Ampallang, my first ever piercing

At A Glance Author Imladolen Contact Imladolen@bme.anon Artist Jim Raimer Studio Old Town Tattoos Location Saginaw MI

Since I was twelve years old I've wanted to get pierced. At the time it was my earlobes I wanted done, back in the day when it was becoming cool for men to have earrings. Unfortunatley my parents objecting saying that "real men" don't wear earrings. Years later I saw my first non-ear piercing on a girl at school. She had her nostril pierced and I found it to be fascinating. Over the next year I saw many more people with nose piercings, but none of them compared to the first tongue piercing I ever saw on an ex-girlfriend of mine (it looked exceptionally awesome when I saw it because that was also the first night I ever did LSD). Thats when I was sure I wanted to get something other than just my ears pierced.

Over the next couple of years more and more friends of mine were getting pierced, and I also got to know Jim well enough to trust him to poke a needle through my body. I decided I wanted to get my penis pierced after Jim and a couple other guys I know told me of their experiences with it. At first I thought I would get a PA, but to be honest, the whole idea of the Q-tip scared the hell out of me, since Jim said he soaks the swab in iodine before inserting it into the urethra. Too much burning before the needle if you ask me. When Lucas, a friend of mine, first told me of his apadravya I thought thats what I wanted. I considered it for almost a year before calling Jim to finally set up the appointment.

I got to Old Towne Tattoos a little bit later than I was supposed to and waited while Jim performed the labrae that was scheduled before me. When I finally got back to the piercing room we talked for a bit about what I wanted done, and explained to him why I decided against a PA (the q-tip part). He explained to me that the apadravya has the same problem, and suggested an ampallang and showed me a pic of one. I thought it looked cool, and was relieved when he told me he could do one above the urethra, thus nullifying the need for that EVIL q-tip. His apprentice, a young women I'd known (and liked a bit too much) for a while said she thought it was one of the sexier male genital piercings she knew of. After a bit more discussion I settled on the decision to get a 12 gauge ampallang, above the urethra.

Jim sent me into the bathroom with a measuring tool to find the length of barbell needed to avoid pinching while I was erect. As much as I wanted to, "Mr Happy" didn't want to cooperate. So after about ten minutes of trying to get a rise out of myself I ended up estimating the length needed and went back out to tell Jim so he could find the appropriate barbell. I then went out to smoke a quick ciggarette or two before the procedure.

At first Jim's apprentice was to observe the procedure, but I backed out on that a few minutes before we were ready to start, as I felt a little uncomortable having a woman I was that attracted to in the room (I wasn't sure which scared me more, her seeing me fully erect, or her seeing "Mr. Happy" trying to hide LOL).

Finally I found myself laying on my back, my pants down around my knees as Jim cleaned the head of my terrified penis (damn things seem to have a mind of their own, ya know). He marked the spots for entrance and exit of the needle, and then attempted to apply the clamps. At first he tried a set that didn't have those nasty gripping teeth, but they wouldn't stay in place, so he switched to a pair with the teeth. Gods and Goddesses that was unpleasant!

After the clamps were positioned the thought ran through my head to back out, but I told myself I was going to go through with it.

I did some breathing exercises to calm myself, and then Jim said "here we go" and the needle began its travers through the head of my dick. The pain was intense, but it didn't compare to the pain I felt when I got my one tattoo done, or the dreadful anticipation I felt just before he actually stuck the needle through.

My only reaction was to tense my body up and let out a mostly quiet "ahhh!" (the tattooists in the next room didn't even hear me). According to Jim, of the dozen or so ampallangs he has done I reacted the least (he said many of the other guys were practically jumping of the table in pain).

I'm not saying it didn't hurt, just that it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. After her finished off by threading on the bead he asked if I wanted him to center the barbell. "Hell no!" I said, I just wanted to let it sit for a while.

After it was done I went outside, walking very gingerly so as to not cause to much motion down there. I was feeling such an adrenaline rush I decided right then and there I was going to get more, but decided to wait until after the healing was over and done with.

Overall, I am happy with it, and though I haven't yet used it during sex I've discovered that it does enhance sensation. It has also liberated me in a way. Being very self-conscious of the size of my wanker I would never before have whipped it out just because someone asked to see it, now I am more than happy to show it to people. I've come to the conclusion that any guy that has the balls to get their dick pierced should defintly get it done.

I'm planning on getting another ampallang done right behind the first one, as well as a couple of frenums. When I do, I'll definitly let you all know how that goes.