Many of the stories that I have read on BME have described deep shaft piercings that conform to a standard positioning which I find fraught with both danger and unnecessary healing complications, especially for the do-it-yourselfer. My own piercing is based upon common sense and a knowledge of the penile anatomy. While not exactly either an apadravya or a deep shaft borehole, it combines the features of both and avoids major vessels and migration. The process is delightfully simple and for the experimentally minded, it can lead to years of exquisite and erotically stimulating enjoyment. The basic nuts and bolts of the procedure are easy to master and your choice of instruments can be as elaborate or as uncomplicated as you wish. An overall description is the best starting place.
At A Glance Author anonymous When N/A The piercing starts on the superior aspect of the penile shaft, in the midline, just behind the crest of the glans, in the deepest part of the crease where the glans attaches to the shaft. This is a fibrous union and therefore, extremely tough and difficult to penetrate. I will describe the piercing as done with a non-cutting, round and extremely sharp instrument, such as a large hat pin, firmly embedded in a sturdy wooden handle so as to resemble a slender ice pick or a heavy duty dissection probe. The large handle is essential because of the amount or force and control required to accomplish the piercing. Done correctly, almost all of the penetration is done within tough fascia, and the blunt dissection, as it is termed, stretches and parts fibrous collagen producing considerable drag upon the probe which, becomes greater as it is driven further into the penis. Some sort of pain relief, either in the form of an injected local anesthetic or a powerful analgesic should be employed as the process takes considerable time and concentration. However, if you wish to go cold turkey and really enjoy excruciating pain, then an extended endorphan - epinephrine rush will certainly help.
Getting back to the technique, the probe is forced through the epithelium in a forward and downward angle so that it tunnels within the tight band that separates the glans from the erectile body sheath and also firmly attaches the glans to the shaft. The large dorsal veins, artery and nerve are contained within this sheath and lie above the dual erectile bodies (collectively called the corpora cavernosa penis) that are also contained therein. These major blood carrying vessels do not go beyond the end of the sheath so, by driving the piercing instrument over the tip of the sheath and into the central groove that lies beneath the glans, a tunnel is formed in the relatively bloodless connective tissue and all major bleeding is avoided. Stay in the midline and the tough sheath while you continue forcing, by twisting and pushing, the probe forward and downward, aiming for the urethra. When the tip of the probe finally enters the urethra, you will have a choice of whether to continue through the other side of the urethra and exit on the underside of the glans, preferably skewering the frenum dead center, or to pass out the end of the urethra and exit through the tip of the glans. This decision should be made ahead of time, so let us now back up and consider the two alternatives.
If you elect to exit through the normal urethral opening, it would be best to have a wooden or plastic rod inserted into the urethra far enough so that the point of the probe will embed itself in that soft material pushing it back out of the urethral opening, and continuing to emerge from the upper urethral wall without penetrating the lower and opposite wall. The probe and it's impaled rod can then be guided out of the normal opening and the entire probe slid through the new tunnel and both you and the stretched tissue allowed to rest.
If you elect to exit through the bottom of the urethra, no sounding rod is necessary. You simply tip the handle of the probe up a little and continue driving the point of the probe entirely through both urethral walls until it emerges from the underside of the glans, preferably splitting the frenum neatly in two. Naturally, a piece of wood placed under the glans, after initial penetration through the frenum will allow you to drive the probe through and stretch the entire piercing to the size of the probe shaft. As before, you can now relax, but you might also enjoy the sensation of strolling about with a block of wood nailed to the end of your dick.
There now, that wasn't so difficult, was it? Well, so much for the academic approach to a very traumatic and exciting experience. Now onto the practical aspects of my procedure.
In my case, my modified shaft tunnel was accomplished after I already had a partial meatomy and a large PA. These healed openings greatly facilitate the above procedure and I would recommend that you at least perform a good sized PA before attempting the tunnel, and/or slit your urethral opening a couple of millimeters as well. If these urethral openings are well healed and toughened by many months of vigorous play, the tunneling procedure will be much more fun. I said that the ordeal required a good deal of force and that is no understatement. When you attempt this, I would suggest that you prepare a solid wooden bench upon which to sit, with a sturdy, fir 2 x 4 to rest your penis upon during the piercing. Also, I would position a fair sized mallet nearby because you may just need it to drive that probe where it needs to go, especially if you have not sharpened and polished your piercing tool to a mirror finish. Also, I would apply generous amounts of lubricant from a fresh jar of vaseline to the instrument and your penis. Remember, if done correctly, this baby is going to be tight! Keep things clean and wear nitrile gloves.
