I wanted to have a vertical clithood piercing for a while. I've talked it over with a few friends and with ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends, but none of them liked this piercing.
At A Glance Author Sibel Contact Sibel@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Samantha Studio Dare2wear Location Amsterdam, Netherlands It wasn't my first piercing, I had a labret and an inverse navel done before. All piercers at Dare2wear are female, and I felt more comfortable having my clithood pierced by a woman than a man.
There were two German girls at the piercingshop who got a lipring and a snakebite. I was just walking around, looking at all the pictures and jewelry, being nervous and deciding if I would walk away or just wait. One of the German girls asked me which piercing I was getting, but I told her I wasn't sure yet. I was just too afraid and embarresed to tell her. At this point I could still walk away. Yet I waited until the German girls were done and paid. They were gone and the piercer, Samantha, turned to me.
"So what can I help you with?"
- "Ehh ehh, well, ehh. I want to have a.. ehh... vertical clithood."I was so nervous even saying that. Thinking she had to examine my vagina any time later felt so embarrassing. Her reaction was just "Ok cool! Just sit down over there I'll make everything ready"
To be honest, the worst part was over now. Samantha closed the shop and asked me to close the curtains. There was nobody there except for us and nobody would walk in, in the middle of the procedure. That made me feel a lot more comfortable.
Samantha asked me to take of my pants and lie down. She explained what she was going to do. First she checked my anatomy. "Perfect". The funny thing is, she did not mention the word clithood, vagina or anything similar any time. She kept referring to it as your anatomy.
She asked me if I wanted a bananabell of a straight barbell. She told me there wasn't really a difference since the clithood is very flexible. I chose the straight one.
She put the needle with the plastic tube around it underneath my clithood. "This probably feels the most uncomfortable", she said. She was right. I was about to get pierced and felt so nervous...
Then her glove snapped. Samantha took the needle back and put on new gloves. We had to laugh, which made all the nerves go away. Back to the needle putting underneath my clithood. She asked me to breathe out, and the needle went through. Nnghhhh!! That hurt. But only for 2, maybe even 1 second. I was so surprised that was it. "You did it", she said. Right after I didn't feel any pain anymore.
I read a lot of stories on bmezine, and have read many experiences of only feeling one sharp sting and nothing more. I didn't really believe all of that, I expected to hurt so much more. But really, it was just one sting and that's it.
I took a look at it, and it was prettier than I thought. It didn't bleed, it didn't feel sore, nothing! That nasty sting was all worth it. I thanked Samantha, paid 65 euros, and she told me about the aftercare. She told me the minimum healing time is one week, the maximum is two. Great to hear, compared to my inverse navel which took 3 months before it was fully healed!
I've read woman felt more confident with their vagina after this piercing, and now I understand it. I do feel more comfortable and think my anatomy looks a lot better now.
The morning after (about 20 hours later), still no pain and no bleeding. I took another look at it, and it looks great. Only my right labia is a tiny bit swollen. But I'm sure that will go away in a few days.
By the way, I haven't had sex yet. To be honest, my boyfriend doesn't know yet. I only sent him a text message telling him I'm getting a new piercing, but got no questions or response to that. At some point this week he'll have to notice. I don't know what he thinks about it yet, but I took this piercing for me, not for him.
As I mentioned before, I had my labret and my inverse navel pierced before. To be honest, my vertical clithood piercing was the least painful piercing. Especially the after-pain is nothing compared to them. I still think shooting 4 earrings in a row hurt the most.
I had my inverse navel done at Dare2wear as well, and I recommend the shop to everyone. I've been pierced by Samantha and by Sharon, and both are so extremely nice. I feel comfortable with them in no-time and they treat you personally, not like a human being who wants to have a hole punched in their body. I had my labret done by a piercer whom I didn't feel comfortable with, and still regret I didn't have it done at Dare2wear.
Everyone who lives in the Netherlands or is going to Amsterdam for holiday, Dare2wear is the place to be. I tell everybody who wants a new piercing to go to Dare2wear, and have only gotten good responses. They have very nice ear-stretching-jewelry too.
For everyone who is afraid of having their clithood pierced, all I can say is: Go for it!