For the past couple months I have been doing research on BME about getting a Prince Albert. Since most of the piercings I have to date (including 12g tongue and nipple, 18g labret, and some unique ear projects) are one I have grown to love and not always yearned for. Coming across the PA on BME and looking how wonderful some of the penises looked with a lovely shiny ring, sparked a fire in the back of my mind.
At A Glance Author SeraphOsiris Contact rjm_3rd@yahoo.com When N/A Artist Mikel Studio Andromeda Location NYC I started asking what my friends think about it... to my shock NOT ONE person thought it was a good idea. It all came down to: "WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU DO THAT!!" as sparkles of silver came off their tongues when they spoke and the colorful patterns on there skin shone less bright that day. The hypocritical chills blew past me.
And now I wanted to see one up close. Ask someone who has it done and what's it all about. Well, I know the Gay scene here on Long Island pretty well and guys are always talking how hot "So-and-So"o is with their PA. And so I happen into a bathroom of a club and come to find out a piercing "Show" was just about to proceed. Guys and Girls whipping out there mods, the Bathroom was soon filled with nipples and tongues galore, including my own 12g nipple ring, and a few clit hood mods. With my flair of interesting jewelry, glass, acrylic, and some unique ear projects with spikes and twisted bar bells, and one girl with a ladder down her spine there was a lot to talk about. Some just plain rings, some with blinking lights, some with chains to there belly rings and such, but no PA's!!! When it was all over there was one guy who stayed behind. He then commented on one of my unusual ear spike that I have that goes into my tragus and out the back of my ear. Told me it was "Totally HOT!" with a smirk. He then told me he had a PA. My eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. I had asked him to show me and he was hesitant because of his over protected boyfriend. I had told him that I was thinking about getting one, but every one tried to talk me out of it. He then showed me his 12g pa and it was awesome... too bad he was taken, I would love to have played with it first before getting one...... (Impish grin).
So now the summer is coming and you wanna doing something that makes you feel alive! I announced to every one that I was going to go threw with it and asked anyone if that wanted to come for morale support. Because I lived far out on Long Island and the piercer that I have heard about a lot was Mikel at Adromeda in NYC, this would be a trip. This was a trip that was solo, until....
This girl Christine, from work heard about it and she was up for the trip. She was new at my job. Some friends and I had taken her out with us in the past. This would be a good time to get to know each other. I was shocked this girl whom I don't know that well supported me on this and not even my ex-boyfriends, whom I am friends with did not.
Wednesday, June 11 I called Andromeda for an appointment for Friday afternoon since I was coming all the way out from L.I. And wanted to make sure it was going happen. They had just told me to come right in and it would be OK. I asked if Mikel was to be there Friday and he was!
Friday came and I was SO excited. Christine and I had some late light lunch first because I have learned in the past (for me anyway) I needed something in me and my nerves would be fine.
We walked up to the stairs of Andromeda, and this cute guy with Huge Blue eyes, and a well-done Nape piercing, hands us a 10% off Flyer. As I go up the stairs I notice Mikel eating a sandwich. (I had recognized him from his description on BME you can't miss him.) TALL with loads of facial tattoos and piercings and long dreads under a cowboy-ish hat. I had let him eat and went inside to the girl behind the counter.
Let me tell you FIRST that Tina, who works the counter here, I have come to find out is VERY, VERY polite... I tell her I want to get a 10g PA. She looks for the Rings but it seems they are all out and I could get it with a 12g. She looks... and they are all out again! (Good thing because I told her I did not want to get one that small.) She tries to talk me into an 8g but I had my heart set on a 10g. She calls up the sister store Cassiopeia on the other side of town to see if they have the ring this way I can get them there and bring them back here for Mikel to do the piercing.... No luck, but they do have a 9g!!!! I was like "OK I will be different." Then luck would have it and Mikel said he does not have the right needles or tubes for a 9g ring. At this point Tina, very reserved, but business like, gets mad that one of NYC top piercing places can not accommodate their customers, Mikel agrees. She and Mikel mental notes to inform the owners. Tina calls Cassiopeia up one more time to tell them that I will not be getting the 9g ring because of the supplies. They tell her it is OK because they found a 10g 3/4th ring for me! Tina decides after all this wait that the Blue eyed flyer guy can go to the other side of town for me to get the ring. I would like to thank him again since as I never got his name.
As I am waiting and this is GOING to happen very soon, NOW I get nervous and wonder if it was a great idea. Just then a young dark skinned man with deep dark eyes that match his tie and shoes comes into the shop. He wants to get a P.A. too. Only thing is he wants an 8g and Tina informed him that they are all out the right size jewelry and that I got the last 10g ring. He looks over to me pissed with a smirk on is face. "Bastard." He states in my direction, and Chuckles. This now only reinforces the idea of getting the P.A. now!
I finished the paper work and went over the after care with Tina. I had decided to get the "provon" medical soap because it sounded the best, (first mistake I will tell you about later). The blue eyed flyer guy comes in with not one but TWO 10g 3/4th rings for me and the other guy. He is happy now! Christine holds my stuff as Mikel asks me to come into the room. The room is very clean as I had expected and he tells me strip down to my ankles and get on the reclining medical chair. He tells me everything will be OK. He did not go into the whole "this is all sterile" speech maybe from looking at me and noticing that I have been in the piercing seat more than once. It would have been admirable and reassuring to me. He tells me this is going to happen very fast with minimal pain.
THIS IS WHERE MY BODY DID NOT WANT TO WORK WITH ME!.
