[lastoneout]

miss_jane: Oh no, both of mine are done. You know, when it came to my other piercings (ears, nose, lip), the anticipation was way worse than the actual pain itself. But this time around, my poor nipples were shrieking in horror... but it was such a DIFFERENT type of pain altogether. I'm so surprised that I'm totally fine today, I expected more pain and swelling. But the twins are so chill today. Hah. Except for that dang breeze!!!

[miss_jane]

zoya I have actually read a story of a woman breaking her tooth on her husbands genital piercing. =( Tis a shame though. I guess piercings for lovin is an acceptable sacrifice!

lastoneout - good to know! I'm still contemplating. What made you decide to get one rather than both?

[zoya]

well, I took out my vertical hood piercing. Why? well I decided its a wonderful solo implement to play with.. but add another person to the equation, and it just got in the way. I love oral, and seriously, hearing that clicking down there, I was becoming afraid I'd break someone's teeth. So.... it's gone. I loved it in some ways, but was never totally attached to it.

[lastoneout]

Just got my nipples done last night. It was a holy heck amount of pain, but I'm so glad I went through it.

miss_jane... YES! For some reason, I was worried that I'd lose feeling in my nipple if it went wrong, but I was told that it was the opposite. The piercer wasn't kidding when she said that sensation is heightened. WOAH. Hello, breeze!

[miss_jane]

Nipple busties - quick question. Enhanced sensation, true or false?

Just popping in to say today I took the first step in stretching my ears by putting in a measly 16g barbell. I had my ears done with a gun (naughty) and so from what I'd read figured they'd be about 18g so I thought it best to start from the beginning. It was a case of hot shower, then sticking in the jewellry. Now my lobes just feel a bit hot.

[culturehandy]

I must say that my nipple barbell is doing well. Hurts sometimes, but I am diligent about keeping it clean, and try not to stretch out too much.

[cherrydeluxe]

Maybe a little late, but I have my monroe and nipples pierced.
Both healed up wonderfully...although it took a little getting used to eating after the monroe!

I had my rook and a regular cartilage piercing for about 2 years and just had to get them both pried outta my ear by my piercer due to infection and keloid (those bumps talked about earlier).

I guess cartilage just doesn't work for me....

[fred_the_girl]

you can strech your ears at home pretty easily just get some cheap plugs and some electrical tape and as long as they arnt flaired plugs just do one or two layers of tape every week or two and it goes prettyl quickly and it streches the skin instead of ripping it, i found this a lot easier than a taper when i was doing mine they are now 3/4" and doing great, as long as you occasionally wash then in the shower it works awsome

[miss_jane]

Tis true. I might go and ask him today seeing as I have a free morning. I think whats putting me off is knowing how long it'll take to get to the size I want, which just isn't logical at all!

[ginger_kitty]

Yeah, but how much is the kit and how many times are you actually going to need each of the tappers? Most piecers will stretch your ears for free if you have the jewelery just maybe throw them a tip to be nice. They might charge you a few bucks to autoclave the jewelry so its sterile.

[miss_jane]

Linseed oil you say? I'll have to try that. I did actually know that about the porous thing, but I didn't put two and two together!

I looked on my piercers webpage and it says they stock "stretching kits". Am I right in assuming that would mean tapers and the like?

[ginger_kitty]

miss jane, I don't know if you have already tried this, but sometimes organic materials are to porous and you rub linseed oil on them to make them more comfortable to wear.

I am so lazy I want to strecth my lobes too, but they have been at 10 gauge forever. I know several piercers locally I just never go in to have them stretched. I tried to do it at home w/out a taper but failed.

caroline, you might try lucite jewelry, its like a really tough plastic.

[miss_jane]

No, thank you! Where did my link go wrong? Just when I thought I was getting the hang of this html malarky

That sounds really nice - did you have to pay a lot to get them done? My favourite earrings are really delicate ones I got from Barcelona. There are made of wood, and have a very dark semi-circle hood and then a stick of lighter wood with goes through the actually piercing and through both ends of the loop. Only problem is they start to hurt after a while. I don't think they are very good quality.

[lucizoe]

Those are cute, miss_jane! (I hope you don't mind my relinking it...)

My piercer made me some spiral corkscrews out of the surgical stainless steel used for cbrs...like wine corkscrews they twist through the two top holes in my lobes and rest above them. Makes it look like I have four holes in each lobe instead of three.

I want something really similar to your earrings for the bottom ones. Maybe a little more delicate - all my jewelry is tiny.

[miss_jane]

I can imagine that you might form a bond like no other experiencing that together!

Thanks lucizoe.

ETA: I want to show off the jewellry I've already bought (bad I know) for when I have stretched my ears! <a href="http://www.bmeshop.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=12&idproduct=5661" target="_blank">Mmm Sexy</a>.

[lucizoe]

Stretching is done with a taper (a bit bigger than a piercing needle, blunt, and is skinny skinny at one end, gradually gets thicker), which all come in a variety of gauges. Some people just go right up a gauge, especially in lobes, which tend to be easily stretchy anyway. A piercer uses a taper to make the transition easier.

My piercer and I got to be best buddies when he was stretching my hood piercing. I had left it out for about two years and wanted it back, so over a period of about three weeks he stretched it from an almost completely closed hole to a 12 gauge barbell. Yowzah. First session hurt.

[miss_jane]

Coming back to harrass you all a bit more.

Has anyone here ever stretched out any of their piercings? I'm interested in stretching one of my lobe piercings but I'm not really sure how to go about it and everyone else just seems to know, so I'm a bit embarrassed to ask my piercer!

[miss_jane]

I have thought about doing that but my piercer had an apprentice at the moment. I'm going to uni soon anyway so if I might see how I feel afterwards, see if he has one then. At least now I know he takes them on!

caroline_no, maybe it'd be better if you got a rubbery barbell (not sure of the material name, the type pregnant women use for navel piercings)

[ginger_kitty]

miss jane , my hubby used to apprentice, just go and check out shops in your area. Try to find a really clean one and just ask if they are taking apprentices. Sometimes you just have to hang out in shops for a while and let them know you're interested. You can really learn a lot just hanging out.

[caroline_no]

has anyone w/ pierced nipples ever had a sonogram or mamogram? i have to do this soon, not looking 4ward..