THE PIERCING:
At A Glance Author Ravechica0 Contact Ravechica0@bme.anon IAM Ravechica0 When Three months ago Artist Lance Studio Amillion Piercing and Tattoos Location Austin, TX Ahh, January 9th, 2002... the day that proved my legality. I was ready for anything. Ready to get anything done that would serve in remembrance of this special day. On January 8th, I called up to Amillion Piercing and Tattoos to see what I could get done and when. To me it was like... the sooner, the better. So I spoke to Lance, and he said that we could pierce at midnight, just so it's actually legal. I was going to keep him after hours, but he didn't really care. All I was required to do was show up at 11:45 and bring a valid ID. All evening up until the time I was supposed to leave was spent being excited and nervous... and calling as many people as I could. I called Amanda, my best bud, to come and watch, and of course, take pictures.
11:35 rolled around and Amanda and I left for Amillion. We got there and Lance had me start on the paper work and then took me back to look at my anatomy. Originally, I had wanted to get my hood and fourchette pierced, but because of my body type, a fourchette wouldn't be right for me. So I took a little time looking through the portfolios, and decided what else I could get instead. I definitely was going to go for the hood, and had my heart set to get at least two piercings within that session. After hours of chatting, numerous cigarettes, and hardcore contemplation, Lance talked me into getting outer labials done. We then proceeded to pick out the desired jewelry (8 ga. CBNs), and he put them in the autoclave (a larger gauge will be more wise if you plan on hanging weights or being rough with them). We chatted for awhile longer while we waited for the jewelry to get sterile. I could feel the butterflies in my stomach as I felt the piercing nearing.
About 6 minutes later, the autoclave was finished. We went into Lance's little white room, and he started to set up while I stripped. As he prepared, he explained to me everything he was doing. Showed me the sterile strip, and made sure to it that I knew how he did everything so that it was the cleanest environment possible. It seemed like a choreographed dance almost; everything he did was perfected, and obviously practiced with great care over and over again, and he changed gloves constantly. He told me to lie back so he could clean and then mark the area. He must have taken at least 10 minutes to clean, and another 10 to mark me, just to make sure everything was perfect. He wanted me to the most satisfaction with my new additions. With the labias, he slightly had them at an angle so that they would be able to be pressed against each other easily and with no discomfort.
When he was finished marking, he had me look in the mirror to make sure I liked the placement, and Amanda took a before picture. I was satisfied, so he had me lay back again and told me to start focusing on my breathing. I was so nervous at this point, and started to grasp the sides of the table. Lance told me to try and relax the best I could, and that he was going to start with the labias because the hood would not be near as bad as them.
He asked me if I was ready, and of course I said no. But I had to get it done with, so I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and said yes. He put the needle up to the starting point of my left labia, and told me to start taking deep breaths, and he would do it on the exhale of three. I agreed, and breathed as he counted. On the exhale of three, he pushed it through, and I wailed. I felt a pain worse then I was expecting... and he told me to look up at him. He asked if I was ok as he slipped in the jewelry, and I responded, "Are you kidding?"
They laughed, and he said,
"You ready for the next one?"
I said no. He said he'd give me a breather, but the sooner, the better. I relaxed for a few minutes, and when he asked if I was ready again, I hesitantly said yes. He told me to start taking deep breaths as he put the needle to the starting point of my right labia. He again said that he would do it on the exhale of three, and to try to relax the best that I could. Of course, it would be a lot harder to relax the second time around because I was expectant of the pain this time. He asked me if I was ready once more, and I said yes, as I squinted my eyes closed. I started breathing, and he started counting. As said, he pierced me on the exhale of three, and this time I yelled, "AH FUCK!"
He told me to look at him, and asked if I was ok once more as he slipped in the jewelry. I took some more deep breaths, and then he asked," Now... are you ready for the hood?"
I replied: "good lord, no."
But he promised that it wouldn't be near as bad as the labias. So I went through with that... which is a whole other story. Afterwards, he wiped up the blood, put all the beads in, and cleaned a little around the fresh piercings.
I sat up, got a few pictures taken... and carefully put back on my clothes. Everything felt so heavy as I waddled over to my pants, and it was a little strange putting on a pad and then carefully pulling up my panties in front of everyone... but oh well, they've all seen all they could see. I felt all giggly afterwards though, because of the endorphins. I couldn't really feel any pain at the moment, but I knew that I had to be extra careful.
I waddled over to the front desk, and kindly paid Lance as he told me about aftercare, and gave me a little pamphlet on it.
Getting into my car was a little difficult, but once the bass came on, I knew that it would be the beginning of a nice relationship. I said my goodbyes, drove home, and went to sleep.
The piercings have healed quite nicely since I've had them. I wouldn't give them up for anything, and really, bigger is better.
Josh happened to mention to me that labias are about the most painful part of the women's body that you can pierce. And the fact that they were pierced at 8 ga. and without clamps... well that just makes me hardcore. Woohoo! Coming from Josh too... that's pretty cool.
THE AFTERCARE:
I figured I'd apply a little tidbit of information about the actual piercing itself before I signed off though.
The piercing actually takes about 3-6 months to heal completely.
No sex (of any nature) for the first two months and no unprotected sex until completely healed.
Try to avoid touching or cleaning it with unwashed hands.
Try to avoid being in bodies of water such as pools, rivers, oceans, lakes, hot tubs, and bath tubs.
During the first two days you will probably need to wear a pad.
Thongs are not the best idea for the first 2-3 weeks.
Bending over will be difficult the first few days, so take it easy.
Clean at least twice a day with provon or dial soap (or whatever your piercer suggests), and I did salt soaks (1/4 tsp. of sea salt in 1 cup luke warm distilled water) twice a day (once in the morning and once at night), which helps with fast healing. I found it easier to clean them by sitting in the bath tub and running water.
And it helps with fast healing to also take Zinc.