At A Glance
Author	T
Contact	T@bme.anon
When	N/A
Studio	Bound By Design

In the spring of 2000 I needed a coming of age experience to help "find myself" and "prove to myself" that I had the guts be a tad different and handle the pain of a piercing other than my ear.

I also thought genital piercing would be erotic and provide pleasure.

I researched piercings with great detail on Bmezine.

I thought the PA was too "common" and also was not "the extreme". In the back of my mind I thought the Ampallang was the most intense because the amount of tissue pierced was so thick.

I remember walking for an hour in front of the piercer, Bound By Design, until I got the guts... Then I went in and said what I wanted. The guy behind the counter said, "it is the one that goes this way, not that way, you want, right?" I guess that proved the point I was not getting the most common piercing.

The procedure went fine, although I clearly remember laying on my back on the procedure table, both legs resting on the legs on the piercer, and right after she pushed the needle I remember my legs bouncing up and down uncontrollably due to endorphins. I don't remember the pain, I don't remember much else...

The Ampallang lasted about 6 months before I finally took it out once to "play without it" and I could not get it back in minutes later. I was not in love with it, so I abandoned ship.

Truth be told, the piercing never healed. I hang to the left so the barbell was pushed flat with my skin on my right side by my underwear, leaving quite a bit of barbell to extend past the skin on the left side.

Here is where the complications lay... The left side never healed because the barbell that extended would get caught and had more movement than the right side that was flush. Also, as the "crusties" deposited on the piercing, I discovered as I got hard in the middle of the night due to fun dreams, the barbell would be "pulled thru" the piercing, crusties and all. The crusties if thick enough would tear the inside of the piercing.

I discovered quickly (over six months) that, at least for me, the ampallang had some "design flaws" in that the jewelry had to be long enough to be flush on the happy moments, but required a lot of exposed barbell on the more "shy" moments of erection. If you could predict a few moments before every hard moment that a hard moment was on the way - you could clean it so crusties would not be an issue. But I am not predictable.

So it never healed.

But, how was it to play with? Quite nice actually. The Glans "sits on top of hard inner rods" when the penis is hard and you squeeze it to feel the soft and hard areas of the penis. The Ampallang piercing was placed thru the glans, but at the end of the "inner rods", up against the hardest inner pert. Hence the piercing massaged the inside of the penis as it could move around the soft glans and rub internally against the not so pliable shaft.

Years passed, many years. I every once in a while I visited BMEZine to see what I was missing.

One day I decided, it was time. PA time.

I went back to the place I knew, Bound By Design. I parked a block away and as I passed by the lobby was empty. So I thought, "ok, take a moment to relax and think about what you are doing." That was just the amount of time it took for someone to walk in moments before me. She also was going to have something "under the belt" done, so it took some time.

Hence I got to wait for about half an hour in the waiting room, talking to the desk clerk, and reading a news paper.

This was going to be my 4th piercing, two ears, 2nd under the belt.

However, maybe because I had already been pierced down there, or because I had surgery that was intensely painful on my ass (fistula), I knew pain was not something I was afraid of. I am sure I had some natural drugs in the veins, however I was surprisingly relaxed.

When it was my time, I was called in, and she started explaining... I interrupted and said, "I previously had an ampallang." She said, "you are my favorite type of client. You will do fine. You remember the aftercare, because it is about the same."

I dropped my drawers, she marked the spot, then inserted a qtip full of lube in my urethra while watching. Very little pain or sensation...

I laid down on my back and she inserted the needle. Unlike what I read about a receiving tube as the common procedure, she carefully inserted the needle down the urethra, and when it was time, rotated it 180 degrees and pushed it thru.

I honestly wish I got to watch, but I did not ask. Oh well. As she was placing the needle, I felt some pain, and I almost hoped that she was done. Then she said, "take a deep breath" and I felt the pain. It was a sharp stinging. I made a moan. It hurt. But it was over quickly. The insertion of the jewelry was a bit painful too.

But... Here is what I learned. I was so relaxed that I had very little natural drugs in my system, so I had nothing to mask the pain. Sometimes being scared is a good thing, as it masks pain...

I chose a circular barbell as I thought it would be aesthetically pleasing. Something about a ball at the urethra opening, and another on the surface of the penis shaft, looked good to me.

I honestly loved the look.

However, the ball was too small on the end of the barbell, so it kept sliding in the urethra causing most of the barbell to protrude the side of my penis. This was very uncomfortable and caused problems.

I went back two days later and Bound By Design replaced the barbell for free with a CBR. That CBR was too big for my taste, (they were optimistic on how much I would grow when "happy")... So I went home and played with myself to see how big it really needed to be... Then went to a nearby piercing store and purchased the right size ring and installed it.

It has been six weeks and the piercing is almost completely healed.

I learned:

1) it is fun to play with

2) just like the Ampallang, crusties getting pulled inside with "morning wood" is extremely painful, but much easier to manage.

3) it bled real bad on day three. A few drops on days 1,2,4. Just crusties on other days.

4) it took about three weeks before it was not "irritated"

5) Going to the bathroom is still unpredictable, so I use the sink or sit down, or use a urinal standing "in it"...

I don't know if I will keep it. I enjoy it. It is fun. I like the looks. I am past the worst part of healing, now it is just "cleaning and maintenance"... But, sometimes the journey is more important than the destination and the journey is almost over.

There were days I was ready to take it out on the spot. But I kept saying, "give it one more day."