I would first like to say that I have always been opposed to self-piercings. I always felt that the risks of infection or improper piercing techniques could harm the individual. With that said this was a self piercing.
At A Glance Author Clint Contact h8mywif@yahoo.com When It just happened Artist Self piercing I have a friend who is a licensed piercer and he told me the proper techniques, but doesn't do male genitalia. I bought the jewelry and used sterilized needles that I got from him.
I have always wanted a scrotal piercing and went once to get it done, but opted for the pubic piercing instead. Still having my heart set on the other I decided it was time. After I summoned my courage to try it myself the rest was simple.
Being real high on the symmetry of things, I wanted to make sure that my piercing would be centered. I knew that later on I would probably want to add more so all this had to be taken into consideration. I got everything ready in front of me and went for it. It was a 12 gauge needle and jewelry, and my heart was speeding up, either from fear or excitement, I'm not sure which. This was a bit more awkward than I had anticipated. Trying to hold the needle and cork centered while keeping other "things" out of the way. After I managed to get everything where it needed to be, I took a deep breath, exhaled and pushed. It must be easier for someone else to shove sharp pointed objects through your skin, or I'm just weak. Although the needle went into the cork, I didn't completely get all the way through the skin. I still had a little pinch that needed to be taken care of to get it all the way through. Not needing as much preparation to get the rest of it done, I just pushed. I put the jewelry into the needle and brought it the rest of the way through.
The next step was actually harder than the first. Titanium apparently is related to the adamantium in Wolverine's claws. Bending it turned out to be more of a hassle than I had imagined. I had twisted it to make sure that it glided through the skin without any hassle, but getting it back together to hold the bead was a little harder. I am assuming that some of my strength had been used to push a needle through my bag. Man, saying it like that I know why everyone cringes when they hear that I've done it. Anyway, I got everything back together and finished. There was some blood but not as much as I thought it would be. I think that had a little play on getting the bead in also.
When my friends found out that I was going to get this piercing all I heard was "haven't you ever got it caught in you zipper?" It isn't the same at all. I assume that when you snag it in the zipper that your reaction comes due to the fact that you weren't expecting that to happen. With the piercing the pain is already anticipated so your body's reaction is totally different.
After I put the jewelry in, I thought that it looked great. However, it looked kind of plain. To fix that I put another one right over top of it. It looks great and is healing well. Although I still preach about the dangers of self-piercing, this experience has made me want more. I have multiple piercings, eyebrow, nipple, pubic and tongue in addition to the two new ones. I think that tattoos and piercings are very addictive. I started out 9 years ago saying I just want a tattoo. One is enough and I'll stop. Now, 4 tattoos and 6 piercings later all I ever think about is where the next one is going. My wife has always been against the tats and piercings but was nice enough to give in. The condition was that we could go out in public with no one seeing them if we didn't want them to. This leaves very few places to pierce. By the way, the eyebrow ring, she's pissed. I don't like belly rings on guys so that isn't an option for me. There are only so many places you can be pierced without seeing them in public. This is actually a good place for the piercings in my situation. I get the experience, or thrill of the piercings while keeping unwanted stares away from my wife. I don't mind the attention myself. I look at body modifications as artwork and feel that if you have them people should be able to look. I have stopped complete strangers on hundreds of occasions just to get a better look at a tattoo. If you show things in public, you're going to get the attention, get used to it. I didn't mean to ramble there, but It pisses me off to see teens with that attitude of "what are you looking at?" Dude, you have stuff hanging all over you, what am I supposed to be looking at? Society hasn't accepted "freak" as a lifestyle yet. So if you want to look different be prepared to looked at differently as well.
Thumbs up on genital piercings. This won't be my last one by any means. Prince Albert makes me a bit nervous to think about, but I'm sure that I'll get my nerve up soon. I hope to be able to share that experience with you as well.