Female Nipple Piercing

LiveThroughThis

Hi guys.
I really wanna get my nipple pierced. Since Forever. Just about worked up the courage.
But I wanna make sure that I get it done right in the best place possible.
I have lots of piercings, lobes, caritilge, tragus, nose, lip, tongue. But none as personal and intimate as this.
My best mate has his done. But he's a guy. Pfft!
So if any ladies out there have theirs done, I'd really appreciate your thoughts or recogmendations or experiences.
Thanks All.

Ali

Crumble Froo

i'd have to ask how old you are... i was, i think, 18 when i got mine done, and it took a good bit to heal up (never did, as it ended), as, a few months later, was talking to steve in snakebite, and he informed me that odds were that my nipples were still developing and ****, and that would be why it was taking so long to heal up, and that the longer the ring was in there, the more damage it was doing to my body.

i took it out, and intend getting it redone this august, now that im 20. worth the wait im reckoning

i'd recommend getting it done in snakebite, or in Vpiercings (inkwell). ill be getting mine done in inkwell for sure

c - 13

My missus got hers done a week after I got mine done.

She said the first one was fine but the second one was agony

Make sure you're of an age where you'd be classed as mostly or fully developed as Crumble Froo points out or you could end up having to remove them anyway.

LiveThroughThis

I'm 19.
Hmmm that is something to think about it. Definitely wouldn't want to do any damage in the long road. Maybe I'll just pop in anyway and mention this and in my head be prepared for them to advise no
I'm so psyched up ready to get it done though! Argh.

rstans

Post a pic and we'll tell you if you're ready for it:D

Crumble Froo

LiveThroughThis wrote: »

I'm 19.
Hmmm that is something to think about it. Definitely wouldn't want to do any damage in the long road. Maybe I'll just pop in anyway and mention this and in my head be prepared for them to advise no
I'm so psyched up ready to get it done though! Argh.

pop in where, i have to ask? i would strongly strongly recommend snakebite, or inkwell. i got mine done in a generally recommended place, and i definitely asked the right questions, but they did it anyway. snakebite are the kind of guys who, even if/when it means they lose money, they'll say no if they dont think you should get the piercing, and i think that is definitely something to respect in such a business.

rstans wrote: »

Post a pic and we'll tell you if you're ready for it:D

might wana watch yourself there, mate...

Will

rstans wrote: »

Post a pic and we'll tell you if you're ready for it:D

Anymore of that and you will receive a week long ban with an extra special infraction to boot. Consider this a warning.

dragona

c - 13 wrote: »

My missus got hers done a week after I got mine done.

She said the first one was fine but the second one was agony

Agree -I went to Snakebite, and the whole experience was great. My only mistake was getting them done one at a time -I waited a week for the second nipple piercing, and it bloody well hurt more, but I think thats because I sort of knew what was coming, and I was slightly more tense than the first time around ! I suggest getting them both done together, after the first one, you'll be on a high and probably won't feel the pinch of the second one as much!
Fabulous piercing to have, for me anyway,take a while to heal though. Worth it!

Crumble Froo

hahaha, gotta love the adrenaline affect for the second piercing! had that for my neck ones

dragona

Well I walked out of there after the first one, and I was walking on air! Went straight to arnotts and looked at my boob in the loo for 15 mins, couldn't quite believe it! Feeling stayed all day!

Crumble Froo

i remember this just massive sense of awareness after mine.

admittedly, my first words to the mate i'd went in with weren't until we'd exited stephen's green, and were walking elsewhere and i came out with "holy crap! i bounce when i walk!!!"

caff

Not sure how it applies to girls but I got one done about 3 years ago, got bored after a year and took it out. Nipple looks quite different in size to the other one due to the scar tissue in it.

Doesn't really hurt so much getting it done as it does for the week after if somethng brushes against it, sensitive as hell for the day you get it done

Crumble Froo

also, apparnetly, quite sensitive if you continue to stretch it...

just advise given to me by a piercer... but the kind of advice that has dwelt in my head long after it was entirely relevant...


time shall tell, i gues...

Will

I got mine done on my 18th birthday @ 2.4mm. Hurt like no other. You do become more aware of your body movements alright, I was on the bus home and could feel every bump. Was agony.
Piercing guys nipples is totally different to piercing women's. For one the nipples are much larger on a woman. Nipple piercings on guys are generally deeper also because theres not as much nipple there :pac:

dragona

Well ok yes it does hurt, but quite frankly my nostril piercing was the worst pain EVER,even a fortnight later it was still sore, after kidney stones......

Crumble Froo

yep, after septum piercing and throat-gland removal...

nipple piercing was infinitely less bad altogether.

shortie_chik

Hey
I'm also female, and got one done (on the spur of the moment in Amsterdam, I just felt like getting something pierced!) in Dec 2006 - I was 24 and have been much the same height & size since I was 14 so I reckon that was most of my growing done

Anywho, I got it pierced with a plastic thingy, which I found out later wasn't the best way to do it. I had a giant plaster (2x3 ins) on for a day or two, no bleeding to speak of, and the piercing itself didn't really hurt. Felt like a 2 second long pinch.