Now then, aftercare can be a problem if you do not let the tissue stretch and relax for at least a couple of hours before you insert your first "keeper." Leave the probe in place and every fifteen or twenty minutes, relube it with more vaseline and work it back and forth until it slides easily. This takes time so don't rush it. Finally, take a piece of nylon monofilament fishing line that is smaller than your probe shaft, cut it to about four inches and using a flame, form a good sized ball on one end so that it will not pull through the tunnel. Take the other end and cut that to a sharp, long bevel, resembling a hypodermic needle with a NEW razor blade or scalpel blade. When your tunnel is loose and your probe slides easily, quickly withdraw it and IMMEDIATELY plunge the nylon "keeper" into the dorsal opening and out through the ventral opening of choice. This should be one smooth motion. If you fail, reinsert the probe with plenty of lubricant, wait awhile, and try it again. When the "keeper" is in place, cut it so that it protrudes at least a quarter of an inch on either end of the entire installation AFTER you have flame-formed a ball on the cut end. Note: do this carefully. If you toast the tip of your penis, you will lose that tissue and cause a third degree burn that can take weeks to scab over.
By this time you should have very little bleeding, if any, and your local anesthetic, especially if you used Marcaine, should last another couple of hours. Over the next several days, by lubricating and manipulating your "keeper," you can greatly hasten the epithelialization of your tunnel. Existing epithelial cells will rapidly slide into the tunnel and it will soon become thoroughly colonized with stratified squamous epithelium. A short portion of your tunnel directly adjacent to your urethra will contain transitional epithelium and so, will remain as easily inflamed as any normal urethral lining. It can be toughened but will not be as resilient as the rest of the tunnel. Within a couple of weeks, you may find that your "keeper: is quite loose and you will want to install a larger size. Go ahead but first dilate your tunnel with your original or a larger probe and plenty of vaseline. When you run out of fishing line sizes, you can graduate to weed wacker stock and then, to copper wire. By this time, real ice picks and hardware store awls will be your probes of choice. Copper wire will take you to 4 gauge and if you want more size, copper tubing is available.
Maintenance will be required. This is a relatively long tunnel and being lined with stratified squamous epithelium and subjected to urine seepage, it will naturally proliferate shedded epithelial cells. These cells will accumulate in the tunnel, along with other cellular debris and form a waxy, white goo that smells like rotting fish. Similar to smegma, it should be removed on a daily basis. Fortunately, there are handy tools available for this, once the tunnel is enlarged and matured sufficiently to allow them to pass. Blunt your latest probe and use it as a cleaning rod. My personal favorite is a stainless steel, twisted barbeque skewer with a blunted and polished tip. Body wash and the skewer make cleansing a quick and uneventful addition to my morning shower. Placing a little moisturizing lotion in my tunnel (I like Vaseline Intensive Care) leaves it happy and odor free, and if I have been "enjoying" my piercing a little too vigorously, it speeds up recovery to a remarkable 24 hours!
Why am I telling you all this? Because the stretching process can take years, and you can discover and invent endless opportunities to attach all sorts of gadgets and toys to your penis. the best part is that you are strengthening and toughening a tunnel that is mostly collagen and epidermis, so you have a permanent and non-migrating piercing that you can live with and enjoy, without having to keep a piece of jewelry in it all of the time. I will not bore you with the many adventures that I have had in my long companionship with my own tunneled penis but I will say that I would not trade my state for anything. And so dear reader, I pass this bit of technique along to you as an alternative to standardized, store bought, deep shaft cuttings with all their bloody failures and unexpected consequences.
Disclaimer and warnings:
The penis is an end organ, like a finger or a toe. This means that there is no effective collateral (extra) blood circulation to it. If you use a local anesthetic, DO NOT employ one with any vasoconstrictor (such as epinephrine or nor-epinephrine) in it, whatsoever! To do so may very likely cut off all circulation or slow it to the point that permanent damage could result. This means that you could lose your entire penis from the anesthetic injection alone.
Especially with this procedure, which is relatively bloodless, EVERYTHING should be as sterile as possible. Use nitrile gloves and swab everything down with a good disinfectant. Then wash the disinfectant off with 90% isopropyl alcohol and dry thoroughly. Most good disinfectants are toxic to living tissue so be effective but also be careful.
If your immune system is not in top notch condition, do not even consider this procedure. You will need all of your healing power to get through it and maintain it. If you have had any unprotected sex, or ever gotten a tattoo, shared a needle or been so intoxicated that you cannot remember what you were doing, please have an HIV screening before you start. Better safe than sorry.
If you are uncertain about anything, get more information, it is available on the Internet but be very sure of your sources. Better yet, buy some good, used, medical texts. Most of what you do will be irreversible so, like Davy Crockett is quoted, "Be sure you're right, the go ahead."
Finally, if you cannot visualize my descriptions, get access to a copy of Gray's Anatomy or a similarly detailed text book and study the human penis until you know the anatomy inside and out. It is a limited subject and can be understood with time. This will be time well spent and you will discover that the human penis is a fascinating subject. Remember, a surgeon is just an anatomist with a knife. You can become a penis specialist if you are willing to make the effort.