I've been a reader of BME for several years and have as of now contributed a couple other stories. This one is about my adventure with my labia piercing. I had been craving another piercing for quite some time and was running out of spaces to put them, especially since my horrid summer job made me wear band aids over my facial piercings, but we won't get into that. So I thought and decided to get a genital piercing. I wasn't ready for a hood piercing and did not want anything too extreme so I chose to have my inner labia pierced.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When N/A Artist Karen Studio Karas alternate day spa Location Halifax, NS I have long been uncomfortable with my inner lips. One was larger than the other one and well I knew this was fairly common I still felt weird. So I decided to pierce it and make it more unique and pretty. I of course read up on BME about the procedure and made my appointment a week in advance, on a Friday so I could rest the weekend.
I went down that Friday with my friend whom I swear the shop thinks we date since we're always in there together. She was getting measured for her nape and I was going to get my lip pierced. I filled out the proper paper work, showed my ID and waited for about 20 minutes, nervous as al hell.
Finally my name is called and I drag my friend upstairs with me. I wore a skirt for easier access and to not feel completely exposed. The piercer removed all the tools from the packages, cleaned me and marked me. She chose a smaller ring to use. And than she prepared to pierce me. Me, being nervous as hell kept screaming for about 10 or 15 minutes wait no give me another minutes to prepare. I finally calmed down and let her do it.
And wow. I don't remember the pain now but I know it hurt. I bucked in the chair, I guess you could say. I ended up pulling bout 10 inches away from the piercer when the needle went through. My friend was worried I was going to slam my legs together and stab the needle into my thigh, which I thankfully did not do. After the needle was in, the piercer slid the ring into place and prepared to put the ball on and close the ring. Oops...she dropped the ball. AND where did it go but just a little bit down and in. So there I was , spread eagle in a chair, with a complete stranger fishing around for a ball and me and my friend laughing almost to death. After a few seconds the piercer retrieved the ball and proceeded to try again. She unfortunately caught the tip of my clit in the ring closers while closing the ball and that hurt like hell. All in all trying to get the ring closed was a worse experience than the piercing itself. Finally she got the ring closed and I laid there for 10 more minutes while my friend went and had her neck measured.
Finally I hobbled down the stairs, paid and took the bus to my friends place. That was hell. Every bump made my lip hurt like hell, not to mention the old ladies casting me terrible looks, making comments on how they would never wear a skirt that short or sit like that, legs spread . Finally we got to my friends place where I just laid on her bed for a couple hours, occasionally flashing her my bits to show off my piercing.
Later on I went home to my boyfriend and showed him. He likes it and was just sad that we could not have sex for 6 weeks or so. That was ok with me, since it was pretty sore. I cleaned it everyday, with a sea salt soak. They really made it feel better. I also peed on it, since you can't really not and that is supposed to AID in cleaning it. Work was hell, since I had to do a lot of walking and I more or less waddled. All my fellow workers soon discovered my reasons for my waddle and often let my do standing still jobs, which was nice of them.
I would say it took about 1 and a half to 2 weeks to fully heal to a point where it wasn't hurting. I still waited the 6 weeks to have sex, since it didn't want to bang it round too much. After about a month I ended up stretching it to a 12 gauge since the 14 got very loose. I still have a ring in it and my only complain is that sometimes it gets caught in my underwear and pulls. I did end up piercing my hood and in comparison my labia was worst. I'm not sure if this was because it was my first genital piercing or not. The hood definitely healed faster.
I very much so love my labia piercing and would love to get a matching one, but I like having one decorated one and one plain. Its very much so worth the bit of discomfort. Its fast healing too and easy to stretch. I do recommend having a piercer who knows what they are doing.