I guess some where your brain is telling your dick what is going to happen, and it does not want to listen, and it starts to retreat and go total 'Frightened Turtle' on me... how embarrassing. I know from reading on BME and other people that this could happen but... this makes Mikel's work cut out for him.
I told him I was sorry and "IT" feared pain. I told him I had passed out from getting my nipple done.. IT was a VERY deep piercing, and the Bitch that did it did not give me any heads up as to when to breathe and center my self so I went into shock I guess. He told me just to relax and that it was to be over before I knew it,(as he was inserting the receiving tube). This was not as painstaking as I have heard. He tells me this is usually the most painful part.
"Wow this feels odd." I said with a smile. He looked at me back and told me it was an odd feeling unless I was in to sounding or had medical reason to have something shoved up ones urethra. I did know what it feels like to have someone place their tongue ring up there while I was getting head, it feels similar.
He told me to breathe and the next thing I knew it was done. I just blinked. He told me that he was following up with the ring, now that was an odd feeling too! Then I started to get this RUSH. He told me to let him know if he was pinching me when he used the clamps on the ring.
He said "All done." and all I could remember was that I let the rush take me over and I let out this exhilarating laughter. The same thing sometimes happens while I get tattooed. He just smiled and I was in awe and my whole body was feeling good. I could not even think of pain. "Ok" he told me I was done and I could get dressed now and gave me a sterile pad to place in my shorts to catch any blood that I now just noticed. I asked him why did he not bandage me? He said he could not. It still turtled up on me. I got up off the chair and pulled my pants up and thanked him, smiled and tipped him. He gave me his card and told me to come back any time and he would be happy to pierce me again.
Then as I walked out the door I then notice the pain. Unique feeling, Pain and the weight of the ring gave me this awareness unlike any other. I think for the fist time I was getting off on sharp pain. The pull of the ring and the knowing of new steel in my manhood mixing with the new endorphins ... I was on a high like never before. HUGE GRINS and tiny winces. For the next few hours (and flash backs for weeks to come when the weight of the ring turned during the healing period).. This right away I loved. What I did not like at the very moment was the fact that I had on loose jeans and boxers. Right away I waddled over to Christine and told her I need tighter underwear! (I got some boxer briefs, later, are the most comfortable I have found with the first few days.) She smiled and walked me out of the shop I past by Tina and thanked her again Mikel was already in the back room with his next customer.
Now let's talk about MY aftercare.
FIRST you have to understand that how ever many of these stories you read on BME, your experiences will be your own and different in your own way. One can get to know what to expect. I thought I was OK, but I learned that my case was MY OWN AFTERCARE!
The first Urination: I waited till I got home and took a shower got my cup to fill with water and all.
The amount of blood (clotted, wet and dry clumps and all) in my boxers and the amount attached to the ring and my dick were enough to make me take a few deep breaths. I let the shower wash as much away as I also soaked in the cup in the shower. I got as much off as possible with the soap THE SOAP stung REALLY BAD I have come to find out that Provon was too harsh for me, in the beginning stages. Then I let the urge to pee.... There was a blood clot in my pee hole that built up pressure and SHOT out, it freaked me out at first, the stream was very dark and painful.
I continued to pee in the cup of warm water for the next day and a half. This hurt more than it was worth and I got this fear to pee and unlike I was had to come find out... I did not drink loads of liquids. On the third day I had enough of painful pisses. THIS HAD TO END so I started to Drink SO MUCH I was peeing all the time!!! SO PLEASE DRINK it DOES help and it does make it heal faster. It took a good week and a half to feel not the slightest discomfort in peeing (I was hyper-sensitive to it and most of my discomfort was, I think, in my head.)
BLEEDING
As you read from before I was a heavier bleeder I knew that was going to happen because most of my other piercing and tattoos bleed a lot... I was hoping I was one of those guys I had read about, that saw no blood after the 2nd day ... not me. I continued to see blood in my urine till about the 4th day and one time when it got snag on my boxers the 6th day, but it was OK. The first night with the ring, I had to sleep with a towel under me and lined my boxer-briefs with 5 panty liners. I hang down to the left and padded accordingly, but my dick decided to bleed up on my upper right side that first night... so I woke up to a nice bloody mess!
Very aware of my new steel, falling asleep was hard, trying not to roll over on it. The 4th night I stopped bleeding altogether and was sleeping all better (note I was drinking more fluids and peeing more so the healing factor was going up)
CLEANING
I was told to clean it once in the morning and once at night no more. I asked about sea salt soaks, seeing as though my body and other piercings I have LOVED it and it worked wonders for me.. I was told NOT to soak it at FIRST but after about two weeks I could. Mindful that I was hypersensitive to the provon I decided to look up other ways to go about the cleansing and healing process. I hit the BME chat rooms and others too. I asked some guys about their cleaning rituals, and looked up all sorts of HEALING FACTS from other piercing places. I learned what worked best for me, was to do a good cleaning with DIAL antibacterial soap in the morning and night for about two weeks and a sea salt soak at night every other day. The CRUSTIES proved to be a painful thing. During the day if the ring moves and the crusties that formed on the out side of the ring turned into your urethra, you wince and ached every time you walked. I would do MINI cleaning with a q-tips and warm water to remove the crusties during the day the weeks that had followed. This helped a lot. I have read about using Lavender oil also but I have not done this and you might want to do some research before you try. It must be of medicinal grade to use.
EPILOGUE
So... now I am all healed and LOVE it!! It has become yet another part of ME! Hope you like my story and feel free to drop me a line and let me hear some of your stories and look out for updates... I got a lot more to share with you all!