So I went to a strip bar with a group of friends and saw my first live genital piercing. A stunningly attractive woman had a hood piercing with a little CBR. One look and my mind starts ticking over, "Its real, people really do get them pierced, I wonder?", so of course my wise-arse mate says "You should get that done", to which I respond with the standard "Are you out of your mind?". But as soon as I get home that night I go immediately to the bathroom and look at myself in the mirror, "Well" I think "I certainly wouldn't get my hood pierced, but my labia ..."
At A Glance Author Agent Smith Contact Agent Smith@bme.anon When A year ago Artist Quille Studio Absolution Location Christchurch, New Zealand I thought about it all week and decided I should probably go and talk to "The Boyz" about it before making any firm decisions. So the next Saturday morning I go down to Absolution Body Piercing with every intention of further research into the subject. The studio is filled with people (as always), I walk up to the counter and try and voice my question. Now Quille and David are great, they aren't shy and always make me feel completely comfortable. Quille whips out the magic picture book (and I turn bright red with embarrassment) and I look at some black and white line drawings, within about 3 seconds I've made a decision. "How much for a set of inner labia CBRs, and when is the best time to do it?" Pop through now he says, we'll worry about cost afterwards.
I was pretty nervous about getting it done there and then, I had thought I would need to go home and shave and wash before hand. Not that I hadn't just had a shower, but I expected this piercing to be by appointment.
Now Quille is super, he sees I'm nervous and starts cracking jokes. I'm not generally a shy person about flashing off my body parts to other people, its the concept of a needle going through and the associated pain that fills me with anxiety.
Jeans removed, up on the utility bed complete with protective paper sheet. Quille gets me to assume the 'smear' position, which has me giggling with nervousness. Everything appears very hygienic at Absolution and there is always much changing of gloves and unwrapping of sterilised tools. Quille has a look, suggests a placements, marks with a pen and then gives me a hand mirror to have a look. And I think that was the worst bit. Here I am in a BM studio, only a curtain separating me from the general public, with my legs spread, peering at myself in a mirror. I blushed a lovely shade of bright red.
Another glove change and I ask the stupid question "Is it going to hurt?", I've had 8 non-ear piercings now and I ask this question every time, I know the answer and I ask anyway. The Boyz are pretty good about it now, they just lie and tell me it will be incredibly painful and I will be in agony for weeks, and I do I want them to stop. See no matter how much they say it will hurt, I never, not want to go through with it.
I didn't feel the clamps and took my deep breathe, release and the needle went in. I think I screamed at that point. It was the 2nd most painful piercing I've every had. The pain lasted only a split second but it was enough to send my stomach and head spinning. I couldn't even look at the piercing, I had to lay back for a good five minutes before I felt settled. When Quille asked if I was ready for the next one, I jumped off the bed to the other side of the room and said "I think I'll wait a week" - what a wussy :)
There was a lot of blood, but he put a little dressing on it anyway, back into my jeans and I was ready for the aftercare. They went through things briefly and then gave me the aftercare pack, which had full details and sea salt. I'm glad it had the extra details because I'm not sure I was fully listening to what he said.
I paid for both piercings, getting a voucher for the 2nd one, there was no way in hell I was going to have lop-sided genitals and being the Scrooge I am this was a sure fire way of making sure I came back.
20 minutes later I had my trousers down flashing some close friends, they thought it looked great. So great in fact that one of them came with me the following Saturday and had her hood pierced. That time I used EMLA - definately a wise decision.
I had salt baths twice a day for a good 2-3 weeks, and was sexually active within 5 days (but only certain positions). All up it healed extremely quickly and I've never had a single problem.
When I think back on how much it hurt, I think it was more that I had never felt a needle in that part of my body before rather than it actually being incredibly painful. I definately won't be afraid to get more in this area. And no the most painful piercing I've had was not the other labia :)