Well it was about 7 months ago that I finally decided to go get my vaginal surface piercing known as "christina" As you may have read in my story "Kristina with a K" it was quite an experience.
At A Glance Author Sarah Contact Sarah@bme.anon When A year ago Artist Cindy Studio Purrfectly Pierced Location Toledo Ohio The first few weeks everything was fine. It wasn't painful but it was a bit swollen. Months went by and everything was fine. I stopped into the piercing place where I had gotten it done- once to get my bar changed, and another time to see if it was healing correctly. Cindy said that everything looked good and I didn't need to worry about it. I kept up on my salt soaks and used dial regularly. I seriously loved this piercing. It made me feel sexy- and knowing I had something not many others had was fun too. My piercer had been piercing for about 10 years, and I was only the 7th one she had done.
Out of nowhere around month four I started seeing these little red bumps around the bar- one at the top, one at the bottom. It became swollen and I had to put the longer bar back in. I couldn't understand what was going on.. so I went to Cindy again. She told me it was just irritated and that a few salt soaks would fix it. So I went home hoping she was right.
This piercing was in a really weird spot for me. I loved it, don't get me wrong! But doing simple things was hard with it. I used to hit it on the counter at work, or on the corner of desks.. Wearing my 6 button abercrombie jeans were a no no because it would lodge into the spaces and pull. Sometimes I would bump it on the sensor remover while I was working and I would have to go into the bathroom and put toilet paper in my panties to cushion it. It was merely impossible to NOT hit christina on things. Although it WAS irritating -I loved it and figured it was worth the occasional pain. Sex on bottom was nearly impossible with this piercing, even when it was sully healed and I wasn't having any problems...if my boyfriend hit both ends of the bar at the same time with his pelvis I would get a shooting pain. Let's just say it held us back. Also.. for him to "go down south" and pleasure me was also a chore. His top teeth would catch on the bottom ball. OUCH!
Once the swelling started, and the bumps formed.. I knew something wasn't right.. but I didn't want to take it out. Over the next few weeks I tried everything I could to make it better but nothing seemed to be working. I did sea salt soaks, used dial, and even tried tea tree oil. The final day I was in the shower and I had just gotten out to dry off. I realized that I could see the entire bar through my skin! The skin was translucent and very thin. I knew it was rejecting. I ran out and showed my boyfriend and he agreed- it needed to come out, and now.. before the skin split open. I reluctantly took it out, and I complained about doing so all day long.
Now I have had my piercing out for about 3 months. I miss it... a lot! All that is left is a little red bump, about the size of a popcorn kernel. Hair doesn't grow in that spot either, and piercing it again in almost impossible. I am sad, but going into it I knew the rate of rejection for this piercing was high. Good luck with yours, I just thought I should let you know some of the problems I had with it... as beautiful and fun as it was! I would defiantly do it again if I could, but doing so would not only be much more painful- but stupid!
After I had gotten my piercing I took 2 of my friends to get theirs done too. One of my friends is in a relationship and said it makes things hard as well. I am unsure on if she still has hers or not, for some reason I am thinking that she doesn't have it anymore because I knew hers was giving her problems too. My other friend was not in a relationship- and still hasn't had any kind of sexual contact; hers seems to be doing great. I don't know if having sex is any part of it, but it could be. I had sex the day after I got my piercing- with no problem... but that could have something to do with the problems I had later. I suggest taking extra care of your piercing, and know that this particular one is hard to heal. As for having sex? I would put it off as long as possible, if at all possible. Now I am thinking of a clitoral piercing... but I am taking my time at deciding on if I should or not.