At A Glance
Author	strawberry
Contact	strawberry@bme.anon
IAM	strawberry
When	A week ago
Artist	Manu
Studio	Il Negozino
Location	Siena,Italy

I have had genital piercings before. I started with labia when I was a senior at high school, had my hood done, then retired everything for three years or so, until I decided that I wanted to have metal in my pants again.
I'm into symmetry at the moment, and I decided that my labia piercing should be symmetrical, too. Ideally, if pain, placement, aftercare and the need to sit, walk and generally have a life were no object, I'd loved to have 8 labia piercings, 4 inner and 4 outer. However, this didn't seem to be possible, and I had to make do with just 4 of them, all in my inner labia, and here's their story.

As with most of my other modifications, I woke up wanting to get pierced. I knew I wanted my labia pierced this time, and that I wanted 8 of them. I mentioned this to one of my workmates at the studio where I apprentice, and she said that Manu, the senior piercer, would just not pierce me 4 (or 8) times in one single evening and that I should just forget about it and get one at a time. Manu wasn't in that morning, and I had to wait until the afternoon to speak to her.
Manu's reaction was very different from what I'd expected, and been told by the other girl: she was actually really happy to do my labia, as many I wanted, and she even suggested I put a black ribbon to do a small, perfect, genital corset to take pictures of. You see, we work in a small town, we don't get much more than navels, the odd nipple and some tongues to pierce, so the idea of what she called "a wonderful genital project" must have been very appealing to my boss. Besides, I'm one of her most annoying customers, and when I decide I want a piercing there's only way to keep my mouth shut: pierce me and go with it. So, Manu agreed to pierce my labias at about 7 pm, and in the meanwhile I cleaned the piercing room, chose my jewelry (8 cbr 16 ga, in surgical steel), and grabbed a bite to eat.

As a general rule, Manu doesn't allow anybody in the piercing room while she's working -exceptions are made for me, because I'm there to learn, for her colleague (we'll call her Meg, but it's not her name) and everybody else has to be out. I like this: I have had customer's mothers faint, or scream, or shout when we pierce and it is never good, neither for the piercer nor for the piercee, as they both get unnecessarily nervous. Usually, when Manu pierces me, we are alone, and I have always been fine with it. On a couple of occasions I had friends who came in to watch (they were allowed, somehow) and to hold my hand, but I'd brought them and asked Manu's permission and everybody was okay with it. However, I prefer to be alone when pierced, and Manu is more than happy with it, too.
This time, though, Manu asked Meg to come in and take pictures. I did have my camera, too, and wanted my own pictures, and figured Meg would be cool (she's been working with Manu for years) and help us with instruments, and to take out pics while we couldn't (obviously: try and take a pic of yourself while you've got your legs spread open and are trying not to scream; or try and take a pic while attempting to pierce someone's genitals). Meg said she was fine, and came in with it.

As soon as she came in, I began to feel very self-concious. Meg is quite fat and I'm quite skinny, and she began to make fun of my slim legs and bony hips. I didn't really care, as the adrenaline was already up and I had more things on my mind.
I sat on the chair, Manu checked my labias, decided on placement for both inner and outer, and gave me a mirror so that I could check them out myself. I was happy with her choice and told her we could proceed.
She lined 8 needles, the cbr I'd picked, changed her gloves and was ready to start. She asked me if I wanted to start with inner or outer, and I chose inner. Inner, in my experience, look better on my anatomy, heal better and hurt less. It's just a personal thing, but it seems to be working for me.

