This particular piercing has no other real purpose but for you yourself if you get one, as for sex it has its points, but for the most-part, it limits what you are capable of. I just believe that it is important to have that stated clearly at the beginning, that if you think this is going to make you magical in bed, it won't, it makes you have to be rather careful at times, in fact it can even make you sore in some cases, especially if you don't have proper gauging in jewelry.
At A Glance Author V Contact V@bme.anon When Two years ago Artist Adam Studio Inkwell Location Ramona CA I got this done at a local place, which may have been a bad choice at the time, but it did turn out well, there were no complications, and luckily he did end up knowing what he was doing. Because of the general severity of this piercing I would really have to advise towards a place that just does nothing but piercings, as they are much more likely to be able to answer your questions as well as provide an overall better environment that could make you feel more comfortable with your choice. This has a lot of skin to pass through, it's some serious business, and it's just good to know that it will be done right.
As for me, I had it originally pierced at a 14 gauge, which to be honest isn't a good choice for this, now having it a little less than a year, I find that 10 is the smallest that is comfortable, it's just a matter of pressure, the smaller gauges had the tendency to feel like a wire that was cutting through me, where as the ten just tugs, which I guess if there was a desired effect, would be the closest to it. The actual event of it wasn't too bad though, extremely intense, but exactly what I expected it should have felt like, but it wasn't unbearable, just the payment required for such a modification. The adrenaline high afterwards was a lot of fun though, which I was able to enjoy while wobbling over to the am-pm to get a snickers. The sugar as I remember really helped calm my body. I don't really know how else to describe the actual event, as I remember I was looking for when I was trolling these descriptions before I had done it myself. It was just really intense, not a horrible bad pain as I originally expected, but the reality of it honestly only made sense, but it was sharp. Now that I think about it I was worried about what my reaction would be to getting it, because I knew people would invariably ask me "did you cry like a little girl?", but I more or less just let out a grunt, and tried not to squirm too much (you know how you feel compelled to sit still for a haircut?), and saying oh wow over and over too much.
The healing isn't pleasant. The first week isn't so bad as far as sexual desire because the area is injured, and just the thought of anything of that nature is not pleasurable. The first three days I had just a little bit of blood when I woke up in the morning, but nothing horrible. Cleaning was a little uneasy the first couple of days, the feeling of a bar sliding through you there is rather unsettling until you get used to it. I am not sure if this is common knowledge but to accommodate for possible swelling you are originally given an oversized barbell, which for that purpose is a really good idea, but as a result, if you don't have buttoned boxers or something to the like, your penis has this sort of button action in the fly of your underwear, which can be a horrible surprise when you really need to go to the bathroom in a hurry. This is also the period where you get the scabs on the outside, but when you go hard, the scabs break and go inside. This is a horrible feeling, just as a hint, sit away from any pretty girls in Spanish. This leads me into the second week, you have a returning sex drive, and the inability to satiate that desire. After that though, its fine if you don't meet up with any other random fluids (vaginal, oral) and you are gentle. After four weeks, oral is ok, but really don't try for regular sex yet, that same button effect is in place, as well as to inform the girl the risk of getting it stuck behind her tonsils, that isn't pleasurable for either of you, funny maybe, but not really in a feel-good way.
The overall experience of getting it done was really opening to me. People always ask me why I did this, as through my story here I find that a lot of it just sounds horrible but I don't blame them at all, looking at myself the first couple of months; I was really surprised at myself, to be so capable paying that price for something that I wanted. But I really like that it is something that is private, something that I share if I feel like it, not something that I keep on my face to try to show that strength to others. And if you are drunk enough you can embarrass your girlfriend at any party you go to! But really, this was my second piercing, I am not a total mod-freak, I think of myself as a pretty normal guy even to regular social standards, this is just something that makes me, me, and I find me to be more because of the experience, the overall growth it has inspired in me, and of course the product, I think it looks good.
Added in February '07
I got a new gauging a while back, it's now an 8, which is probably where I'll stay. It seems to be a good, round comfortable size. Length has actually been an issue prior to this new barbell, mostly because of what I have said about it being detrimental to the enjoyment of sex on both sides of the situation. Finding the right size in important, and it was a little awkward in getting to the decision to get a smaller length barbell. This was an issue for me because to have a nice fit that will work for sex, the barbell has to sink into the skin a little bit, not much, but it definitely helps. More or less I was worried how it would feel, I didn't want it to hurt on a day to day basis, nor did I want the tightness affect the overall health of the piercing. I'm not definitively saying that this is what you should do, because i don't even know, this is just what i did, and it seems to be working. When I got my new barbell, the next day my girlfriend and I had sex, and there were absolutely no problems, everything went smoothly. It was just a good day to have everything finally resolve into what I consider "right". As of now it fits, I have no problems with it, it's just right, and normal, and I don't think that I could be any other way, I am just happy and content with my change, and hope this gave you the motivation you need if this is right for you, because hell, thats what i needed.