Well, one day, a good friend of mine and I were talking about piercings, an all too common topic for us, when we began talking about his Apadravya, and I asked him what it was like. He began by telling me that first he had a well healed PA at a pretty fair size, i believe 6 ga, which he had done himself, and decided to have it extended into the apadravya. So, really, his experience was only half of that piercing, but he described the pain of the actually piercing as lasting "one....two......eternities!" That made me cringe a little. That was what began my thoughts on getting an ampallang. Granted, they are different piercings, but extremely similar in experience.
At A Glance Author grazer Contact jshaw@voyager2.cns.ohiou.edu Artist Patrick Studio Piercology Location Columbus Oh Cut to about 6 or 8 months later, when I was hanging out w/ a different good friend and he mentioned thinking about getting a PA. I was all about this, as I feel that more people should at least experience the needle, so we talked about tentative times we could do it and such, and finally decided to do it at some arbitrary time, that I have now forgotten.
Well, I have always went to Piercology for my piercings, ever since I found about them, so we made the trek to Columbus, about an hour and a half drive for us, and got some Wendy's to eat along the way so that we would have some food in us. We both made the mistake of getting multiple refills on our sodas, which will come into play later.
We finally get to the shop, and after the usual banter of them saying that they haven't seen me in a while, Jay asks us what we are here for. I look at him, and to this day can't really believe that I said it, "I want an ampallang." He looks at me approvingly, and shows me some jewelry choices, 14 and 12 ga, and I scoff, and say, "come on, you know me better than that, I want 10!" And he asks Patrick, the owner/head piercer if that is all right, and he smiles slyly and gives the affirmative. I was a little scared at this point. Then, my friend gets up there, having never been into a parlor before, and Jay asks him what he wants, and he says confidently, "I want a 10 ga PA." Jay shows him the jewelry, and we both begin filling out the paper work and proceed to pay. No turning back now. We are both really nervous. I can't really help it. This was my like 20th hole or so, and I was still nervous, I couldn't imagine what Nick was feeling!
Well, Jay says that I have to take the calipers, and he'll mark some spots, I decide which ones are good, and then he'll leave me alone. We talked about his ampallang while we were prepping and marking and discussing locations. He said that his took about 18 months to heal because he kept strwtching it, and that really made me nervous. Did I have the patience to stick w/ it for that long? I was certain that I did.
Now came the fun part. He left me w/ the calipers and the final marks on my penis, and told me to measure it at full erection. Wow, getting an erectio when you know that you are gonna have a 10 ga needle pushed through it in a few minutes is pretty tricky, not to mention the boring sterile stainless steel surroundings, sheesh! Well, I did my best, which took a lot of imagination, and finally got pretty well erect, and then just decided, well I'll just add 1/8 inch to it, and that should be fine.
I went back out, and they got me the appropriate jewelry and we got to wait a few minutes longer. Jay then asked us if we were gonna go together or seperate. We looked at eachother and deicided to go together, what the hell!
I had Nick go first, as I knew that mine was gonn be really intense, and I didn't want to scare him, and besides, a PA is one of the few male piercings that I hadn't witnessed. Well, Patrick came in after Jay prepped him, and the piercing went smoothly, and took his first piercing awesome. A little tense at the actual moment of penetration, and at the insertion of the receiving tube, but that is typical I think. I was proud of him. Afterwards, he was high as a kite, the usual endorphin rush that I have grown to love. Then he got the glove and aftercare speaches, and he was good to go, not to mention as happy as a kid in a candy store!
Now, it was my turn. While getting prepped, we discussed the differences in penises that they see in there, and how they keep waiting for the 'perfect penis' to come in and how when it does they'll get pictures! That was funny, and calming.
Since Patrick has done several other piercings on me, we are pretty laid back and this time was no different. He expressed how this was such a great piercing, and how he wants one, but doesn't know who to have do it. He then sat on a stool between my legs, and had me place my feet on his upper thighs to brace them, and also so that he get a better view and a steadier hand. HE then clamped the glans of my penis down to about 1/2 its normal size, which is a little insettling in and of itself. He joked and said, well, this way it doesn't look like as much to pierce. That helped to relax me some, but I was still pretty nervous. And the clamp was not too comfy. Well, the moment of truth had arrived. Start my breathing and on three, which he actually starts on two, and finishes one 3. Wow, that was really intense. I didn't scream or faint or anything. I twisted my feet around his thighs a little, and made an awful face, but then it was over. He gave me a few seconds to breathe and relax before doing the transfer, which went very smoothly. The most funny part was when the clamps were removed, the immediate dripping of blood from the holes. He then wanted to verify that he went through the urethra which is what I wanted, so he dipped a q-tip in some lube and inserted in to my urethra, which was damn uncomfortable, but he hit his mark just fine. He then put on my glove, gave me a dozen or so for later, and all was done. Nick and I were feeling good.
We tipped Patrick and were on our way. Nick later told me that he didn't know what to look at, my piercing in progress, or my face, because evidently they both looked really painful! I thought that was funny. On the ride home, we both realised our folly of drinking so much soda, as we both had to piss really badly on the way home, but wanted to be in our own bathrooms when it happened, as we were both expecting pain. Finally, I dropped him off, and went home. I was so afraid to pee that it actually took a few seconds before I could relax. It actually didn't hurt at all. I was very relieved, in more ways than one. After a quick shower, I called Nick and we discussed our experiences.
The following day was the fun part: blood clots! I got to pull some big'uns out of my urethra that day. I bled pretty heavily for about 26 hours before it finally slowed and stopped. That was a little unnerving, not to mention uncomfortable wearing a rubber glove over my genitals for 2 days! And waking up w/ blood on my sheets, something that guys aren't really all that ocustomed to.
The post piercing pain wasn't bad at all. I was able to gently masterbate after 2 days. A little soon, I know, but hey, I wanted to. I cleaned w/ sea salt soaks 2x a day, and all is well now. It has been about 6 months, and i still have a little lymph here and there, and I soak once a day now, but it is all good. Nicks PA healed just fine in a very short time, and he loves it, and wants to stretch to 8 soon.
An ampallang is not for the faint of heart, but is well worth it, I think. I have yet to have any sort of sexual usage w/ it, but I am sure that it should be fun.
For pics of my other piercings, and soon pics of this one, check out my IAM page, my name is grazer.