She clamped the bottom of my right inner labia, it was uncomfortable, but nothing I couldn't put up with. The needle was in in a split second. It hurt and I could feel blood running down my inner thigh. I don't mind blood and the cbr was in very fast. Three more to go, and if that's the amount of pain I have to put up with I can take thirteen more. And there were 4 more outer labia, too.
Manu asked me if I wanted the needles all in together, but I said no. "If I put all of them at the same time it will hurt less, as you will have no adrenaline comedown after each piercing" was her theory. To date, I am not sure whether she was right or wrong, but I was happy I could wait about 5 minutes before every piercing, adrenaline come down or not. I might have sounded arrogant, but the moment you have someone's fiddling with your genitals you want to feel comfortable, and 3 more needles stuck in all at the same time wasn't my idea of comfortable.
So we waited a little, Manu prepared the second needle, clamped my left inner labia, and again the needle was in very fast, and the cbr slid in without much trouble. It did bleed more, and I could feel the area getting hotter and sore, a bit for the clamp, a bit for the needles, and a bit for the tension, I think.
Meg, in the meanwhile, was taking pictures like a maniac and saying that I deserved the pain and that I'd asked for it, in a sarcastic, but pretty serious tone of voice. I was too excited to kick her out and, besides, with bleeding bits, no trousers and beginning to get dizzy, I wouldn't have managed to kick her anywhere.
Manu was ready for the third piercing, in my right labia, closer to my clit, just at the top of the area, so to speak. She clamped it, and this time even the clamp was painful. I breathed in, and as I breathed out the needle went it. It was a very short, excruciating pain. I couldn't even feel the jewelry being put in. It kept bleeding.
I decided that I didn't want to wait anymore to get the last inner labia piercing done, and the fourth was done in 30 seconds.
Clamp, more pain, needle in, a slight scream, and lots of blood.
I could feel my head getting lighter and everything went almost blank for what seemed like an eternity but was in fact just one minute or so. Manu cleaned me, gave me a chocolate, and waited for me to get better. Meg, instead of making sure I was okay, kept taking pictures (with Manu's and my camera, so now we have like 100 shots of my pussy) and saying that I got what I asked for and so on. I didn't really listen anymore at that point.

After 5 minutes or so, I felt well enough to stand up, sit down again to look at my new four babies, and get very excited and happy, as if the pain, the dizziness were all things of the past which didn't really matter anymore.
Meg asked if I wanted to go on and do the 4 outer piercings. Before I could answer back (no, that would have been my answer, and certainly not with her around, I would add now) we realized it was nearly 8 pm, and Manu said she was tired and wanted to close the studio and go home. Not that I could have gone through 4 more piercings, but at least the time problem spared me having to admit defeat in front of Meg.

I got a clean pad, got dressed, thanked Manu and left.

Later..
Walking out of the studio was a major task. I was a bit dizzy, but my new piercings did hurt and rubbing my thights against them was agony. I dragged myself out and reached the chemist's where I buy all my aftercare and where my doctor friend Simona works, told her what I'd been up too (she's half excited, half shocked) and asked for advice. She gave me some antibacterial soap and some tablets that help against swelling. I have taken the tables before with my lip piercing and they are really good, so I'm glad I can rely on them once more. I pay, thank Simona, and leave.

The whole area has been sore for the entire week I have had these 4 beautiful labia piercings. It hasn't swelled much, thanks to a religious aftercare of washing (4 or 5 times a day) with antibacterial soap, and three tablets of the miracle drug (used maostly for headache and period pain,but just as great for angry, fresh, but non-infected piercings).
Every day it has hurt less, and now that a whole week has gone by I can wear normal jeans again, I can take stairs, I can walk normally and not even peeing on the piercings burns anymore.

Afterword

Getting 4 piercings in a row is not the best of ideas, especially if you are tired, stressed or have just been ill. I was aware of this, but decided to do it anyway, as I prefer to face one hellish week rather than, say, 4 (or one for each piercing) not so good weeks. It didn't help healing, it made me walk funny and wear baggy trousers, but having my 4 inner labias piercings done at the same time has filled me with joy and satisfaction, and with mods that have more or less got better all at the same time, which is practical.

Looking back, Manu was probably right and I should have got all of them done one after another in 2 minutes or so, rather than having one, wait 5 minutes, then have another, and so on. If you, too, want to get 4 piercings at the same time it may be worth discussing this option with your piercer.

Inner labia piercings heal pretty fast, and a good aftercare program is important, especially if you want to have more of them done at the same time (but even one will require its own amount of TLC). Find a good doctor, or chemist, and listen to their advice. Either that or talk to your piercer. I do take the painkillers-cum-antiinflammatory tablets, and use an antibacterial soap, and this has worked really well for me, but never take any drug without knowing what you're doing (ideally oral medications should be discussed with a competent professional, either chemist or doctor).
And, least but not last, a piercing (or 4) has to be a happy, fulfilling experience, one that you decide to share with people you love. If you feel bad about having someone else other than the piercer in the piercing room, say so. If they don't leave, ask them to, or just leave yourself. I couldn't really do that, because they're my workmates, and Manu couldn't have predicted Meg's weird reaction (to date we don't know where that was sadism, or anger against me, or just a strange sort of excitement).
The golden rule applies if you don't feel comfortable, don't do anything.

I do regret having Meg around, but I'm more than happy with my labia. They look great, feel fine and are a piercing I would recommend to every girl, as every girl deserves her own private bling, and labia are a good place to start.

Feel free to contact me! Happy piercing!