I have thought about getting a piercing for a while and the ones that interested me most were the nipple piercing and the Prince Albert (PA). I wanted a piercing that was just for me and wasn't really visible to other people. I wasn't sure about getting the PA done as I am uncut and wasn't sure about how that would affect it so I decided my first piercing experience would be to get my left nipple pierced.
At A Glance Author Jonathan Contact Jonathan@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Stu Studio Otherside Location Belfast, Northern Ireland I decided to go to Otherside, a piercing studio in Belfast that I had walked past several times but had never had the courage to go in. Since this experience is about my PA I won't go into details about my nipple piercing except to say that I had it done just over a week ago and it was great! The staff in the shop were really friendly and the piercer Stu was fantastic, he explained everything I needed to know about what he was going to do and how to care for the piercing and it was a really friendly and relaxed atmosphere. The piercing went fine with virtually no pain (I couldn't believe how pain free it was!) and no problems since.
When I got home I started thinking more and more about the PA and how much I really wanted it done. I did some searching on the internet and after reading several articles and seeing hundreds of pictures I realised that being uncut wasn't a problem for the piercing and all it meant was that the exit hole was to the side of the frenum. I couldn't stop thinking about the piercing and so this morning (10 days after having my nipple pierced) I phoned otherside to ask if they did genital piercing. The girl I spoke to told me that yes they did and asked what kind of piercing I was interested in getting, I said I was interested in a PA but that I was uncut and would that be a problem. She told me it wouldn't be a problem at all and that the piercing would cost £45 and just to call in because they worked on a first come first served basis. After the conversation my mind was made up, I was going to have it done, so I jumped on the bus and headed off to Otherside. When I got there I spoke to the girl again and she took me through the disclaimer and said that the next available slot was later that afternoon, so I paid my money, signed the form and headed off around the shops to kill time until my appointment.
After spending the longest two hours of my life wandering aimlessly around the shops I headed back to the studio. I was more than a little nervous but Stu took me into the room were they do the piercings and told me to take but jeans down and lie on the table but that I could leave my underwear on for now until we had talked about a few things. Stu then told me everything I needed to now about the piercing and what to expect as far as pain during the proceedure, bleeding, jewellery (he was going to use a 10 guage ring which would be larger than my nipple piercing but was of a size that would mean I wouldn't have to change it for a larger one if I didn't want to, somthing that would need done if he used a smaller one as it would just act like cheese wire and slice through the skin of my penis), aftercare, problems some guys have using a urinal because the urine follows the ring and so can end up going in all sorts of interesting directions, pain when pissing for a few days etc.
By the time we were done with all that I felt a lot more relaxed, becasue I knew more about it and it was such a friendly atmosphere. Stu then told me pull my underwear down and he started to clean my penis, mark the position of the piercing and apply a numbing spray thing. He talked to me the whole time which really took my mind of what was going on down there and put me at ease. He then inserted the receiving tube which was a weird sensation but didn't really hurt, again talking to me the whole time and telling me what to expect. He then said "Right, deep breath, and your done!", all I felt was as slight prick as the needle went through and that was it. It bleed a little but Stu continued to talk to me about everyday normal things will he inserted the jewellery and dealt with the little bit of blood. I have to admit that I wasn't really looking done there and so Don't really know what he was doing but after w while he removed the tissue he had been holding the piercing to stop the blood and and showed me it to show me that there hadn't been much. I then looked at the piercing and thought WHAO! It looked amazing! He gave me a piece of tissue to wrap around my penis and a glove to put over it because I was going to be in town for a bit longer and we didn't want any blood seeping through my underwear, and that was it. I thanked Stu and left after he told me to come back if there were and problems or if I wanted him to check how things were healing etc.
Walking around town was a bit strange. Not because the piercing was sore, it wasn't, it was more the fact that I was aware it was there and had a huge bit of tissue wrapped around my penis! Well I left town and got home and really needed to pee. I went to the bathroom and prepared my self for the worst. There was a bit of blood on the tissue but after speaking to Stu I was expected this and so wasn't freaked out, I sat down on the toilet so I did spray all over the bathroom and prepared for excrutiating pain but there wasn't any! It did feel a little uncomfortable at first but nothing near what I was expecting. It's now several hours later and I have been to the bathroom a couple more time since and it has been fine. A little more uncomfortable the third time since the stream of urine cleared out the blood clot that had formed and started it bleeding again but it certainly wasn't as painful as I thought it would be.
I know it has only been a few hours since getting pierced but I am so glad I had my PA done, I love it already and that is without all the sexual benefits that the other guys who have written about their experiences have mentioned.
If there are any guys out there thinking about having it done then they definitley should. I am really happy with mine!