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  • Increased risk of infection.
  • Increased chance of damage to milk ducts that may affect future breastfeeding.
  • Increased risk of trauma (i.e. catching the nipple ring on something and tearing your nipple).
  • NOTE: Getting your nipple pierced DOES NOT increase your chances of getting breast cancer.
This is a picture of a nipple piercing. It shows a crescent shaped half ring pierced through the centre of the nipple, with two balls on both ends.
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