I have always been a huge fan of body modification. So it's no surprise that, being a month away from seventeen, I have eight Piercings and two Tattoos. Everything about body modification just calls to me and feels right, and this piercing is no exception.
At A Glance Author LadyTaivyn Contact LadyTaivyn@bme.anon When Three months ago Artist Kevin Studio Rio's Tattoo and Piercing Parlour Location St.Helens Merseyside I was about thirteen when I first decided I wanted a Nipple Piercing. Whenever I have thought about Nipple Piercings from then on I have felt the metal resting against the flesh of my left breast, and known that I needed to have the piercing. When I was younger, I worried that only men could be accepted with a Nipple Piercing, and that women's breasts had no business being pierced, because their only purpose was to feed infants. But as I have got older, young as I am, I have realised that this is not the case. Pierced breasts are beautiful and body modification is your choice, no matter your sex or your body parts function.
I have always been the type of person that follows there gut and relies on there instincts for answers. It is for this reason I decided to get my Nipple Pierced with the last of my Christmas money this year. I didn't tell my parents that I wanted the piercing, or that I was planning on getting it, because they are not the biggest fans of Piercings and Tattoos in the world and asked me after my second tattoo and my labret piercing, in September, to refrain from getting anymore until I was eighteen or living under my own roof.
So, on January 9th, I went to a local Piercing and Tattoo parlour [Rio's], that came highly recommended for cleanliness and friendliness by my dads girlfriend. Because I look so much older than I am [Not once have I been told I look any younger than twenty since the age of fifteen], I didn't have a problem with booking in for the piercing for in two days time.
I was nervous for those two days, knowing [after reading countless stories here on BME and looking at the pictures] about hiding the piercing from my parents and caring for it without arousing suspicion. But I decided that it would take more than that to stop me getting my piercing. I told one friend, who isn't a particularly close friend, that I was getting the Piercing done before hand, and asked if he would come with me on the day. Unfortunately he couldn't come, so I went to the Parlour alone [The first time I have ever done so]. I grabbed a chocolate bar and can of coke on the way and had them quickly, as a precaution, and waited for ten minutes in the front of the shop, chatting to the other worker about my plans for future tattoos, until 'Kevin' was ready to pierce me. He took me into the backroom and asked me which breast it was that I wanted piercing, I told him I wanted the left Nipple piercing, with a bar, and sat down in the chair he pointed too, pulling down my top and bra and letting him mark me up accordingly. The studio was clean and, after marking me up and disinfecting the area, he changed gloves just to be sure and prepared a sterilised needle. He asked whether or not I wanted the piercing numbed and I said no, because I never have my Piercings numbed. He warned me that it would be more painful but I told him that I was fine with the pain and I was ready. He told me about the procedure and aftercare and I nodded and told him I'd done some research before hand. He told me to take a deep breath for four seconds and pierced me while I did so. It hurt more than any other body modification I have, but it still wasn't a bad pain, and it was over quickly enough. The needle penetrated easily enough but he had a harder time trying to exit. He finally managed to get the needle through and joked about my having hard Nipples. He fitted the jewellery quickly and asked me about the pain. I told him that it had hurt when the needle was going through but that it wasn't as bad as I had expected it to be and there was no discomfort afterwards. I was pleased to note that I didn't bleed and was extremely happy with the result when I looked in the mirror.
I love my left Nipple piercing, and am seriously considering getting either my right Nipple pierced, or a vertical Nipple piercing done. The pain was not as bad as I was expecting it to be.
I have to sleep with a bra on now, because clothes rub against it and it is quite painful. For the first few weeks it was painful to the touch but it has since quieted and is very pleasurable when appreciated appropriately.
My Nipple piercing represents my belief in my own wants, needs and instincts. It also helps me remember that I am the one in control of my body and my decisions and that I am comfortable in myself.