About five or six years ago I had pierced my left niple my self but only left it in for a few hours.
At A Glance Author fensty Contact fensty1966@aol.com When A month ago Artist Pappy Studio Pappy's Place, Tattooing & Body Piercing Location 125 Chestnut St., Coplay, Pa. 18037 Then about 3 years ago I had stopped in to show Pappy, My tattooist, how my tattoo was healing that he had redone for me a few weeks earlier. He was busy piercing a guys nipples. I stayed and watched until he was finished. This intrigued me and I decided to get my nipples pierced. I stopped in a few days later without an appointment to get my left nipple pierced, put he could not do it at that time. I made an appointment for a fews day later.
As I went in I was a little nervous. He told me to sit in the chair and he started to get things ready. He washed off my nipple and then marked it and he asked me if that is where I wanted it. I said "yes". He pierces nipples at the base. He pierced me at 16 gauge. He then put on the clamp, this hurt a little. He got the needle ready and the cork to push the needle into when when it came through the other side. He said: "Are you ready". I said: "Yes". He put the needle up to the mark and started to push. As he was trying to push the needle through he said: "Your nipple is tough". With another push the needle was through and into the cork. He then pushed the Captive bead ring through the piercing right behind the the needle, pushing the out the needle while pushing in the ring. It hurt some but I could handle it. He cleaned up the blood and let me sit for a few minutes until the bleeding almost stopped. He gave me an after care sheet and explained it to me. He then cleaned me up again and taped a gauze pad over it. I paid him and went home. It was sore for a couple of days but healed with no problems. I went back a few month later and had the right one done.
I went back about a year ago to get them stretched. I bought a pair of 10 gauge, 5/8th inch captive bead rings from him. He said: "I don't want to hurt you, I will let you do it yourself. He left me borrow two tapers to do the stretching. I went home. I did the stretching a few days later. But I had trouble getting thes maller gauge taper through. I called him and he said to keep trying. I eventually got it through but I think I moved the exit hole. I then put the larger taper through. I did the right one the next day. When I Went to do the right one I had no problem with the stretching but I couldn't get the bead on the ring. I did not have a ring opener. I called him and told him my problem and I went over and he used his ring opener and put the bead on the ring. The ring was bent closed a little to much to put the bead on by hand.
Several months ago I had got 10 gauge barbells, 10 gauge taper, and a bead opener. At the time when I bought the 10 gauge CBR's I thought they were 12 gauge. When I when I put in the 10 gauge taper in, it went right through. So I just wore the barbells I bought with the taper for a while.
About a month ago I decided to stretch my nipples again to 8 gauge. I had a Prince Albert done about 9 months ago but had it stretched to 4 gauge so I only had to buy one 8 gauge ring. I purchased an 8 gauge taper along with the ring. I lubed up the taper and followed it with the ring with no problem. The other nipple went just as easy.
I eventually want to stretched my nipples to 4 gauge. I already have a 6 gauge taper and a pair of 6 gauge barbells. When I go to stretch
them to 4 gauge I will only have to buy the taper and one ring. The 4 gauge CBR I had in my Prince Albert I changed to a 4 gauge Circular Barbell. I will use that CBR along with the new one when I go to do that stretching.
>From the time I went in to have my first redone tattoo until the present time I have been at Pappy's Place almost 40 times for tattoo work, but that is another story I also have a Prince Ablert, an Ampallang and four scrotum rings, but those are stories that can be found under those headings. Pappy does not do male genital piercings. I go to Squey's Dermagraphic Art and Body Piercing shop in Jim Thorpe, Pa for my genital piercings.
I think anyone who has their nipples pierced can stretch them their self. With lots of lube and a little patience, it can be done.
Happy stretching!!!