Well...I'm excited. I'm still on that lovely post-piercing high that so many of us have come to know and love. As of April 4th, 2003...I have my nipples pierced! These are my 15th and 16th piercings, and I love them to pieces. First let me give you a little history on the situation:
At A Glance Author Jade Contact Jade@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Nicole Studio Extreme Graphix Location Brockport, NY I'm a competitive dancer, and dancing is a huge part of my life. Well this is my last year with the studio I'm at (I'm a senior in high school, and going far away to college) and I'm in about six numbers that are competing, plus a solo. To make a not-so-long story a little shorter, I got mono, and had to drop all my competition classes. So that made me insanely depressed. Then I was thinking, what could I do to raise my spirits a little...of course! What always raises one's spirits? A new piercing!
I'd tossed around the idea of getting my nipples pierced, but never too seriously. Then came Friday, ice day, school closed. Sitting around the house, bored, tra la, what do to? Hm, well...I wonder if I would have enough money to get my nipples pierced. I decided that after I got my paycheck, if I had enough, I would go. Lo and behold, I had enough.
I didn't really want to go by myself, so I called a friend that I had mentioned the idea to before. She had never loved the idea, but I knew she'd go with me. While talking to her, she asked how much it was, and I asked why? Because she wants to get one too! Now I was completely psyched!
But now on to the actual experience :)
When I got there, they had been expecting me. (I had called because of the weather) Extreme Graphix is also where I got my double belly button piercing, and I had only chosen them after doing a bit of research, so I felt very comfortable there. We picked out our jewelry, and looked at Nicole's portfolio while we waited. (and saw my belly button in it!)
By now we were both extremely nervous and excited. Shaz (my friend) decided to go first, she didn't think she'd be able to do it after watching me :). Nicole got all the equipment out, got on the gloves and all, and Shaz took off her bra. Nicole marked it, and after Shaz was satisfied, she laid back and grabbed my hand. She cringed a little at the clamps, but barely moved when the needle went through.
She got up, and bounced over to the mirror...she loved it! Then she turned to me and said, "I can't believe you're going to go through that twice!"
How's that for encouragement.
Okay, my turn now. Talk about adrenaline. She went through the same cleaning procedure with me, telling me what she was doing as she went along. She got the marks perfect on the first try. Shaz asked if I wanted her to hold my hand, but I prefer to cling to the table above my head. :)
Clamps on...okay, that hurts, but no worse then someone biting on it. Needle time...AAHH!!! MY BOOB'S ON FIRE...wait...it's lessening.
"Damn, you've got tough nipples"
More great encouragement
More fire...and it's done. Ouch...that was tough...but not as bad as I expected it to be. Oh dear god, now for the other one. Same procedure, except, I was cringing and expecting a ton of pain again, but this one went through much easier. Sigh of relief. Now cleaning up the blood. Shaz didn't bleed at all, but it seems like I always bleed, no matter where I'm getting pierced. She kept cleaning that up for a while, then I got up and looked in the mirror.
Warning, vanity ahead:
Oh my beautiful nipples! I just fell in love with my own boobs. I just absolutely love the way they looked. How could I have ever hesitated for a second? Nicole ran through the standard aftercare, told me basically the same things as she did when she did my belly button. Shaz and I were just babbling on excitedly. And we kept looking at ourselves in the mirror, she kept remarking she didn't know how I sat through two of them. Oops, I started bleeding again, so I spent a few more minutes with Q-tips, trying to get most of the blood soaked up. Then as an afterthought, I realized that I chose a really bad time to get my nipples pierced. Right at the time of the month when they'd be most tender. How's that for thinking ahead.
Nicole did, as usual, a wonderful job, and we tipped her and left, very excited. I yelled at some guy in the parking lot that I just pierced my nipples, and he asked if I got one or both, and said that was very cool. Shaz and I were both having a difficult time not flashing random people to show off our new piercings. Well...okay, not TOO difficult of a time, because it was below freezing.
I highly recommend taking a sports bra to put on after getting pierced. (not right after) The car ride home with my nipples rubbing on my shirt was hell. But over all, it was a great experience. Every penny extremely well spent! I love my beautiful boobs!