I'm not quite sure whether other women have this problem but I wore a pair of 12G CBRs in my inner labia piercings and I always needed to turn them because the beads of the CBRs pinched me. I discussed with my friend who is a piercer and we decided to stretch them up to a 10G and insert smooth-tubes. After we ordered them, I realized that there will be a pair of 12G CBRs lying around and I felt like it was a waste of jewellery so why not pierce two more in my inner labias?
At A Glance Author Mel Contact Mel@bme.anon IAM melody lish When A month ago Artist my friend Studio On his couch Location Vancouver, B.C. Just that weekend, another piercer friend of mine was in town and we did a few home piercings. I decided to have my inner labias done as home piercings instead of at a shop because I felt a lot more comfortable. I often feel intimidated and awkward in a "shop" environment and being pierced at his place made me feel at ease. It was not an aimless DIY piercing because my friend is a piercer and brings home all the tools and jewellery autoclaved and packaged.
The night of, I pulled on my geeky SFU grey sweatpants and hopped up to his apartment. He welcomed me with a hug while the scent of aromatherapy and smoke also greeted me. He laid out sheets on the couch and told me to make myself comfortable. Before the actual piercing, he downsized a surface bar for me and stretched my 1st pair of inner labia piercings.
He brought home two new pairs of CBRs in exchange for my old pair. I was ready for my piercings. His roommate and his girlfriend came home and I said it would be fine if they wanted to stay and watch. She took great interest in my hood piercing because I had a long hood with a deep piercing. She volunteered to show me her tiny hood with a dainty little barbell clinging on. I rested my head on her lap (after she pulled up her pants) as he began to mark me. We decided to place them further towards the front because it would be more comfortable. He cleaned me, marked me with some ink and I was ready to be pierced. I don't remember much of the preparation because it was pretty routine and I concentrated on the Fugees playing in the background.
As usual, right before the piercing, I got nervous. My inner labias were already sensitive to the touch because of the slight stretching but I was ready. I lied down on the couch with one leg swung up over the couch. He clamped and I told him to just go for it as I breathe out. I squeezed onto her hand and I breathed in... and out as the needle slid through with no difficulty. I took a few breaths and commented on how easy that was as he inserted the CBR. I was ready to proceed with the next.
Once again, he clamped and I told him to pierce me as I breathe out. This time was not as easy because it felt like the needle was jammed and didn't want to slide through. The pain jolted up my leg and it jerked. I grinned and bore it as his roommate and his girlfriend commented on how painful the second one looked.
At that point, I was ready to get off the couch and have a smoke but my "piercer" had a disappointed look on his face. I was worried and asked him what was wrong. He replied that one was placed higher than the other by a few millimetres. I looked in the mirror and one was, in fact, placed noticeably higher than the other in my swollen bits. He was really unhappy with it and persuaded me to let him repierce immediately. I was uncertain because I did not want anything to be in contact with my bits at that point and I knew it would be better to let it heal over before repiercing. He convinced me somehow so we removed a CBR on the right.
Here we go again. This time, he took more time to mark and asked the two people whether it looked right. I didn't bother looking because I just wanted it over with. As he marked, I puffed on a cigarette to calm my nerves. Once again he clamped, I squeezed, I breathed, and he pierced. It hurt but at that point, everything was already quite sore so I just let out a slight "fuck" and pressed myself against the couch. After inserting the CBR, I took a look in the mirror and was very pleased. My face was burning, my legs were shaky and I didn't want to lie on the couch anymore. I jumped up, shook my bum and made my coochie jingle. I felt satisfied so I got dressed. Just then, a really good friend of mine from Edmonton (the one that pierced me earlier that weekend) called and I was very happy to hear his voice and I felt a lot better.
Afterwards I had a smoke and we settled down to watch a movie. I was exhausted and crashed. When I woke up, I drove home and took a long, hot shower. My panty liner was soaked in blood and it was very sore so I didn't even bother looking at it or touching it. I stood in the shower and let the hot water run between my legs to relieve the soreness. I put on a slack pair of bikini's and hopped into bed and snuggled up to... my phone.
The aftercare was simple. As with most of my piercings, I stick to the "leave it the fuck alone" approach and it works fine. Just sea-salt soak it and I don't do or put anything fancy on it. Genital piercings heal very speedily so just be patient for a few days.
The following part might be of interest for some ladies. There has always been the discussion to whether a piercing is more painful around the time of menstruation. I got my period the day after the piercing and comparatively, the second pair didn't hurt much more than the first, just a bit but that can be due to its sensitivity after being stretched. The healing process was no fun because it is usually much more sensitive and swollen down there during my period and was slightly uncomfortable. I tried wearing a pad for the hell of it so I can write it in my experience and it's really not so bad but stick to tampons if you can. Even though it's bloody and messy, soak it, just leave your tampon in. Your cunt will thank you.
Recently, I stretched them all up to 8 G with smooth tubes (highly recommended). The 12 G directly to 8G stretch was not too difficult except one did not cooperate and was almost as painful as getting pierced and the pain remained for a longer period of time. As we like to say, Guiche out.