Here is the story of how I ended up getting my PA. I was looking through a mens magazine one day when I read an article on piercing. The focus of the aritcle was on male genital piercing and what the different piercings were. The person that wrote the aritcle had gotten a PA done and described how it felt. After reading the article I was very curious. I looked around, but was not able to find any books on the subject of piercing. I had a limited internet access (at the school library), so I couldn't do too much research there. During the times that the library was slow I would look online and found some pages that had information on piercing. I read all that I could and the thought grew stronger in my mind that a PA was what I wanted.
I was a little unsure about how my girlfriend would feel about the idea of me getting my penis pierced, but after asking her I was suprised to find out that she though it was a great idea. I was living in Tahoe at the time (in 1997) and there were no places to get piercings there at the time. On a trip to the Bay Area I found Body Exotic. It is a medium sized piercing studio in San Jose. I actually found it accidentally when I was shopping across the street at Paramount Imports, since I knew that they sold body jewlery and was wondering if they did genital piercings. I went into Body Exotic not quite sure what to expect. There was a lot of people that were in the studio when I went in so I was a little timid to ask my questions about a PA. They had some pamphlets there with all of the different male and female piercings. After waiting a little while for the studio to clear out I went up to the counter and started asking some questions about PA piercings. The owner of the studio was not there, but his assitant helped me out and answered all of the questions that I had. After talking to him I inquired if I could get the piercing that day. Unfortunatly the owner, Bill, was the only person that did PA piercings. I decided to make an appointment and come back in a few days.
The anticipation during the next few days was maddening. I had all of the information that I needed and I was going to suprise my girlfriend by getting my penis pierced around her birthday. I had a hard time keeping from telling her of my plans. The day of my appointment finally rolled around and I went back to the studio to get my shiny new body adornment. I met Bill B., the owner and senior piercer of the studio. I asked him a few more questions about PA's and he answered all of them. He explained what size he though that I might need and that most people stretch their PA's after healing since bigger jewelrey feels better to most. The idea of stretching at a later time sounded good. I filled out all of the paper work and we proceeded onto the piercing area. In the back part of the studio there were two curtained off rooms with examining tables and counters that resembeled a doctors office. Bill had me hop up on the table and drop my drawers. He then took out some calpiers to measure me and estimated where he was going to put the ring. He then cleaned me off and put some topical pain-killer on my penis. He put a little bit of the stuff on a q-tip and smeared it down my urethra. This was very uncomfortable. After about five minutes he came back into the room and cleaned off the jewelrey and marked the spot where the ring was to go. I was going to have a 10ga 3/4" CBR put in. Bill then inserted the recieving tube into my penis and told me to take some deep breaths. On the third breath he pushed the needle through and there was this popping feeling and then there was no more pain. Right after this feeling though Bill said, "Oh MY GOD!, OH JEEZ, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE." He then called the assistant to get him a taper. I was not sure what was going on, but I was about to faint. I though that he might have mutilated my dick or something. It turns out that he pushed the needle straight through the skin and lost the hole that he made. I was not amused by his light hearted attitude at the time. He then took the taper and found the hole that he had just made. It actually didn't take him very long, he just pushed it through where the needle was and found the hole. He then put in the jewlery and put the bead in. This was the part that actually hurt the most. There was some mild bleeding that was coming from the piercing. He then wrapped my penis in a few pieces of gauze and "the glove" with a rubberband. He gave me some instructions to follow on cleaning and what to use and what not to use.
When I got home the pain-killer was wearing off and I was feeling the pain a little. It was not that bad until I decided to take a leak. Oh shit, talk about a stinging feeling. I made sure to clean the area twice a day with Dial. It hurt for the first week, but after that the pain was not that bad unless I bumped it or the jewelry twisted. I showed my girlfriend the piercing after I washed all of the blood off and she thought that it looked "cute". It took about a month for the piercing to heal completely. I waited about 6 months and decided to stretch it up a size or two. When I went back to Body Exotic I got it stretched up to a 6ga and that is where it is at today. I have a curved barbell, a circluar barbell and a CBR for it. I think that the CBR feels the best. I have mixed opinions about wearing the jewelry during sex, as it makes oral sex a little challenging for my girlfriend. As far as vaginal sex goes though, it makes it much better for the both of us. I have not tried it with anal sex yet, for fear that it might not feel good for my partner. I have since had my tongue done (and taken out unfortunatly) and both nipples, but those are different stories. If you are wondering about getting a PA I have to say that it is the best piercing that I have experienced yet. It also isn't really that painful (not compared to nipples anyways!). If you have any questions feel free to write me and I will help you out the best that I can. One last thing, A PA looks damn nice on the beach at Santa Cruz in the sun! Late
