I had been thinking about getting my nipples pierced for a long time. I always thought that it was such a beautiful piercing. I had had a really bad week, I got fired from my job, and I hadn't seen any of my friends in a long time. I decided that now would be a good time to just go hang out for a while.
At A Glance Author Deja Contact FreakinBean@aol.com When A week ago Artist Rev Studio American Tattoo Location Brunswick, MD I called up my friends and they told me that they were going to go to American Tattoo the next day to hang out with their friend, Rev, who had done a lot of their piercings. Then the thought popped into my head, "Maybe I should just do it." So I met them at the studio the next day. I think that my friends were more nervous than I was.
I met Rev. He came outside with us for a cigarette and asked us what we were all getting, I just blurted it out, I was so nervous, and I knew that if I didn't just say it, I never would. He seemed nice enough. I was still nervous. Here I am, at a studio I had never been to, asking someone I have never met before to shove needles through a very sensitive part of my body. I wasn't sure that I was going to be able to go through with it.
Rev asked me if I was ready and I wasn't, so he took another girl back into his room first. They were in there for a long time, and it was so quiet. I sat outside of the room and looked at all the pictures of piercings Rev had done. A few of them were nipple piercings. I latched on to those pictures and held on for dear life. "I want this. I want this so bad. I can do this," My legs were just about ready to carry me out the door when The girl came out of Rev's room with tears in her eyes and walked outside to smoke.
It was my turn. "Oh God, here we go," I went back into the room with him, my friends followed me. They sat in a chair and I got up onto the table. Rev talked and joked around with us for a while, Then off came the shirt and I sat there on the table and watched him put iodine and alcohol on my nipples, he told me that if at any time I felt uncomfortable to say so and he would stop. To my suprise, I wasn't uncomfortable at all, I felt safe. He marked where the piercings would be and the placement looked good. I started getting excited. I couldn't believe that I was actually going to go through with it.
When he was finished with the alcohol and iodine, he got out the needles and put them in lube. That's when I got real tense and I started to freak out a little bit. "I can't believe I'm going to let him do this," Rev put his hands on my shoulders, and got me to look at him, I looked him right in his eyes and he said, "It is what you make it. You can do this," He made sure the clamp was placed just right. I held onto his words, took a deep breath, and he pierced the first nipple. "Owww... oh... that wasn't so bad," He put the barbell in and looked at me. It was a very intimate feeling, I completely trusted him.
It is what you make it. I looked at my friends, who were both huddled in the corner holding hands and cringing at the sight they had just seen. We all just started laughing. The looks on their faces were hillarious. Then it was time for nipple number two. As he put the clamp on, some of the anxiety came back but I just kept repeating his words in my head, and out loud, "It is what you make it," The anxiety went away and I listened to him count and took a deep breath. It was over. I had done it. I was so proud of my new piercings. We went over after care instructions. Rev was very attentive.
I had a slight feeling of euphoria for the rest of the day, I paid him, gave him a hug, and drove home to show everyone what I had just done. They were pretty sore to the touch for the first day or so, but the pain faded. It's been almost a week now and they are healing wonderfully. They are only a little sore when I mess with them to clean them. I love them. Rev was amazing. No one else will ever pierce me again. I am sticking with him. I was totally satisfied and I would do it again in an instant. The experience is what you make it and Rev made mine great.