Nipple Piercings

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Tuesday October 14th, 2008 @ 9:02 AM

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I have been reading through your wealth of information on nipple piercings this afternoon. I got mine pierced yesterday- and the studio chose 16 gauge. I have read several times on your site that it should be 14 ga. or larger… does this mean I have a larger chance of rejection/migration? I’m a bit worried now..

It’s less to do with migration and more to do with tearing. I’m sure I’ve mentioned cheesewires in a previous post! If you catch a 16g piercing you are more likely to tear the piercing which is why 16g is never used on soft tissue in an area that either sees a lot of action or is likely to get caught. Unfortunately, with your piercing being over a day old and no doubt a little inflamed, having it tapered up to the appropriate size is not viable so your best best is to give it at least a year and in that time take great care that you do not catch it, then have it tapered up to 14g. Alternatively, if you don’t want to take the risk, remove the jewellery now and give it three months and have it pierced again at the right size.

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Hi- Thanks for the reply. So would you say this person is not knowledgeable and I might want to go elsewhere? I have gotten all of my tattoo work from him. I’m not familiar with the term taper… meaning pierce a larger hole through it once it’s been there a year? Is it possible that it will be ok? I’m quite nervous now… it was pretty painful to get done and if I took it out I probably would not get it redone not to mention throwing the money it cost down the drain…

tatt2dcowgrl on October 14th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

A tattoo isn’t a piercing. The two are entirely separate professions within the same industry. It’s up to you to decide whether or not you are happy with your tattooist piercing you. Me personally, I visit piercers for piercings and tattooists for tattoos. A taper is a blunt tool that is thin and tapered at one end and larger at the other. It can also be refered to as an insertion pin. It is inserted into a piercing with a bit of lube and passed through so that the fistula is stretched up to its thickest point thus allowing jewellery of the same size to follow it through.

Tiff Badhairdo on October 15th, 2008 at 10:55 am

Thanks again for your reply. Maybe it’s just this area- but while there are lots of just piercers all the tattooists I know/have met also do piercing. Why does it have to be a year before we can taper it? For healing time? I can also send a photo if that would help. Thanks again!

tatt2dcowgrl on October 15th, 2008 at 9:47 pm

If you stretch a healing piercing you will damage the freshly forming tissue which can result in excessive scarring.

Tiff Badhairdo on October 16th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

…which begs the question, tiff, how long *should* people generally wait before nipple stretching? 2 days in is obviously too quick, but i’ve heard of success after only a few months (admittedly it seems easier for females). i had mine done at 8g in feb - 8 months ago - and feel ready to stretch to 6g. is this jumping the gun in your opinion?

oh and t2dcg - getting piercings done by a tattooist is kind of like hiring a tiler who does plumbing on the side. just remember, ANYONE can call themselves a piercer, there is very little constructive legislation/regulation anywhere in the world.

redeye on October 16th, 2008 at 5:53 pm

As you’ve probably noticed, everyones interpretation of what constitutes a healed piercing tends to vary, but as a benchmark for the healing of nipples, I would say in small nipples (like male nipples) consider them healed at around a year. For larger nipples, allow 18 months and for stretching add around three months onto the healing time. I always think it is best to think slow slow slow so that you can be sure you have a well-healed piercing that isn’t going to get pissy when you try to stretch it.

Tiff Badhairdo on October 17th, 2008 at 6:56 am

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Hi- Thanks for the reply. So would you say this person is not knowledgeable and I might want to go elsewhere? I have gotten all of my tattoo work from him. I’m not familiar with the term taper… meaning pierce a larger hole through it once it’s been there a year? Is it possible that it will be ok? I’m quite nervous now… it was pretty painful to get done and if I took it out I probably would not get it redone not to mention throwing the money it cost down the drain…
tatt2dcowgrl on October 14th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
A tattoo isn’t a piercing. The two are entirely separate professions within the same industry. It’s up to you to decide whether or not you are happy with your tattooist piercing you. Me personally, I visit piercers for piercings and tattooists for tattoos. A taper is a blunt tool that is thin and tapered at one end and larger at the other. It can also be refered to as an insertion pin. It is inserted into a piercing with a bit of lube and passed through so that the fistula is stretched up to its thickest point thus allowing jewellery of the same size to follow it through.
Tiff Badhairdo on October 15th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Thanks again for your reply. Maybe it’s just this area- but while there are lots of just piercers all the tattooists I know/have met also do piercing. Why does it have to be a year before we can taper it? For healing time? I can also send a photo if that would help. Thanks again!
tatt2dcowgrl on October 15th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
If you stretch a healing piercing you will damage the freshly forming tissue which can result in excessive scarring.
Tiff Badhairdo on October 16th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
…which begs the question, tiff, how long *should* people generally wait before nipple stretching? 2 days in is obviously too quick, but i’ve heard of success after only a few months (admittedly it seems easier for females). i had mine done at 8g in feb - 8 months ago - and feel ready to stretch to 6g. is this jumping the gun in your opinion?

oh and t2dcg - getting piercings done by a tattooist is kind of like hiring a tiler who does plumbing on the side. just remember, ANYONE can call themselves a piercer, there is very little constructive legislation/regulation anywhere in the world.
redeye on October 16th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
As you’ve probably noticed, everyones interpretation of what constitutes a healed piercing tends to vary, but as a benchmark for the healing of nipples, I would say in small nipples (like male nipples) consider them healed at around a year. For larger nipples, allow 18 months and for stretching add around three months onto the healing time. I always think it is best to think slow slow slow so that you can be sure you have a well-healed piercing that isn’t going to get pissy when you try to stretch it.
Tiff Badhairdo on October 17th, 2008 at 6:56 am

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