Piercings...do you have them?

tnrown87

Hi,
So next month on St. Patrick's day I will be turning 25, and apparently while drinking one night I've told my best friend that I would get my nipple piereced when she got a new tattoo. Personally I don't like tattoos, but I'm nervous about the whole pierecing my nipple thing. I mean I think it is erotic and sexy and one day my future husband might like it, but idk I'm worried.

So anyway do you have any piercings? What is your advice? What whould you do?

stablesong

I currently have double nostril piercings, my tragus, and both ears. This is my history:

Industrial
Nose piercing x3
Lobe piercing x4
2g stretched lobes
Navel
Tragus

tnrown87

How bad is the pain? Sorry I'm a wuss!

jadebvb92

I have my lip peirced and my septum peirced

DoBetterDrea

I'm more of a tattoo person (I have 7) but last Saturday I got both my nipples pierced. I psyched myself up for it and almost chickened out but I figured if I could tolerate 7 tattoos (a few big pieces at that) I could tolerate a couple seconds of pain. It actually wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it. The second one hurt a whole lot more than the first because my adrenaline was dropping by this point but it was still tolerable.

Go for it! YOLO! (You Only Live Once!)

_CiaoParis

tnrown87

YOLO! I like that! Okay seriously considering it!

DenverKos

The getting it done isn't a big deal. It's just like getting your ears pierced, they pull your nipple and run a needle through it, then put the jewelry in. It's the after care that's the pain in the butt.

It takes like 6 to 9 months to heal, and you should soak it in salt water to help keep it clean while it heals. Some warm water in the a cup with the salt, and stick it over your boob and let it soak some. Things will get caught on them - you'd be surprised how many things go across your chest! lol

But seriously, it's the adrenaline of getting it done that overwhelms you and makes it "hurt". The act is over in a minute or two. But the healing process is just that - a process. Be prepared.

stablesong

My belly button hurt the worst, and it ended up rejecting. I think it may have been pierced crooked. Nostrils were nothing. Industrial was a pretty major one, but it was more just heat and blood rushing to my ear than anything. Everything else has been a breeze. I'm the queen of pain-babies and I didn't have too much of a problem.

jwhit31

I have my tongue pierced. I didn't feel it at all. Heck, I didn't even realize it was done until my husband told me. The pain didn't start until the next day. It was swollen and on fire. It hurt for about 2 1/2 weeks. Now I don't really notice it.

tataliciousd89

I got both nipples done about 4 years ago and it didnt hurt at all, but they take forever to heal and even after you think they have healed they can start to roam and get infected. I only had them for about 7 months and they were both as healed as they were gonna get, because they really never heal all the way for a woman, and the left one started to roam. I took both out because I didn't want to wind up like my friend who now has a split nipple where her infected ring forced its way out.

But I will say that they are a whole lot of fun and I think I will get them done again some day.

PeaceCorpsKat

I've had almost everything.. Right now I only have nipples, septum and ears.

tnrown87

Now I'm physched about the adrenaline, I think it will ge sexy!

chicky89

I have two piercings in one nipple. (one going up and down, one across) I love them!! I dont believe it really hurt. Nothing more like any tats I have or any piercings I have.
DOOOOOOOO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

fuzz_pawz

n total I've had 16 piercings...most of which were in my ears. 11 in my ears, My ex convinced me to have my nose done, then asked me to have my nipples done, I had my belly button done and then just because, I had my tongue done....3 days before my moms wedding, whoops!

Have since taken all out except my conch piercing (which I did myself)

Currently I only have 3 tattoos but would like to get more. My first is piece of my own drawing (on my back), I have a star on my foo and my deceased cats paw print on my neck with the word "Vitality" in latin.

YassSpartan

I suggest you to check tribalectic.com it has a free community/forum for piercings. That's where I get all the info for the piercings I've gotten

karinaes

tragus.. took 8 MONTHS to heal. and i cleaned (and still do) EVERYDAY!

fuzz_pawz

To be honest, of the body modification I have had...the nose piercing was THE WORST!!!!! ugh!!! would never do it again!

rockerbabyy

i have three holes in my right ear, two in my left. got my labret done 8 years ago and had my nipples done 6 years ago. i took them out to breastfeed and they closed up, but i plan on getting them done again after baby #3

laineyluma

lip
navel
nose x2
industrial


But i took them out when I found out I was pregnant. Now I only have my ears pierced. I could still wear all my piercings because most are still open but I choose not to.

lisakyle_11

yes... nose, 3 each on ears, and used-to-be navel (baby kicked it out...)

Real_Cool_Hand

Just make sure they don't get peirced with a hoop first. It needs to be a bar until it heals. My friend is an amazing piercer and he had redone mine that were done with hoops and never healed, explaining the piercing needs 90 degrees around every angle to heal properly, and then you can switch it. Four on my ears never healed right until he redid them.
I have a surface piercing at my temple also. He talked me into it and its really unique and I love it, but I sort of hate all the questions I get when my hair is back and people notice it and ask how its in there. If you have to ask, you don't want to know;)

LPinTheD

I had my nipples pierced about eight years ago... yes, it hurt... they were completely healed in about 8 or 9 months. Never had any problems with them, and they still look great. Go for it I also have my nose pierced. Got my tongue pierced once, and it swelled up sooo much and was so uncomfortable, I took it out about three days later. Never again for that one!

tnrown87

So should I do one or two? I was gonna do the left one cuz that's the really cute one. LOL

shell4short76

Navel, nose, a rook, and 7 ear piercings. I had a tregus for a little while but it was annoying so I took it out.
A rook is technically an ear piercing but it's a cartilage piercing. Hurt like a you-know-what.

kstep88

Tattoos-3

Small lily on right shoulder
two lillies on left of stomach- but they are joined
butterffly on right ankle- to match my sister

Piercing- Bellybutton and ears (I dont really like piercings or tattoos for that matter..lol but I like the small ones I have. weird, I know)

rockerbabyy

So should I do one or two? I was gonna do the left one cuz that's the really cute one. LOL

depends on what YOU want personally, i like the look of them both being done. some people only like one *shrug*

DoBetterDrea

Oh, be prepared to sleep in a sports bra every night for at least the next month and a half to 2 months...

shovav91

I have 10 total piercings, ears and nose and belly button. Unless you're 100% sure, don't do it. The potential complications are too serious to do something like this on a whim.

n_unocero

i have 3 in my left ear, 2 in my right, my nose and my tongue.

least painful was the nose, but my absolute favorite is my tongue. i can't imagine ever taking it out.

tnrown87

Tattoos-3

Small lily on right shoulder
two lillies on left of stomach- but they are joined
butterffly on right ankle- to match my sister

Piercing- Bellybutton and ears (I dont really like piercings or tattoos for that matter..lol but I like the small ones I have. weird, I know)

I respect that, and I think its very cool!