And so continues my saga of obtaining concealable piercings... I already have my tongue, left tragus, and septum, so nipples I guess were a part of the natural progression. For the past 4 or so months I've been stretching my ear lobes, but that was getting very expensive (and painful) so I decided to slow it down and get something new to satisfy the craving for metal. My first love is actually tattoos, but I don't want to spend all my money and cover up all of my body while I'm so young, so piercings are the way that I fill the space between tattoos. I know it's not a good way to save money, but damn...I gotta feed the addiction! I know you all know what I'm sayin.
At A Glance Author mandy Contact mandy@bme.anon Artist jetta Studio ink spot Location alabama So anyway, I decided long ago that I eventually wanted my nipples pierced. The main issue for me was building up the courage (and the money) to actually go through with it. You'd think with all my tattoos and piercings I wouldn't be so nervous, but everytime I get new work I still get anxious as hell. Before I make my final decision on a piercing I always read tons and tons of experiences on BME. But that just ends up frightening me even more because most of the people that write them talk about the horrible pain of their piercing. I don't like the pain part! Yet I still read the experiences because it gives me an idea of what other people went through and the possible problems that might come up.
It was during spring break that I decided I would finally go through with getting my nip stabbed. I was only getting one this time because I was still quite scared, and I didn't want my poor body to have two more piercings to heal at once. So I gave myself a break and only went to do one. Since my left tragus is pierced, I was a little off center with the piercings, so I decided on the right nipple to make myself even. As an incentive to get all my term papers (I had 4!) written and turned in on time, I told myself that I wasn't allowed to get the piercing unless they were all finished. Surprisingly enough, I actually finished all 4 papers on time (and got an A on every single one, thank you, thank you). So as a reward for my incredibly hard work, I went to get my boobie pierced the night I turned the last paper in. I also had a test that night, so after we were finished I dragged along my friend Robin. She has been with me through my septum and tragus piercings and many tattoos.
I've developed a little friendship with my piercer since I've gotten so much work done lately, so for a little while before I got pierced we just sat around and shot the shit. We talked about all the weird looking nipples she's seen during her piercing career. Soon she made me show the titties so she could mark the placement and have me approve it. Jetta was right on the money 100% horizontal on the first try. Then she gathered all of her supplies and had me lay down on the massage table like thing to get pierced. She wiped me down and did the usual "breathe-in breathe-out twice then pierce" method. After the second breathe out, the needle was through with no problems at all. I have to admit, there was a sharp stinging pain, but it only lasted about half a second! It wasn't even enough to make me flinch, and I'm a big ol' wuss.
When the actual piercing was finished, Jetta gave me the nipple aftercare speech. It wasn't so much how to take care of it, because she knows by now I'm very familiar with how to properly heal piercings in my body. Her rant had more to do with the possible long healing time and rejection for my new pierced nip. She told me that this one could heal very quickly with no problems, and I could come back to get my left one done and it could give me tons of trouble. Those nipples are tricky little things.
It has been about a month now, and my boobie couldnt be better! I have stuck to my minimalist approach to healing this one. I wash it everyday in the shower, and every couple days it gets a sea salt soak. Wearing a bra to bed has been a bitch, though. Oh well, that's the price I pay for a beatiful boob. And if that's the only annoyance about this piecing, I'm damn happy!