I had my Prince Albert for almost a year before starting my frenum ladder; although I had wanted to get the frenum ladder much before the Prince Albert (my PA experience is somewhere in here already). For my, the challenge of getting a frenum ladder wasn't the big a deal, because I had already had a needle shoved through the head of my penis, so what's a few more needles and holes in the extra skin under my shaft?
At A Glance Author Graham Contact Graham@bme.anon When Three months ago Artist Neil Husbar Studio Marc's Tattooing Location Scranton, PA I had been wanting my frenum to be pierced for around a year and a half when I got it done, although it was quite unexpectedly. I had planned on getting it done sometime, but at the time I was more into wanting a good septum piercing. So, a friend and I head down to Marc's to get my septum piercing. Due to work, though, I had to wear a retainer. Problem, though, Neil was out of retainer's and his order from Industrial Strength was a few days late, so no retainers for me. L So, while sitting there thinking, I finally decided that I would get my frenum done, since I wanted it, and I wasn't getting my septum done that day. I filled out all the necessary paperwork and decided on a 12 gauge barbell (although I plan on stretching up to 8 gauge and wearing seamless rings).
After Neil had set everything up, he told me to come on back. It was nothing unfamiliar, he told me what he was going to do as I dropped my shorts and laid back on the table. He marked the spot, slightly lower than the exit of my PA, I ok'ed it and he got the needle lined up and ready to shove through. Deep breath in, exhale and in goes the needle. This wasn't a very painful piercing, but it was a bit more than the PA, which is something I didn't expect, because the area didn't seem to be as sensitive. I looked down at my new addition of metal to my penis, loved it and put my pants back on. Yeah, nothing too exciting about it.
The healing of this piercing went pretty much like normal. I did sea salt soaks twice a day and washed it when I took a shower. Nothing too tough, but, from experience, I've learned that I could have probably healed the piercing by sticking my dick in the ground, but that's not smart, so I'm not going to try it. I rather be smart and safe than sorry.
Then, the problem arose. It was only one piercing on my shaft, leaving the rest looking so empty. I needed to adorn my penis with more metal, and quick, cause he looked sad and lonely sitting there with only one frenum piercing. So, a month later, I head back down to Marc's. This time, for two more frenum piercings.
Arrive at Marc's, fill out paperwork, blah blah, all that fun stuff. Problem is, his order wasn't coming in until the next day, and he only had one 12g left, so, I just opted for both of my piercings to be done at 10 gauge (less stretching). I went into the back, repeated the process of dropping my pants for Neil, unfortunately the last time I will be dropping my pants for him, though ;). Neil checked the placement of my first piercing, checked the length and marked two very good spots for the two new piercings to go at. I was ready for the pain, since I had had it done once before, so I took a deep breath, let it out and got pierced. One down, one to go. The second one I figured would be the same as the first, wrong, although it wasn't uncomfortably painful, it was a bit of a shocker for what I was expecting. Neil explained to me about how there's more fatty tissues to pierced through for a lorum and stuff, so that's why is hurts a bit more than most other frenum piercings. This time, I admired my penis and was satisfied. Other than stretching, it looked very good for the amounts of metal in it. I was happy. I paid Neil, left and went to see some movies.
Healing these two piercings was pretty much the same as the first one, except for the fact that there was some unsightly bruising for the first few days, but that didn't worry me too much. A few pieces of advice on these piercings, too. Sea salt soaks are great, but much easier when done in the form of a sea salt bath. It's not too tough to stick your dick in a cup, but just lying back in a tub of salt water makes it much easier (and is nice and relaxing for your muscles). Also, make sure you're trimmed or bald, in my opinion, cause getting pubes caught around the bars isn't very good for healing. These are definitely great piercings (although the rings are much better than the barbells), so, if you have a penis, you should get them. If you don't have a penis, well, get a penis, then get them.