9 months ago, I went to a tattoo/piercing shop with a friend. She was going to get a tattoo and I was there for moral support. The tattoo that she wanted was pretty large and they quoted her a price that was out of her range. As she stood at the counter she noticed the body jewelry in the display case. She said look, they do piercing here too! I looked at her and said... oh yippee! She said oh come on, want to get your nipple pierced; you have been talking and thinking about it for a long time. I said oh sure, if you are paying for it! Joking and thinking she wouldn't pay for it, she said, Ok I will. I said, I am not sure. And then she said if you get your nipple pierced I will get my hood pierced. I looked at her and was laughing and said, yeah right. She said she would and the piercer took us back to his little room. The guy looked very young, and was kind scary looking, he was missing a tooth, but this tattoo/piercing shop was highly recommended and the place was very clean. I don't judge people, on anything, let alone their looks.
At A Glance Author Niorun Contact Niorun@bme.anon When A week ago Location Michigan So my friend said that I had to go first. By now my heart was racing and I felt almost euphoric!!! He asked me to remove my shirt and bra, and asked what nipple I wanted pierced. I told him the right nipple, I didn't have a reason why, I just picked that one. He put on a pair of gloves and cleaned the area, several times. He marked it, and remarked the dots about 3 times. He had me lay down on the medical table in the room. He changed his gloves again, and then set up. After setting up, he changed gloves one more time. He put the clamps on my nipple, and they were tight and it squeezed a bit. He told me to inhale and exhale, and on the exhale he pierced. WOW... it felt like a fire ball had shot through my entire body, starting at my head and exiting out my toes. This was so fast that before I could even finish saying the word "ouch" the pain was gone. He struggled a little getting the ball on the ring, but not too much that it hurt allot. When he was finished he told me to sit up and look at it. I did so and there was just a small drop of blood. I told him it looked a bit crooked and he said it was from the swelling and it would be fine when the swelling went down. I was on such an adrenaline rush that I said ok, and put my clothes one and held the hand of my friend while she was pierced. She yelled quite loudly and I squeezed my hand so hard I thought she was going to break my pinkie.
After all was done, we went out and she paid for us. We left laughing and saying things like, I can't believe we just did that! 9 months later, my nipple is still sore, not healing and is still crooked. I still get crusties and still have pain.
I did everything the piercer told me to do for after care, and it just didn't seem to matter what I did, it would not completely heal! I fought it, as I loved my piercing and did not want to take it out and let it heal. Finally I couldn't take it anymore, and I went back to the shop that I had it pierced at. The guy that pierced me the fist time didn't work there anymore, but they had a new piercer, and I explained to him what was going on. He asked to look at it and said, it was too low, and was too crooked to heal. He said the only way to stop the pain is to take it out. I didn't want to do that! He said that he would re pierce it for me once it healed, for nothing, as it was done so badly! He told me to take it out right there; my hands were shaking as I brought them up to my ring, a piece of me for 9 months! I didn't want to do it; I thought maybe if I just left it alone that maybe, somehow it would heal. He noticed my shaking and asked if I was alright. I told him I felt like I was taking out a part of myself. He smiled and said he knew how I was feeling.
He asked if I wanted him to do it, and I said thanks but no. I felt that I should do it. I removed the ring, ouch, sting, oww, and slid in into the pocket of my jeans, quietly mourning for my loss. He told me to come back in FOUR long weeks and he would re pierce it. I am now sitting at home and I feel naked, without my little piece of metal through my nipple.
I can't wait to get it re pierced.