I got my first piercing when I was 17. Now I have 18 in my ears alone. I also got 2 in my eyebrow, septum, tongue, labret, nipples, and navel. I don't wear the nipples anymore, since they got hooked on everything in sight, and just generally hurt like hell. I have my ears gauged to a 2, and am planning on going to a 0, or maybe even a 00.
Piercings can make you feel more masculine or feminine. It's all how you look at yourself.
But anyway, congrats!