What a pain in the hood!
At A Glance
Author anonymous
When Three months ago
Artist Me
Studio My bedroom
Location Finland
About three months ago I decided that I wanted something to go with my two inner labia piercings.I like the way I jingle when I'm walking around naked. Since my anatomy wasn't suitable for a vertical hood piercing I decided I would try to pierce it horizontally.
First I'll tell a bit about my genital mods. I have done my two inner labia piercing myself, though not in the brightest possible way. But the point is that I know the way my genitals work and I know what's okay for my anatomy.

I carefully planned and pondered whether or not I should proceed with this piercing. Done right it would give me years of pleasure and a nice adornment, done wrong it might give me an infection or other bad problems. I planned for weeks with BME on my computer screen, I was practically glued to it.
But the day finally came.
I put some good music on and imagined how it all would work out.
I used a 14 G black circular barbell made out of titanium as jewelry and I washed it with soap, put a little disinfectant on it and proceeded to mark my hood.
I put a towel on the floor just in front on my full-body mirror and opened my legs up wide since I was going to use a 2 inch 12 G needle. Boy was this going to hurt..
I put on my gloves and opened the sterile needle package. I dipped the needle in lube and started. Now I knew the stinging sensation it would make to push a needle through my genitalia from before but I did not remember it being that intense. I pushed and pushed and all I got was more intense pain and sweat and adrenalin. My hands were shaky and I felt dizzy. But I kept going. The feeling of the needle sliding through gave me goosebumps.
After ten minutes of intense pain and pushing and huffing I got the needle through. I sat there in amazement and calmed myself down. I lubed the needle some more and proceeded on butting the jewelry inside the needle. Carefully I started to slide the jewelry in and the needle out. This did not hurt that badly. I was ready in no time, screwing on the other ball that belonged to the circular barbell.
I cleaned up and wiped the blood that had come from the piercing. I dropped my needle into the sharps box that I have and I was happy with myself.
My aftercare consisted of warm showers directed at it twice a day and leaving it the hell alone in the first two weeks.

Trouble started about two months after the procedure. I realized that it wasn't healing well. It was sore and swollen. I decided to switch the jewelry. What a mistake! The new CBR I decided to use was just plain poor quality - it had a rough surface, the ends were not properly evened out and it was too small in diameter. I have no idea why I even had such a crap piece of poorness included in my collection of jewelry. For some reason I decided to keep it in anyway.
Fast forward a week or two I decided to but the original jewelry in. It didn't help with basically anything. It was a bit more comfortable but that's where it ends. I knew I had to take it out. It just wasn't worth it.
I went to the shower and said to myself: "I win bitch." Well okay I didn't quite say that but I felt like it. I felt good taking it out, even now I don't miss it. Now when I fiddle with myself it's much more comfy because of the fact that I don't have to worry about it getting in the way.
As I was taking it out I smiled to myself and thought about the funniest thing regarding this. I had pierced that spot so that my boyfriend could enjoy it. Ironically he left me the day that this piercing was done. Somehow I wanted to fight for this piercing because it was important to me, partly because it reflected on our relationship. Luckily I realized that he was a jerk anyway and now I am with a lovely boy who loves my modifications and is interested in them too.
I am happy that I went on with my plans and pierced myself yet again because I feel that I am one experience richer now. I will continue piercing myself because of the fact that I feel like it is the right way for me to learn and get to know my limits.

Please girls and boys don't pierce yourself stupidly like I did. I used a way too long needle, resulting in my piercing being crooked and I didn't use proper jewelry and I tampered with it when it wasn't even healed.
I am only here to share my story, I don't promote self-piercing that is done stupidly. Only if it is done properly. Leave this to the professionals.

Disclaimer: The experience above was submitted by a BME reader and has not
been edited. We can not guarantee that the experience is accurate, truthful,
or contains valid or even safe advice. We strongly urge you to use BME and
other resources to educate yourself so you can make safe informed decisions.


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