A few months ago I read "The Vagina Monologues" and it occured to me that in my 17 years, I'd never actually thought about how my vagina looks. So armed with a hand mirror, I decided to take the plunge and realised that it looked bare. Having nine previous piercings (ears, nipple, nose) the thought of a piercing down there seemed very attractive. Discussing the idea with my friends was a little awkward. Most of them had simple lobe piercings and didn't understand my desire to get a piercing in a more intimate place. I guess hood piercings aren't very common for 17 year olds. I'm aware that the law requires a woman to be 18 before receiving this piercing but in my mind, a woman is ready to have the piercing, or any piercing, when she wants it, provided that she is responsible enough to correctly care for it as I have with my previous piercings.
At A Glance Author chainsaw_fairy Contact hellz_angel88@hotmail.com When A week ago Studio Access All Areas Location Nottingham, UK After researching the possible piercings available via the internet, I decided on a vertical hood piercing. It didn't sound too painful and had a relatively short healing time (infection? down there? no thanks). My main worry was the rumour I'd heard that a bad piercing could numb the whole area, leaving me clitorisless for a good 60+ years. That wasn't a risk I was willing to take. But after discussing it with my piercer, he assured me that this would not happen and would in fact increase sensitivity in the area
So one wednesday, armed with a friend and some painkillers, I set off to get pierced. After eventually finding a piercing studio qualified to carry out the piercing, it dawned on me that I was gonna pay someone to stab the most sensitive part of my body. After a moments thought, I realised that I really did want the piercing. I filled in the forms, slightly in shock about what was going to happen and full of adrenaline.
Lying on a cold, sterile bed with your bottom half in full view is never an attractive idea so I'd say it's important to find a piercer you feel comfortable with. In my case, I felt more comfortable with the male piercer which most people have found strange.
After going over the possible implications of the piercing, aftercare instructions and how the piercing would be done, my piercer thoroughly cleaned the area and sprayed the area to numb it. While talking me through what he was doing, he placed a syringe under the hood to numb it from underneath. The syringe is uncomfortable rather the painful and the adrenaline seemed to block any pain there was. The piercer placed something under the hood for the needle to feed into once it passed through the hood. This again was more uncomfortable than painful. The needle was passed through which I could feel but again, it didn't hurt. The needle, a titanium ring, was put in place and I was officially the proud owner of a hood piercing!
Unfortunately, all the mirrors in the studio were attached to the walls meaning I wasn't able to see my piercing until I got home which was a little frustrating. But when I eventually saw it, I loved it!!
I'd highly recommend this piercing. It's virtually painless and well worth the small amount of pain. It's been 8 days now. I was instructed to just bath or shower once a day and to stay hydrated. Urine is sterile so keeping hydrated is apparently the best way to clean it. Sleeping was a little uncomfortable the first night mostly because I was scared of getting it caught but now it is fine. I'm hoping to get it changed to a bar soon, purely for aesthetic reasons.
However, I unwisely decided to get my piercing a few days before my period was due. It may not be appealing to think about but consider timing as a fresh piercing is slightly uncomfortable when wearing a sanitary towel and it's probably not the most hygenic thing to do.
I'm now happy with a beautiful, special, intimate piercing that not many women experience the joys of. I'm able to appreciate and celebrate my sexuality in way that I don't think our society really allows us to do. Genital piercings are often wrongly viewed as odd, dirty or even based on a desire for sexual pleasure and slightly perverted. I think my piercing is special and a little out of the ordinary but not odd or wrong and the pleasure I get from it is more to do with my sexuality and self-confidence rather than a need for sexual pleasure. One of the best things about this piercing is that you decided who knows about it and who see's it. It is not like an ear piercing, clearly on display for all to see. It is intimate and beautiful and individual to each woman.