Yesterday I decided to get my nipple pierced. I'm currently off school and work because of impetigo, and so I had all day Thursday to myself, rather than just the afternoon as I usually have when at sixth form. So I decided to go to London. My boyfriend usually comes with me, but this Thursday he was working, so I went alone.
At A Glance Author Princess Doom Contact Princess Doom@bme.anon IAM Princess Doom When It just happened Artist I still don't know her name :( Studio Eclipse Location Camden, UK Arrived in Paddington and got on the tube to go do some shopping. Bought a few presents in Harrods and Cyber Candy, then headed to Camden to buy a T-shirt for Andy. I checked how much cash I had left on the tube, and realised I had plenty enough to buy myself something in Camden. I hadn't spent as much on presents as I thought and had about £30 left over spare after taking off some money for the shirt. I ended up buying him a Burzum t-shirt, as he is jealous of my girly Burzum shirt, cause he wants a blokes one.
Money remaining: £33. I needed to go back to Eclipse – the same place I had my labret done, to ask about getting my Industrial done, to see if they did it with two rings, or a bar initially. I asked them and they said it was two rings, and it'd be £30. I pondered getting it done there and then, but then asked out of interest how old you had to be to get a nipple piercing. They said it was 16, with ID. It was [now] or never... "I'd like my nipple pierced today then" the lady (who's name I still don't know) asked whether I wanted a ring or a barbell, and I chose a ring as I think they're more aesthetically pleasing. She took a photocopy of my ID and gave me a form to fill out about medical bits and bobs, as usual. Filled it out and handed over my £26. I told them it was a surprise for my boyfriend who didn't know I was getting it done. He'd had his nipple pierced at Eclipse 3 weeks ago, and I really wanted mine done, but thought you had to be 18. Obviously not - much to my delight.
So, the same lady who pierced my labret 6 weeks ago called me into the piercing room – I still don't know her name though – and she talked me through the procedure. She told me to remove my top and bra, which took a while as I was wearing lots of top layers (it's cold!) and to stand in front of her. It was odd – I didn't feel at all uncomfortable being half naked in front of a near stranger. She asked which nipple, and I said my right. She marked it up and I checked the placement, and it seemed fine. I lay down on the doctor's style examining table and watched her unpack the 14ga canula needle, 14ga BCR and clamps. She told me to close my eyes, which I did, and felt the clamps go on. They didn't hurt at all... so I opened up my eyes. She asked if I was ok and I said yes I was. My nipple looked funny all clamped. Then she pierced it, and, as Eclipse use no anaesthetic, it did hurt. But not a bad hurting. I felt the needle tear through my flesh and out the other side. There was a slight resistance as it went through, but it felt... erm... nice! She announced, "piercing done" and I looked down and saw the plastic canula tube through my nipple and giggled. It did look very odd, about 6cm of plastic through my tit. She said she was going to insert the jewellery and I'd feel a slight pinch. I watched her push the end of the BCR into the canula tubing and it wasn't going in. I laughed again and said that it looked quite fiddly to get in, and she agreed. The pulling on the tube was quite uncomfortable but not in a intolerable way. The BCR went in, and she pulled it through. The jewellery insertion was actually more painful than the piercing itself. A bad hurting, but yet again tolerable. I still said "Oh fucksocks, that kind of hurt" as it went through though! Then came inserting the bead. She didn't use ring openers like I'd expected, instead just pushed the bead in with her fingers, which yet again was quite fiddly. And I expressed my hatred of BCRs cause they're so difficult to get the bead in, and I hate getting them into "\Ãw€ë my ears. She just laughed and said they were a pain. I heard it click into place, and I was done.
I looked down at it and it was gorgeous. She told me to take a look in the mirror, so I stood up and gazed at it and said "Wow that's so cool!" She put a sticky plaster/gauze pad over it and told me to leave it on for 5 hours, and then take it off and clean it with sea salt as normal. I put my clothes back on, thanked her and left.
When I was returning home, it hurt but not a great deal. It was quite a sexy pain actually, like someone gently tugging my nipple. After 5 hours I took the pad off and took a look at it. It had some bloody crust around the holes but nothing too much. I cleaned it up, and accidentally knocked the ring with a cotton bud, and it started to bleed again. Cleaned it up again and put my bra back on. Sleeping was awkward; I thought I'd knock it in the night, so I put a bra on to sleep in. There were a few crusties this morning, but yet again, nothing bad.
.and my boyfriend loves it! Now I just need to heal it and wait to get the other one done. My only concern with it is that it is slightly off center.. but it did look ok when I had it done, and to be honest, I don't really mind. It's still sexy to me!