I love body mods . . . piercings, tattoos, scarification, suspensions . . . it all fascinates me. So when I saw that the new girl at work had an industrial, I immediately asked her about it. After talking about her industrial, we started talking about other piercings and she told me that she pierces nipples. As my jaw hit the floor, she explained that one night one of her friends wanted her to pierce his nipples and since then she had pierced about seven other people. I proceeded to interrogate her all night long until she went, "Kelli, what are you doing after work tonight?" I told her I wasn't doing anything, and she asked if I wanted her to pierce my nipples. I'm a stupid 17-year-old girl who does things without thinking, so I said absolutely. I got done with work before she did, so I went to the mall, picked up some 18 gauge captive hoops and went back to work. Alli, my piercing co-worker, already had the needle and disinfectant in her car, so all I had to do was wait for her to get done working.
At A Glance Author Kelli Contact Kelli@bme.anon When Three months ago Artist my friend/co-worker Alli Studio red robin parking lot/jason's bedroom Location green bay wisconsin We work at Red Robin, so we grabbed a to-go cup full of ice and headed out to her car. Alli told me I had to put ice on it, so I took my shirt off and started icing my right nipple. I was in my work parking lot, with my shirt off, people all around, icing my nipples . . . nice. After about 10 minutes of icing, Alli told me it was time to do it and my heart fell to the pit of my stomach. I closed my eyes and Alli shoved the needle part of the way in. OUCH! Then, when she pushed it the rest of the way through, it was the most painful thing I had ever experienced. I do believe that I screamed. After I was pierced, instead of threading the hoop threw as she pulled the needle out, Alli just pulled the needle out and then tried to shoved the hoop in. Bad idea . . . it wouldn't go threw. After about five minutes of wrenching on my throbbing nipple, Alli goes, "I have an idea." She then proceeds to shove the needle back in, jabbing and stabbing me. Don't ask me how, but somehow she got the hoop in and closed it with a pair of pliers. Then, as i'm thanking God it's all over, Alli goes, "Are you ready to do the left one?" I told her that would have to wait for another day.
I had to drive home with my shirt off because even that just hurt way too much (haha, I bet the people I passed on the highway enjoyed that). The next day everyone at work was talking about it. One of my co-workers, named Jason, said he wanted to be there when we pierced the other one, so I promised him he could be. After a week of sleeping with no shirt on, and being in pain, I decided I might as well get the other one over with.
Alli and I headed over to Jason's with our needles and ice in tote. There were a lot of weird people over there that I didn't know, so the three of us went into Jason's room. I took my shirt off, iced my nipple and tried to prepare myself, but every time Alli came near me with the needle, I moved away (can you blame me after what I went through the first time?). Finally I worked up the courage, but after she shoved the needle in, I flinched and pulled away. "Uh-oh," I heard Alli say. "What the fuck did you do?" I screamed. When I looked down I saw the needle poking out the center of my nipple. I almost fainted. Alli pulled the needle out and we talked about doing it again, but Jason said that it would just follow the same hole and the best thing to do would be to wait until it healed, then try again. I was so sad . . . I went threw all of the pain of a piercing and I didn't even get it done again.
I did love my one nipple piercing though. I couldn't wait until the other one healed and I could try again. Then something bad happened. The nipple I did have pierced started getting worse and worse. Everyday it hurt a little more, and there was lots of puss. Once it got to the point that I couldn't even wear a bra anymore, I decided enough was enough, and with tears in my eyes, I took it out.
Letting my 16-year-old co-worker pierce my nipples was probably the stupidest thing I have ever done. I loved my nipple piercings, and plan to get them done again, but this time I will go to a professional who wont stab me over and over again with the needle.
(What was I thinking?)