DIY piercing advice

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Saturday January 26th, 2008 @ 10:51 AM

Filed under: Nipple

I’ve been piercing myself for about a year now, and I’m at the point where I outright refuse to go to the pros. So the other day, I tried piercing my nipples. I failed in both tries. The first time, I simply couldn’t get it all the way through. At some point, I was pushing and the clamp slipped, so I took out the needle and gave up on that side, I tried the other side and I saw the end of the needle about to poke through, but then I looked in the mirror and realized my placement was too low, so I gave up on that side too.
Also keep in mind, I’m a DIY piercer. I don’t have any professional supplies other than needles and a clamp.

This questions was edited slightly for brevity

I’m going to try to ignore the irony of the statement, “…I outright refuse to go to the pros” yet, here you are, seeking advice from “pros” when things didn’t go the way you planned. To be clear, I haven nothing against DIY piercing…I just find your philosophy a little amusing.

A couple of advantages of having your piercing done professionally is that the piercer doesn’t have to feel the pain, so they can complete the piercing much faster. In addition, the angle/position for doing the piercing (especially nipple piercing) is generally better…much easier to get the piercing to come out straight, not have the clamps slip etc. It sounds like you are having problems in both of those areas, but there isn’t much that can be done about the second one, since you are determined to do it yourself.

As for the other…the best thing I can suggest is be 100% sure of your marks as well as the position of your clamps and your needle.. If both of those things are spot-on, you should be able to push the needle through quickly and still end up with good results.

There really are no others tricks or mysteries to it. But even if there were, as a “pro” I couldn’t tell them to you anyway.