I had been skating around the issue of having a genital piercing for several years and did have almost everything else pierced in the process (I believe I had around thirty eight piercings at this point, in various places in my anatomy). It was on my twenty first birthday that I finally managed to pluck up the courage and get my P.A. pierced. I would like to stress at this point that I am an eternal coward, and despite my pincushion appearance I do in fact get quiet nervous before each piercing. As an extension of this I also tend to have a piercing on a whim, when I have a sudden and inexplicable rush of courage (or foolishness). Obviously this lack of forethought has quite often left me in the lurch at work, as on various occasions I have been unable to speak or bend down properly. But never mind I soldier on regardless.
At A Glance Author Wozbot Contact Wozbot@bme.anon When Two years ago Artist Pete Studio Kazbah Location Leicester, England I tentatively went over to my favourite 'I-pay-you-for-pain shop'; which is Kazbah in the Malcolm arcade, Leicester, England (if you are ever in town I wholly recommend a visit). After discussing the matter with my piercier, stating that after all these years it was about time that he saw my penis, I hopped up onto the couch. We discussed the piercing and talked about placement. He informed me that if I ever removed the jewellery the hole is unlikely to heal closed, I was ok with this and asked about the pain issue. Apparently this is one of the relatively least painful genital piercings for a man, but I was somehow unconvinced (what just because I like piercings, I have to be a masochist?) I am quiet fortunate in that I am circumcised and as I do not have a foreskin there is nothing that will irritate the piercing and the healing process. All questions answered I unzipped my trousers and got marked up. This is the part of the whole piercing procedure in which I become most agitated, and I'm sure most of you can relate; when your piercier opens the package which contains the needle you know there is no turning back.
The actual piercing was not too bad, like a sharp electric shock that makes you gasp with surprise but is not unbearable. Inserting the jewellery into the hole was a little sharp but again not intolerable. In my experience this is often the case with piercings, threading the jewellery through the fresh hole is generally the worst bit. I felt a little giddy for about thirty seconds but otherwise was fine.
My piercier told me about aftercare, to drink plenty of water and that if I found I could not urinate, I was to soak the end of my penis in a glass of tepid water.
With that I went about my day albeit with a slightly strange gait. It was not until I got home that I found out the little surprise that awaits you with most genital piercings (at least those that pass through the urethra). I needed to go to the loo and as I did so I experienced an intense burning in my penis. That is a bit of an understatement as it was like pissing fire. Briefly I had tunnel vision and desperately wanted to stop urinating, but as is typical in such situations it felt like I had passed several litres of lava before I had finished. Afterwards I had to lie down and was loathed to drink anything thinking that I might be able to forgo the toilet for a week if I did not drink. Of course this did not work but I can assure you that each time you go it gets a little less painful.
The following day I had to go to work, which is perhaps a little short sighted and unwise on my part for not planning ahead with the piercing. I had a fair amount of blood welding my underpants to my groin but nothing a quick tug and a shower did not fix.
The healing process was remarkably quick. By the third day going to the toilet was not something that I constantly dreaded as the pain had receded to a slight irritation. After a week the piercing appeared healed and after a month I was confident that it was so.
That was then and this is now, being about two years later. Most of my piercings have come out including the jewellery to my P.A; this is mainly for hygiene reasons rather than any radical change in my self perception. However, I still wear a piece of jewellery habitually, because as promised the hole does not heal up. I would thoroughly recommend having this piercing and despite my narrative being full of words like 'lava' and 'electric shock' it is not that bad at all. In my experience the most painful thing on God's green Earth is stubbing your little toe on a corner of a cabinet, and this is nowhere near as painful as that ineffable agony.