I guess this story starts with something a lot more morbid then piercings. After nearly two years of being with my boyfriend enough was enough. He was lovely at times, I had loved him, but I couldn't ignore all these faults any longer, I know he wouldn't change, and he shouldn't have to. But I was unhappy. For once in this relationship, it was time to think of myself. So I left him, there was tears and sadness, I lost half a stone because I couldn't eat. But I was better afterwards, I felt bad for being so happy straight away but I hadn't realised how unhappy I was.
At A Glance Author Pip Contact Pip@bme.anon When N/A Artist still don't know his name! Studio Skin City Location Leicester, England He bought me a piercing our first Christmas together, and I had bought him one too. Mine was a nipple piercing, which I loved, but hated. It was wonky, I mean reeeaaaallllyyyy wonky. Not even forgivably so. Stupidly I kept it, just so I didn't hurt his feelings, seeing as he'd paid for it. But after I left him, that was the first thing that went. I took it out. But now... my breast felt empty. I felt plain. My first vow to myself was I was going to get my nipple pierced again, but the other one. And I wasn't going to the place I went to before. I like getting piercings to mark big changes in my life, this was a big change.
I went to Bournemouth, to meet my friend Simon for the first time, after 9 months of talking on the internet (I'm not usually a big internet friend person, specially not meeting up with them... but he was different) we hit it off, it was fantastic. He knew I was hoping to get my piercing done there, but we didn't find any parlours close by, and there had been two that I'd had in mind which I'd loved the look of.
So leaving piercingless I decided the best place to go would be my trusty parlour back home. My favourite piercing parlour, Skin City.
I decided on a date, which happened to be when Simon was coming down to Leicester to see me! He was a bit shy about it, but also interested about what a real piercing looked like to get, obviously, he got dragged along.
It was obviously a busy day for Skin City, and we had to wait quite a while in comparison to how long I've usually waited in there, before it was my go. Simon even admitted he hadn't believed I was really going to get it done. Ahh how much he has to get to know about me, if I say I'm going to do something I will do it! It was the usual thing, form to fill in, the form also had all aftercare stuff on it, bit of a talk about the piercing, and we're off!
He joked about a bit, marked me up, we all had a look at the placement, it was perrrrfect. And now for the hard bit. It hurt, I mean YOUCH!!! It was kind of a burning feeling. It hurt more then the first one I had done, but that one didn't actually seem to go through the nipple properly at all. But then it was done. It
was Beautiful. He covered it and told me to take the dressing off after two hours. I paid and left to enjoy the rest of the day with Simon.
The real pain came for the next hour and a half. Where it felt like someone was putting a cigarette out on my nipple. Then came the moment of truth, I took the dressing off after two hours and looked...
It was perfect, a bit swollen and looked a little wonky because of the swelling, but I remembered it had looked perfectly straight when I had my brief look after it had been done. I was in love...
I felt whole, I felt beautiful, I felt sexy....
I remembered I had this feeling when I got the other one done, like this was my own sexy little secret, no one had to know or see it unless I wanted them to.
I recommend this piercing to anyone, the pain is worth it, and different for everyone, hell! what's a few seconds of pain to all the happiness afterwards! But! definately go to a first class piercer.
It's still bleeding a little every time after I clean it, but other then that it hardly even stings now. I love it!
Piercings, to me, are definitely a great way to mark big changed in my life :) I don't know why but after getting it, I feel like I've fully moved on, I've claimed back all my life, and I am free to do as I please, and now I even have a piercing to prove it, to mark that step.
thanks for reading.