Labia -ooh make mine a double!

At A Glance Author rita Contact rita_swanson@yahoo.com Artist mike Studio cold steel Location london

Sometime ago I decided to get my clit hood pierced -partly a sexual thing but also an issue of where naxt?! However the christians were right, God was against it, and had been pretty tight fisted in the hood department (obviously not a real woman!). At the time i was really crestfallen when the piercer decided against it, and his suggestion of outer labia piercings (obvioulsy God loves outer cuntlip rings??!!) did nothing to placate me. After a while the thought started to grow on me, I found myself straying to the pictures and articles of labial piercings. Given a couple of months and the idea definitely started to develop! Shortly before xmas I decided I was definitely going to do it. Just a matter of waiting until after the millenial celebrations - I didn't fancy trying to rave my way through a four day party with a bleeding and sore crotch! January the tenth -the perfect alignment of sobriety, days off, pay cheque and a new moon! I rang cold steel (-I have been there before and accompanied friends) was the place mainly due to keen and obvious profesionalism and hygeine standards.

Finally my appointment time came round and I wasn't at all nervous until my name was called and mike asked me how I was. High on addrenalin mainly!after my pants came off it was quickly onto the table, comfortable but bang opposite a huge wall-filling mirror. The mirror was really odd initially but became quite reassuring and provided a fantastic view certainly the best view I've had of my own genitalia! The whole time mike was pleasantly chatty and very thorough in answering all my questions, as well as being at great pains to ensure the aesthetic quality (and practicallity) of his work! It was really nice to talk to him about his experince of genital piercings -preforming tham on others that is! One of my freinds said that it was very trusting of me to let someone pierce me there. I have to say that bizarrely trust was not a consciuos principle at this point. My main concerns of hygiene and competence where already satisfied in terms of my knowledge of cold steels practices. Other than that what else was ther to trust. After all I was paying someone to push a needle and then jewellry through some of the most snsitive tissue of my body.

I had tried to research labia piercings quite thouroughly using mainly the web and in particular BME but one thing no-one mentioned to me was that it is often recommended that a larger gauge piercing is made. A 2.4 gauge as opposed to a 1.6 or 1.8 that I had previously encountered in all my other piercings. However I had just stretched my tit piercing up to a 2.4 so knew exactly how big (or not so big) it would be. The immediate concern was whether this would be more painful, yes it was but it could be argued that it was as much due to the area as the gauge of needle/jewellry.

After a couple of markings and remarkings my left labia was firmly clamped and I was asked to breathe in and out slowly -I was already aware that I was to be pierced on the second exhale... Ow! It did hurt but wasn't atually as bad as I had expected. I relaxed and felt really pleased with my self! A few moments later after cleaning up and checking the positioning it was onto my right lip. inhale, exhale, inhale, exhOWWARGGHH!!! kerrist!!! THAT ONE HURT A LOT MORE! Apparently this was due to adrenalin levels dropping after the first piercing, and so fewer natural painkillers.

Although, for reasons I'm not entirely sure of, I'm glad I got them done together, I think I would have been a lot less gleeful with the appearance if i had to have them done one at a time. Impatient I guess!

The mirror definately came into it's own after the piercings had been completed I was so chuffed that I had a hard time getting my pants back on! Honestly I've never been that narcissistic!

I was then rewarded with not only a fantastic pair of piercings but also a lemon chuppa chup lolly!

Quite the most painful piercing i've had but worth it. I'm not at all into the pain but the aesthetics and sensations AFTERWARDS are definately worth while.

One last odd but pleasant side effect of more intimate piercings is the shedding of any hang-ups about your body. Not really anything to do with the experience of piercing but the fact(for me) that i get so excited after it that it's any excuse to to show them off! -Trying to resist acts of public indecency on the bus home was quite character building.