A guiche for my birthday

At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon Artist Filipa Studio El Diablo Tattoo Location Lisboa - Portugal

Since I was 17, when I read an article in a magazine titled "Urban Tribes", I wanted to get pierced. But first I had to wait, because I still was a minor and my parents wouldn't allow me to do a piercing, and I almost forgot that strange urge... But the fate was after me, and some weeks before my 19th birthday I saw a TV programme about piercings. It was then that I started to actually imagine myself pierced.

At first I didn't have the minimum idea of what kind of piercing I wanted. You can call it an act of rebellion, an act of self-mutilation (some people told me so), or whatever you want: the fact was that I wanted one, and I wanted it bad. Then I started to look at pierced people that came across me on the streets more carefully and imagining myself with their piercings. But I was seeking for something subtler, something more original. I wanted to be different, and have the option to only show it (or talk about it) with persons that I really trusted and that wouldn't mind if I got pierced (for example, my parents would freak out if I arrived home with my eyebrow or tongue pierced). It was at that time that I started to search the web for info about piercings and, eventually, I found BME.

When I found BME it was like I had discovered a whole new world... I spent hours browsing through it, finding photos and texts about piercings that I never dreamt of. I admit that the idea of a genital piercing fascinated me, so it was with no big surprise that I found myself reading and watching photos (at that time the genital piercings section was "freeware") of male genital piercings... First I got somewhat shocked with what I was seeing, but after a while it gets inside your head and you start to appreciate (and enjoy) it. As it was going to be my first piercing I didn't want to be dareful (if you consider that doing a genital piercing isn't dareful enough), so I didn't even consider doing a Prince Albert or any other piercing that involved the glans. Then I found a picture with a very discrete and somewhat tasteful piercing. It was a guiche... I kept on reading some experiences about it and, when I finished, I was sure that it was the one.

It was now time to find a place to get it done. I had no idea where I should do it and I didn't know anyone who did, so I started searching the yellow pages. After some research I ended up with about half a dozen of studios and, as I was quite nervous with the perspective of have my body pierced, I thought that it was a good idea to check those places out before I decided which one to choose. And so it was. One day I took the afternoon off and started my "undercover" work. By the end of that day I excluded all studios but two, that looked the best (hygiene and installations), so the next day I phoned them both to ask for the prices. For my disappointment, one of the didn't make genital piercings, so I didn't have much a choice... I saved some money (15 000$00 PTE) for the following days, and about one week before my birthday I was ready.

The D-Day came, and I woke up with a strange feeling. It was the last time that I would wake up without a ring in my body... I spent the morning with some friends and about one hour after my appointment, they drove me to the shop I chose (El Diablo Tattoo). They were all terrific, staying with me all the time. When we arrived we noticed that there was lots of people waiting to be pierced and I was told that the piercer was a bit delayed, so I had to wait for a while. I was getting even more nervous, sweating whenever I thought about what I was going to do. And if something goes wrong? ­ I asked myself countless times. That half-an-hour I had to wait was the worst part of all... I even considered going away.

But then the piercer came and greeted me... I already knew that she was a female, but only then I noticed that it wouldn't be very... convenient if I didn't control myself (after all, I am not made of steel). But, on the other hand, I was so nervous and anxious that I could be living my hottest fantasy and not being able to get an erection. The piercer as aware of me nervousness (it wasn't that difficult to note ­ she even said that I was quite pale), and started to make jokes about my piercing and saying that it was rare to see people like me (she said that I had a "nerd-ish" look) there, and even more rare to get a genital piercing for their first one. I don't know how she did it, but when the time came I was quite relaxed and confident. After the process of getting undressed and marking the spot, she showed me the nail she was going to use and the niobium ring (still in their hermetically sealed packages). I said something like "it's now or never" and some seconds latter felt a sharp pain followed by dizziness... I was asked if I was feeling ok. I was. I WAS!!!!! To be more accurate, I was feeling just GREAT!!!!! I did it. I had the balls (now pierced) to get with it!

And then came the healing process... I followed every advice that my piercer gave (washing it at least twice a day and cover it with a bactericide that she recommended) and about one month latter I (and my girlfriend) was able to play with it at my own will. I think the guiche is a perfect piercing... Only the people I want know about it and it is very fun to play with (especially if you aren't the one playing with it). Now I have two rings going through my guiche (which is very fun, because if I start shaking I start playing what I call "jingle balls") and when I was 20 I made another piercing on the same studio ­ a tongue web.

Finally, I would like to make very clear that I'm just an ordinary person (maybe a little "nerd-ish", as my piercer pointed out), studying at a Portuguese medical school (one day I can become your doctor, who knows?) and, in any way, I identify myself as one of the many stereotypes that the society has for pierced persons.