I first became interested in body modification when I read an article in one of my father's porn mags that mentioned a woman having her nipples pierced. The idea fascinated me - a mixture of horror and intense desire. The idea remained with me and as I passed through adolescence, I engaged in body shaving as part of some TV experiences, but the idea of piercing just wouldn't go away. Eventually, ten years ago when I was 18, I decided to pierce my own nipples with a normal needle and fit them with some very cheap hoops. First, I cleaned the area with rubbing alcohol and boiled the needle and hoops in some water for five minutes. I then scrubbed my hands with soap, took the nipple in my left hand and started pushing the needle into the base of the nipple. The pain was pretty bad, but I felt in control and with each jolt of pain, the needle slipped further in. After about ten minutes, I saw the tip of the needle coming out of my nipple. After a few more pushes, it burst through. I clumsily pushed one end of the hoop on and slowly and painfully moved the hoop through. Finally, the needle exited and the hoop was through. After a few minutes to recover, I moved on to the other nipple. Although, it was difficult and painful I was very pleased with the results. Luckily, there were no healing problems and they settled down very quickly.

A few years later I moved to a different town and saw an ad for a local piercer. This was when professional piercers seemed more of a legend than reality. The idea of having my cock pierced swum around in my mind and eventually I found myself ringing up and asking for a Prince Albert and a guiche to be done in just one hour's time. I arrived just before the piercer who was renting space from a cosmetic surgeon. He had a consulting couch which he draped with paper roll and asked me to remove my pants and shorts and get on. First, he placed a bit of topical anaesthetic on my penis head and with a cotton bud placed some inside my urethra. He showed me the needle in its plastic cocoon, broke the seal and told me to take a deep breath as he lined up the needle. I closed my eyes and there was a sharp jab which jolted me. I opened my eyes and could see the needle piercing the end of my penis. The guy took the ring he'd prepared earlier and slipped it through and there it was - a ring through my penis head. Then, on to the guiche. This time, he used some kind of freeze spray and a clamp which was pretty painful. This time when he pushed the needle in, I nearly jumped off the couch as the pain was so great. He had nicked a vein so there was a little blood as he edged the ring into place. When I stood up to get dressed, I felt pretty faint but also ecstatic. I rushed home and admired the results in the mirror. The PA healed very quickly, but the guiche took long painful months.

I decided shortly afterwards to get my nipples done properly and get a matching PA. The new PA was no problem at all - the matching pair looked great and felt great too. With the nipples, I was told placement would have to be in the areolae. I wasn't keen but let myself be swayed by the piercer. To do the nipples, I laid on the couch and entrance and exit points were marked with a pen. Then, a sterilised clamp was applied which was pretty painful. This time when the needle went in, I thought I was going to die. It hurt incredibly and the second one was worse. As he pulled the needle out and tried to slip in the rings, the pain was almost unbearable. To top it all, the placement was crap and after months of trying, they never healed.

Given my previous efforts, I resolved to the job myself and ordered some sterile needles. This time, I drank some booze until I felt confident enough to give it a go. Once again, I washed my hands carefully and cleaned the nipples with alcohol. I pushed the needle against the base of the nipple and started pushing. I kept on, pausing only when the pain was too bad, and pushed the needles through - mm by mm. I was delighted when I could see the point of the needle just beneath the skin of the nipple and gave one last push and it broke through. I quickly eased the ring through and admired the results. Once I came down from that buzz, I realised that I had another to do which if anything was a little harder. I wouldn't recommend it, but I feel it was the right thing at the time. Shortly afterwards, I ordered the barbells for an ampallang and apadravya, but in the end decided that it just wasn't me at that time.

Instead, I have steadily increased the size of my piercings and done the same for my nipples. So I now have larger nipples which sport 2.5 mm rings, my PA is now 7 mm and the guiche is 7 mm too. I've play pierced a couple of hafadas and have a neat piercing in my frenum which I occasionally use. I don't bother with the other PA now - I don't think I could have two 7 mm rings through my urethra! I'm still debating an apadravya. With a large PA, I think it could be uncomfortable - we'll see. Next stop is the almost inevitable tattoo. Just one, eh...?

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