| At A Glance | |
| Author | slutboyjosh |
| Contact | yosh@drexel.edu |
| IAM | slutboyjosh |
| When | A month ago |
| Artist | Jim |
| Studio | Infinite |
| Location | Philadelphia, PA |
Long story short: I'm female-to-male transsexual. You've heard of "chicks with dicks". Well, there are also guys with cunts. We just aren't in porn videos and daytime talk shows as often.
I had my triangle done a few months ago, but I took it out because it was very crooked. I absolutely can't stand being asymmetrical. This time I decided that even if it was a little crooked, I'd keep it.
I went to Infinite -- it is a great shop, and my housemates James and Tanya work there. Jim did the piercing. I invited James in for moral support and Kevin wanted to see it done.
James gave me the form to sign. For the type of piercing, he'd written "Triangle (Lorum!!)" What a sweetheart. After doing the paperwork, we all went into the room. Jim had brought an assortment of jewelry. I originally had it done with a 10g 5/8ths curved barbell, which was too short, and he wasn't sure yet what size would be best.
I dropped my pants and got up on the table. Stirrups this time -- apparently only dykes favor the up-close-and-personal approach of putting your feet up on their thighs. (They know how much most women hate stirrups, I suppose.) Jim spent an extremely long time figuring out the placement, and discussing it with Kevin. I don't mind. I'm sure not shy about random guys handling my junk.
I was a little worried that they wouldn't take into account the change in size when I get hard. I wasn't sure how to ask him if maybe I should get myself hard so they could check the marks that way. (I'm a little shy about explaining how my equipment works to people.) All the handling from the marking had gotten me a little hard, so I figured I'd be okay. Thankfully, when he finally put the clamp on, I got hard. Being a masochist comes in handy when you're getting pierced.
They had put the mark pretty much directly behind the head of my dick on the horizontal plane, and as far back as they could. One I got hard they realized they could move it up vertically quite a way to be at the very base of my dick. (Where a lorum ought to be!) I told them that seemed like a better position, so the clamps came off and they marked some more. I distracted myself by trying to read Japanese characters off a poster on the wall, but I was getting nervous. I could feel my legs were a little shaky.
He'd decided on a 10g 3/4th circ. He told me that it would probably be a little big, but he didn't want to risk running too small with the 5/8th.
Finally he was ready. He told me to take three deep breaths and he would go on the third exhale. I stopped breathing. I knew breathing would just take me closer to the piercing. He said, "Okay, deep breath." "Uh.... no." I needed just a minute to calm down. He told me to just breath deep and these wouldn't count. After a few breaths I was ready. As ready as I was going to get.
One... Two... Three! "FUCKING HELL!" It hurt like mad, but only for a fraction of a second. "Ah fuck!" I thought the second shot of pain was the jewelry going through, but they said it wasn't -- just the needle still, but now it was in, and looking good. They tell me the jewelry won't hurt. "Just a sliding sensation." I tried my best to believe them, but I knew it wasn't true. I thought, "Well, maybe it really won't this time. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised at how easy it just slides right... Ah! FUCK!" The jewelry didn't hurt nearly as much as the needle, but it was still rough.
But it was in. I was done. I gave James a big smile, and I think I told him he was next.
Once the ring was in he said that the 3/4ths was actually a little too small. He would have swapped it for a 58/ths if I been up for it, but I wanted to leave it be for now. I could come back later.
So this one hurt -- a whole damn lot. It wasn't a good happy masochist kind of pain. It was a sucky, just-get-it-done pain. Thankfully, Jim went much faster than the woman who pierced it before. It was mercifully quick. Afterwards there was no stinging or throbbing. If it got moved it really stung, but if it was left alone it was completely painless. Getting hard stung a little for the first few hours.
Problems Healing -- too much tension
The first two days were easy. It stung bad when it would get hung up on my pants, but I could walk and sit comfortably. I was able to jerk off (gently), which was very intense.
Here you can see in the one side view that on one side the tension of the ring pulls funny and makes a bit of a ridge.
For the next week, it was sore and very swollen. Sitting and walking and getting in and out of cars was very uncomfortable. Riding my motorcycle would be a bad idea, and my bicycle would be unthinkable. I was hard almost constantly but I tried to be gentle and not to jerk off more than once a day. I did long sea salt soaks once or twice a day, even though they didn't do much to make it more comfortable. High doses of Ibuprofen helped some, both for swelling and pain.
My junk was swollen tight up against the ring and I definitely regretted not getting a larger diameter. Even my outer labia were swollen and sore, in sympathy. Moving the jewelry was painful which made thorough cleaning difficult. It wasn't the slightest bit crusty or scabby and I felt a gentle with mild soap and good rinse was sufficient.
After the first week it was still sore, but the swelling had gone down. I noticed lines above the piercing on both sides, as if it had migrated. Migrated isn't strong enough of a term. These were half inch long slices. It felt raw, like an open cut, not sore or hot or itchy.
It seems like the problem was that the skin of the hood was pulled down too tightly when it was clamped. You can see here that the ring hasn't moved down, but the ridge of skin is gone. The swelling and just getting an erection put a lot of pressure on it and the skin just moved itself back into a comfortable position. This picture was taken after four weeks and the cuts are now faint lines. There is some irritation on the left, where there is still some tension, but it is generally doing well.
After two weeks I went in to get a larger diameter ring. I decided on a 7/8ths 8g circ, but if the taper didn't want to go through easily I would stick with a 10g. I didn't want to put any more stress on it than I needed to. The taper went in perfectly smooth. Just a cool sliding feeling. The ring following through was a very interesting sensation. Like a little metal bug burrowing through my junk. There wasn't any pain at all.
The larger ring didn't work as I hoped. Being too tight kept the other ring in place, and this one slides around a lot, especially when biking. When the time comes to move it to a 6g, I will see how a 1" straight barbell fits.
I definately am happy with it. It feels amazing when I jerk off, even if I have to be a little careful with it, and I click when I walk. And of course, even though it was pierced perfectly straight, the right side moved further and faster than the left so I am still crooked. Such is life.
If you have any questions about this mod or FTM mods in general, feel free to email me: yosh@drexel.edu or contact me at iam:slutboyjosh.