One day, my mom and I were talking about piercings and she told me that she had been thinking about getting her navel pierced. She said she was going to go to the piercing/tattoo shop and decide there. I was just supporting her in her idea thinking she wouldn't do it.
At A Glance Author PixieDust Contact ikierbeari@aol.com When Six months ago Artist Barb Studio Looking Glass Location Bonita Springs, FL Later that day, shortly after I got home, my mom came home walking funny. I asked her if she had gotten her navel pierced and she showed it to me but it was naked. So I immediately looked at her breasts and could see her new rings. I was shocked at her getting nipple piercings cause I had been wanting them for months. I asked her how everything went (it was her first needle piercing experience) and she told me how intense the piercing procedure was. Having been getting pierced for years now, I figured she was just being a wimp. She told me that her body broke out in a full sweat, that she blacked out and just about passed out. She had to take about 10 minutes between piercings and get some fresh air. Well, I started to reconsider getting my nipples pierced but I really wanted to get them done.
A couple weeks passed by and I was again craving the needle. I hadn't really had any ideas for new piercings besides my nipples. So like a champ, I went along with my tatooed, pierced ex boyfriend to the piercing/tattoo shop. There were quite a few people in the shop and needless to say, I wasn't too comfortable showing my chest to the whole shop so Barb (the lady who pierced me) gave me a button up shirt to wear so it was more private. As I was sitting in the chair, I became nervous and excited at the same time. I told Barb about how my mom had been in and gotten her nipples pierced and said it was a bad experience. Barb went on to tell me that it's really a different experience for everyone. So with that, she comforted me and told me she'd make it as painless as she could. She was doing her prep work and getting me ready but all I could think about was intense pain.
She pierced my right nipple first and when the needle came out, I was so surprised at how painless it actually was. I started to think my mom was the biggest wimp ever! Barb asked me how I was doing and I told her absolutely perfect. I was just happy that I wasn't going to pass out. So Barb put in the jewelry and went on to my left nipple. Thinking it would be painless again, it hurt just a tiny bit. The pain was completely tolerable and I'd have to say, worth it. So, I'd just like to say, even though some people say a certain piercing hurts, don't let it keep you from getting it if you really want it. In the end, it's all worth it. I love my nipple piercings; they've become a part of me just like every other piercing I've acquired.
I think it is somewhat odd that my mom went through a good amount of pain to get her nipples pierced and that it was nothing to me. The only reason I can figure out is that I have an extremely high tolerance to pain. I had never realized it before but at this time, my mom pointed it out to me. I'm just not afraid of piercings because of pain like alot of people are. People ask me all the time "Did that hurt" and I always so no and wonder why people ask me such questions. Let's get back to the nipples, shall we?
So now that both my mom and I have our nipples pierced, we've started making our own nipple piercing jewelry. It's cool because you can make anything you want and it's a lot less expensive than buying jewelry online that isn't even the right size to begin with.
I'd have to say that nipple piercings have brought my mom and I closer in the piercing aspect of life. She was always close minded about piercings, especially piercings on me. But after she went and got her nipples pierced, it makes piercing easier on me. I can come home with a new piercing and not worry about what my mom will say because she has piercings. She doesn't have much room to complain anymore; she doesn't want to be a hypocrite.
So, my nipple piercing experience was a very good one. If you are or have been thinking about getting your nipples pierced, go for it. It really is worth it and they are very intimate, playful piercings that your loved one with dig.