It was back in June that I finally got up the nerve to get this piercing. I had been dreaming of a vertical hood piercing for a long time now. I was reading about it, looking at pictures of them, visualizing what kind of jewelry I could get in it. Of course, I also thought about how nice it would feel once it was all healed and I could get full use out of it! I was also anxious to see what my boyfriend would think of such an "extreme" piercing on me.
At A Glance Author Badkitty Contact Badkitty@bme.anon When Two years ago Artist Anon Studio Anon Location NJ So after sitting around thinking about it constantly, I decided to get it a couple of weeks before I went to visit my then-boyfriend and surprise the hell out of him! He was very straight laced and almost couldn't believe when I got my nipple pierced. So I called up the shop and made sure that the guy I liked was going to be there. I knew the guy through a friend of mine that had work done by him in the past. The same guy also pierced my nipple, so I felt fine letting him see the rest of my goods.
The day of the piercing I had to work straight though until just before my appointment. It was agonizing knowing what I was about to do in just a few short hours and I could barely do my work without incident. One of my friends from work was also coming with me as moral support and to check out the shop herself. She was nervous for me and kept crossing her legs like a wuss. This wasn't really helping me any!
Work was finally over so we got in the car and drove up to the shop. It was an excruciating 45 minutes to get there. Once there, we had trouble finding a place to park and now my nerves were beginning to become a wreck. We went inside and found out the guy I set up the piercing with decided to go home early that day! We had called earlier to confirm that he would be there and he had just up and left not even 30 minutes earlier! I was pissed that he knew I was coming and left anyhow. I was already there and there was another guy at the shop that had been there longer that had an extensive portfolio and said he could do the piercing for me. Hooray!
So I selected my jewelry (14ga 3/8" curved barbell) and we proceeded into the back room to get set up. I was shit scared by then since I figured this would hurt more than my other piercings and tattoos simply because of where it was. I had worn a skirt that day to make things easier and up I went onto the table/chair thing to get in the stirrups. It was like a gynecologist trip from hell....as if they are not bad enough! He prepped all the jewelry, receiving tube, etc that he would need and told me to lie back so he could mark it. When he took a look at my hood and fiddled with it for a second, he told me that he was sorry but I do not have the right kind of hood for a vertical. I was shattered and my hopes went down the drain. He tried consoling me by saying that he would definitely do a horizontal piercing. So I ended up going with a circular barbell, since I do not like CBRs that much. He marked the dots for the horizontal. I was sure this would be far more painful too since it technically was two holes instead of one now. He again had my lay back and begin to breathe. The second I felt that needle I desperately wanted to jump and crush him with my knees, but resisted since I knew there was a needle right there. It was intense as anything, but the actual pain was very brief. Once the jewelry was in and the little bit of blood was dabbed off, I felt better. I carefully put my panties back on and got my things together to go outside and pay. It cost me $75, which wasn't too bad. He gave me some gross bogus aftercare that I didn't want to listen to and I was out the door...slowly. I already knew I was going to just wash it in the shower and give it a couple of sea salt or hot water soaks until it stopped hurting/bleeding/itching.
I managed the drive home just fine and was walking normal after about 5 minutes. It was definitely a very pretty piercing, but now it was just something nice to look at and I knew it wouldn't have much, if any, effect on my sex life. C'est la vie. I was still happy with it. It is about two years later and now I take it out for oral sex since I have it up to a 12ga and wear a steel circular barbell with 5mm ends on it.