I got my nipple pierced as my first piercing last September. I was really nervous when I went in to the shop (Retro Rebels in Aberdeen), and was shaking, but the guy who was doing the piercing was really calm, which calmed me down, and explained the process, saying that it was a bit painful and a hard piercing for the first piercing. When he put the clamp on it hurt a bit, but then he told me to take a deep breath in. He then stuck the needle in and I just thought "Fuck this hurts," but it was all over within seconds, and hardly hurt at all after the initial sting. I am really glad that I got it done and I would get my right nipple done too (I got my left one done). I am also planning a PA piercing.