I've always been intersted in piercings and as time went on I went from liking them to loving them and needing them. The rule in my house was always once I turned 18 I could get whatever I wanted, until then just my ears. I couldn't handle that since I was only 15 at the time. I convinced my mom to let me get my tongue pierced for my 17th birthday and then that was it until I was of age. When I finally turned 18 I got my eyebrow pierced with my best friend. I liked it so much I knew I wanted to get something else done soon.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When Three months ago Artist Trent Studio Grade A Location Indiana I was toying around with the idea of several different piercings but mainly wanted my nipples done. I didn't think I would ever have the courage to go through with it because I had heard it hurt so bad. One night I got sick of being a wimp and decided I was going to do it. I had my boyfriend call and make me an appointment for the next saturday. The studio I was going to excepts walk-ins but I figured if I had an appoitment I'd be less likely to wimp out. It was a Thursday night when I decided to get it done and I didn't have to be there until 2:30 Saturday. It seemed like an eternity waiting all that time. I would go back and forth between being extremly excited and horribly scared. I didn't tell many people I was going to get it done in case I backed out, and it wasn't anyones business if I wanted my nipples pierced.
Saturday finally came and I can honestly say I've never been more scared of anything in my life. My boyfriend came over to my house to get me. I was begging him not to make me go, but I really wanted to. He said I didn't have to if I wanted to call the place and tell them I was a big baby and backing out. He really didn't care if I did it or not and he wasn't being mean he just knew how bad I wanted it and that would make me go. I agreed to go and we drove there. The studio is only like 5-10 minutes from my house but it seemed like I was in the car forever! My stomach was in knots, I had a terrible headache, my mouth was dry, I felt like I would rather die then go through with it. After sitting in the car for a few minutes I got out. I stood up and seriously thought I was going to throw up. I couldn't believe I was so scared of a piercing, I'd never been like this before. I walked into the place and could barely even talk. I made my boyfriend talk and fill out al l the papers and everything while I just sat there trying not to cry and back out.
Even though I had an appoitment I still had to wait a little while unti the piercer was available and all set up. Finally they called my name and I slowly walked back to the little room. Luckily for me it was the same room I had been in for everything else and the same piercer so I felt at least a little more comfortable. He explained everything to me. I was getting pierced with the standard 14g ring. Next he told me to take my shirt off and stand in front of him. He spent a long time with a toothpick dipped in purple ink marking where to put it. He'd mark it then wipe it off then mark it again over and over. It made me a little uncomfortable standing with no shirt on for so long but at least I knew he was being very careful and getting it just right. After he got the marks just where he wanted them he told me to go ahead and lay down. I was scared to death. I was laying there squeezing my boyfriends hand off. He did the routine breathing, deep breath in deep breat h out and then its in. I definetly felt it going through and it did hurt but nothing like I had expected. I had been so worried for nothing. But then the next one came. I had been reading a bunch about nipple piercings and knew that the second one hurt more than the first one. I told my piercer that I was scared of this and he just laughed and told me I should be because the second one does hurt alot worse. So I got all that fear right back. It might have even been worse than how scared I was for the first one. It was the same routine, lay down hold my boyfriends hands and start breathing. The second one was in. It did hurt alot more and seemed to take a whole lot longer but it still wasn't terrible. He had me sit up and look at them and breath for a couple minutes to make sure I didn't feel light headed or anything. I felt fine and I was ready to go. Putting my shirt back on hurt alot because it would brush up against them. I payed and was on my way.
They hurt and were tender and tingiling but it wasn't anything unbearable. It was actually kinda nice. The next couple days they were still really sore and would hurt with the little things you wouldn't think of, like putting a seat belt on, or carrying a purse. Cleaning them was definetly the worst part but I found that if you hold it really tight it will make it feel better when you turn the ring. Its been about 3 months now since I got them done and everything is going great. They've healed nice and I've had no problems. I still clean them everytime I get in the shower and I'll probably always do that just to be careful and try to prevent things from going wrong. If I had to do it all over again I would and I encourage all my friends thinking about it to go for it. If you've ever thought you might want your nipples pierced definetly look into it. Its something you won't regret.