The very first thought of getting a reverse PA came to me about half a year after I had gotten my standard PA. I wanted to start a genital project but I couldn´t really decide what I wanted to do first. I knew I wanted to get a scrotum ladder, an apadravya and maybe an ampallang. I decided to start with a reverse PA and then take it from there.
At A Glance Author Mårten Contact Mårten@bme.anon Artist Paul Studio Barbarella Bodypiercing Location Malmö/Sweden As I mentioned, I had had the PA for about six months, and I was very comfortable with it. In my opinion, wouldn´t a ring that goes through the glans be way better than one that goes slightly behind it? Of course. That makes sence right?
I called my piercer and talked to him about it. When I rang him, I suddenly decided that I might just make another PA, in order to have a nice lokking pair. My pirecer said it might go to hell if I didn´t have anough of a frenom to keep the holes from ripping through the frenum and making a huge PA-hole in the middle. And it might cause uncomfort due to the rings putting pressure on the frenum.
"I wouldn´t want that", I thought, and we decided to do the reverse PA. We set an appointment a week later and I had already gotten a bit nervous.
When I got there the next friday, I had asked a friend of mine to film the procedure. We had filmed my PA procedure aswell and we just wanted to keep the tradition alive.
The piercer told me to drop my pants and my shorts and to lay on the bed (not an actual bed, more like one of those green, plastic hospital beds) and to relax and focus on my breathing. All of this was really hard becouse of my friend and his camera. He started giggling when he saw my penis and I couldn´t help but to giggle becouse of the camera and a man I don´t really know touching my penis.
Anyways, the piercer began as usual with having a look at my glans. Then, when ready, he applied what I´m guessing was betadine. Now my friend started to giggle harder, since I suddenly had gotten a yellow penis. As with the PA, he pushed a needle reciever down my urethra. This didn´t hurt as much as I had thought. It actually didn´t hurt at all. It was just a little uncomfortable. He used lots of lubricants, so it slipped right in.
When he was ready to go, he asked me if I was ready. When I said "yes" I realized I had been fooled. Instead of poking me after I had given him my approval, he poked me just when I said it. I asked him why he did this later and it was in order for me be relaxed when he pushed the needle through. If he had pierced me right after I had said yes, I wouldn´t have been as relaxed as I was and it definately would have hurt more than it did.
Then he removed the needle reciever and inserted the ring. If I remember correctly it was a titanium CBR, 2.4mm thick and with an inner diameter of 18mm. It was a lot bigger than I needed to allow for the swelling that might occur the first couple of days. I was asked to change jewellry to a more fitting size after about three weeks.
After all the endorphins and adrenalin had kicked in, I got a little light headed. I told the piercer about it and he said to relax and take deep breaths while he got me a glass of water. I had the water and after I while I started to feel better.
I was told to use Satin (a-septic soap) about twice a day and try to hold the foreskin back so it wouldn´t put pressure on the ring.
I have never had a more sore or uncomfortable piercing to heal. I was contantly reminded of it every time I bumped into anything or even when walking. It healed in about 2 months but was sore for about a month more.
I have a pretty stubborn foreskin. It was almost impossible to keep from "leaning" on the ring. Due to this, it slowly pushed the ring further and further towards the tip of the glans, and all of a sudden it had almost completely migrated away. I didn´t notice this until it was too late and it was beyond saving. I had in the meantime stretched and inserted a barbell through the PA and rev-PA holes, making an apadravya.
As I have mentioned, it was beyond repair. The top bead of the barbell was really close to the tip of the glans, so stretching it further really wouldn´t be possible.
I have now removed it and am only wearing my old PA. It´s been about four months since I removed it and I still have a hole there. It refuses to close up. I think I might just cut from the hole to the tip of the glans, almost like half of a reverse meatotomy. Oh well...