Current and Past Piercings:
At A Glance Author am-m Contact am-m@bme.anon When It just happened Artist am-m Studio at home Location toronto, ontario, canada Both of my ear lobes are pierced and both of my nipples have been pierced.. the right one on two separate occasions. Though I've never been able to heal any of my nip piercings, so I don't have them anymore. :(
This Experience:
Yesterday evening, after having a warm shower, I pierced my own guiche. I made sure to shave the area.. which isn't a problem as I am in the habit of shaving my balls every couple of weeks or so anyway.
A few weeks earlier I had ordered a 12 ga. captive bead ring, two needles and a pennington clamp from BMEShop. I'd already wasted one needle on my first attempt, which I wasn't able to go through with.. the pennington just hurt way too much and I couldn't control my shaking. Later I remembered that a friend who had pierced my nipples had used rubber bands around the handle of the Pen. to more gently grip the skin, rather than the built-in catches on the handle which are -way- too tight for comfort. Especially on delicate skin like the scrotum.
Before I went in the shower I left the ring soaking in 99% rubbing alcohol, so everything was ready by the time I got out. My skin was softened by the water, shaved smooth so no hairs would get caught up in the piercing and I washed with teatree soap so the skin bacteria would be kept to a minimum.
The hardest part was the awkwardness of the location. I sat on my bed, curled up with my legs spread, trying to do four things at once with only two hands to work with. After a few minutes of grunting and cursing I managed to find a way that was.. if not easy.. at least functional. First I put on a metal cock ring, tucking my nuts through it first and then pushing my willy through so that my entire set was inside of the ring, then I slipped a sock over everything and tucked the bottom over and under into the ring so that my danglies (which are rather dangly indeed) were out of the way. This freed up my left hand, which was previously occupied with keeping my balls out of the way.
I also borrowed a small locker mirror from one of my room mates, neither of whom were home at the time.. I wanted no distractions while I did this. The mirror made it a LOT easier to check on my progress.
Once I'd settled back down again I ran a finger over the skin, trying to locate a sensitive spot for the piercing. I settled on a place approximately where my balls joined the guiche area. Using the mirror as a guide I pinched and lifted up the skin above where I wanted the piercing and attached the pennington to the lifted skin below my pinching fingers. The rubber bands were bunched up around the hinge point of the handle, and I only had to roll them up towards the finger loops to get the Pen. to tighten into place. I confirmed the location with the mirror, moving it around to make sure I'd gotten it centered and that I had enough skin.. I had to do this a couple of times before I was satisfied.
Then I opened the needle packet thinking, "There's no going back now.. this is the last needle."
Using the mirror and feel I positioned the tip of the needle against the skin in the pennington grip, carefully getting it centered off and then I did some breathing exersizes to calm myself. It took me a few minutes to work up to it.. trying to get up the nerve for that one, quick, thrust that would pierce me. I could feel the tip of the needle pricking against my skin.
Inhale.
Hold.
Exhale.
Inhale.
Hold.
Exhale.
I started pushing. Slowly.. very slowly. I couldn't do the one quick thrust but, pushing slowly was working anyway.
It felt like burning and pressure.. Was it through yet? No.. not yet. Pushing some more... Is it through now? No.. still not through. I let go of the needle, stuck through one side but not out the other yet, to move my legs a little, then I grabbed the needle and again and puuuuushed. More intense burning and pressure and then..
It's through.
Whew! That wasn't as bad as I'd thought it was going to be.
I rolled the rubber bands back down the handle and carefully slipped the Pen. off of the needle that was now sticking through me. Neat! I felt.. heady... shaking a little, but not too badly. Having my nipples done had been a LOT more intense, but this was still a rush.
The next step was pretty tough too, getting the ring through the hole.. very fiddly. I'd popped the bead out earlier, so I just had to place one end of the ring against the hollow back of the needle and push it through. It was kind of sticking to the skin, so I had to hold the skin and push from the other side. The ring slipped off of the needle just before going into me. Eep!!
I checked that the needle hadn't gone through and was able to push it back a little and try again. This time I got it, working mainly by feel as trying to prop the mirror up with a foot just wasn't do-able.
After popping the bead in I was done. Checking out with the mirror I could see that it was a pretty good piercing. Slightly off to one side by a millimeter or two and I could have perhaps caught a little more skin, but certainly it's a keeper.
Actually.. later on the skin decompressed a little from being squeezed by the pennington and I think this is about as deep a piercing as is reasonable for the area.
Future Plans:
Two scrotal rings, one on either side at the base of my penis, perhaps a PA and I may get a pair of tattoos on my belly, between my belly button (which I may also pierce) and my groin. I'd like to continue doing my own piercings. It was exhilerating! :)