Nipple Piercing

lacuna

I'm considering getting my nipple pierced.I dont know if there has previously been a thread about this...if so...sorry!

I was just wondering if anyone had this done and could tell me about it. Is it dangerous? How expensive is it? Where would be the best place [in the dublin area] to get it done? And finally...would you recommend it? Any information would be greatly appreciated...thanks!

ThenComesDudley

i got it done about 2 years agos, and i believe the pain you get differs depending on which you get i.e. a bar or a ring.
Ive got a bar which i have been told is less painful.
Also i just really like it.

id recomend Bodyshock in temple bar, as they are pretty good. but ye know shop around, as im not sure what the price difference is in all the shops.

Ronika

Dont mean to put you off but I know someone who got it done twice and both times it started to move out and he was in abit of pain. Doe have to admit it does look pretty cool esp if there is a nice body to go with it. Snalebike in Abbey st are pretty cool, there quiet professional aswell

KEGO

looks great on women would advise more women to get it done

lacuna

i am a woman...!!


it's just i heard about a story of some girl who had it done and it went all **** and she had to have the whole nipple removed or something to that effect! it may well have been just a story but it's kinda scaring me. i really want to get it done though.


do you think that the coolness of it will outweigh the dangers???

dragon_ninja82

well my mates nipple grew back after he got in a fight and got his piercing ripped out The coolness way outways the dangers though

Thanx 4 The Fish

Originally posted by lacuna
i am a woman...!!
it's just i heard about a story of some girl who had it done and it went all **** and she had to have the whole nipple removed or something to that effect! it may well have been just a story but it's kinda scaring me. i really want to get it done though.
do you think that the coolness of it will outweigh the dangers???

Any chance of a before and after pic ?

It certainly does make a good thing better

ThenComesDudley

The problems people have of it growing out, or having to have the nipple removed are very rare, so you shouldn't really worry about getting it done.

and well yea it looks cool too. male or female.

eth0_

I've never heard of someone having to have their nipple removed because of a piercing! Are you sure it wasn't ripped out? Having a bar rather than a BCR makes this unlikely to happen.
I've had mine done nearly 2 years now and they do migrate a little for almost everyone, a (male) friend of mine has had to repierce his at least 3 times, they kept growing out. They're staying put now tho, thank god

Eye

yeah the coolness of them definetly outway the risks.

it kinda goes wihtout saying that practically any piercing you get could go wrong if ya don't take care of it it could get infected etc... but for the vast majority of people who take the proper actions when it's first done, there is rarely problems, if you do have a problem or are just worried you can always go back to where you got it done and ask for advice.

i know 2 people who got lip piercings couple of years ago and both got infected so they ended up removing them, even so i went and got mine done about 2 years ago and took care of it, had no problems what so ever.... except work, they did'nt like it and it was a case of loose the piercing of loose yer job, so i regretfully lost the ring wish now i had kept it, anyhow's might see about getting my tongue pierced next year.

X4

too be honest, i just simply wouldn't recommend that.

if i were your bf, i would prefer you to be a "clean" women rather than a "cool" one

;-)

lacuna

afaik my bf is quite in favour of it...


although i'll make sure before i get it done.


now that ive been sufficiently convinced that i should get it done...ive got to start saving [a lot or so im told...]

Ro: maaan!

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qwertyphobia

I have one of my nipples pierced for the last 3 years or so, have never had any problems with it and is probably still my favourite piercing.

Get a BCR done first, I found it much easer to clean and after it's settled in switch to a barbell which I think looks much better. It also catches less on things

best of luck

Kone

Got mine done about 5 years ago,

only had a slight problem once (tiny infection - lasted 4 days - easily sorted out with a cream from the chemist)

I love it and so does my gf (that's the important thing!)

now if I could only lose the damn beerbelly!

qwertyphobia

If you want to do something a bit different from the usual niple piercing try a vertical one.

