What do you mean they're inverted?

At A Glance Author smurf Contact bismurf69@hotmail.com Artist Steve Studio Sach's Location Albuquerque NM

I think I'm writing this for the sake of people with inverted nipples and have been told they can't be pierced. Good news! With the right piercer it can be done (thank you Steve!).

This really started about six months ago. I'd had my navel ring for about a year and a half and other than a failed cartilage piercing I hadn't had a hole punched in me for a while. My belly ring was my first piercing... as in I haven't even had my lobes done. In any case I found myself longing for something new, and not wanting any facial piercing I began looking at my nipples. 'Why do they have to be inverted?' I kept thinking, several people (including one piercing studio) told me that there wasn't a way to get them done. So I dropped the thought over the summer, leaving me with one lonely hole in my beloved bellybutton.

Then in late Sept. my nipples began to scream at me. They wanted to be pierced, were begging to be pierced... oh to see little shining bits of metal on my wonderful B-cups (hey, I happen to appreciate not having to wear a bra). So I started looking around again... cruising all over the internet trying to find a loophole, something saying I could get them done. Voila! BME appears, and though there aren't any pictures of innies on the pages a non-member can see, the people in the chat room (thanks Todd) assured me it was fully possible to get innies pierced if you go to the right place... so it was possible, but could I go through with it?

For about a month I beat myself up over it.. do you really want to get them done? This is two more holes (no way was I going to be asymmetrical). Then, three weeks ago my nipples began to beg again, more persistently than ever. Dammit! I'm getting them done. So I had my friend Schlake drive me up to Albuquerque already having the shop in mind. I'd called ahead and gotten the prices (only as an assurance I'd have the money, never get pierced by price) We'd both known people who'd gotten piercings at Sach's and all of them had said it was good.

When we got there I talked to the dude behind the counter, explaining the mild predicament. "Inverted? I dunno man, let me get Steve out here." So Steve comes out and I tell him... a bit of concern on his part "They can be done, but they've got a really high rejection rate. You'd really have to think about it."

Well, I was a bit discouraged, so Schlake and I went to do some grocery shopping and get a bite to eat. NO! I can't not do this. They're begging me I can feel them urging me to try. So a couple hours later we go back. I tell Steve that I have to at least try, there's no way I can just drop this. So he takes me to the back room to have a look. After a couple seconds of looking he says we can try surface piercings using tygon tubing instead of a ring. My heart leaps in my throat. Let's do this.

So after getting money figured out (tygon cost a bit more) I'm already entering that wonderful deep zen state that says I'm ready to dive on in. After ok-ing it w/ Steve, Schlake got his digital camera out to take pictures.. woohoo I'm ready to go.

A glove-happy environment I will definitely say. I'm not sure how many times Steve changed his gloves, but it was several times through the procedure. He had me sitting up to get his marks lined up w/ those cute little calipers and after a look in the mirror I was hyped. He started on the left, with me still sitting up, putting on the clamp stung a little, but I was in a state beyond pain being a bad thing. Deep breath in... deep breath out... I felt the needle slide through and the endorphins start cruising through my body. Euphoria! He had a bit of trouble getting the ball into the tubing, eventually lying me down to get a better angle, but he got it in and it couldn't have looked better.

"You ready for the next one?" "Hell yeah!" I already had a huge grin on my face, and I was getting to do it again. Steve kept me lying down for the second one so it was hard to watch him get the clamp put on. Deep breath in... deep breath out... omg! this was increadible! The right stung a little but the whole thing was amazing.

He got the ball in I sat up and looked down at my chest... beautiful! He was explaining the aftercare as I put my shirts (it was cold outside) back on... I was still smiling from ear to ear. After getting some Provon I was on my way home with two very happy nipples. The endorphin rush lasted for about four or five hours, I was untouchable... riding so high I was glad I'd had a friend drive me up.

It's been about three weeks now and I still can't stop smiling every time I think about them. I get crusties a little bit, but I've been cleaning w/ Provon twice a day and using the Saline solution in between. All in all things are healing beautifully, I dropped in to show Steve about a week after they were done and he agreed they're doing great (better than he thought they would). Before I got them pierced my nipples really weren't that sensitive, now even wearing a T-shirt has become a pleasure. Don't even get me started on the day I wore a silk shirt... I'll just say I couldn't think straight.

As I said before, I'm writing this for all the people with "un-piercable innies". Just find the right person to do it. It can be done and as long as you take care of them it should be magnificent. I now have a wonderful little trio of piercings on my torso... getting my nipples done has given me a renewed appreciation of my belly ring. It's been hard to resist flashing people just to show them... well actually I haven't been resisting that much. But yes, if your nipples are begging and you really think you want them done, do it! It's been worth every penny for me, the only thing I wish I'd done is get them pierced sooner.