I get to say "Genital" on dooyoo :-) (Body Piercing)

Member Name: Boonoiy

Product:	Body Piercing
Date:	28/10/03 (1496 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Looks great, Really fun

Disadvantages: Not a good idea if you're a rugby player, Small minded people's reaction

Another day, another opinion to share with the world.

Piercings - be they head, face, nipple or genital are a thing of great curiosity as far as I'm concerned. I had a single piercing in my eyebrow while I was a student (well, didn't we all?) and was keen to have more. Unfortunately the cash run out, a nice normal girlfriend arrived on the scene and a job was needed so I have had to put off the addition of an additional eyebrow and a lip piercing for now.

Getting pierced:

I know what you're all thinking - Does it hurt?

In short - of course it does! You're getting something alien attached to your body (usually) by a heavily pierced and tattooed person with a needle and a pair of pincers. Sure it'll hurt.

So, you have decided you want to get your eyebrow done, you call up (I went to Cold Steel in Camden Town, London - a great place with a really good reputation) the piercing studio and make an appointment, you turn up and you get told to wait in a bizarre parody of a dentist's waiting room. No "Home and Garden" here, you're given such titles as "Piercings and Tatts" or "Bizarre Body Modifications" to peruse while you wait. If it's your first time it can be quite frightening - trust me, some of these people have holes the size of dinner plates in places you don't want to think of!

And then you're finally taken through to a, well, it could easily be described as an operating room - one of those doctor's beds to lie on, complete with the roll of paper you get to stop them getting all bloody, surgical implements all over the place, a big fat light and a "Biohazard - extreme care required" bucket for getting rid of needles that have been used. You sit down, try and relax and in comes the piercer. This is the moment of truth, you've paid £25 for this and you're dying to have the finished result to show off to all your mate
s, the only thing is that now you've got to have the pain. The needle for my piercing was quite simple, just a long slim (ish) piece of INCREDIBLY sharp metal and the way it was done was simplicity itself - a clamp (like a pair of pliers but with holes near the ends) was put onto my eyebrow where I had chosen the spot for my piercing and the needle was pushed through quickly and confidently by the piercer, new plastic gloves were worn and the needle came out of a sterile package before it was used so there was no risk of infection from others who'd been pierced that day (sharing needles - not good) and it was thrown into the biohazard box straight afterwards. The piercing came next, slid deftly into the hole left by the passing needle and then locked with the ball (call closure rings = much nicer than barbells in my opinion anyhow). The whole thing took about 2 minutes and I was really pleased with the result, I went on my way with a little ring in my eyebrow, a small bottle of cleaning fluid and a sheet on how to take care of the piercing over the coming weeks.

So there I was - the envy of all my mates (or at least in my mind I was) with a piece of metal slowly using my bodily fluids to glue itself to my head. The first 4 weeks were a real pain in the wossname, I had to use my cleaning fluid each morning and evening - as I got out of and back into my bed to stop the thing crusting over and I had to rotate the ring once in a while to keep it from healing over and locking it into place. All in all it was not a lot of fun.

I persevered though and after that month I was fine, the hole had healed into a nice smooth tunnel of skin to accommodate the ring and the thing looked damn cool if I say so myself.

There you go - the process of facial piercing laid out for your delectation.

I am reliably informed that the piercing of the nipple is a very similar process to this and the piercing of the genitals (I know a girl with a l
abial piercing and a bloke with a Prince Albert) is no more painful than the nipple (although I did not go into too much depth with the questions about this) - all relative I suppose - I quite like these kind of piercings from an outsiders viewpoint but won't be getting any myself.

Overall - I love piercings, I think they look good, make the wearer feel good and have very few disadvantages. Of course, they are not to be entered into lightly, you are modifying your body in what could easily be called an unnatural way and if you are a participant of certain activities (sports such as rugby is the example that jumps straight to mind) then you might be well advised not to have anything that will snag and hurt you attached to your face (save it for the off season and you'll be fine - it'll be healed enough for you to take it out come the new season) and certain jobs would frown on an pierced face. Caution aside - go with what you feel is right, I love piercings and I tend to like the pierced (generalisation I know but true enough).

You need to be over 18 (at least at Cold Steel) to have facial piercings other than nose or ear.

I won't recommend this or not recommend this - it is entirely up to the individual. I loved my eyebrow ring - you could too.......

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