I've always been one who found themselves far too bored with the pattern of my daily life...too much routine not enough spontaneity, which is why the whole experience of piercing is one that I very much enjoy. There is nothing else in life that I have experienced that provides the rush, excitement, nervousness and glee that having a needle promptly plunged through flesh evokes, it is what one might call "my cup of tea"...
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When A week ago I came across the Christina rather obscurely, I had no other piercings of such a "delicate" nature.. to date I only have snake bites a standard tongue and a bridge.. at one point I also had a rather pesky eyebrow (of which I rather not remember) that rejected after my hair got wrapped around it and got pulled which turned a perfectly healed eyebrow into a total mess, but I digress.
While my most recent piercing was a cartilage (of which I can most closely refer to as a snug although I'm not completely sure) about 9 months back I was feeling a little overdue in the piercing department. What I like to call piercing withdrawal... going anywhere more than six months without a new piercing puts me into overdrive.. so I was in desperate need for something new to pierce.
A facial piercing was out of the question as I am content with the balance and symmetry that snake bites and a bridge provide (I'm a sucker for symmetry). I also hate the idea of the ever- expected piercings... i.e. navel *note: who am I kidding I just don't have the body to pull it off, he he* So it all seemed hopeless I couldn't think of anything worthwhile and honestly didn't have the 60 bucks to drop on some piercing that I only "kinda" wanted.
All of sudden as if from above, one of my good friends (who happens to be a piercer) was showing pictures of different genital piercings that were his favorites. Having never seen or heard of the Christina before I was very pleasantly surprised. He showed me several pictures and I was sold. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, far more aesthetically pleasing than a hood,conch or clit and offered the symmetry that I am so fond of.
We spoke about it for a while and I told him that I wanted it, so he agreed to do it me, I was a bit nervous at first and put it off for little over a month before he finally called my bluff and came over with the needle and jewelry, there's no backing down now, unless I wanted to face the endless taunts and ridicule I was positive he would dish out.
He told me to lay down and took down my pants then proceeded to clean the area, I was so nervous I thought it would hurt like hell but the thought of thought of that actually comforted me a bit. He decided not to piercing with clamps because usually that hurts more than the actual needle so we passed. He marked the area, from then on I knew it was go time, I stared at the ceiling. I didn't want to know when the needle was going through because that always makes it hurt more.
All of a sudden I felt pressure and a little pain, while the actual
piercing doesn't hurt it was one of the longest piercings I've ever gotten. Since the skin and flesh is so thick ( I especially tend to have a bit of a fleshy nether region) you feel every millimeter and you're just waiting for it to be over trying not to wince or move too much, just as I was about to get out my fourth and fifth expletive it was done, it was over, he put the jewelry in, a 14g curved barbell, and I was thrilled. Although I know the standard jewelry for this piercing is a 12g or 10g he felt that 14g would be best for me. I've had it for a week not and its doing great, no swelling no redness hardly any discharge and no complications. Its gorgeous and I love it more than anything, it has quickly become my very favorite piercing.
While it is a great piercing I have often been told that particularly with this, as with any surface piercing, aftercare is key, I clean it at least twice a day with antibacterial soap and am diligent with my sea salt soaks. Its doing really well and I'm hoping that it doesn't reject because it brings new life to such a dull part of anatomy. It has also sparked my new found love of surface piercings and I'm looking into a horizontal wrist next.(with a surface piercing bar of course) I'm going to post a picture of it just waiting on a decent enough camera so that it wont come out blurry. ME + Christina = TRUE LOVE