I was surfing around and came across this site, so I decided to send in my story. I am a freak, I say this with a great degree of pride (probably much like many of those who submit here) I decided about two years ago to get a PA (Prince Albert, for those who don't know, look it up). Well , I got it done and all was well until I was temporarily incarcerated. The law enforcement officials decided that I might stab someone or make a bomb with that 10 gauge 1/2 inch hoop, so they asked, none too politely, to remove it. After some debate and the threat of bolt cutters, I was only too happy to take it out. At the time I was scheduled to stay with the fine gentleman of the Ingham county sherriffs department for 38 days. Now normally this wouldn't be a problem, most of my piercings stay open for a couple of months, however, I had just stretched from a 12 gauge to a 10 gauge. I'm still not sure if that is why the piercing closed up so fast, it's just a theory I've got. Anyway, due to my alleged lack of cooperation in the removal process, a somewhat peeved deputy told me in some rather offensive terms that I wasn't going to be moved back into a regular cell block for quite some time. He was right. By the time I did get back to some kind of privacy in an area where I MIGHT be able to find a facsimile of a ring, it was too late.
At A Glance Author smokesalottabuds Contact smokesalottabuds@yahoo.com When A year ago Artist andy wilson Studio Wild Side Tattoo Location Lansing , MI
There are not really many items in a jail setting which you could use to imitate a ring . Most guys like to break a tooth out of a comb. Now that is great for nose and ear and even lip and eyebrow piercings, but a PA???!!! "What the hell am I gonna do now?" Eventually I tried the comb method. It was too late, my hole had sealed up. No way was I gonna try to shove the broken off tooth of a state issued comb through the sealed extra hole in the head of my penis. The whole idea was just ridiculous. Depression began to set in, "dammit, I really liked that piercing. My girl really liked that piercing." Oh well, obviously I survived the whole experience and neither the incarceration nor the depression resultant from the loss of the piercing drove me to suicide. Alas, life went on.
Just as a side note, shortly after I was released, that girl and I broke up. Now i don't know for sure, but I believe that she left as a direct result of my losing that ring. She really liked that thing. But, that's neither here nor there, back to the saga.
Now nearly a year has passed since this unfortunate event. I'm basically doing sales for my associate and longtime friend Andy Wilson (Wild Side Tattoos in Lansing,Michigan...yes this is a blatant plug, it helps fill out the damn eight hundred word minimum...ha-ha guys) and I brought in 3 people with 6 nipples to be done. Now these are all good friends of mine so it's a really comfortable gathering. My first friend, we'll call her Betty, got both her nipples done no problem. Barely a flinch. Her boyfriend, we'll call him Jim (not their real names...or are they, who knows) was not so lucky. After his first one, this rather dark skinned indian fellow turned completely white. We sat him down and got some cool damp towels for his forehead and got him back to normal and all was well. Being good friends like we were, there was a certain amount of kidding around, where upon Andy turns to me and says "Laugh it up now, I'm redoing your PA next." I've always felt that a certain amo unt of time was necessary to prepare for a serious piercing and ten minutes was just not enough. After a few minutes of "peer-pressure" we'll say, I gave in and went for it. Being my usual stubborn self, I felt the need to assist on my own PA. I don't recommend this. Either do it yourself (If your qualified and have the sterile space and proper equipment) or have it done. Don't try to assist on your own.
It was quite an interesting experience. There was a rather sizable lump of scar tissue which was almost impossible to get through and then made a loud pop when it finally gave. Talk about scaring the s#$% out of yourself. But I am now up to an 8 gauge 5/8 ring and am ready to go to a 6 soon.
The morale of the story, well, I guess don't go to jail and lose your PA and if you do and get it redone, don't assist on it. See ya and have fun.