Just wanted to chime in as someone who has a very LOW tolerance for pain. I had both nipples pierced (horizonta barbells) in summer, both in one session. My piercer said most people do one nipple first and then come back for the other one, but I wanted to get it done and over with
Yes it hurt really bad, but the piercing process itself only takes like half a second. I believe anyone can take half a second of pain. But the healing process is different for everyone!
Afterwards my nipples were sore and felt kinda tight. I swear to god, that feeling lasted about 6 hours and I was good. I went out right afterwards, and I know how bad it is but my nipples were ahem played with that night. Yuck, I know..not hygenic, but it just happened.
I didn´t get an infection, and they were completely healed within a week. In comparison, my belly button piercing took about 3 months to stop secretion!
And my barbells are somewhat small, if I were to go braless (which never happens) my nipples would just look erect (cause they are halfway erect now all the time), you can´t see the piercings through the shirt.
I sorta didn´t like my nipples before, I hated the way they looked when they were soft. I just like the look of erect nipples I guess. When a friend had hers done and told me that having them pierced makes them stay somewhat erect all the time I was like ok I´m doing it. My fiancé always loved the idea of pierced nipples, so I had an ok from him too.
I seriously love my nipples now! lol. I wished I would have done this years ago