My Birthday Piercing

At A Glance Author Tezcatlipoca Contact Tezcatlipoca@bme.anon Artist Georgina Studio Greenman Tattoo Location West Hartford, CT

I'm an ear person. I love ear piercings. I enjoy meeting other people with daith and tragus piercings. Naturally my ears have been over run with 13 holes. Since perhaps one day my carreer choice may force me to remove all of the best ones I decided to move on to more concealed places. This summer I got my navel pierced. I wasn't too keen on the though of getting my nipples done (back then anyways) so I thought about genital piercing.

So I've been thinking about getting my outer labia pierced for a few months now.

My only drawback was worrying about infection. I'd hate to have to see the doctor and tell him what happened... "Um, I kinda like, uh, well, the infection needs to be drained..." Fortunately though my physician is piercing friendly and has commented on my pretty ears and how well I healed them.

One boring day in history class (The kind of class where you are so bored out of your mind that you have no choice other than to daydream) I decided that I would do that labia piercing as my "birthday piercing" this year. You know how it is, birthday presents arn't as plentiful as you get older, and I've been getting little more than greeting cards for the past few years. My grandmother certainly won't be sending me a gift certificate for body piercing. Very few relatives know about my hobby as it is.

On my way home from class that day I stopped by Greenman Tattoo in West Hartford to ask about it. Georgina had pierced my navel in June and I felt comfortable asking her about my labia. We discussed it for a few minutes and I decided on having it done in 10 gauge. I was so excited! The 10 gauge ring looked so delightfully bulky sitting next to all those 14 and 12 gauge rings. However I had to wait because my 'monthly visitor' would be arriving shortly and I didn't want to have that interfering with the fresh pierce. Waiting sucks. Of course it was a few days late too.

On October 19th, ten days after my birthday, I managed to get back to Greenman. I was really nervous about it all day. Georgina came out and greeted me and got the jewelry and then we both headed to the back room. I took off my pants (I decided to wear an oversided tee-shirt and knee high stockings so that I would not feel quite as naked, it must have looked idiotic) and sat on the chair.

I chose to do the left side today, randomly, as eventually the other side would be done at a later date. Georgina swabbed the area with iodine and made the marks. She explained that she would be doing it on an angle so it would not interfer with shutting my legs (Good idea too, I was starting to wonder how I'd do that). The placement looked right to me so she clamped it and picked up the needle. I know I was a little surprised right then because I was only seconds away from what I had been waiting for and I had been walking through the entire day like it was a dream. I leaned back and shut my eyes and prepared for it. I felt the needle touch my skin, and she told me to take a deep breath and hold it.... It hurt, it really did, it was like a fire ant bite from a really big fire ant. I've never been able to get a look at a needle while it's in my skin, so this time I looked, and guess what? It looked just like a needle through my labia (Duh, I know, but I didn't really feel any peculiar enlightenment after glancing at it). It burned until the ring was installed which made it feel really cold, and heavy. She cleaned up some blood and that was that. She handed me a paper towel for my panties just in case it bled. I had a pad with me, which I should have used instead because the towel moved on my way home. I sat in the car and felt the icky cold damp feel of soiled panties and realized my mistake. Il'l know better for next time.

I had some trouble getting home. I could not get comfortable in the car and at one point I thought I might pass out. Next time I'm bringing my sister along and she can drive me home.

It looked wonderful (except for the blood everywhere). It did make me walk funny for the first few days. Because of the nature of this piercing, the outer hole crusts and the inner hole dosen't, causing it to try and rotate while I walk, creating anything from a mild wedgie feeling to a pretty severe sharp stabbing sensation. It's the second week that I've had it and the crusting has nearly stopped and I can walk normally. In the begining pads were pushing on the ring in a painful way, but now they help to hold the ring down and keep it from being bumped. I feel pretty. I'd like to have my hand down my pants a lot (pleasant image, huh?) , and/or walk around in public without pants on so everyone can admire it with me.

I expect to get the right side done sometime during winter break. When they both heal (summer 2000?) I'll be stretching them to 8 gauge, maybe to a 6 after that. This is so addictive isn't it?

~Tezcatlipoca