I have always been turned by pierced nipples and after asking my wife to have hers pierced, she finally agreed. Perhaps she was just tired my my begging.
We decided to have it done by a professional and after some searching for a reputable piercer, we found one near our home. We made an appointment for 11 AM and once there had to fill out and sign all of the usual legal disclosures. Our piercer was a woman, Rita, about 40 years old. She told us she had been doing this for about 10 years and had a few discretionary ones herself, including her nipples - keeping jewelry in 24/7. She discussed what type of jewelry we wanted and how large the actual piercings. We decided on using various jewelry - barbells, rings and shields, so Rita suggested a horizontal piercing with medium sized bar. After all this she gave us a small tube of 5% xylocaine and some saran wrap, telling my wife to liberally smear the numbing ointment over her nipples and areolas, cover with the saran wrap inside her bra and return at 1 o'clock.
We went for a walk and had a coffee at Starbucks down the street. This waiting, seemed to calm my wife, but made me all the more excited and horny. Returning to the studio, Rita took us into the piercing room, had my wife remove her blouse and bra and put a piercing clanp on her right nipple. As planned, she felt nothing, thanks to the cream application. Rita then sterilized both nipples with betadine soap, then an alcohol wash to remove the residual betadine. Then, with a 14 gauge hollow needle, she applied the clamp at the base of each nipple and went through horizontally. Rita then threaded a 16 gauge stainless bar through the hollow needle, removing the needle in one motion. Small beads were then threaded onto each side of the bar. There was no pain and only a drop of blood involved. After instructions on post op care, we left and went home. For the next several weeks, it was my job twice a day to gently clean the piercings with peroxide, apply neosporin ointment, then help my wife into a soft cupped bra with a clean nursing pad inside. After successful healing we returned to Rita and picked out several pieces of nipple jewelry. One pair was an expensive bar with diamond studs; another was a colored jeweled ring with the anchoring bar across, and a tiered shield with the bar securing the nipple about 2 cm above the circular base that rests on the areola.
She never removes her piercings, except to clean herself and change the piercings. At night she wears the smaller diamond bar because it is comfortable when she is sleeping on her stomach. I especially like the shield because it forces her nipple outward, making it quite visible even through a sheer bra and sweater or blouse. We have a couple nipple cut out bras bought from Cameo Intimates. The shield fills the cut out and looks very sexy. Again with enough begging, she will wear one of these bras out for the evening under a clingy top. Needless to say she receives a lot of stares.