also, its very rare, but nipple piercings can block milk ducts and trap infections. wont try to say the name of this as ill most likely get it wrong, but really, its so rare that it shouldnt be a concern.
true, it is EXTREMELY rare. females have something like 37 or so milk glands in the nipples and piercing only goes through 4 or so of them. it shouldn't affect the area at all.
I got mine done a couple months ago. Bacatracin or triple antibiotic cream are WONDERFUL. There's a couple good ways to keep them clean. You can use hot water on a q-tip to remove any crusties you might have, then apply bacatracin to the ring and move that around inside your nipple- make sure to do it up and down, as well as back n forth- or you can clean it with antibacterial soap, and follow the same instructions with the bacatracin/trip. antibiotic ointment. Sea salt mixed with water (about a teaspoon in every liter of water) is great soaked into a paper towel and placed over the piercing. Let it rest there and really soak in to the skin n piercing. The sea salt will usually make it feel a lil less sore, too, or at least it did in my case. The bacatracin/trip. antibiotic ointment, if used often enough on a clean piercing, will also help prevent crusties. Sports bras are wonderful things. From my sources (friends and piercers), the nipples generally can take a year to really heal, though I have heard that they don't ever really -fully- heal. Just remember to breathe through the piercing, don't hold your breath! It's easier that way. A piercer with a good sense of humor is always a help, too! Good luck, and do take good care of them!
Fleassy: well, I'm not preggers so I don't gotta worry about that, now Thanks for the advice Fleassy. It just makes more sense coming from another female lol I have REALLY sensitive nipples, so if it makes them MORE sensitive, oh man... I won't be able to change my clothes without being turned on, lmao. P.S. your signature is so badass! [I was dumb and forgot to quote it oops]
Sports bras eh? What about just not wearing a bra, does that work? I don't wear bras, period... Hate 'em. So that could work to my advantage with the piercing, I assume ??
you may find your shirt irritating them a lot. a sports bra will hold to the piercing quite well but without a bra your top will be rubbing constantly on the piercing. i have no problems with this, but im a guy. so im guessing its a bit different.
I wanna get my nipples pierced too and i'm pretty nervous. I had someone tell me if you get your nipple pierced you can never breast feed again. My piercer says that total bullshit and you would have to have some crazy scar tissue for that to happen. But still, I have read horror stories about them. Some girl on BMEzine wrote about how her nipple piercing resulted in a staph infection (despite how well she took care of it) which in turn resulted in a partial mastectomy. I don't know how likely that is or if it can be prevented.
I got my nipples peirced a couple years ago. wasn't too much pain i just concentrated on my breathing ( deep breathe in and as the needle went in i let the breathe out ). all i can say is do not wear swirly jewelery an a bra at the same time ( i did and when i took my bra off i also took the jewelery out too OUCH!!). make sure to keep the area clean and dont pull. good luck and all
BULLSHIT is correct. i had my nipples peirced and had to take them out when i was 4 months pregnant cuz my boobs were sore and the jewelery wasnt helping any but i am breastfeeding perfectly fine i have had no problems except that my milk comes out of the peirced holes that about it
I would definitely get it done. I turned to body peircing coz at the time I had run out of room in my ears. First I got my lip done LaBret style then my tongue(Twice)then my nose then eventually my nipples. Of all of them I'd have to say my nipples were by far the most painful peircing the pain of the needle going in was excruciating but once the ring was in the pain subsided extrodinarily quickly. Get a bottle of anti-bacterial soft soap and whenever you have a shower put some on a shower puff and soap up your nipples. Then rinse with warm water. The thing is to keep your new peircings dry if it gets moist the risk of infection is high. I got a minor infection when I had my nipples peirced but that was coz I wasn't careful with the aftercare. If you are careful the healing period should be no more than a month.
I had both of mine pierced, but just recently I had to remove my left one. It was pierced improperly, and wasn't pierced deep enough. Once I have enough money, I will go back and get it done. It feels weird with just one done.. I don't know about the pain factor. I'm sure your nipps are much more sensitive than mine our, but I didn't think it was as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Good Luck.
you should definetly get it done...me and my gf both went and had it done out of nowhere..not planned, nothing. i went first, it hurt like insanely for a split second, then that goes away which is replaced by a dull achy throb that is pretty intense for the day, the next and begins to fade over a week. the second one is 10x worse than the first. they are going to be touch-sensitive for another week following that. they will be touchable one week after that, and i am one month into it now and they are almost 100% back to normal. a little sensitive when soemthing yanks one like a shirt or seatbelt. as far as cleaning goes...i showered twice a day and rubbed soap on them, rubbed any shit building up on the metal bar (tiny scab tissue, it comes right off in warm soapy water). i didnt use alcohol, bactine, nothing. i recommend against it. your bra is goign to be uncomfortable for a few days but then it gets better, my gf hated it the first night; she walked with her shoulders forward. but there is a positive side. now, no joke, just rubbing the top of the nipple into the bar goign through it make smy dick hard. its like two "ON-buttons" on my chest now. And every time we are..you know...whatevering...orgasm is literally 15 seconds away once i give hers a gentle twist, a little bite...etc GO FOR IT...neither of our parents know, you can keep it a secret if you have to! hit us up on the PM for any other Q's you have...my girlie will show you hers if you ask nicely
I dont care about my parents knowing lmao, I'm an adult now. But, thanks for all the info. I'm sure I'll be okay. I'm going to go for it probably this week, if no bills come in the mail for me lmao. ^_^ And I'll be sure to post photos in my gallery when they are healed enough that they don't look nasty anymore lol