(aussi disponible en français voir: Un peu de douleur pour un si joli piercing)
At A Glance Author Rely Contact Rely@bme.anon IAM Rely When It just happened Artist Caro Studio Addiction Piercing Location Colmar, France I had been thinking about nipples piercing for a while, but always thought i wouldn't be able to do that. I have a few piercings (tongue, labret, navel, outer labia, helix, inner conch, rook, tragus, and 2 lobes in each ear, the first one being stretched to 2ga), but as my tits are really sensitive, I was convinced it would hurt a lot.
I decided to get them pierced anyway, because I didn't like the way my nipples wouldn't show up unless I'm cold or excited. I called my piercer, hesitating between septum and nipples, but she had no black retainer in stock, so my choice was easiest. I took an appointment 2 weeks later.
Here we are. The day before the piercing I was so anxious I felt sick all day long. I was figuring a needle going through my nipple and just thinking about it made my nipples painful. I said to myself that if it hurted too much, I may go away and come back later for the second to be done, even if I knew it wasn't a really good idea. But it calmed me down a bit.
6:10 in the afternoon, I'm entering the studio with my boyfriend, who nicely brought me there. There is nobody in the studio except my piercer, of course. We chat a bit, and then went into the piercing room. We chat again and she started to tell me what I should take care of: doors (she told me you never bump into doors unless you've got your nipples pierced!), security belt in cars, no sleep on the belly the first days (but it seems to be quite instinctive), the aftercare and so on... the normal thing in fact.
She told me to take off my t-shirt and bra, so I gave them to my boyfriend, who had been allowed to come in with me. Now she goes with the normal thing : cleaning of the nipple, 2 points on each... okay it seems good. She told me to lay back on the piercing table/chair.
She stood at my left, and my boyfriend sat at my right, turning his back to me so he does not see the piercing procedure. First, not to disturb the piercer, and second, not to pass out!
I took his hand so I had something to squeeze.
-When you want, she told me.
I had a rush of adrenaline when I heard myself saying : "let's go". She put the clamps on, asked me if I was ready and started to pierce. The needle started to enter the nipple, and I must say at this point a piercing is rarely painful. I felt the needle pushing, I squeezed my boyfriend's hand the harder that I could (luckily for him I'm so not strong), then I felt pain, and there it was. When I looked down I already had a barbell in. I must say it was painful, but nothing unbearable.
She asked me if I wanted to get the second pierced immediately, and as I wanted a few minutes to "mentally prepare", she started to clean the first. There was only a bit blood, the normal thing in fact.
When my right nipple's clean, it's time to think about piercing the left. At this point I must say I was really reluctant, and ready to leave and come back another day. But everything was ready, I had gone through the first, so I told her I was ready. Same thing. Clamps, needle in and... oh god it hurts !!! This time I felt a really sharp pain, nothing compared to the first. It was a lot more painful, especially when the needle went out. Barbell in, and everything is ok. I asked her to put some gaze on it so I don't put blood on my bra. I put back my bra, t-shirt, and choose a pair of plugs for my next ear stretch. We thanked, paid, and left.
When at home I decided to put off the gaze. I put another bra, an old one this time, with a simple waistcoat I left open all evening. I slept with a bra this night, but couldn't resist sleeping on the belly, since it didn't hurt as much as I expected afterwards. When I woke up there was blood on my bra and on my pyjama, on the right side.
I've been pierced yesterday, and writing this makes me feel strange. I'm happy of course, but new piercings always make me feel light-headed the first days, so it's hard for me to clean them. I love them, because they are well pierced, they look nice and also because I went over my fears.
Is it necessary to say she used 2 needles and changed her gloves a few times?
I don't know why the left one was so painful. Because it was the second to be pierced? Some say the second one is always more painful, because you used all your adrenaline for the first. Because it was the "heart piercing"? I don't know if it's a urban legend or what, but one thing is sure: after having read so many nipple experiences on BME, I can say that pain is a really subjective notion, as far as nipple is concerned, but also for all other piercings. You may find it horrible, but also may not feel more than a pinch!
If you want to get your nipples pierced, and are anxious about the pain as I was, there is only one solution to know: do it!