The other day at work I was crabby and pissed off at the world for no reason. "I need to get a piercing," I thought to myself. It's the only way to cure these kinds of moods. I think I can relate my last four piercings to an experience that highly upset me. Just for the record I have my navel pierced four times, my nipples pierced, a bunch in my ear (industrial, conch, tragus, lobes), my lip, a surface next to my eyebrow, my nape (back of neck) and now my inner labia. So I've had about 23 piercings in all. I go through different cycles with my piercings. I took a lot of the trendy facial piercings out when I had to get a decent job and then started focusing on not so common piercings.
At A Glance Author Jennyk* Contact Jennyk*@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Duker Studio Chuck's Body Art Location Whitewater, WI When I got home I suggested to my roommate that we go to the local piercer in town. Everyone that lives in this town gets piercings there. I've actually made a point to always go to the same studio because I was comfortable with those guys but it's like an hour away. He (the local piercer) has pierced a couple of my close friends several times and their piercings are just fine so I figured, why not? Anyway, it turns out my roommate was thinking of going anyway to get jewelry and a couple of our other friends were going to be there in a couple of hours to get a tattoo. Coincidence or not? It was like a big gathering at this little studio.
I asked the piercer (Duker) if he would pierce my snatch and he said yeah. After contemplating for a couple minutes with my roommate I decided to do it. I figured if I was going to get it pierced by this guy or my regular piercers it was going to be equally as awkward. Of course at the time my mind wasn't completely made up like it never is. I find it easier to just go ahead with a piercing than to sit around and decide if it's the right thing to do. (This is why I have no tattoos). I was totally nervous and shaking. Duker has never pierced me before so that added to the chaos. I followed him into the room and closed the door.
By now I was totally nervous. I kind of glanced around and noticed he had a chair rather than a table like I was used to. I was wondering how this was going to work. After a couple minutes of me excessively nervously rambling he was ready. I took my pants and panties off and sat on the chair. This was totally gynecologist style. Kinda awkward. He was sitting in front of me and I had to put my heels on his knees and open my legs. Now he was poking and feeling around for accurate placement. This was probably the most awkward. He was talking to me about something but I totally wasn't listening. I was thinking, "Can we talk about this when my crotch isn't in your face"? I told him I was kinda freaked out. I mean I have a ton of piercings but piercing my labia is just in a whole different ballpark. I've actually said a million times, "I would get just about anything pierced but I would never get my crotch pierced." And here I was spread eagle with a needle sitting next to me...Now, the difference between this piercer and my other piercer is that he totally calmed me down, which is nearly impossible when I get worked up. I totally appreciated that. I don't think most piercers really give a crap about how their customers feel. That's the vibe I get from them sometimes. He said something like it wouldn't really hurt that bad my other ear piercings are probably the most painful ones (which they by far were) and things like that. I think I stopped shaking. Now came the needle and the breathing...I clenched my eyes shut and just waited...HOLY &?@#$ it hurt like hell!! I saw this white flash, it kind of felt like a bolt of lightning went through my body, and then it was over. I mean, this took like a split second thank God. My piercer kept saying, "it's over, it's over". I'm like OK, I lived. I looked down and instantly fell in love with it. It did look really cool. He really did do a good job. It was like a different kind of pain than any oth er piercing I've had. Probably because it's a sensitive part of the bo dy. I have my nipples pierced but that doesn't even come close. Duker explained, "It hurts because it's a shock to your body". Yeah, exactly I thought to myself. It was bleeding pretty badly though. Worse than any other piercing I've had. It kept bleeding until that night. It kind of made me worried and I was light headed. Probably just nervous.
It never really hurt afterward but I could tell it was there though. Cleaning it is no challenge and I can tell it's going to heal really well. As long as no one kicks me in the crotch I'll be fine.