Just to start off, I am 18, I have a 4g cartilage and a 00g lobe. I live at home with my parents who think that all piercing and stretching is self mutilation. I live in Connecticut where there isn't very many moded people.
At A Glance Author Bob Contact gravitybytes@msn.com IAM Osiris When A week ago Artist Jay Studio House of Pain Location Waterbury, CT For my 18th birthday, I decided to get an apadravya. I loved the thought of it, and I loved the way it looked. I did my research of experiences on BME and only found a handful of negative experiences. I talked to my friend's piercer, Jay at House of Pain in Waterbury, CT. He said we had experience with male genital piercings, and we decided that I would come in the after work, two days after my birthday. The day before I was nervous and excited, I kept thinking this will be the last day I will have not have a pierced penis. So the night before I talked to Jay to make sure everything was set. He then tells me that he checked that day and they didn't have the 1 ¼ 8g barbell in, and he was going to order it they next day. It seemed like the jewelry was never going to come in, so after waiting three weeks and no jewelry, I decided to hold off on the apadravya and get my nipples pieced.
Fast forward two months. I still wanted it, so I called up Jay again and he said the jewelry he had ordered had been used on someone else. He would order once again. About two weeks later he tells me the jewelry came in and I could come in any time. I finally decided that I am going to go in the day after thanksgiving. That was about a week away.
When it did arrive, I called some friends to see if they wanted to come. No one could. So I made the hour long drive up to Waterbury by myself. The entire way up there I could feel the butterflies in my stomach. I arrived at the shop to discover that Jay was not there at the moment but he should return shortly. I went outside and smoked a few cigarettes to calm my nerves down. Jay got there about 15 minutes later. He then went in the back to prepare everything while I had to go take a piss. I walked into the room and he told me to strip down to my boxers and sit in the chair. He continued to set up everything he would need as I sat there shivering. It felt like they had the Air Conditioning on in the middle of November.
Then he told me to whip it out and we would get started. Jay cut a hole in a piece of paper towel and placed it over my penis. He made sure that the barbell would be a good size and Eric the other piercer came in. He started telling me about his experience and that calmed me down a little. Jay then made the markings and Eric double checked them. That is when my heart started pounding. He explained to me that he was going to do this freehand and that I should make sure I do not "buck" when he pierces. He took the 10g needle out of its sterilized packaging. "Start taking deep breathes when I count, I will go on three." One Here we go...Two this is it... Three. The only time I ever doubted whether I wanted this, was when the needle went through. After those three long seconds of one of the most intense pains I have ever felt. I looked down to see a needle through the head of my dick. I am one of the people that have to look. The worst was over. Jay got the right ta per and forced that through. I must admit that it hurt less then I thought it would. The taper feels more like heavy pressure then pain. I was starting to get a little light headed, which is something that is rare with me. But the barbell still needed to be put in. There was one slight problem with that, when the barbell was going through the urethra. The taper fell out the bottom, and Eric had to come over and help Jay pop it through. I felt relieved. I was feeling pretty damn light headed by now and Eric commented that I looked a little white. Eric went and got me a cup of water and some skittles. They asked me if they could take some pictures of it, and I said no problem. After the short photo shoot they wrapped it up in some paper towels and put a latex glove and a rubber band over it. Eric gave me some extra gloves and a cup full of sea salt. I paid and tipped Jay, and I hung around the shop for a little while.
I started my drive to my friend's house. The drive was a bitch, every bump in the road caused a little soreness, and I could feel the bleeding. While hanging out with my friends it felt fine I had no pain what so ever. When I got home that night, I went into the bathroom to do a sea salt soak. I took off the glove very carefully and the paper towel was drenched in blood. The first piss wasn't that bad, I felt a little pressure which I still do every now and then. Sleeping the first night was pretty rough also, I put the rubber band too close to the head of my penis when I put the glove back on, and it was sore all night and kept me up. The bleeding lasted about four days. I have had it for a week now, I absolutely love it. I still keep the glove on at night just for precautions and I do daily soaks. It is sometimes a little sore to move the barbell due to dried blood that accumulates, but it's not that bad. It doesn't hurt when I get an erection and I can't wait until it heals so I can see if it really makes sex that much better.