At A Glance Author Jenn Contact tangle22@home.com Artist Harold Smith Studio Black Star Location Kingston, Ontario I've been thinking about getting a genital piercing for about three months, and the more I thought about it, the more I wanted it. So I talked to everyone who would talk about it (and some who wouldn't) to get their opinions, some friends were supportive some where not, but did I listen to the non-supportive ones...NO. And I am glad I didn't!!!!!!
I called Black Star to talk about prices and such, and then decided to go down and look at some pictures and check out the other resources they had. I had originally decided on a horizontal hood piercing but was introduced to the idea of a triangle...by one of the staff who had taken out her horizontal hood piercing and gotten a triangle done...I saw it I loved it I couldn't stop thinking about it so later that week I called Black Star and made an appointment with Harold (his name is being protected for the... who am I kidding, that's his real name). He's the guy that's left a lasting impression on me a few times now, with an eyebrow and tongue piercing to his long list of credits. I got my appointment for about a week after I called. Now let me tell you, a week is a long time to wait for something you want done, even though it's terrifying at the same time. The more I thought about it, the more excuses I came up with to not get it done. All kinds of weird thoughts ran through my head, like, am I going to be able to walk after, do I need to take time off work for this, is it worth the potential price I have to pay for all this, and about 168 other excuses. Yes, the amount of hours in a standard week.
So Friday finally gets here and I have to wait the whole day before I go in. It could have been another week; the day went by so slow. I went to the studio and waited some more ...laugh. Harold finally called me in, and to say I was nervous is like saying Mach speed is pretty fast. Which coincidentally, is how fast I was tempted to leave. But, once I was in their Harold sat me down and just started talking. He started talking about the weather, my job and post-piercing protection and sanitary supervision. Try saying that three times fast. It wasn't what we were talking about, but the fact that we were just talking that calmed me down quite a bit. Then it was time...
I retreated to the private room and enshrouded myself in this exquisitely glamorous disposable gown, slithered up on the dreaded gynecological torture table and invited Harold back in. He started talking to me and explaining the procedure as he went along. There were several issues I had and pain is one of them. Throughout the whole ordeal I was poked, prodded, and pinched, but there's one thing that I still rerun through my mind, and that's the freezing process. When he was about to put the freezing on he told me it might burn, but let me tell you, saying it might burn is like a doctor saying you may feel some discomfort before he sets your broken bone. The freezing was a spray not sure of the name but the burning was enough to make u want to scream. Thank god he put some lidocaine jelly on the important parts to lesson the burning.
All I had were the visions of me screaming, vomiting, peeing or closing my legs on him when he pierced me. As the needle started to go through it pinched a lot but wasn't as bad as I thought, I tensed up about half way through and he told me to relax. I took a deep breath and he finished it up. Yes it did hurt but it was a very short quick pain. No I didn't scream cry or anything mind u my legs started to shake about 5 minutes after. But the freezing and clamps hurt more then the actual needle going in. He removed the clamps before he threaded the ring. Once those clamps were off everything was great. It was kinda like the relief of having a cast removed after 6 weeks. I didn't feel anything after the clamps were off, the threading didn't bother me nor when he tightened it after putting the bead on. I said Harold u rock that was totally not as bad as I thought!!!!!!!!
I did bleed a lot but that's not really all that unusual for me, after about 15 minutes it stopped. Harold suggested I just sit there for a bit just incase I got dizzy or anything. He went over the after care again, and shortly after that I got up put on everything and put a panty liner on just incase.. All in all, it took about 60 minutes from the time I arrived in the room until the time I left.
Walking is not a problem, but I have a feeling I will be doing a lot more walking from now on. The aftercare isn't all that bad, but the antibacterial soap can pose a bit of a problem washing away a bit to much stuff causing a lot of discomfort. It's now day 2 and it really doesn't bother me that much, there is very little swelling and virtually no pain, the discomfort I feel is more like a bruise then anything. There is still some spotting but nothing really to be alarmed about.
Would I do it again? Definitely! And I would recommend it to anyone who was thinking about getting it done. I love the way it looks and I can't put that damn hand mirror down..
Does it make any difference sexually? Ask me that again in a few months......
So if you're ever in Kingston take a trip down to Black Star and talk with Harold he might leave u with a lasting impression like he did with me..