I am thinking of getting a vertical nipple piercing through the nipple I already have pierced across ways. I think it will be good but trying to decide if my nipple is big enough to take two piercings. Anyone out there have this done?

thanks
r

lacuna

hmmm

that sounds interesting!!


i'll look into that. there are oh so many options!!!

yellum

Got mine pierced on 3 diff occasions. Each time it started to migrate although it was helped by having people pull at it at various times.

Seraphina

i know a girl who ripped hers out accidently while in the shower

OUCH!

thats all i can say

ThenComesDudley

all i can say is, if you use one of those spunge scrubbing things in the shower, make you cover your piercing or just keep away from it, as it hurts like hell if you catch on it.

NeRb666

I got mine done over three years ago, probably the most painful 5 seconds of my life but once it's in, it doesn't hurt at all. Until I got it caught in the car door

eth0_

Seems to be much more painful for guys than girls

exiztone

I barely felt it go in actually. Quite a nice piercing too. All I remember about getting it done to date is that I was laughing at something, don't remember what, but the guy couldn't get the jewlery in because I was laughing so hard.

The moral of the tale: Don't think of something funny when getting pierced.

phreak

Originally posted by NeRb666
Until I got it caught in the car door

lol. i think we all need to hear that story

Barney Mc Goo

How freely should the piercing rotate. I've just got a bar put in my nipple on Monday and I'm a bit worried about it, mainly as it's my first piercing. The nipple is still a bit swolen and it won't turn too easily(I'm afraid to put too much force on it. Should I be concerned about it yet? I ask as I don't want to go fiddling with it unless I need to as I passed out after I got it in... causing me some pain as my jaw hit the pavement... I guess I'll have to tick yes to the fainting question on the forms the next time :S

Oh and the pain of the piercing was much less than I'd expected. I think I just had a delayed shock to the needle:(

coldenmean

id say wait at least a week or more before you think about worrying.. durin that time id clean it twice a day and other than that dont do anythin to it... remember your body wants to heal so leave it alone and unless it gets really red and too tender to touch it should be ok.. and dont worry if it weeps a bit.. so long as thats not together with the whole red inflamed and super tender thing..
other than that.. just keep an eye out in the long run if its growing out or not....

p.s dont be afraid to ask these questions when your in there payin a dude to shove metal in your body parts!!!

Silent Grape

im thinking of getting it done too. once im over the whole 'theres a strange man looking a t my boobs' thing ill prolly get it done.
does anybody know ho much it costs?

Victor

Originally posted by Silent Grape
im thinking of getting it done too. once im over the whole 'theres a strange man looking a t my boobs' thing ill prolly get it done.

Sorry you'll have to wait until about age 55 for that

Barney Mc Goo

I had mine done in Celestial Ring in the Stephens Green S.C. and it cost €45

It also was a woman who pierced me so you shouldn't be worried about a strange man doing it.

Silent Grape

thats not too bad, i want to go to Bodyshock though, and every time i go there ive been pierced by a different guy.

fig

I seem to recall that not moving a new piercing for a few days is ok. However, in time, it must be moved and cleaned. esp of the crusticles that grow on the side of the ring.

I've had both nipple rings for about a year now. No problems to speak of. Although it is the second try.

The first try was a few years ago, and I got one nipple pierced with a full ring. after a time I noticed that the arm closest to the nipple was going slightly cold and tingly at times esp on the index finger. It didnt bother me all that much, but it did persist. when the ball fell out of the ring, and a few days later, losing the ring, I left it. The occasional tingly feeling went away.

This time, I got "D" ring nipple rings. I spoke to the piercer about my previous experience, and his thoughts were that an infection had developed behind the ring in the curve behind the nipple. My lymph gland was fighting the infection, and swelling in the meantime. This put pressure on the blood vessels and nerves in the arm.

This time around, there are no problems of that nature. In fact, I'm intending to size up the nipple rings.

oh, and I used snakebite in middle abbey st. They seemed ok. I've also heard good reports from miss fantasias in south william st.