My "do it yourself" Hafada (with a 14g CBR)
At A Glance Author Erik When A week ago Artist Me, Myself and I Location Canada, EH! I started piecing myself about 12 years ago, when I did my nipples (I have also done my own nose, my wife's Christina and several friends ears, noses etc...). I have been wanting a Prince Albert for a while now, but thought I could stave off that urge by performing a Hafada...
My uncle lent me his forceps and ring spreader/closer (first piercing I have done with proper tools, and at 16$ each) I would never want to do any piercing again without them! In Fact this will be on my wish list (I wonder if Santa clause stocks piercing equipment?). I didn't waste any time, I prepared all of the necessary tools and supplies right away. First I chose a comfortable spot to sit with my legs spread, somewhere brightly lit and with a table near by... well the throne fit the bill and had a sink, shower and counter right near by. The items I used were:
-Rubbing alcohol
-One cork
-Forceps with rubber band
-Factory sterilized needle (14g)
-Captive Ball Ring (14g)
-Ring spreader & closer
-Polysporin Antiseptic Cream (not ointment)
I opened all required bottles tubes etc (you don't want to handle these things after you clean your hands)... and proceeded to clean tools jewellery, hands, scrotum (and area) I look at this as the most important step in piercing, being meticulous. The last thing you want is to go threw all of this and end up with an infection and trying to explain to your doctor why you shoved a needle threw your sack... Good God, I would not want to have this conversation!
I had a pretty good idea of where I wanted it so I just grabbed the jewellery and eyed it up (I do quite well this way, this is how I did my wife's Christina and it turned out perfectly). I pinched the scrotal flesh together and spread it apart and tried to imagine where it would lie once installed. I pictured the ring inside my bag and how it would affect the way my skin laid. After finding the perfect spot, I got the forceps onto my scrotum, and accidentally locked them up (try to avoid this, it is very painful). I had to juggle the forceps and the cork in one hand while getting ready to push the needle threw with the other hand, surprisingly easy actually! With the needle sitting ready to be pushed threw, all set to go; now all of a sudden I decided to get nervous (never happened to me before, but then again, I have never had a hole punched threw any of my genitals before). So I decided to just push really gently, to see what the tip of the needle would feel like, I applied a very gentle pressure and it didn't feel bad at all, so I decided to relax for a moment before doing the piercing, as I tried to lift the needle lightly, it soon became apparent that the end of the needle was embedded in the cork... I WAS ALREADY DONE!!
I lubricated the needle and ring with Polysporin cream and pushed the needle out with the ring, and voila! There was no pain, no blood, no nothing. It really was that easy. This is such an easy piercing to do, I personally wouldn't pay a pro... but I am cheap!
I learned though that the next day would bring the most pain. It was so pain free that I didn't take care to wear nice loose shorts and underwear. By the end of the workday I was quite sore. So the next day I wore different shorts and tried not to walk around too much, still it gets sore by the end of the day just from my leg rubbing against my bag while I walk.
Now about that Prince Albert, a word of caution to those seeking to satisfy certain urges: get what you want done the first time... I am no better off; I still want the PA. In fact I want the PA now worse than ever, after seeing how painless the Hafada was. All is not lost though, now I will have a matching Hafada! The PA I am planning on having a pro perform, although it is tough where I live to find someone who does them (and recently I have been thinking about doing it myself, but my wife forbids it... smart lady, I should listen, but don't know if I will). Most say they are worried about an erection. Well after having a vasectomy I know what its like when Mr. Willy is nervous, no worries on the erection, but what does worry me is letting a big ripper in someone's face!! I cant afford a tip big enough to say sorry for that.
OH YA, don't forget the disclaimer – do not for any reason ever pierce yourself, I am not responsible for your irresponsibility (only my own)!