Initially, the idea of outer labia piercings never really appealed to me. I always thought they hung too much and would rub together when you walked, or could pinch. But, when earlier in the year I had gone to Infinite to get a "christina" piercing I was told that I wasn't built for it, and really my only options were a fourchette or outer labias.I was disapointed because I thought christina piercings were really pretty, and I had never really considered outer labias.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon Artist Jon Studio Infinite Location Philadelphia, PA I thought about it for several months and decided to get the outer labias. I read a lot of experiences and looked at pictures, just to prepare myself. I was however, extremely self concious and nervous the day I finally went to get them. I went into Infinite, talked to Jon about gauge, diameter ect. and he explained to me how he would stagger them so they wouldn't rub. After a few minutes of stalling (because I'm a wuss) I went in the back room. I sat in the chair while he prepared everything, then he told me to take off my pants and underwear, and I had to sit in the chair with my heels up in just a shirt and ankle socks. This was sort of embarrassing, but I got over it. He spent several minutes on placement, making me stand up and sit down until I was covered with blue marker lines and he had decided on where he would pierce. After this, I sat down and he pulled out a 10 gauge needle (which seemed ridiculously big, but I think that was just me being a wuss)and I started breathing. He pushed the needle through and I flinched because it hurt a lot but was over quickly. There was some pinching when he put the jewelry through. I waited a couple minutes and then he did the second one which also hurt but I knew what to expect so it didn't seem as bad. I think putting the jewelry through only hurt because he had to tug on it some to get the bead on. The second one didn't bleed at all, and I was fairly relieved when the whole thing was over. He wiped me off with these extremely cold wet things and cleaned off the blood and the blue marker. I sat for a few minutes, then put gauze in my underwear, put my pants back on and was given some aftercare instructions. I walked sort of funny that day, like I was just off a horse, and the next day they were really sore and I walked even funnier.
Although I've only had them for a few days adjusting hasn't been that bad. It's uncomfortable to walk a lot or cross my legs but I'm sure that its just initial discomfort and will pass. I was told they are diffucult to get used to, and they have been but more in an annoying way, because they pinch. Normally when they feel irritated a salt or saline soak helps a lot. The blood is minimal, just spotting my underwear some and although I didn't expect profuse amounts of blood, its a lot less than I thought. Getting a genital piercing seemed so intimidating to me before I actually did it for several reasons. Although I wasn't as concerned with the pain, I really didn't know what to expect. I was also very self concious about doing it and I didn't know how I would react. In reality, you get over being self concious if you are comfortable with whose doing it, and I was. Because Jon was so meticulous and careful with everything I felt extremely reassured and a lot of the nervousness faded. As for the pain, it hurts but is over so quickly its silly to let something like that prevent you from doing it. Once you get past those things you end up with a really nice result. Although I never thought outer labias were "unattractive", it never occured to me that I may like them, and I definately do. I'm glad that I thought this piercing through so much because I appreciate it a lot more. I don't plan on getting any more genital piercings except to eventually get two more outer labias. I'm not going to rush those though because I'm not really sure how the first twoI have now will heal and I'd like to get more accustomed to them first. I was also told they take 2 or more months to heal, which I dont mind but I'd rather not get more while they're still healing. Overall I think I was really lucky to have such a positive experience and excellent result.