Vertical Clitoral Hood Piercing by Erika Ferguson
At A Glance Author Erika Ferguson Artist Morganna Studio Inkporium Tattoos Location Lansing,Michigan Piercing performed by Morganna at Inkporium Tattoos in Lansing, Michigan.
In the summer of 94 I had my intro into below the neck piercing with the ever popular navel ring. I wanted another piercing before I was even off of the table and I had a nipple piercing about a month later. About that same time I was exposed to the benefits of genital piercings through conversations with my piercer but was still a little skitish. I had a second nipple pierced and began stretching my ears, all the while trying to prepare myself for a genital piercing. Most of my concerns centered around exposing myself to the piercer, I felt uncomfortable with the idea even with the piercer being female because of severe scarring on my inner thighs and outer labia from childhood surgery. We began to discuss the piercing and I originally wanted a clitoral piering but the piercer felt uncomfortable so we settled on a vertical clithood piercing low down towards the glans, which is well exposed. I was finally settled on doing it and got up the nerve to tell her about the scars, she just shrugged and said it made no difference, which took a weight off of me. The piercing itself was done with a 12 gauge needle and receiving tube as my hood is very loose. I was very nervous and shaky before the piercing and I found the cleaning painfull as the glans is very very sensitive. It felt a little strange to have the recieving tube directly on my clit so I held very still, soon I felt a very intense sharp pain but I barely had time to suck in my breath before it was over. She instilled a 12 gauge 5/8 SSS captive bead hoop and sent me on my way with strict care instructions echoing in my head.
My healing time was suprisingly rapid with one day of light bleeding, one day of itching and two days of plasma secretion before I was completly healed. A pleasent change compared to months of fighting with a navel and trangus. Its been a few months now and the sensation is still nice but a little too mild so Im getting bored. I plan to instill an 8 gauge 3/8" or 1/2" inch barbell to heighten the sensation some more. I think I will enjoy the barbell more because I tend to get caught up in the hoop so I play a little more gingerly than I'd like. Despite my recent complants, Id still rate this as my favorite piercing, well worth the two seconds of pain.
I got my Triangle piercing done by Raelyn Gallina in mid-February (1994). I was expecting a very painful experience; a lot of people had told me it would be much more intense than my clit hood piercing. Actually, it wasn't. I don't know if it was my (mostly) lack of nerves this time (the clit hood was my first non-earlobe piercing and I was scared to death) or that I was more psychologically ready for this one or what, but it was not nearly as bad. Bled like crazy, though. I think happy thoughts about blood - keeping the wound clean and all that. It was swollen at first, but the swelling went down in about a day. It was a bit interesting to sit and cross my legs for about two days, and then it itched for a day or so. After that, I've hardly noticed it except occasionally when I manage to get it twisted a little in sitting or something. At six weeks, I would call it fully healed, and it has been almost no trouble. I cleaned it first twice a day for about a week then once daily with Triadine (generic etadine). I am wearing a surgical steel captive bead ring in it. Actually, I shouldn't say I've hardly noticed it. Rather I have hardly noticed any *pain* from it. For the first few days it was so intensely pleasurable* I had trouble concentrating - it was a perfect, intimate touch in *exactly* the right place, if you know what I mean ...Thankfully, that hypersensitivity has faded a bit. But I still have only to think about it to be able to feel like someone has placed one exquisitely delicate finger, just so...My, this is distracting to write...
I'm delighted with the piercing, and recommend it highly to everyone who has the right anatomy for it (not every woman has enough flesh for this one, don't get your heart set on it until you are sure it can be done). It also goes beautifully with the clit hood piercing, which is also vertical with a matching ring. They sort of nest around my clit. I am thinking of getting another clit hood piercing above the existing one, so that I will have a set of three rings in a row.