After having had my Prince Albert and an Upper Frenum/Dydoe done, my fascination and "addiction" to piercing did not abate. I turned my sights to furthering my journey into this world that had become an integral part of my existence, having opened a page on IAM, the Body Modification Community, it was part of my life and gave me quite a lot of joy as well.
At A Glance Author RobbieRSA Contact RobbieRSA@bme.anon IAM RobbieRSA When A year ago After meeting many many people on IAM and seen the options that were open to me, I narrowed my decision down to an ampallang, or converting my PA into an Apadravya. I decided on the Ampallang. I spoke to my piercer the next day, and she said if I was sure, I should come in the next day. I called my friend who's always been interested in my piercings, and he was extremely keen to come with to watch the procedure.
I had a bite to eat with Odie and his girlfriend before I went through to the studio the next morning, and when I arrived, she told us to come through to the procedure room straight away. I dropped my jeans and boxers and lay back on the table. My friend watching intently and his girlfriend taking photos. Talk about pressure! The piercer donned a new pair of gloves and used an alcohol swab to clean my glans, before marking the placement meticulously with a blue marker. Once she and I were happy with the marks, she unwrapped one of the sealed sterile local anaesthetic needles and injected all around the areas where she would be piercing. We waited a few minutes for the anaesthetic to take effect and she unwrapped the sterile 10 gauge needle. Piercing freehand, she started on the left side of my glans in what seemed like 2 stages in slow motion, left side to urethra and then right through to the other side, although it was more like one swift motion to the people who weren't feeling it. The pain was quite intense, but not excruciating, and was numbed on the outside edges by the local anyway. She proceeded to cut the canulla, place the threads of the barbell in the end of the tube, pull it through and place the ball on the other end. Fifteen minutes after walking through the door, we were done. As with all of my piercings so far, it was not nearly as painful as I had expected, and again, as with my previous piercings, I couldn't help but laugh out loud!
I got dressed and all was well.
Later on, while doing the first of my sea-salt soaks as advised on almost all the piercing forums here on BME, it was obvious that the piercing was quite skew and I was very disappointed. I waited a day and, my disappointment mounting; I gave my piercer a call and told her of the situation. She said that if I wasn't happy, I should take the barbell out and she would redo it for me a week later at no charge. On that advice I sat down on the toilet and slowly pulled the barbell out. It wasn't sore, but extremely sensitive. The barbell was followed by a flow of blood that did not abate for 20 minutes (obviously because that organ needs good blood flow) so I pinched my fingers over the holes on either side and kept them there, until the bleeding stopped and I was sure I was not going to bleed to death. One week later I went back to the studio and she repeated the procedure, thankfully a bit straighter this time. The new ampallang bled slightly for about a day before easing and being only slightly sensitive during everyday movement for about a week, but by no means was it terribly painful. I decided to keep my foreskin back for the first couple of days to allow it to heal and dry a little. When I eventually put it back forward, it was fine and comfortable, although it looked a little odd to me at first with the balls pushing out from the inside.
At the moment I am starting the stretch to 8 gauge and although it's still slightly skew, I couldn't be happier. I have since learned that piercing it with a clamp is the ideal way to get it perfectly straight, it is still in my mind my ultimate piercing. It was a continuation of my journey, and by no means the end.
My piercings are a passion, and although some may not understand it, or accept it, it's who I am, and I'm not about to change that because someone has trouble accepting what I believe. If you're considering getting a piercing like this one, and you're not afraid of a little bit of discomfort (it wasn't that sore!) go ahead! After all, you can always remove it if you change your mind later. It's never as sore as you think it's going to be.