I'm so surprised to read the stories from women whose labial piercings were painful since I barely felt mine at all and it healed in no time without any special treatment. Of course, I had mine done by a super experienced piercer and so had lots of confidence and was very relaxed during the event.
At A Glance Author Trouble Contact Trouble@bme.anon When A month ago Artist Ken Coyote Studio Fakir Musafar's Piercing School Location San Francisco, CA Since I have almost 20 tattoos and I pierced my own nostril with a sewing needle back in 1980 I figured I'd be able to handle anything. I was right. And my experience went smoothly and was actually quite funny. Here's how it happened:
I've lately become acquainted with the famed "Father of the Modern Primitive Movement," Fakir Musafar, and his lovely wife, Cleo Dubois. After having participated in an incredible "Erotic Dominance Intensive" this past February taught by Cleo, and noticing how many of the women in the course had labial piercings, I decided to offer myself up as a demo on female genital piercing for Fakir's school of piercing here in San Francisco.
Since I'm also a frequent participant in the San Francisco BDSM community, I thought it would be cool to have a piercing that would show when I'm naked and playing at a party. I once saw a demonstration on humiliation play given by Fetish Diva Midori and she had a woman down on her hands and knees picking up dollar bills with her mouth. The woman had a gorgeously puffy vulva with a beautiful silver ring dangling from her inner labia showing as her curvaceous ass moved across the floor. It was definitely hot and sexy and I wanted that too.
So the day of the class arrives and I had no idea what to expect as a demo. I showed up and sat in the back of the class as they finished up on piercing male genitalia. When I was called up to the front of the class for my turn, I threw off my clothes in front of about a dozen total strangers and straddled the massage table. Instructor/piercer Ken Coyote began to poke around in my nether regions before I interrupted him to ask, "what was your name?" since no one had told me and he hadn't introduced himself. Everyone laughed, especially when I said I hadn't had a man between my legs in nearly 10 years (I became a confirmed dyke upon moving to SF in 1997 and promptly falling in love with my female psychology instructor at the local community college. We eventually spent 4 years together. She has no piercings whatsoever and can't understand why anyone would do it... but that's another story).
So in the spirit of good humor and knowing that I was helping future piercers learn in the best way possible (live flesh versus a photo in a book) we proceeded. After marking my right labia and clamping it off (it's the smaller one so I figured I could tug on the ring and lengthen it over time) I followed Ken's instructions to breathe deeply. On about my fourth exhale he suddenly plunged the needle through and I felt nothing more than a slight prick and then a tug as he threaded the 12 gauge 3/8" ring through.
For the next week or so it was a tiny bit sensitive when I'd wipe myself after peeing (by the way Ken told me to pee on the opening to clean it, which is all I did during the healing process) and by the end of 2 weeks it was completely painless and I was having rough sex again with my girlfriend.
Since then my lover decided to have hers done to commemorate our relationship and to pay homage to me as her Mistress. Last night we held a sacred ritual at the home of Fakir and Cleo (with the electricity off after a nearby auto accident shut it down) and with Fakir wearing a miner's light on his head and lots of flashlights and candles lit, my sweet darling took the plunge and is now sporting a ring just like mine. We like to think of an invisible chain attached to our rings spanning the distance between our cunts (hers is moving soon across the country).
One difference between the two of us was that I barely bled throughout the piercing and the following week, but my girlie, who drinks alcohol fairly regularly, bled more profusely and when I called Fakir to ask about it he told me that alcohol is a great blood thinner and makes it harder for it to clot. He advised her not to drink for a couple of days and to take zinc supplements. She, too, felt very little pain, and is so happy she did it.
All in all it was a great experience for both of us, relatively pain free and so exciting to know that we have something others don't know about unless I want them too. I'm returning next month as another demo for Fakir to have 2 more rings put in my inner labia! Who knows what's next?!