I have always loved the look of piercings, however because of family and work reasons I have not been able to get many visible ones. After getting a couple more ear piercings and a belly-button ring, I started to wonder what else I could get that was not visible. Then it hit me – something I had never even considered before. Why not genital piercings? So I looked a few up on the internet and found a few types of piercings that I liked. After choosing between them, I decided on a vertical hood piercing. I got it done at a place that was really professional and I really liked, and I absolutely adored my new piercing. It did not really hurt – I found the pain was a lot like when I got my belly-button piercing done. But a while after I was tempted again by a great looking piercing called a Christina piercing. So after a little while of saving up, I decided I would go to my piercing place to ask for one.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When Six months ago Location Australia I got up the courage to go back to my piercing place to ask them about a Christina piercing. Unfortunately, to my dismay, my anatomy did not seem to be ideal for one of them! I was devastated, but did not give up hope. I searched the internet for an ideal replacement for my Christina piercing that I had set my heart on, and started thinking about dermal anchors. I had read pretty bad stories about the pain and healing, but I was sure it could not hurt much more than my vertical hood. Not to mention I have never had a piercing that has rejected, which seemed to be the main problem I read about.
So anyway I went to my piercing place and asked them asked to get a dermal anchor done in place of a Christina piercing. I had to decide exactly where I wanted it and they drew a dot in place of where they would put it. I am not going to say it did not hurt, but it definitely was not too bad. The piercer was really good, so it was all over pretty fast, plus I am sure all the adrenaline and working myself up beforehand definitely makes it hurt less. So all in all I was pretty happy with my new piercing. However, when I got home, I removed the patch and realised the jewellery was slightly to the left rather than in the middle. This was a small mistake made by my piercer, who kindly offered to re-pierce it at no extra cost.
I was pleased that I could have it re-done, however I am not the type of person that can stand much pain, and I always get scared before a piercing. I was quite nervous about having the dermal anchor put in again, but about a week later I bravely went back to my piercing place and they re-pierced it (just near where it had been pierced a week beforehand). However, this time the pain was really bad. Because I had already had it done the week before, I knew exactly how much it would hurt, rather than the first time where I was expecting a great deal more pain. As well as that, the piercer was having trouble because the hole my first dermal had left was still there. I almost threw up and fainted from the pain, but luckily did not. I then left the piercing place in quite uncomfortable, but it was bearable.
In the weeks following, I did everything I was supposed to do. I washed it with salt and water, tried not to knock it around, and tried not to get it dirty. In spite of this, about a month later I noticed the bar was starting to stick out more and more from my skin. There was also a bit of blood around the piercing which was not there before. I knew it was rejecting and I was devastated; the piercing that had taken me two goes to get perfect and really hurt to get done was going to come out. Although, I noticed that a few weeks after it started rejecting, it stopped, which I thought was pretty strange. I went to my piercer, who said that it would definitely reject at some point, and that I should watch for when the jewellery comes out.
It took another four months again for the piercing to finally reject. I was quite upset, but I have decided that I loved it so much I have to get it re-pierced. Although, this time I have bought some anaesthetic cream to rub on before I get it done because I do not know if I can go through the pain again. Dermal anchors are definitely worth getting done, although I am going to have to be even more careful not to let it reject this time.