At A Glance
Author	maggit
Contact	maggit@bme.anon
IAM	maggit
When	It just happened
Artist	Tails
Studio	Primal Piercing @ ground Control
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland

Hood piercing, something I'd always wanted done but was too dubious about my local piercers to seriously consider.
Up until this point, I had always wanted my previous piercings from an aesthetic point of view, but as far as the hood was concerned I had heard many stories about the hood piercing increasing sexual arousal, by generating constant pressure on the clitoris. As my sex drive had driven off and left me at some point in the last year, I was really interested in utilising the hood piercing to do something about it, plus the girlfriend wanted to use it as a (shallow) excuse to have a nosey at my bits!

By complete coincidence, a fellow iam-er from Edinburgh started speaking to me, and we eventually lightened upon my predicament. As we had planned to meet up in Edinburgh that Friday, we decided to make a day of it and mark the occasion by getting my hood, and his guiche pierced by his local piercer, Tails @ Ground Control, who he told me was a really fantastic guy.

So the day came and my courage went! Our train to Edinburgh also decided to break down at Inverkeithing, which only succeeded in giving me more time to 'stew', as the appointment for the piercing was at 1pm, and our train had been delayed by 40 minutes giving me only 1hour to meet with Allan and get to the studio.

Though it turned out we had ample time, and we all sat in the park on Princess street enjoying the sun and getting to know each other before heading off to Cockburn street. (What an unfortunate street-name!)

Tails, the piercer was quite a character, very gruff-seeming and sarcastic, but a really, really nice bloke, and I preferred his attitude to the "Are you ok? It's just going to nip a little etc.." one a lot of other piercers have.
There was no messing about! I went into his little room which seemed very clean and had a tiled bench instread of the usual dental chair, and he explained that he was about to drown my poor hood and clitty in novocain spray, which I had to give about 20 minutes or so to work. So I was told, "Well, wheek 'em off then!" and the novocain was applied.
It wasn't overly unpleasant at first but soon it started really stinging, and tingling. Tails covered the area with a bit of Kleenex to make sure it wouldn't soak all over my muff
"Hey, is that bog-roll your using then?"
"What! Bog-roll? No way, I only use Kleenex babe, as used by the top salons!"
He really had a wicked sense of humour!

We left the shop and went for a coffee up the road while the spray was given a chance to do something, and I felt like a complete tit shuffling up a hill with a large bung of Kleenex in my flaps!

With the necessary time killed, we returned, and I got back up onto the bench with my trousers open but still pulled up.
"Well, what are you waiting for, this isn't a bloody bed!"
I was a bit shy I suppose but Tails did have a point, I mean, what's the point in being shy if you want your hood done in the first place?!

I pulled everything out of the way, and Tails removed the Kleenex and had a good look at what he was doing, before getting the needle, and, unclamped, pushed through my hood.

"Ouuuccchh!"
"Will you bloody be still!"
"Owwwww"
"Ok, that's the needle through, (to my g/f) you want to take a picture now?"
I see a brief flash as my genitals are illuminated for a moment, and between my girlfriend, the piercer and Allan, I feel a bit like someone giving birth, hell, everyone can have a look!

Then came time for the jewellery to be inserted. A 1.6mm barbell, which was deliberately too long to allow for any swelling.
The stem of the barbell went in without incident, but by the time Tails was ready to screw it closed, it had started slipping out and he had a bit of a struggle to keep it from going all the way back out.
"That's the first time that's ever happened" He kind of sighed as he managed to get the barbell closed.

Then some more photographs plus a sly grope from the missus!
"Aw for christs sakes ladies, I don't need a show!".

Then Allan was next, and his guiche was done using a rather brutal-looking 2.4mm catheter, (which Tails referred to as his 'real babies') Rather him than me, and I'm sure he'll share his story with you some other time.

Another great thing about Tails is his pricing structure, he has no price lists anywhere, he just charges what he thinks the piercing is worth, so I was only £20. I gave him a small tip which he shouted at me for, saying he makes plenty money, and he charges what he thinks is fair (and that he would've preferred a bottle of vodka to the money!) and we left, slightly worried about how we would walk to catch the bus, but, walking seeemd to be fine.
Sitting? Well, I'm fine if I do it VERY SLOWLY, or if I don't go on a ridiculously bumpy bus-ride 10 minutes after having the piercing. Don't do this, really, you'll never think about bumps in the road the same way again.

For the first day it was only ever painful when I sat wrong, by 'plonking' down on a seat instead of 'rolling' back, as it put pressure on the over-sized barbell, making it push against my hood, but it's not something I couldn't live with.
Peeing hasn't been a problem either, as I just 'aim' my pee-stream backwards and make sure to dab gently, and I found on my first trip to the toilet afterwards there was no blood down there, which I suppose surprised me (I'd still taken a pantyliner with me just incase, as well as wearing black pants).

When I finally got home I got my girlfriend to take a close look. She said it was looking really healthy though looked a bit squint, on just enough of an angle to avoid a rather large vein I have down there, and it wasn't swelling significantly.

It's been 24 hours since it was pierced, and it's much less painful, although prone to being itchy (which may have been the novocaine I'm told). I made a point of peeing 'forward' this morning to see how it was (and clean up using urine which comes out of the body 100% sterile due to the ammonia) and it was a little stingy for the first 1/2 a second, but fine afterwards, then I showered, avoiding using soap down there.
Then Jackie rubbed some herbal cream on the areas that have been itching, again making a point to keep a certain radius away from the piercing.
I'm also experiencing a lot of 'sensation' which is both bizarre and extremely nice, but I'm getting horney at the slightest thing! No sex for a fortnight though, so this could be the longest 14 days of my life!