At A Glance Author malc Contact malc@bme.anon When A month ago Location scotland I think I'm a bit of a late-starter in piercing. That makes it no less fun to do thought, in fact I'm as fervent about it as any fan of poking bits of metal through your bodywork. It's something that grew on me - from being initially fascinated by stories of piercing, to fantasising about it, to actually doing it.
After a dalliance with facial piercing, a labret I loved for a year until one day I took the bar out and couldn't get it back in again (I tried, believe me) I decided that enough was enough, I wanted a genital piercing, which I think I actually subconsciously wanted right from the start. By now it was wholly conscious, and being quite appreciative of my genital area generally, some visual enhancement and excitement in that area was called for.
That's what I see piercings as you see - excitement. And the fact I think they look hell of a good. First stop was the bathroom and a needle and a sacrificial foreskin. No matter how hard I tried though, I just could not manage to do it. Oh, I poked that needle though several times, but getting some jewellery through it? No can do. I huffed and I puffed and I blew that bloody house down but my dick was resolutely un-enhanced. Not exciting. Painful and unproductive.
Some couple of weeks later I visit a very clean looking piercing shop. Walking right up I ask if they do foreskin piercing, and specifically will they do mine right now. Being completely empty, they comply, they being a bearded 70's throwback hippy style dude and a small dark haired cute girl barely 16. Maybe I'd have been better experience-wise with the guy, I assumed, but was quite delighted when the girl was to be my piercer.
Being male, I naturally enjoy having my genitals handled by women, even if they are going to just stab them. She washed her hands before touching me (which was a respectful touch I thought), not using any gloves. Cool. I watched as my foreskin was examined and the rest of my penis started growing. I expected this and stood firm and steadfast, trying not to blush too much.
What did I want? A foreskin piercing on the upper side. The girl knew what she was doing, certainly - making black pen marks in several places, retracting the foreskin each time - so make sure the piercing was in a natural position. Very professional, and if she noticed a permanent erection during the process she didn't say anything about it. I wonder if that's normal when getting pierced down there, I assumed it wasn't the first time it had popped up and they were used to dealing with it. Using a strong white light to detect veins she probably didn't want to hit, suddenly a short flash of pain and it was done. It's so much easier when you don't have to make the hole yourself. But evidently the trouble with this kind of piercing is that as soon as it's done, the foreskin moves and the in and out holes don't line up. Fortunately the titanium barbell went through first time, and I drove home on a buzzy high.
Inspecting it, it was just as I wanted. Sitting nicely on the very tip of my penis when in the relaxed position, and interestingly, ending up half way down the shaft when erect, I finally had done what I really wanted.
Except nobody told me doing this was addictive and more-ish. Very soon thereafter I wanted more of the same, but also to do something a little bit different. In a way, I felt my piercing was incomplete, which is why although I was very happy with what had just been done, I immediately wanted more. Not really ready for getting the head pierced in any way, I remembered reading about that in Victorian England young men sometimes had the tops of their penises sewn up to stop them masturbating. Either that or summarily circumcised. Sewn up meaning that the foreskin stayed permanently closed and couldn't be retracted to expose the head and therefore one was unable to properly and completely engage in self-abuse.
Again I went to the piercing shop, and got exactly the same done on the underside of the foreskin. This time it was extremely painful - the piercing being done right along the frenulum. It really brought tears to my eyes, but it was so worth it. This time I think a pretty large vein was hit, and even though it bled like a stuck pig the girl (yey!) spent nearly 20 minutes holding it and caring for it nicely. I think I'd have paid for just that alone. Maybe this is why it can be addictive, I dunno....
So, basically I now have two foreskin piercings and a huge variety of ways to configure them. A favourite is one long bar right through both of them, effectively padlocking the foreskin so it can't be retracted. Feels a bit like a chastity belt of some sort when walking around. Release at the end of the day from this single barbell is very relieving. I've tried a single ring too, which looks just amazing. Having sex like this is still to be attempted, it's high on my list of things to do.
But because it is two piercings, its possible to put 2 barbells/rings in - one on the upper side and one on the lower side. At rest, these show "folded" in to the foreskin, with one end of them showing at the top. Using rings they can also be looped together. Retracting it makes both of them travel down the shaft, and are very very sensitive and effective when having sex. Definitely needs more lubrication than usual, though, and a bit of care wielding them. Makes oral sex interesting in whole new ways as well.
The main attraction of this double piercing though is definitely the practice of physically preventing the foreskin from being drawn back. Simply because I knew it was there, several times I've had an erection, which caused the foreskin to naturally draw back a bit - but then tightened and stretched where it was joined. That in itself was a lot of fun, the denial of a full "open" erection causing a lot of twitching and frustration when in public. Nice! mmm.
The only real problem is masturbation. I do tend to be pretty regular with this, and having these piercings makes some common techniques quite difficult to do. I've ended up with a two hand method which covers as much un-pierced area as possible, and doesn't place any stress on the holes. However the aesthetics and pleasurable pain from the piercings whilst doing this makes it worth the adjustment. Of course there's always the option of removing them for a few minutes.
Quite happy sticking with it as it is just now, plenty of ways to wear it, no need to get extra holes anywhere just yet. Not sure how unusual it is to make this kind of restrictive piercing but it feels like a good addition to a masochist's repertoire. Sometimes I just can't get that single bar off fast enough when I really really need to!