The account below was written at the time in 2002.

Over the past few years I have been interested in piercing in general but it was something I never really considered for myself. One day I was surfing the web and out of curiosity I decided to search for nipples and piercing and the results aroused a new interest.

It come up several times in conversation and my wife suggested that I may be kinky enough to have it done, but I think she thought I really didn't have the bottle. Well neither did I until......

Wednesday July 24th.
I sussed out the two tattoo and piercing places in the town. After asking questions and deciding which one I preferred I made my mind up to have it done Thursday.

Thursday July 25th
At twelve fifteen I rang the shop and arranged an appointment, I went down town, drew some cash from the machine and entered the shop. They were friendly and laid back about the whole thing. I filled in a disclaimer form, and paid my money whilst Jon was getting things ready.
He appeared and I was taken upstairs to where piercing was done. There was an examination table, covered in white leather and a workbench next to it.
Jon asked me to remove my shirt and sit on the couch, he then cleaned my nipple with an antiseptic swab and marked the position for the hole, he applied a clamp but was not happy with the position. At this point I was feeling a little faint, he advised me to lie down and reassured me that this is quite normal.
He had the clamp positioned. "Just close your eyes and take a deep breath" he said, on the count of three, and then he pushed the needle through my nipple. I had read that it was similar to having an injection, this is totally untrue, for about one second the pain was very intense and I could actually feel the needle forcing its way through my flesh almost a millimeter at a time. Involuntarily my back arched and I shouted, "oh shit, that hurts" probably stating the obvious. Then the pain eased off. I was bathed in sweat, I could feel it under my back and on my face. "I am now going to insert the bar," Jon said and I felt another sharp pain, not quite as strong as he pushed the bar through.
"There you go all done, just lie there until you feel like getting up" he gave me a glass of water as my mouth was dry. Now it was over I felt like a wimp, I mentioned this to Jon but he said that's quite a normal reaction for anyone. We chatted for a few minutes about piercing and aftercare for a while. Then I sat up and had a look at the result. The nipple was slightly swollen, in fact to the full width of the bar; I was surprised how much behind the tip of the nipple the piercing was. He then placed a sterile dressing on it and advised me to leave it on for at least two hours. He gave me a sheet of paper advising how to keep the piercing clean etc. I put on my shirt and we left the room.
As I walked out of the shop it was quite uncomfortable, feeling as if a red-hot clamp was on the nipple. When I got home I had something to eat then I slept for about an hour and a half.
That night it took me ages to get comfortable and get to sleep.

It took about three weeks for it to heal, but a couple of months for it to heal poperly.
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Even now, two years later, it can still easily get infected. It still requires regular cleaning.

I like it because if I wish, when the weather is nice I can take my shirt off and its interesting to see peoples reactions.
At work and in social gatherings with my shirt on its my little secret, my little rejection of society.
My little symbol.
Should I keep it, or should I take it out ??

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I may be off line for a couple of weeks...
see you all soon.