Afterwards I was told to keep it clean with antibacterial soap. Didn't have any trouble with it apart from the odd bit of sensitivity now & again. And you learn to be careful whipping off your clothes or leaning on stuff... :P

Kept it in for about 2 years, I can see a little bit of scar tissue on one side, but the other side looks like nothing's changed.

Is Snakebite the place on the top of a building on Abbey St? If so, I think that's a decent place to get a piercing done. The guy there changed my original piercing for a really small barbell, gave me good advice, and was really nice to boot

Star Lord

shortie_chik wrote: »

Is Snakebite the place on the top of a building on Abbey St? If so, I think that's a decent place to get a piercing done. The guy there changed my original piercing for a really small barbell, gave me good advice, and was really nice to boot

Sounds like Steve at Snakebite alright Good guy to go to

Aspiration

Paddy from Bodyshock did mine 4 years ago before I went to college. I was 17. Probably not the best idea but he did a good job with mine anyway and it healed really well. I've never had problems with it.

I'm thinking of getting the second one at Snakebite, because the guy (Steve?) up there is sound out and was really nice to me after I chickened out of getting the nape pierced and he really knew his sh*t!

Best of luck!

Crumble Froo

Aspiration wrote: »

Paddy from Bodyshock did mine 4 years ago before I went to college. I was 17. Probably not the best idea but he did a good job with mine anyway and it healed really well. I've never had problems with it.

I'm thinking of getting the second one at Snakebite, because the guy (Steve?) up there is sound out and was really nice to me after I chickened out of getting the nape pierced and he really knew his sh*t!

Best of luck!

haha, that was about my first thought about him. was in getting my mate's nostril done, and was chatting to him at the same time, and was just... 'whoa... dude knows his shít'.

Star Lord

Was that the day you got your nape pierced by him? (If I recall right!)

Aspiration

Damo, you talking to me? I chickened out ...so I'm going to get my other nipple pierced instead

Crumble, he definitely knows his sh*t! Feckin sound out too!

Star Lord

Nah, meant Crumble Froo, she went in with a mate who was getting pierced, and after getting chatting to Steve, ended up getting another piercing herself!

Stalk away, you'll never find me!!! <_<
>_>

*demands that Will keeps schtum about where I live*

Crumble Froo

yep damo, that was wehn i decided he was gonna do my nape, and he was gonna do it that day

and damn, i just realised, i dont know where you live anymore... gah.

trio

Got my two done in Snakebite at the same time. Can't remember which guy it was but incredibly professional and I felt very comfortable. He has that whole "doctor" vibe going on when he's doing it.

Hurt a LOT but only for a second of course. No bleeding really. Only thing to be aware of with female nipple piercings is that you have to keep them super-clean as microscopic fibres from your bra are forever going in there. I had an antiseptic spray and I twisted them and sprayed them every couple of days.

You also have to ensure that they're not coming loose. One of mine just fell out as I hadn't been checking it was tight. Had closed up by that evening and I couldn't put it back in. Didn't bother with it after that. The second one lasted another year but it got irritated and after a couple of weeks it just wasn't improving despite loads of antiseptic washing so I just took it out, and it was fine then.

So there is upkeep involved. It's not like a tattoo where you just forget about it after it's healed. Other piercings aren't as bad but nipple piercings are continually in contact with clothes.

I do have two tiny little scars each side of my nipples, but nobody would notice but me.

ladystrange

Got both mine done at the same time coz I didnt think I'd have the guts to go back, but it wasnt that bad to be honest. Yeah it hurt but only for a second and not that bad. The key thing I think is the after care, totally crucial. They've been done a year now and I've no bother with them at all. I just make sure they're well looked after and use a wee anti-bacterial wash every week or so. Got them done by China at Ring in Ma Thing, Derry, totally professional and a damn good piercer IMHO.

LiveThroughThis

Crumble Froo wrote: »

pop in where, i have to ask?

Snakebite. Thanks to all the good reviews! I'll be in Dublin maybe tomorrow or friday so hopefully will have done it soon. Don't think I've ever wanted any other piercing as much as this one. Definitely gonna be my fave

Quality

A quick question...

Can nipple piercing interfere with Breast Feeding?

Thanks

LiveThroughThis

I don't think it'd be recogmended to keep it in while you're breastfeeding But getting it done now and then very very far into the future one day, (for me anyway!) taking it out when the time comes shouldn't cause any problems. Hope so from the little bit I've read.

Madame Razz

really wanna get this done.....but does it really really hurt??? and continue to hurt for ages after??

And is it true it takes a year to heal???


Cos that'd really put me off...

Crumble Froo

Quality wrote: »

A quick question...

Can nipple piercing interfere with Breast Feeding?

Thanks

if you get it while you're relatively young and your nipply feedy bits are still developing, then yeah, it can, apparently, but i reckon you'll be alright yourself, quality

manukahoney wrote: »

really wanna get this done.....but does it really really hurt??? and continue to hurt for ages after??

