Where do I start?
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When Three months ago Studio Jetty Rd Tattoo Studio Location Glenelg, South Australia I'd been thinking about getting my nipples, or even just one nipple pierced for a while, (as in at least a couple of years) and never bothered getting around to it, or even really thinking seriously about it, until a girl I was seeing at the time mentioned it.
Fill in the blanks here. This girl was a Swedish Nursing student, studying here in Adelaide, South Australia for a year. I'd met her by going out partying with my housemate, another Swedish Uni student (male unfortunately). After half a year or so, we ended up together, and spent the next six months with each other. Must say, probably the best six months of my life. But I digress.
It had somehow come up in conversation a couple of times during "Pillow Talk" that I had considered it, and also that it really turned her on. There was talk of her buying me one for my birthday, and various other options. Unfortunately, she left for Sweden on my birthday (December 15th) and never even got to see them. Because we had discussed it, and I was so attached to her, and as a direct result of such, quite upset at her leaving, I went straight from seeing her off at the airport, to the local tattoo / piercing parlour, to get one done.
On arriving there, I spoke to the lovely people there about it, having never even walked into such a place before. I had no idea what the cost would be, wether I had to make a booking or not, etc. After asking lots of questions, I decided I'd do it there and then. One or two was the question. After deliberation, and being told it would be $60 for one, or $80 for both, I decided I might as well go for both.
I have a couple of mates that have had pierced nipples, and all I have ever heard from them was how much it hurt. Talk of crying, screaming, and bleeding for days on end afterwards, were all in the back of my mind.
When the lady doing the piercing said that she would shut the door, "to give me a bit more privacy just for when I yelled out", I figured I was in for a rough time. So being prepared for the worst, I had no idea what was to come.
I took my shirt off, and lay down on the hospital bed that was prepared for me. The girl started chatting, How are you, had a good day, why you doing this? etc. When she found out it was my birthday, her next question was did you have a big night last night? Answer being no, I'd worked the night before, she then proceeded to tell me how if you have a lot of alcohol in your system, it can thin your blood, and make it bleed a lot more than usual. No problems there theoretically.
She then grabbed my nipples, one by one, with a pair of forceps, and then made a mark each side of them with what I assume was a grease pencil or such like.
As we were chatting, general idle chitchat, I remember feeling a slight prick on my nipple, and remember specifically thinking "OK, she's obviously just put through a very fine needle, to make a pilot hole and then she's going to put the big one through in a minute. No big deal so far. Next thing I hear her say is OK that was easy, on to the next one. I couldn't believe it. Looked down, and there it was, All done. Is that all? was my comment. After she picked herself up off the floor she responded with Yep, you were quiet with that one, ready for the next? Well, if that's all that there is too it, then shit yeah, bring the next one on. Next one hurt a little more, maybe because I was waiting for it this time, but still, it didn't feel like much more than a needle prick. The girl doing the piercing claims that I was the calmest victim she's ever had. I know I've always had a reasonably high pain tolerance, but geez, I didn't think it was that high. The two mates that I had pr eviously spoken to that had had theirs done, are both "tough guys", and both agree that they've never been in so much pain in their life! I don't know if it's my high pain tolerance, or if they are just big softies!
One comment the piercer made to me was that she's seen it a few times, where people who are under great stress, or just suffered a loss etc, have lots of other things on their mind, and hence don't notice the pain. IE, Someone has just broken up with their girlfriend / boyfriend, and wants to do something as a rebound thing, gets a nipple pierced, and doesn't even notice it being done, due to their mind being elsewhere. Maybe that's why I never felt anything, maybe not. I'll probably never know.
Prologue.
It's now been 4 months. I was told they would take 2 months to heal. Right hand nipple, no problems at all. Never been a problem. Left hand one, is another matter, although not much of an issue.
When I was getting them done, the girl said to me she had to put in longer bars, so that they could heal properly. IE, keep the barbells at the end away from the nipple, to allow it to heal. She used the same size barbell on both ones, but I think she went deeper than intended with the LH nipple, and both ends of the barbell are constantly in contact with the sides of the nipple. As a result of such, the LH one has never really healed. Its ok most of the time, but probably once every two weeks, it bloats up and scabs, on one or the other sides, depending on which side has been touching. This generally clears within a few days, but to date, it still comes back every couple of weeks.
I'll keep you posted as to what happens with this. I'm not sure if I should get a longer barbell in to let it heal, or take it out, let it close over and heal, and get her to re-do it, and hope it works better the next time.
At the moment it's fine, as long as I keep spraying it daily with Anti-Septic spray.
As for the Swedish girl that brought all this on? She's back in Sweden, I sent her some photo's, and she loved them!