she wanted her navel pierced and then she started nudging me and told the guy I wanted to get my nipples pierced. I was scared to death, I asked the pierced how bad it would hurt and he said it depended on how big my nipples were, I told him about pencil eraser size and he said it would be too bad. The next big issue was the money, I really didn't want to drop 40 bucks for some shiny jewelry, a whole lotta pain and the most maintinance of any piercing I've ever had.
I finally decided to do it and we were all escorted into a room with a bed like the ones they have at the doctors office. First my cousin got her navel pierced which was a breeze, the hardest part was putting the ball in the jewelry. Now it was my turn, I was shaking, The piercer, Sketch, asked me to pull up my shirt so he could check out my nipples and mark them so I could figure out exactly how I wanted them. He used clamps as a straight edge and just eyeballed a 45 degree angle and marked it, it looked ok to me. he told me to lay down on the table and relax, he got a spray bottle and some paper towels and he washed my nipples really good, I watched him take all of the instruments he used out sealed bags.
First he clamped my left nipple and told me to take a couple of deep breathes, then he told me to take a really deep breath and when he counted to three breathe out, I breathed in really deep and when he got to three and I felt the needle rip through my nipple all of the air was forced out of my body. It was the most painful, disgusting feeling I've ever experienced, it was like having barbed wire pulled through my nipple. the jewelery went in fine and it was totally ok after he screwed the ball on. He started to clamp my other nipple and I was Like "Hey, don't I get break to recover from the last one!" He told me it was better if we did it as soon as possible that way my adrenaline would ease the pain... WRONG! My right nipple was clamped, I took a huge breath and on three all of the air was forced out of my body again due to the excrutiating pain, unfortunatly, I kinda jumped and the needle actually came out of the center of my nipple, he told me and I was like Dude just leave it, then he told me there was a lot more problems that could be involved if I left it there so I was like fuck it do it over
I thought he was going to take out the needle and start over completely and I wasn't looking so all I knew was that it was hurting way to bad for him to be pulling the needle out, I couldn't handle this, I screamed, and then screamed again. then it was over. He had backed the needle out half way then just pushed it through with no clamp or anything. It was bleeding pretty bad but it stopped before I left. He went over all the details about how to clean them and keep them from getting infected. then his boss came and took pictures for his portfolio. I thanked him and left.
The healing was nothing, I though that they would hurt like mad and I wouldn't be able to do anything, but that wasn't the case at all. The worst thing was the actual process of getting them pierced. I can say though, that I had them for four months and they never totally healed, Every day I had to clean them and scrape the crust off the barbells. They are also virtually indestructable, I play college volleyball and I was diving in the floor, on my chest everyday and they never even bled, they would just get sore every now and then.
I actually took them out last weekend, I was already tired of them. They were cool and exciting when I first got them and my boyfriend and I loved them, but after a while I decided that I liked my nipples better natural, it was insane, I loved the piercings, but I loved my nipples without them even more. Over all I'd have to say that this was a pretty mediocre experience and I would only recommend it if you have a high pain tolerance and you are sure that you want to do it.