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At A Glance Author paivimarkus Contact paivimarkus@bme.anon IAM paivimarkus When Three months ago Artist 667 Studio Bodyadornments Location Boras, Sweden My sister Henriikka (Asurfael) is pierced overall :) When I first saw her nipple piercing thought I that those could I have myself – and this thought stayed somewhere in the back of my head. However, Henriikka experienced her nipples very sensitive afterwards, and told me that if pierced I may have to start wear bras, even at night. It sounded like a nightmare, I hate bras and wear those only if I want to dress up, which is merely seldom. It chilled me down, I gave up for some months.
Anyhow, it started to feel that now it's time to get some kind of piercing. I work as a nurse at a hospital, where it wouldn't be appropriate to have a piercing visible – unfortunately, so it still is in Sweden of today. That left me a rather restricted selection, lots of interesting possibilities (nieburgh, eyebrow, smiley, vertical and ordinary labret, lip) were out of question. Genital piercing I limited out myself, I don't like the whole idea. And although I like for example Vampire Kisses, I wanted a piercing of more permanent type (besides, I was planning to have a tattoo in my neck).
You see, it really was not so much to choose about!? Navel, tongue? Or nipples?
My nipple it finally was. My left nipple. I've always liked my breast, so it felt kind of natural to bring the nipples out, more visible. I like asymmetry though, so I wanted only one nipple pierced – in spite of what Fredrik (667) said (that most people regret; that they will the other one pierced anyhow, and it would be easier to do in the same time).
PiercingIt was only to decide the size and model of jewellery. I had thought about a 2.0mm ring or barbell, but Fredrik didn't have it available just now, so at first we ended up to a 2.4mm ring. My nipples are rather big in size though (just nipples!), and Fredrik said that it wouldn't sit right, it would be better to have a barbell instead, which was ok for me. Unfortunately he couldn't find a thicker barbell after just moving to a new flat. And I didn't want to back off and come back next week either, I wanted to have it NOW! So we used an ordinary 1.6mm barbell.
I wanted to have it in spite of the fact that 1.6mm has a bigger tendency to grow out, be torn or damaged otherwise. My two Dalmatians sleep with me, they could possibly harm my piercing with their paws, but it just was a risk I had to take – as I didn't want to change the day for a thicker barbell. I thought that if it stays I could always stretch the hole later on.
Piercing itself was no bigger thing. Ok it did hurt but clearly less than for example a dentist session I had earlier on the same week. I was also surprised that my nipple didn't bleed at all. Only at home in the evening when I showered and cleaned the puncture holes it was a little scab around the barbell.
Healing Process
I was chocked how tense my nipple became. It was not the pain but the over sensibility that felt rather annoying right after piercing. One day afterwards, it already felt remarkably better. As a matter of fact, it soon begun to feel really good, like me!
The barbell didn't (doesn't) sit quite straight. I assumed that was partly due to the possible swelling in my nipple. Partly, my oldish breasts are a bit hangy... But Fredrik said that he had pierced it slightly inclined on purpose, to follow the lines of my breast. Nevertheless, it looked great, and I don't care if it sits straight or not – the main thing is that it stays! Besides, didn't I just say that I like asymmetry ?!
Under the whole healing process I've had no problems what so ever. I've cleaned the puncture holes properly with Provon (antiseptic soap) and poured the piercing with water while showering, in the beginning I did it twice a day, later on only once a day. The fact is that there never was scab, or minimally of it, anyhow. And sleeping with my dogs is not a problem either – they are used to the fact that I become infurious if waked up before I'm ready to wake up myself, so they beware to disturb me when I sleep.
I even exposed the piercing to sex only after barely three weeks. It wasn't quite wise, I admit, I could easily have got an infection. But I didn't. And my nipple proved sex safe :) It was caressed, rubbed, sucked and so on... and it felt great! Wonderfully more sensitive than before, I loved it! And surprisingly, it felt not at all sore.
And I need no bras :) I didn't need those even right after piercing, not at night when sleeping, not even at work, where we wear clothes of a rather harsh white material, yuck, and I have all my pencils in a pocket right on my tit. Sure, in the beginning it felt a bit inconvenient, but not unbearable at all.
Thank God we are different! That my nipples turned out to be remarkably less tense than Henriikka's!
Afterthoughts
Now, two months after I've realized that a nipple piercing – as usual as it is within younger people – was not an ordinary decision to make for a 43 year old woman. As we change clothes at work and I show my tits to my workmates (who very well can have a navel pierced themselves) I can almost feel their eyes open wide up. "A nipple" whooah...
I like it though! Suppose they are just jealous?
My left nipple was the one that always tried to turn inwards – before I let pierce it. Having a barbell through it just brings the nipple out, and actually makes it look more like my right nipple. I still think it looks just great, I'm happy with it as it is now. I also like the slight feeling of asymmetry I have now with one nipple pierced, the other one not. So I don't think I'll let pierce my right nipple... But then again, who knows?
It's more likely that I'll get my navel pierced in the nearby future. Just love all the beautiful and funny jewellery you can buy for your navel :) I've also been more and more to pierce my tongue, but it's something I have to think thoroughly about – as I don't really know why I should do it?! No one who could see it. Navel piercing would be visible at the summer, you can even see the barbell through my nipple if you know what to seek for. But tongue piercing would be just for myself. Is it a reason enough?
Besides, tattoos are more my thing than piercing, so it is.
And I want to strech the one I already have before I even think about getting other piercings. I'm holding my original idea, planning to strech my nipple from 1.6 to (first 2.0 and later on to) 2.4 mm. I'll just let it heal on some more months before I rip it up again...
One myth about piercing I've promised to bury by sharing this experience – having now one piercing myself. I was among those (many) people who thought that people pierce themselves to suffer, to experience pain. Now I now it's bullshit! The short, momentary pain you get when you're pierced is really nothing compared to many ordinary everyday things like waxing bikini lines or going to a dentist. (Even being tattooed hurts more, if you want to know!)
It's absolutely not about the pain. For me, it's about how I experience myself – what parts of my body I want to bring up, highlight a bit :) For you others it's surely about a thousand other reasons. But absolutely not the pain.