Hi everyone;
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When Three months ago Artist Manu Location Mexico well, since a very early age I have been into body modification. A few older family members and friends were seriously pierced, and I guess that's why I started liking the thought of piercing my body. At the age of 11 or so, I was finally allowed to pierce my left ear. The piercing bug kept growing, and eventually both my ears were pierced, anywhere from the ear lobe to the cartilage (i think that's what you call it). However, I entered a private school that did not allow piercings, so I had to take them all out. It wasn't that tough though, because I didn't feel as special at this age, when everybody had them.
A few years later I moved to a new town, and as I was walking around one day, I saw a piercing studio. Out of curiosity, I got in, basically to see prices and such, but also tocheck the place out. The place was clean, the piercer was very knowledgeable and, most importantly, made me feel comfortable.
As I was driving home that day, I realised the piercing bug had hit again, and it wasn't going anywhere this time. A couple of weeks passed, and then my mom had a slight heart problem, which sadly wasn't the first in the family. Right there and then, I decided to pierce my left nipple, right over my heart, so that everytime I look at it I realise how fortunate I am to have avoided heart problems thus far, and also to remember that one day I might wake up and not be as healthy as I thought I am.
I headed to the piercing studio, and told the piercer exactly what I wanted. He was very helpful in helping me choose the right piece of jewelry for my lifestyle, and then asked me if I was sure I wanted this done. After signing all the necessary paperwork and thinking about it one last time, I decided I really wanted this piercing.
I entered the room, and the all-white surrounding gave me quite a comforting, calming feeling. We went through the whole procedure of drawing the dots where my piercings would be, moving them a little, and finally the tweezers held my nipple. At that time, I pretty much knew there was no turning back. My piercer told me something that no other piercer had ever told me- "It's going to hurt. Keep in mind". Somehow, that calmed me down. I guess we all deal with pain a bit better if we expect it. I saw him grab the needle, and for some reason I started shaking a little. I looked at my feet, who knows why, and I felt a slight itch. I looked up, and my piercer was already pushing the jewelry through. I expected it to hurt a whole lot, but it was about as painful as my ear lobe piercings, which was a pleasant surprise. The highest moment of the day, the climax so to say, was when I saw myself in the mirror with my newly pieced nipple. It just felt so good to be pierced again. I was so happy at that moment you probably could have hit me and the pain would have been numbed by that joy.
After going through the "sermon" of how I should take care of my new piercing, when to wash it, how to wash it and so on, I paid and headed out the door.
As I drove home, I was ecstatic. It was weird at first realising that I had a piece of metal going through my nipple, but the pleasnt feeling of the ring rubbing on my skin made up for that, I headed for the shower so that I could clean out the blood that was left in the piercing, and to have my first go at "rolling" the ring through the piercing so that the soap would reach the whole area. Most of you are probably familiar with this procedure, so I'll leave it at that.
It's now been about three months since this piercing, and I want to pierce my right nipple diagonally both ways, to sort of get the "four dots" effect. And after seeing it, my younger sister seems to have been hit by the bug too.
What I love the most about this piercing is not how it looks, or how it feels, how other people like it or even what it symbolises. What I really love about it is that it has allowed me to get back full force into body modification. I love that it is the piercing that I really wanted. And if my sister follows through on her plans, then I will also love that it will have added another member to the pierced family.