…the correct way to ask a customer a request like that?

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Friday October 5th, 2007 @ 6:06 AM

Filed under: Piercing

I recently went to a Tattoo/Piercing shop with a friend who was getting her nipples pierced. My friend is pretty big breasted, and when the time finally came to pierce them, the male piercer insisted she `play` with her nipples to make them hard, so that he could pierce them easier. Is it true that hard nipples are easier to pierce, and is that the correct way to ask a customer a request like that?

Tell your friend she was exploited. This is not a professional request. Back in the old school we used to prefer hard nipples to pierce, to make them hard we used alcohol (after the then standard iodine) which stimulated them in a totally non-sexual way. Nowadays, we don’t even keep alcohol in the shop (maybe a bottle of whiskey for after hours, but no rubbing alcohol) and we really don’t need erect nipples for modern piercing technique. In any case asking your customer to play with there nipples should be saved for a party at Xanadont not in a professional shop environment.

- Sean Philips

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