I always knew I wanted a special 'for me' kind of piercing, and for a while it seemed that a VCH would be the way to go. But after reading too many horror stories about losing sensation and infection, I decided that getting my nipples pierced would be the less risky way to go. Also being small busted, I wanted something special for my boobs which often made me a little self conscious. I never really decided when I would get them pierced, I just knew that one day it would happen.
At A Glance Author MiseriaCanticle Contact MiseriaCanticle@bme.anon IAM MiseriaCanticle When It just happened Studio Sacred Skin Location Stones Corner, Qld Three days ago I went on a trip to see the tattoo artist at Sacred Skin who'd done my recent tattoo to show her how well it had healed. The girl at the desk was busy with a phone call, so I amused myself with looking at the piercing prices...and decided then and there I would get my nipples pierced! When the receptionist was free to serve me, I found out that the artist wasn't in that day, but would be in tomorrow. Oh well, I said, and asked about pricings for both nipples. It came at a price that I found satisfactory, $110 including jewellery. I asked to be booked in, the piercer was free now, so she gave me a clipboard with a form to fill in and sign as she told the piercer and they set up the equipment. The receptionist came back, looked at my id and we were set to go.
When considering getting a VCH piercing, I was always worried about getting undressed to get pierced, and I would have thought I would be uncomfortable taking off my top too. Funnily enough, the piercer - who was female - put me completely at ease and I didn't really think much of flashing my boobs at her.
I sat down and she cleaned my nipples with an alcohol wipe and marked them up for horizontal piercings. She called in the receptionist, also a piercer, to get a second opinion on straightness, which I appreciated, I wanted a job well done. They erased and discussed and remarked for a few minutes while I sat and stared straight ahead with a silly smile on my face - my chest had never had so much concentrated attention before! They then got me to stand, found that the markings didn't move or go off balance when I stood, which apparently can happen. I took a look in the big mirror behind me, the marks looked great! We discussed what gauge to pierce them at, and we settled for 14 as nipples generally settled well with that size. And then it was time to lie back on the chair and get holes punched through the poor dears.
The reception girl decided to stay for this part for moral support, bless her! I never knew how much I'd appreciate that until it was done, really. They were both great, chatting about piercings and whether male nipples were worse to have pierced than female nipples, comparing methods as one was taught old methods of piercing while the other had done a piercing course recently with slightly different methods. I was warned that the clamp might be nasty since they had little teeth on them...but I felt nothing, except a little pressure like someone was holding onto my nipple firmly. Then...it was time for the needle.
First...it was okay, a prick. Then it was WOAH HOLY SHIT! It felt like it was going on for hours, though at most it was a few delayed seconds. I seem to have dense, tough nipples and I think she really had to push to get the needle through. Then the pushing was done, I was asked if I wanted a moment before the jewellery was put in, and I said hell no! Get it over and done with.
They switched sides to do the remaining nipple, my right one. I lay exclaiming about how incredibly painful that was and how my nipples would never forgive me. The girls were great though, they made me laugh enough to relax again, and then it was time for righty to get a hole through. This time it wasn't nearly so bad, but it still managed to draw a "oooOOOH FUUUCK!" out of me.
I must have crushed the receptionist's hand. At least someone was there to share the pain. She was very nice and got me some cold water in a cup for me, which I appreciated in full, I was sweating like anything after that intense experience! I've had other piercings before, two in my tongue, three surface, a navel, an eyebrow, ears with guns (i was young and stupid) and a lip, and none were anything like the sensation of my nipples being pierced. The others were a brief 'oh, that feels a bit like pain' while my nipples were...well, very unpleasant.
Then it was all good, jewellery in - which didn't hurt with the right nipple as much as the left - and then both nipples were cleaned up and I got to stand and look at them. Woo! They looked absolutely adorable with their new shinies!
I then had the twins patched up to keep them safe from the bacteria lurking in my bra, put my clothes back on, and went through after care. I was suggested to get cotton makeup removal pads to put over my nipples for a while, and to clean them with cotton buds soaked in saline.
Then it was out to the front desk, give them my dues and off home. The supermarket near the studio didn't have cotton buds or cotton pads (travesty!) so I had to take a bus to the mall close to my place before going home. Most of the bus trip I was aware of a mild burning in my poor nipples which increased as I got the supplies, to which I added ibuprofen to settle the inflammation I was feeling and the pain which came from the burning. I took it waiting for the bus home, noted the burning sensation increasing with an ache, and this came and went sporadically.
When I got home, I took off my top and bra, unpatched the dears to let them breathe. They both were crusted in a little blood around the balls of the jewellery and were both puffy and swollen. My window was open and both nipples refused to harden up from the slight breeze until about half an hour later - when the effects of the ibuprofen kicked in I guess. The right one would then twinge a little when hardening up...and everytime I looked at them they'd perk up as if to say "here we are! We're very proud of our new jewellery! We forgive you in full for what you've done to us!". I couldn't believe it...was I turning myself on by looking at my own prettified nipples?!
They weren't sore to touch at all when I was cleaning them in the shower that night, the right one leaked a little blood, it bled during the piercing process too, but i wasn't concerned. Neither of them looked irritated at all. I patched them up to sleep, put on a sports bra and went to bed.
The next morning, I took a shower to clean them up again. They'd both crusted a little blood in the night, but neither of them leaked blood. I patched them up and ran a few errands that day, including seeing the tattoo artist I was meaning to see the previous day. I wore a bra that was a little on the big side so there wouldn't be too much pressure on the twins, and had them both covered with clean cotton pads. Whenever I could I'd sit in my room with no top on to let them breathe. There was still no irritation, and I noticed a big increase in sensitivity in both of them, the right one stopped twinging when stiffening up but I would still notice them reacting to the environment. That night a slept with a shirt on, the pressure of the sportsbra was a little much for them to bear, not painful, but uncomfortable and so I gave it a miss and went for the more comfortable shirt.
This morning they were both crusted with blood and were a little tender. It all washed right off in the shower, no visible irritation at all. The right one is starting to leak a tiny bit of lymph on the entrance point, hurrah! They don't like the sensation of a towel lightly pressing on them on the trips to and from the shower though. Maybe I need more fabric softener?
So far so good, they look healthy and happy, without any of the soreness that I've experienced with my other piercings. I think this is because I don't eat or talk with my nipples, or make facial expressions with them as I did with my eyebrow piercing. They've easily become my favourite piercings, and I think my nipples are enjoying all this extra attention lavished on them!