After seeing my boyfriend A. have his dick pierced with a PA, I had to have one. It looked really good, and he seemed to be having fun with it. I had wanted something more than my left lobe pierced for some time, but couldn't really decide what. My workplace isn't too happy with visible piercing, so it had to be clothed or tasteful. Tasteful is boring, shocking and secretive is fun.
At A Glance Author [w] Contact [w]@bme.anon When A week ago Artist Jason Studio Exotic Location Perth, Australia Not wanting to chicken out, I forced myself to get an appointment with Jason at our 'local' (Exotic, here in Perth, Australia) for Saturday morning. Both A. and our housemate B. had been pierced there numerous times by him, always professionally and with great aftercare. Besides, I felt a kind of loyalty to them.
For a week before the appointment I read as much on BME as I can, telling myself that I have to go through with it, otherwise I'd feel like I'd let myself down. Seeing A.'s healing nicely (his was pierced a week before mine) convinced me it was going to be a walk in the park, along with the supportive stories on BME. I was slightly concerned about the lack of negative stories though. I'm sure somebody out there had an unsuccessful experience, but I certainly couldn't find it.
The morning of the appointment I was more nervous than I think I've been for anything else, ever. I showered, paying particular attention to cleaning my pubic area, making sure I dried thoroughly. Next thing I realise is I'm lying in Jason's piercing chair with my pants around my knees. "I can't believe I'm doing this, I can't believe I'm doing this!" kept running through my mind.
Jason showed me the tools and jewellery, and confirmed placement. I'm circumcised, so the piercing was positioned directly under the head. Uncircumcised guys need it either side of the flap of skin that attaches to the foreskin. I laid back, closed my eyes and gripped the arm rests hard.
Having prepared myself by reading BME made the whole thing sound easy and pretty painless. Trust me - its not. It hurt like hell. The receiving tube went into my urethra, and burned on the way down, followed by the sharp pain of the needle, then the agonising twist of the CBR being closed. But after all of about 15 seconds, all the pain and cursing was over. I looked down and saw a lump of steel through the end of my dick. Wow! I'd done it! The adrenalin rush had left me on an absolute high, even shaking a bit.
Jason waited for my new piercing to start bleeding so he could patch me up and send me on my way. 10 minutes later, the waiting was getting tedious, so he wrapped me up in tissue and covered the whole thing with a latex glove and elastic band.
I got out of the chair and tenderly tried a few steps. Aside from the unexpected bundle of wrapping in my pants, it was okay. We paid, made an appointment for A. to get a new surface piercing later in the day (Exotic do a two for one deal) and wandered out into the sun.
Walking was a little sore, and kind of odd, but after about twenty minutes the slight pain went away. When we got home, I un-wrapped the tissues and glove, washed with saline and wrapped myself up in cotton bandages - far more comfortable than the glove.
It's been about a week now, and I'm still totally shocked that I had it done. It stopped bleeding after about 24 hours of being bandaged, but I kept myself wrapped up for about four days to keep it from moving around too much. Peeing is pretty easy once you get used to it - practising in the shower helped to make sure I had the aim right. Masturbating still hurts a little, but its getting better. Every now and then I'll sit down awkwardly and catch it in my pants, but its pretty easy to get used to doing things 'properly'.
I'm planning on stretching to 8ga or so – no doubt I'll see what happens. Once its healed and I am confident I can swap the jewellery, I'll move to a Princes Bell (like a barbell, but with no external ring – just two beads showing).
It looks fantastic, feels good, and makes me happy that I've gone through with it. Having it done fulfilled the desire to get something pierced, and relieved the 'boredom factor'. While it did hurt for a few minutes, the pain wasn't unbearable. If you want to go for a PA, I suggest just gritting your teeth and doing it. It's the most amazing emotional high to think "Wow, I've got a lump of steel through my dick and you would cringe if I told you". And I still can't believe I did it.