Got Guiche?

At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon Artist Do not remember Studio rite of passage (no longer open) Location Boston

It was in Oakland when I first heard of the Guiche piercing. I was hanging out with my 2 lesbian friends Christy and Marion. They both were no rookies to the piercing world.

They had a book about different piercings and I was looking through it when I came to the picture and description of the guiche. Immediatly i thought that sounds really cool having this big ring dangling behind my scrotum. Then the added bonus of it's ability to hold off ejaculation when pulled on

I showed it to them but being Lesbians did not care to much about it saying it was pretty dumb. Well I thought to my self I don't think it's dumb and decided then that at some point I would get it done.

Well time passed and I never made the move. I started seeing this woman and we fell in love and so I sort of put the idea on the back burner. A year later we moved back to Boston where we are both from.

Upon returning to Boston I was very happy to see that the piercing rage had caught on here as well. You see when I left Boston in '94 I think it was even illegal to practice Body Piercing(ah puritan Boston ). i guess they must have changed the laws by the time I returned in '97.

Well I got a new job and met his punk rock girl who was well pierced. We became friends and I told her of my wanting for a Guiche. She told me about some friends of hers in Allston(a section of Boston) that ran a very good studio. Well I called them that day and made an appointment.

The timing was good as my girlfriend was in Florida visiting her mom. I was to meet her in a week there and now I could surprise her with my new addition. My appointment was three long days from the phone call setting it up. I could hardly wait to get it done.

The day finally arrived. I had to work that morning and when I got out I hopped on to my Bike and flew out to Allston. On the ride out I wondered if the ring would be bothered when I was riding my bike.I would have to ask. Also I like to wax my entire genital area and thought ,"oh man this girl is going to think I am a freak". "Well doy you are getting a guiche so what if you have no pubic hair,"I thought.

I arrived at what I thought was the studio Tribal Arts. The shop was full of African masks and sculpture. I figured they must do the piercings in back and that they sell some cool art to boot. Well I walked up to the woman behind the counter. I was a little nervous.

" May I help you?", she asked.

"Yes", I replied,"I am here for my appointment for a guiche."

"Excuse me", she said.

I said,"you do piercing here right?".

She chuckled a little and infomed me I was in the wrong place. Oh boy was I embarresed and then she told me I wanted "Rites of Passage" on Brighton Ave in the Allston mall. I got the hell out of there.

I arrived at the correct place and confidently walked in to the shop. The girl behind the desk was young and cute and I said I was here for appointment. She said OK and asked what I was getting done. I told her I was getting a Guiche and she looked at her book then back at me.

"Ok just have a seat "

She told me the name of the girl who was going to do it and that she would be right with me. I don't remember her name so I'll call her Jen. I took a seat and looked around at the shop. It was very clean orderly and professional looking and I began to relax.

Jen came out and intrduced her self to me. She was pierced and tattooed all over with long black dreads. I figured she was kinda freaky too and relaxed even more.

She told me to come with her and led me into the back rooms where the procedures were carried out. They were very clean and reminded me of a doctor's office. Right down to the training credentials framed and hanging on the wall. I loooked and saw Jen's name on them and that she had trined at "The Gauntlet" in San Fransisco. I knew of it and that they were "the place " to get piercing done in the bay area. It was where I would have gone had I not moved.

Well now comes the fun part. She told me to go ahead and strip down to my undies and she would be right back. I did and soon there after she returned with a sealed package. The needles I assumed.

She said,"OK I need you to remove your underpants now".

And I obliged. Standing there naked she told me how the piercing was to be executed. First I would need to assume the position as if I were being frisked. I was very glad i had showered well that morning. Then with a Q-tip she was going to locate the correct spot by running it up the "taint" (the area that taint your balls and taint your ass).When I felt it the most I was to tell her and then she would mark the location with a marker. After she located the correct location I then would lie on the table on my back and pull back my legs as if I were about to "recieve".

So the procedure commenced. I assumed the position and felt very strange to have her behind me feeling my taint with a Q-tip. She did it a couple of times saying if the right location were not found then the "bonus" function of the pierce would not work. Well we got to the right spot and it was on to phase two.

I got onto the table and she grabbed with her rubber gloved hands th package she had brought in with her.

As I had assumed it was the needle. She told me that she does guiches with a 12 gauge ring and showed it to me. She then explained how the pierce is made 1 size bigger to accomodate the "fitting sheath"(for lack of a better term). Actually this was the needle. The point continues on to an opening that the ring slides through. First however she needed to secure the spot with a pair of locking forceps.

We were ready to go. I thought I felt strange with the first part until I assumed the position for act two. I pulled back my legs and exposed all of me. What was great was while I am kinda freakin she is very cool and I really appreciated that.

She took the clamp from the sterilization tray and on the located spot applied them. Closing just before painful. Then as far as i recall she put the curved needle into a cork. She explained it was to push the needle through.

"OK are you ready?",she asked.

"As I will ever be ", I replied.

She put the tip of the needle through the hole in the clamp and began to push. A second of initial pain and then POP, the needle was through. Then she took the ring and slid it through the sheath in the needle. Lastly she withdrew the needle leaving the ring behind.and wiped the area then with iodine.

A gauze pad was taped over the ring and she told me to keep it on there for a couple of days. She told me all about caring for it and gave me a sheet with proper care instructions. She also told me that this is an easy pierce to stretch and I immediatly began to look foward to putting bigger and better rings down there.

I remembered that I wanted to ask her about riding a bike with it and she told me it shouldn't be a problem. I thanked her and told her how great she was and she asked me to call her in a couple of weeks to let her know how it was healing.

I walked out of there riding a cloud. I jumped on to my bike happy to find there was no great discomfort. While riding home i wondered how my girlfriend would react

A week later I was in Florida. I showed it to my girl and she liked it for the most part . I don't think she was all that into it but that's cool I love it. Today I have a 1" 0g. barbell ring. And it continues to grow.