The hardest part of getting my nipples pierced was deciding whether to get my left, right or both pierced. I'd been thinking about getting them pierced for about two years now, I have a thing for symmetry and a problem with decision making, so I couldn't make up my mind over how I could possibly choose one nipple over the other. I had had multiple people tell me getting both pierced is "too much" and wouldn't look good, but I decided that ultimately I'm getting them for me not anyone else, so whatever I find the most aesthetically pleasing is what counts.
At A Glance Author Tame Contact Tame@bme.anon When A month ago Artist Timb Studio Flesh Wound Location Wellington, New Zealand I finally got up the guts to do it, and booked my appointment for my 21st birthday, as a present to myself. Then I woke up late and missed my appointment (which was specifically set as the last appointment of the day), which was pretty stupid, but my piercer texted me and offered to come back that evening and do the piercings much to my relief. I went and had birthday coffee with some friends and opened presents, and when Timb had set up everything I went across the road to Flesh Wound, filled out the form, listened to the aftercare spiel, decided on jewellery (12ga CBRs) and took off my top.
Then my nips were cleaned with iodine swabs, and marked up with ink. The marking up took longer than I was expecting, as I'd pretty much not included it in my involving checking and double checking and measuring with callipers and changing one mark on the left, but ultimately it was really reassuring that the placement was going to be exact.
I had the choice of sitting or lying down for the actual piercing, and I chose lying down because I figured that would be more relaxing. I lay down and lefty was up first. The clamp was put on, which didn't hurt in the least, and Timb put the needle into a needle pusher thing (a glass disc with four holes in it, shaped like a mini hockey puck) I'm assuming to make it easier to push through tough nipple tissue. He went through the reassuring "I'm going to count to 3, breathe in on 2 and out on 3, on 3 I'll push the needle through" or something to that effect.
Then 1,2,3, pierce.
It hurt a decent amount, but not in an unpleasant way and it was very fast. It hurt a lot less than I was expecting too. The jewellery was then inserted, which was painless, and that was round one over and done with. I sat up and switched ends on the bench and righty was clamped and ready. Repeat "1,2,3" talk and through goes the needle. I didn't watch this one, and so was a bit alarmed when I felt the needle go through slower with a lot more resistance, more pain, and Timb exclaim "Jesus!". I immediately thought something must've gone horribly wrong and my nipple was the victim of some kind of freak piercing accident, but it turns out the right nipple was just surprisingly tough apparently.
Then sweet relief of cold swabs soaked in I have no idea what, on the poor agro fresh pierced nipples. I have no idea what the stuff was, I was too happy to bother to ask.
I then got to check out my nipples in the mirror and feebly try to contain my glee, I LOVE how they turned out. Then little white square bandage was stuck over each nipple, and I was on my merry way. I couldn't stop grinning to myself the whole way home, and it took me quite a while to stop spontaneously grinning to myself while walking through town, when I'd remember I had my nipples pierced and think to myself "I've got a seeeecret noooobody knows, nooobody knows! YUS! GO MY NIPPLES!" I'm a very mature person see.
I've had them just over a month now, and I still adore them. I've always hated my boobs and been really embarrassed of them, and had a silly little hope in the back of my mind that piercing them might give me something to appreciate about them. I decided that hope was probably silly and I had unreasonable expectations of a couple of little bits of metal, but the piercings ended up exceeding my expectations. The piercings have given me a whole new view of my bewwwbs. I love seeing them now, and I'm not totally ashamed of anyone else seeing them, I'd even go as far as to say I like showing them to people when they're curious.
I was worried I would find both piercings overkill and thought I might take one out after getting them both pierced, but there's no way in hell I'm taking either of them out now. They make me happy like pie.