I've always been into piercing. When I was little I couldn't wait to be older so that my parents would let me get something more interesting than my ears and belly button pierced. I have had a few others between then and now, but this is about my latest one, a triangle.
At A Glance Author Layla Contact Layla@bme.anon IAM Happy_Insomniac When It just happened Artist Jayne Studio Feline Tattoo Location Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England I originally wanted a vertical hood piercing. I'm one of those people for whom piercing is like an addiction. Every time I get a new one, I swear it'll be the last, but after a few months I'm itching to get pierced again. Anyway, I'd had quite a few (11 to be precise) and when the itch to get pierced came round again, I thought I'd go for something 'down there'. The VCH is the one everyone knows about, so it was the one that immediately leapt to mind. I decided to do a bit of research on it beforehand so I knew what I was letting myself in for, so I came and looked at the pictures and experiences on BME. While doing so, I came across the triangle. I'd never heard of it before, and it looked just like a horizontal hood to me, so I read up on it a bit and found out what it was. As soon as I did, I knew it was the piercing I wanted. Part of it was for sexual reasons. I suppose part of it was just the fact that it was a piercing that not many people knew about, as appose to the VCH, which everyone had heard of.
I decided to go for it, and set about finding a piercer experienced enough to do it for me. I spoke to Jayne, who told me she had done triangles before. She had already done 5 of my other piercings very well, so I trusted her to pierce it for me.
The day arrived, I met my boyfriend and we walked down to Feline (the tattoo shop) together. Funnily enough, I wasn't really all that nervous. I'd read every experience I could on BME so I knew what I was letting myself in for, and that the pain would be considerable. We went in and Jayne was with us immediately. We went straight into the back room where the piercing happens, and I sat down to sign the consent forms. I was starting to get a little nervous by this point, but luckily my boyfriend was being an arse, making jokes and distracting me so I didn't worry about it. I took off my pants and trousers and sat down on the chair, which she had covered with paper towels. She put the back of the chair down so I was lying flat with my legs dangling over each side. She then had a look to work out what size ring would work best. I was getting more and more nervous, especially as I couldn't see what she was doing, but I was looking up at my boyfriend making silly faces and holdin g my hand, which took my mind off it. She started making marks to try and get the placement right. I think she rubbed them off and re-drew them a few times but I wasn't really paying attention. She asked me if I wanted any anaesthetic and I decided to have it. I know it didn't have much effect, and I knew that at the time, but it sort of made me feel a little less nervous knowing it was there. She sprayed it on, which was surprisingly uncomfortable. It felt like peeing when you've got an infection, that uncomfortable burning feeling. She sprayed a bit more on, and then started with the clamps. I was a bit worried about the clamps as I got the impression from reading other BME members experiences that they were very uncomfortable. She told me that it might hurt a little, and then she put them on. It did feel a little uncomfortable, but it wasn't as bad as I expected. Now came the hard bit. I gripped my boyfriends hands and started breathing deeply, awaiting the pain. She tol d me to take a deep breath, and pierced on the exhale.
It hurt. A LOT. My breath caught in my throat, and I'm told I yelled something along the lines of "FUCK", though I don't remember yelling anything. I won't lie. It was very painful. It seemed to go on for ages, though it can't have been more than a few seconds. It didn't feel like any other piercing I've had. Usually it's just a sharp pain, then over. This one, I could feel the needle passing through my flesh. I thought it was over cause she'd stopped, but she asked me to take another deep breath and then pushed really hard to get the needle out through the skin on the other side. I was shaking from the adrenaline rush, and taking deep breaths in an attempt not to pass out, when she put the jewellery in. This hurt almost as much as the piercing but was much quicker. She fiddled about a bit getting the ball into the ring, but I didn't notice any pain while she was doing that.
She asked if I was all right, and I said I was ok. I had a few gulps of lucozade (I'd brought some with me to keep my glucose levels high) while she held a paper towel to my nether regions to stop the bleeding. Then I got up and put my clothes back on, slipping a sanitary towel into my pants. I then sat and held my boyfriends hand while he got a dydoe done, but that's another story (and it's his story to tell, not mine). After we'd finished and paid, I felt a little shaky for 20 minutes or so, because of the adrenaline, but after that I was fine.
This all happened yesterday. I had a salt bath when I got home and had a look at my new piercing, to discover that it was a little lower than I had wanted it, and a little deeper on one side. Never the less, I still love it. It's a little bruised, but it only hurts when I move too quickly, and I can see that it's beginning to heal quite nicely already.
My advice to anyone that wants this done is to go for it. Make sure you have a good piercer that knows what they're doing, but definitely do it. Don't be scared of the pain. It does hurt like hell, but not for long, and it's worth it! I'm yet to discover whether or not it will increase my sexual pleasure, as it's still too sore to test, but I do get a little shiver when I walk around, and I'm betting it's going to be great when healed!!!
One more bit of advice is to take someone with your that you feel comfortable with and that will help take your mind off it before getting it done. I don't know if I would have been able to handle it so well without my boyfriend here, he was great. It really does help to have someone there to give you moral support!