Saftey first...kink second.
And remember...you may find that it will leave a scar where you do it.
It will help to have a good knowledge of anatomy too, one can loose feeling in areas from scar tissue build ups and or initial damage of the needle insertion.
We would see a lot of this at the fetishballs, especially in combination with suspensions, its allways a great crowd pleaser.
In fact...I would reccomend that you both maby go attend a seminar at a fet-con and or a suspension play demo and or a couple of other demos on needle play before going hog wild on your own with it first. Not only will you be safer that way if and when you do decide to play with the needles, you will also perhaps loose some of the inheirent aprehension involved with it as you become more familar.