Somewhere along the way in my development as a person I have decided that I am not like most people. I've always had some unconscious desire to say and do things that most people don't say or do. In the small, mostly elderly town I've lived in for most of my life, my earrings and nosering, not to mention long, multicolored dreadlocks have already done more than enough in the way of standing out, protesting this and that, etc. So recently (past few months or so) I've been thinking about doing something unusual that wouldn't draw so much attention.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon Artist Camillon (sp?) Studio Cassiopea Location NYC It was then that I stumbled into this BME website. As I looked through the files of different modifications, many of which I never knew were even possible, I decided my cock needed renovation. After reading the experiences about the ampallang I was originally hesitent to start with that. I read that a lot of people thought it was better to start with a PA or something less painful to get used to a genital piercing. But then I said fuck it, I want an ampallang, they're just too damn cool.
So last week I was in New York on a vacation. I had only been there once before and I wanted to check out the village and buy some clothes and stuff. At first I wasn't sure if I was going to get anything pierced there, although I was considering it. I had told my friends that I might, sort of locking myself into doing something cool. Then on Wednesday I had already seen everything in the city that I wanted to see, so I walked by myself down to a shop called Cassiopea which I had checked out a few days earlier and determined to be the cleanest, most professional place around there. By the way, they also have a sister shop a little farther east on St. Marks Place called Andromeda which looked equally professional. I told the woman there what I wanted and we talked a while about gauges and exactly what the piercing was. She said she's had some people come in asking for an ampallang without really understanding what it was. I decided to go with a 12 gauge for minimal bleeding and the possibility for stretching later.
The woman Camillon (not sure how her name is spelled) took me upstairs into a very surgical looking room. She reminded me that she has 10 years of piercing experience which made me feel slightly more comfortable. Then when she started to clean the area and make markings all my calmness disappeared. I looked relaxed on the outside but my heart was beating fast and my muscles were tightening up. She explained that the position she had marked for it was far enough back that it should enhance pleasure during sex when it heals. She explained that she would use a 1.5 inch barbell even though it was a little too long because I really needed a 1.25 which she didn't have at the moment. I decided to go ahead with a longer barbell and downsize it a little later because it's better to go too long than too short. She said she would use clamps for this piercing and that it would feel like just a pinch although it might bleed for a day or two. Yeah well just a pinch my hairy ass, when she stuck that needle in me it fucking hurt like hell. I don't care what anyone on here says, this piercing is painful. After a few seconds I felt much better however. She cleaned the blood off it and wrapped it up and I tipped her and left. The first night was pretty bad as far as bleeding but since then it's been better.
It's now been a full week that I've had it and although it still hurts a little cleaning it because the dried blood around the holes attaches the glans skin to the barbell, I can tell it's getting a little better everyday. A few more weeks and I'm going to get a better fitting barbell. I'm also thinking about getting a double PA in the future with the rings coming out slightly off to the left and right. But I think I'll put that off so I can at least get laid when this heals. Another note, I'm uncircumsized and I think I need to figure out a way to keep my foreskin from resting on it while it heals because I think it might cause it to move forward slightly. It sounds funny but I am considering just taping it back for now. Although the ampallang is painful I still defend it as the coolest genital piercing.