I had been visiting my buddy Michael in Anchorage, AK for a few days (I am from Portland, OR), when after a night of mind blowing sex, he asked me if I ever would get my hood pierced. Now, since he has a Prince Albert on his penis, I had since become curious about genital piercings. His piercing was so pretty, and it felt awesome during sex, too! I replied that I might be curious, and then we moved onto other conversation.
At A Glance Author Marisa Contact smulford@msn.com Artist Tanya Studio Body Piercing Unlimited Location Anchorage, Alaska The next day he brought his friend Michelle over and she showed me her horizontal hood piercing, which I fell in love with. I thought it was so beautiful and she said it made sex a LOT better which of course was a plus! Turns out Michael accompanied Michelle a month earlier to get her piercing done, and she told me it didn't hurt at all, much like getting an earlobe pierced. I said I was interested, since both of theirs looked so pretty and they both said their piercings increased sensation and arousal. Of course I was still nervous, but I thought, "If another woman can do this and live to tell the story, then I can too!".
So then the day before I was supposed to leave Anchorage, I told Michael out of the blue that I wanted to get my hood pierced that evening. He was all for it, and we made plans to go a few hours later.
He took me to the same place he had taken Michelle to get hers done, and we had to wait about 20 minutes for a room to become available and the jewelry/instruments to be sterilized. I thought the wait was long but since then have learned I was lucky to get in so soon without an appointment. My piercer introduced herself as Tanya, and she went outside to smoke before we started.
A few minutes later we were ready to do it. I had butterflies big time at this point...all I had done before was 3 holes in each earlobe! Michael came in the room with me, which I am grateful for because I needed a hand to squeeze! Tanya talked me out of a horizontal piercing, she said I am not "the right size" down there for it and we decided on a vertical. She told me she had a vertical and was way satisfied with it! I had to strip from the waist down and lie on a table with my knees pulled up and open. I did make the mistake of asking to see the needle and the ring before I got on the table, and I could have done without that! The needle looked thick to me. That's when I started getting really apprehensive! Tanya cleaned me off a few times, and then started poking around down there, putting the receiving tube under the hood, which was a little uncomfortable. She then said to take a deep breath in, and then when I blew out, she poked through, and BOY OH BOY did it fucking hurt like nothing else! I screamed pretty loud when she did it and I'm sure everyone in the waiting room smiled knowingly over that one...
It was surprising because the intense pain only lasted maybe 30 seconds, and then it was a very dull ache, not enough to notice, really.
After that she screwed the ball on the ring (a pretty silver one) and cleaned me off again. Then she said I could get dressed. I sat up too quickly and got REALLY lightheaded, at which point she got me some cold water to drink. It helped a lot! Putting my jeans on was ok, and then after giving me some cleaning instructions, we left.
We went to McDonalds afterwards to eat because I was still feeling faint and felt like I needed something to eat (plus we hadn't eaten in like 8 hours) and then went back to Michael's place, where we discovered I had been bleeding. It was very sore, it hurt to sit down, I couldn't believe the pain! I strongly suggest ibuprofen to anyone who does this! It helps a lot! The piercing bled a little for the next 24 hours and then it was just really tender and sore. I found that a little ice pack wrapped in a towel really relieves pain too.
Now it is 4 days later and the pain is almost gone! I can't wait to try masturbating and especially in a few weeks oral sex! I would recommend this to anyone who wants to do something crazy, but still have your own secret that no one needs to know about. I told my mom I did it and she said "you go girl!" And it looks so pretty!!
Anyone who is considering having this piercing, go for it! Celebrate being a woman and how beautiful our bodies are!