The Good and The Bad

At A Glance Author Tim from Cali Contact timb@discover.net Artist Brian Studio Puncture Body Piercing Location Montclair California

This journey begins at a party where a friend and I were discussing our plans of getting our frenums done at the same time. After the party was over, so were our plans. About 3 months later, I finally planned on getting my frenum done. I showed up to the studio and discussed my plans with Brian. After about 15 minutes of talking, Brian told me that he couldn't pierce me because I was hesitant. He said to go home and think about it before just doing it. I looked through his picture books and saw the tongue pics. After a half hour I decided I wanted my tongue done. Brian agreed to do my tongue because I really wanted it. To my surprise, it really didn't hurt. He did the piercing with a 10 guage barbell because I wanted to go as large as I could on the initial piercing.

About 3 months later I wanted to get my frenum done. I wanted to get it done so bad that I went to a tattoo shop that will remain nameless. The piercer there agreed to do my frenum. The piercer said that he had only done a couple of genital piercings but knew how to do it. I was hesitant but wanted it done. After hurting me badly 3 times, it was over. I left there very dizzy and in pain. The pain finally subsided after about an hour. I experienced pain and discomfort with the piercing for a long time. I began to wonder if it was worth it since this piercing wasn't supposed to hurt that bad.

After about 9 months, I wanted to stretch the frenum from the 10 guage up to an 8 guage and get my P.A. done. I went back to Puncture since I was hurt by the novice piercer at the tattoo shop. Brian looked at my frenum to see about stretching it and informed me that it wasn't healed. Even he agreed that it should have been healed alot more than what it was. He declined my wishes to stretch the frenum and proceeded with the P.A. I was very hesitant, so Brian took a minute to talk to me to find out what was wrong. I told him of my bad experience at the tattoo shop. He assured me it wouldn't be that bad. I let him do the P.A. and to my surprise, it barely hurt. Brian kinda laughed and said that the P.A. is supposed to hurt alot worse than the frenum. After 6 months, I dropped by and had Brain stretch my P.A. It was healed so well that we were able to stretch from a 10 guage uo to a 6 guage with no problem.

This just goes to show you, that experience and specializing in one thing can be a benifit. I stopped by Puncture to have Brian redo my tongue because I felt so comfortable with how professional he was. I would recommend Brian to anyone in his area with high regards. Thanks alot Brain.......

As for the healing and lifestyle with each piercing. As for my tongue ring, I experienced much discomfort. Against being warned, I constantly played with my tongue ring, clicking it back and forth against my gums and teeth. They became very senstive to heat and cold. I am reconsidering getting my tongue redone now that I am older and think that I can handle not playing wiht it all the time.

The frenum never healed right even after a year and became very painful during sex. Eventhough it was very erotic for my girlfriend, it was too painful for me. I pulled it out and let the piercing heal. There are scars that finally faded to a minumum. I am considering having Brian redo the frenum since I know his piercings are successful at healing.

I currently still have the P.A. and love it. I have had a couple of girls that liked it and a couple that didn't. Some agreed that it hightened their sensitivity during sex. All except for one hated it while performing oral sex. My current lover loves the feel of it no matter where it is. At first, she said it felt wierd bouncing around in her throat but grew used to it quickly. It has increased sensitivity for myself too. At first I suffered from early ejaculation. It took me awhile to learn how to control it. Now that I have it under control, my current lover won't have sex without the P.A. in. I'm considering stretching up to a 4 guage in the next few months. I wonder how she will like that. I eventually want to stretch it up to a 2 guage. I just hope that I can stop there.