I got my right nipple pierced almost a year ago now, recently I have had to remove it which was sad but very necessary, I am putting forward this story because I feel getting my nipple pierced was too hastily decided and I felt I should have thought it through rather than just getting pierced on a whim. I'd like to warn others about this through my wee story and I hope people considering first piercings take time to decide if it's the right thing for them. Here is how it began.
At A Glance Author bluefairy Contact i_am_blue_fairy@hotmail.com When A year ago One night I was at my boyfriend's sister's flat(Nat) with a few friends. Nat is a trained piercer and did work in a studio but had to quit to look after her daughter. She still pierces but only on family and friends. So that night she was absolutely desperate to pierce someone and i said "I'll get pierced!" but I had no idea where to get pierced, but I knew I didn't want anything facial because of work and I didn't want my naval pierced as I felt it was a bit too much like everyone else and it wasn't the best day for a genital piercing if you know what I mean so my last option was the dreaded nipple! I liked the look of nipple piercings but I never thought I'd end up with one.
After about half an hour of yes, no, yes , no I finally decided I was going to do it! So she prepared the needle and the jewellery and i was ready to be pierced. This was a very daunting experience forme as the only other piercings I have had were my ears and they turned out crap! So she marked my nipple and i sat and again I Started with the "Oh wait, Ok just do it, Oh wait!" and she said breathe in deeply then out and after repeating this a few times she put the needle through and it was done. I felt really pleased with myself because it was something I thought I'd never have the guts to get done and here I was sitting with my nipple pierced. That night was okay except a slight difficulty sleeping as I normally sleep on my stomach so I just had to compromise and lie on my side.
The next day my boob hurt a bit, but I wasn't worried as she had explained to me it is normal for it to hurt like this the next day. So with my new piercing I set about telling everyone about it (except my parents, who are still clueless to me ever having it done). I wasn't at all shy about showing it off, which was strange because the thought of just getting my boob out to show someone is a bit weird but I didn't care. I took photo's of it from every angle and my boyfriend loved it, he has both his nipples done as well as a host of other piercings and I think he liked it that I had one now aswell. Over the next few weeks the piercing was healing but was occasionaly still a bit crusty so I kept up the bathing.
After having the piercing for a few months It soon felt part of me like it had always been there, it occasionally flared up and became a bit sensitive but it wasn't a huge worry. So months went on and my piercing was fine. Then the day before Christmas Eve I woke up and could hardly the right side of my upper body. Everything went through my head that morning from thinking i had cancer to blood poisoning!
I was in tears all morning and was quite puzzled about what was wrong with me, at this stage it didn't occur to me that it could be anything to do with my piercing I had almost forgotten it was there. I was extremely ill and was sick and my temperature was really high so my Dad took me to the doctors where they told me to come back in a few hours for an appointment. In the car home something clicked with me " Oh shit this is probably your piercing Amy!" So as sore as it was I took it out grudgingly and went to bed before my appointment. When I woke the pain wasn't quite as bad and instantly I felt like an idiot for not realising it was the piercing earlier. Anyway off I went to the doctors and I was right I had developed an infection in my breast, it was all swollen and red, so the doctor put me on a course of antibiotics, which meant Christmas was an absolute blast as I couldn't drink.
I feel much better now but I'm back to how I was with no piercing's, but I prefer it like that. From now on I'm sticking to tattoos I think my body just isn't suited to piercing to be honest. I think I'll just leave the piercing to my boyfriend from now on.