It all started last year, my obsession with gauging and piercings. I first started gauging my lobes then started gauging my cartilage, which was fun because I was the only one. Now I'm a big believer in do it yourself piercings, mainly because I'm under 18. I've only had me and one other person pierce me, and he moved to Washington. I've also been a piercer among my friends. Doing whatever they asked upon heavy research. Either way, the only piercings I've had professionally done were my lobes when I was 8 and my cartilage when I was 13, and I thought those hurt... Since then I've pierced my tongue, my nose twice, my nipples three times, my bellybutton three times, my tongue web twice, and various other piercings. Yet, there was something missing. I have always wanted a genital piercing. Yet, for doing so I wanted the proper equipment. I needed at the very least, a piercing needle. Later, I purchased one for my own personal use. That's when I went piercing crazy, but still w eary of do it yourself genital piercings.
At A Glance Author Lauren Contact Lauren@bme.anon When It just happened The only person I trust near me... is myself. Yet understandably so it's hard to position yourself like that with a little mirror and enough hands. I've sat before a mirror before with no supplies at hand wondering if I could ever do it, I figured I could but was too chicken to try. I decided when I did sum up the courage I would pierce myself two new outer labia's horizontal and hopefully symmetrical. Since then I had pierced my friend's inner labia's and they came out wonderful with two curved barbells in place she was as happy as could be. I only hoped when I finally gathered myself they would come out as nicely. I decided it was time since I had just started a recent piercing episode where I pierced my bellybutton, tongue web, hand web, and surface of my arm; the majority of which I took out. I have no luck with tongue web piercings...
I went into the shower this morning knowing when I came out I'd have a new genital piercing; only, I thought it would be my outer labia. Come to find out I was right, you can't position a mirror like that and you don't have that many hands. So I sat there with piercing needle in one hand, mirror in the other, determining what I was going to do. I remembered a surface piercing I had seen known as a Christina and determined if I could do that. I sat awkwardly for a moment seeing how much it would hurt and what chance that I would successfully pierce this properly. I also gazed at my dozens of barbells, handful of captives, and various other pieces of jewelry. I picked out a curved barbell with two steel balls, one bigger than the other. I finally decided to go for it. I placed the needle through the top going downwards. It didn't hurt but I didn't really expect it to. It took me a minute to even attempt sliding the jewelry through because I was shaking. I'm nervous with pier cings even though I know they don't hurt. I went to slide the curved barbell through and realized I might lose it half way through like many other piercings due to uncomfortable angles. I've waited to long to loose this piercing in the midst of being finished. As it's starting to bleed a little bit, only a drop, I decide to temporarily place a straight barbell instead of curved just for conveniences sake. Once it heals enough I will change it because I already pierced it shallow because I don't have any long barbells and I'm afraid this straight barbell will be just the boost it needs to have my body reject it. Eventually I screw on the other pink ball as I had kept the barbells pink balls instead of switching for the stainless steel ones and sit there for a moment reveling in my new piercing. So pretty. I then slowly stand up and get dressed.
I now waddle around like a duck. I also decided to wear tight pants for the first time in a year today, why? I do not know; tomorrow... Baggy jeans. Plopping down when I sit, which has made my mother send my weird looks from across the room, and managing to walk with out bending my knees should only be temporary as the discomfort fades. But for everyone considering a genital piercing and nervous about the pain research the Christina piercing because I couldn't be happier with it. 3 seconds of pain is worth it for this piercing. It is a tidy piercing that goes along very well with someone who likes to keep there piercings symmetrical, like myself, all mine are down the middle; tongue, bellybutton and now my new favorite piercing, the Christina. Now all I need is my septum...
Also, if you are not experienced in piercings you should not attempt this yourself. All genital piercing have dangerous consequences, and should not be considered for the inexperienced.