I have long been in love with the look of corset piercings. The first article I read on BME was Seriously, WTF? Start doing corset piercings properly! At first I was stunned by the pictures on it. The piercings were so gorgeous and I was determined to get one, temporarily, eventually.
At A Glance Author Maya Contact homicidalnymph@gmail.com IAM Homicidal Nymph When A week ago Artist Scott, my boyfriend Studio his living room Location Philadelphia, PA Time went on and my fascination with corset piercings persisted. My favorite pictures on BME to look at would be temporary corsets with CBRs. I eventually started dating Scott, and we both started our interest in body modification together. I had been interested in piercing longer than him, and he had been interested in tattooing longer than me, so our interests combined. I introduced him to the idea of play piercing and he became my outlet for it. Being over 18, he was able to have access to hypodermic needles and other supplies via BMEshop.
We both constantly played with each other. Every Wednesday or Friday we would go out to goth nightclubs, which are in abundance during the summer in Philadelphia. One Friday he got a shipment of 196 16 gauge CBRs from an overstock dealer on the internet. The CBRs were decent quality, were of stainless steel and the ball easily popped in and out. We decided to play around. Not having access to an autoclave we soaked the needles in rubbing alcohol. We each pierced our arms with the help of the other. Because we are both sensitive to pain and had not yet got up to 16g play piercings we used Lidocaine which he had access to. Because of this, I couldn't feel a thing as I put the 8 CBRs into my left arm. He also couldn't feel anything as he put 2 rows of 4 CBRs onto his arm.
I was amazed with this, but it wasn't enough. We showed off our piercings at the club that night, and everyone seemed very impressed. Sadly, I had to take mine out before I left because my parents would be outraged by them.
The following week was my last night clubbing, and his birthday, so as a semi going away gift and a birthday present to him, we did a corset piercing on my back. First we went to South Street (where all the alternative fashion shops are) and got a shirt which would expose my upper back as well as lace for the corset. When we got back to the apartment we did the piercings surprisingly fast, as he already knew what to do. I lay down on the floor on my stomach and he marked the places on my back with surgical marker. I went up to look at the positioning and had him add two more rings at the top, making a total of 8 CBRs.
He injected the Lidocaine into the points on my back, but for some reason it didn't work as well on my back as it usually does on my arms. It took about 10 minutes for the Lidocaine to start effecting me, and even then I could feel the exit of the last four CBRs.
While my arm corset was done freehand and without marks, I wanted this one to be perfect, so he also used slotted pennington clamps from BMEshop, which we both now live by. There are slots in the triangular clamps so that you can remove the clamps before removing the needle. For each piercing he would clamp my skin and quickly slide the needle through. We used hypodermic needles for the piercings, which come with lubricant already on them so there was no need. The final two rings were on an area of my back that was suntanned, and because of this the piercing was much harder. My skin in that area was less elastic and obviously thicker. I could feel it even with the Lidocaine as he clamped, entered, and exited the needle.
He then put the rings in. Clicking each end into the needle and then sliding the needle, with the ring in it, out of the hole and then twisting the needle off of the ring. He blotted the blood, I always have a lot of blood when rings are put into my piercings. After the balls were put into the rings he blotted the blood again, took a picture, and showed me. I was impressed! The placement was perfect and the rings were the perfect depth. He then laced up my back, and I had him pull it tight so it would look best. By this point in time the Lidocaine had completely worn off, and while I was definitely sore it wasn't anything horrible and I was able to have the rings pulled tight. I looked at my back in the mirror and was amazed! It was absolutely gorgeous, and I was madly in love with it. I had him take many more pictures so as to remember it properly.
After he pierced two rows of CBRs on each side of himself we left.
During the night I wasn't able to move my arms completely as it would pull on the rings. I also lost two balls from moving too much while dancing, so he had to replace them with balls from his piercings.
When we returned from the club (I went to his house) we removed the rings before I went to sleep. It's now three days after the piercing and all the holes have healed up fine. They are actually doing much better than my arm corset, which is still bruised in some places even though it's been over a week. I assume this is because he did it instead of me, considering he was at a proper angle and was able to do them faster and smoother than I was able to do my arm.