I've been thinking about getting a 'Female' piercing for as long as I can remember, but it had never developed into me having it done. Then last week my mom turned around to me and suggested it, for a laugh, but it really got me thinking..
At A Glance Author anonymous When It just happened Artist Dan Studio White Flame Location Bournemouth I started reading stories by others that had had it done, and looking at pictures, thinking about which part I'd like to be pierced. I finally decided (finally!) on the vertical hood, it looked the nicest and most comfortable.
I've had a lot of piercings in a number of studios, and completely trusted them with 'handling' me, but wanted someone who I could trust not to make a mistake for this. I didn't want anything going wrong half way through!! So started looking at different people who could do it. I found a few studios, but 2 stood out. White Flame who I had been to before and another.
The Piercer from the other studio came highly recommended by a few of my friends so I decided to call them and just enquire. I personally didn't feel comfortable with the way I was spoken to and about. He told me that he would "take a look and see what he had to work with" so he could decide where I could get done. I understood that depending on how your anatomy was, shown where you would be able to get pierced, but he said it all wrong. This was my piercing, I wanted to choose where it went. Id be living with it. I didn't want it where he thought it would be easiest to do. So I decided White Flame was for me.
I went into the shop, and told Dan, the piercer, at reception what I wanted. He said he was happy to do it.
Then my stomach flipped.. This was actually happening!
I had been completely fine with most of my other piercings, hadn't worried about hardly any but this one sent me into 'girly mode' I went giggly and shy :S which isn't like me at all.
In the room, Dan sat me down and explained everything that was going to happen. He asked where I wanted the jewellery to go, I told him the hood but if that wasn't possible then the inner labia.
When it came to undressing I went all giggly again. I must have been a nightmare to get into the chair. Apparently though, this week is genital piercing week. In a normal week he would do only a handful but this week i was about his 8th!!
Once I was in the chair I didn't get much better, I couldn't bring myself to open my legs... eventually though I done it :D
He told me that I would be able to get my hood done. A huge smile filled my face! So....
"Breathe in, Breathe out" That's all I remember before a huge sharp pain. Dan did well to keep me from moving too much, but my knees came up and my tummy crumpled. About 2 seconds later, I was calling him all the names under the sun. I finally relaxed again..."you're going to feel a small scratch now" and then I felt it, and up came my knees again! Small?! Scratch?! Nothing had hurt this much before, ever! .. Out comes more cursing!
He told me it was done, and I sat up. It took all of about 5 minutes. All that worrying.. I felt like an absolute idiot! The pain went within seconds. I re-dressed and sat back down. He spoke to me for a while afterwards, talking me through the importance of cleaning it, and what to expect with healing. I was expecting at least 6 weeks like with others, but apparently its a really good one for healing. It takes roughly about a month. He warned me that it may start to look and feel healed in about 2-3 weeks, but to make sure i kept cleaning it.
After paying and leaving I had shopping to do before work. Whilst shopping and through work I just kept smiling, some people knew why but its like this is my little secret. The women at work had wished me luck the day before so when they saw me they cringed. And the men... well they just want to look!! Everyone had expected me to be in loads of pain and walking funny so were shocked to see none of that. To be honest so was I!
Straight afterwards I wouldn't have recommended it to anybody, but now, a couple of hours on, I would! Its 5 seconds of horrible pain, but it goes almost immediately. Anyone thinking about getting it done should go for it, just make sure you pick somewhere YOUR comfortable with not somewhere everyone else is.
Lets hope rumours are right and it heightens your sensibility, if not then I've still got a pretty piece of jewellery that's my little secret :P