And is it true it takes a year to heal???


Cos that'd really put me off...

nah, doesnt hurt *that* much. not the most pleasant thing ive ever experienced, it's not like a surface piercing, but once the piercing's over and the jewellery's in, it's painfree until you forget it's there and hit/catch it off something doesnt take that long to heal either, though i took mine out well before twas healed... haha, getting it done in... *counts* 21 days so i can let you know after that

LiveThroughThis

Okay, so I got it done in Snakebite friday. I didn't find out what his name was but he talked to me for about 40 minutes about all sorts of science and medical things and was really nice.
Glad I got it done.

Madame Razz

And??? did it hurt??

How much, on a scale of one to ten??

And is it still sore??

I'm deffo getting mine done soon, and im deffo going to snakebite, cos Steve is class!!

Star Lord

LiveThroughThis wrote: »

Okay, so I got it done in Snakebite friday. I didn't find out what his name was but he talked to me for about 40 minutes about all sorts of science and medical things and was really nice.
Glad I got it done.

English accent?
It sounds like Steve anyway, and I personally think he's deadly

LiveThroughThis

Well it wasn't an irish accent anyway. His hair was shaved maybe. Plugs in ears. The more I think about what he looked like, the more unsure I am about his description :S He was super informative. I think I remember him talking about enzymes! Or was it minerals. Again the more I think about it, I'm getting confused. But he really took the time and care. A pro.

At the moment, I honestly wouldn't really know I had a piece stuck through there. Hasn't altered anything I've been doing or felt like it's really there.
It was a weird sort of sore for about 3 seconds as the needle was going through, it felt to me like I could feel like when it was it the middle, if that makes sense.
I suppose everybodys different. But it was very bearable. And once it's done it's done, woohoo feeling sinks in.

Star Lord

Sounds like Steve anyway, but you were probably riding the andrenalyn too much to take it all in

Enjoy your new piercing! \o/

pe-cze

My nipple didnt hurt at all, just a sec of pain and thats it.
my its still not healed.
i have it since November

curazylady

iv had mine done about 4 years and it has never reali healed properly.. i still love it tho.. it was such a cool feeling gettin it done.. it did hurt a bit but was more of a funny sort of pain.. i got reali giggly during and after it which was quite fun! i got mine done when i was like 16 tho.. if i cud go back i wuda waited a bit longer..:o
but id say go 4 it.. i think its a reali cool piercing!!!:D

hot2def

I have to come in here and be captain bring down.

I've had both nipples pierced at different times and had nothing but trouble. I kept both in for well over a year, in fact one was in for 2 +.


Neither ever healed up properly, were quite uncomfortable and eventually rejected. One (the one I had in for over two years and was pierced at 2.4, at the piercer's insistance) is visibly scarred, permenatly enlarged and I have lost 60 % of sensation. I don't think my problems were piercer error, as both were very competant piercers. Some people just can't heal these.

I'm not saying this happens to everyone, but I have rarely seen anyone mention that these side effects are not uncommon. I wish someone had said it to me

Star Lord

curazylady wrote: »

iv had mine done about 4 years and it has never reali healed properly.. i still love it tho.. it was such a cool feeling gettin it done.. it did hurt a bit but was more of a funny sort of pain.. i got reali giggly during and after it which was quite fun! i got mine done when i was like 16 tho.. if i cud go back i wuda waited a bit longer..:o
but id say go 4 it.. i think its a reali cool piercing!!!:D

FYI, it's really not advisable for ladies to get their nipples pierced till 22 or so, to minimise damage to the functions of the nipple in ladies which is still developing till then.

curazylady

i do wish i had waited longer or even researched it a bit.. it was a pure spur of the moment thing and the piercer didnt tell me anything reali but then again i didnt ask..

maguirt2

I've had mine done for about a year and half and it still hasnt healed properly. Anyone recommend a good anti-bacterial wash?

gigglingrat

I used the Carex antibac soap stuff on mine and it healed really quickly! http://i30.twenga.com/3/tp/64/90/72106490.png <-- that one.

Armedcor

I had my nipple done but it never healed properally so I ended up finally taking it out. That nipples now kinda bigger than another so I think I'm gonna get it redone when I get my nape pierced.

It's a great piercing I was really sad taking it out :P

pe-cze

Sure I have my nipple pierced since bout 2 years now (or more!) and it never healed properly. It is fine for some time and then gets messy for a bit.
But it is great, haha ;D

LisaLee

dragona wrote: »

Well ok yes it does hurt, but quite frankly my nostril piercing was the worst pain EVER,even a fortnight later it was still sore, after kidney stones......

+1 Minus the kidney stones! My nose piercing took ages to heal and was far more tender, in contrast my nipple piercing was quite quick to heal! Kudos Snakebite!:D

spadesaspade

<snip> Bad advice </snip>

NikNakOoo

I got my left nipple pierced a month ago and so far so good *touch wood* But I have noticed that that nipple is slightly larger than the other... I take it that this normal and will most likely stay like that? I just assumed it was swealing that would eventually go down... ?