I've been after a triangle piercing for about 2 years now, but never been able to find anyone who was confident enough to do it. I was told that I was anatomically suited to it, but my clitoris was attached to the hood in some strange way meaning the piercing itself would be awkward to do.
At A Glance Author vampy Contact vampy@vampy.co.uk When It just happened Artist Ginge Studio Precious Location Norwich (UK) Finally I found a local piercer who was willing to do the piercing: Ginge at Precious. On the day of the piercing I did all the sensible stuff; made sure I'd got a good night's sleep and had a decent meal beforehand etc. My best friend Nik came along with me, to drive in case I couldn't walk very well afterwards, and also to take photos of the piercing for me.
When I arrived I filled in the consent forms and showed them my ID, and then we were ready to go. 2 apprentices asked if they could come and watch the piercing, and I agreed....so all 5 of us went into the room, which was fortunately pretty big. I had even more things to sign in there, to prove that I'd seen the seals and numbering on the packets of the needle and jewellery, and it was explained to me that I could check in a book at reception with the numbers on the packets to prove that they'd been autoclaved correctly. I saw the needle in the packet...being pierced at 2.4mm means the needle looks pretty big! Luckily I'm not scared of needles.
I sat on the bench with one leg either side, and Ginge cleaned the area thoroughly with something or other. It was really cold, and I Nik took some great photos of me grimacing while he did it. He then pulled at the tissue a little to locate my clitoris and find the place beneath it where he was to pierce. Both the apprentices asked if it was ok for them to have a feel too, so afterwards they both had a go. Needless to say all these men fiddling with my clit made me giggle somewhat.
I am actually very glad there were so many people in the room. I'm not shy at all, and I am very scared of pain. I have a lot of piercings, and they always hurt me. Other people say 'oh it wasn't so bad', but for me every time I've been pierced is very painful. Having lots of other people in the room to laugh and joke with meant that I forgot to worry about the pain.
Ginge told me he doesn't normally mark marks for genital piercings and just pierces where it feels right, but he drew on a couple of lines just to give me an idea of the sort of position he was planning to put it in. We were ready to go.
He was trying to move the tray with the needles on and the people in the room about to get a better angle to pierce me from, so I offered to slide down towards the end of the bench to enable him to reach more easily. He used his right hand to lift up my clitoral shaft, and then held a receiving tube in his left. I felt my clit pull back down again and giggled. He did it again and this time pushed the receiving tube harder to hold it in place.
While he was doing this he explained that he was going to ask me to take a deep breath, and then when he said 'relax' to let it out slowly. He picked up the needle and lined it up on in the right place. I think it must have touched my skin slightly, as I winced (it wasn't painful, but by now the nerves had kicked in). He told me to take a deep breath....then.....relax. Just after I started to exhale, he pierced me. It was very quick, but I screamed....the pain was very intense. I lay there with my hands over my face for a while as even having the needle resting there was painful. He put the jewellery in and the pain subsided, and he then asked me if I was ok.
Nik told me that there was quite a lot of blood when the jewellery was inserted, but Ginge had cleaned this up by the time I'd sat up, so there was only a drop there.
I put was given some tissue to put in my underwear, and we chatted a bit until I felt relaxed enough to leave, and then I went for a wander round the city. There was no pain, I couldn't even feel it, and the endorphins meant that I was walking around with a huge smile for the rest of the afternoon.
Later that evening, while fiddling with the piercing in the bath, I realised there was something wrong. Rather than going underneath my clitoris, the ring actually rested on top. I have no idea how this happened, as I felt Ginge holding on to the right place. I can only guess that it a combination of me changing from a seated to a lying down position, and possibly me flinching just before being pierced allowed my clitoris to move. And, to be honest, at the time I was more trying to block out sensation from that area than pay attention to it!
I called the studio the next day, and they were a little surprised to hear what had happened, and told me to come back in the next week.
In the meantime, the piercing healed pretty well. It bled a little, on and off for about 3 days, then stopped hurting almost completely and started to heal properly.
On my return to the studio, Ginge looked at the piercing and confirmed that it indeed was too high, and we talked about what could have happened....and could only come up with the same ideas that I'd had. He said it was up to me what I wanted, and in the end I decided to go for it again, this time lower and deeper, and I'd keep the other piercing, which was effectively a very deep horizontal hood, and see if I liked it once it was fully healed.
He gently cleaned the area and tried to find the right place to pierce. I was really nervous about the pain, and probably wasn't being too helpful when he asked 'can you feel that, is that right?' as all I could feel was the pressure of his fingers holding on to my clitoris, I couldn't tell if it was right or not though.
He'd decided to use clamps to hold my clit out of to way to ensure the piercing was in the right place, so he put them on and asked if they were holding it ok. All I could feel was the serrated edges of the clamps squishing the top of my hood, and they were very painful. He moved the elastic band on them and tried again. Again they were too painful for me to actually feel anything.
So we decided to give up on the clamps. This short period of fiddling around making sure everything was right was making me nervous, as I was building things up in my head, worrying about the pain etc. Ginge put his fingers round under my clitoris for the last time, and lifted it up, and asked me if I could feel him holding it. I kinda could, but wasn't sure, as the adrenaline had started pumping now, and I was just petrified. He then said 'I know it's the right place, I just wanted you to be sure, but I'm confident, so I'll do it'...or something to that effect. I had really wanted to watch this piercing, as for all the others I had I'd closed my eyes. However at this point the thought of the pain was too much, and I again closed my eyes. He told me to take a deep breath, and as I breathed out he pierced me. The pain was about as intense as last the first piercing, but seemed to last so much longer.
I felt a very sharp pain as the needle entered the skin, and of course this made me scream. The apprentice came over to me and leant on my shoulder to stop me from moving, and I grabbed hold of his arm. The pain then dulled a bit and I opened my eyes a little, and started breathing quickly, and then the sharp pain came again, and I screamed some more. The apprentice was telling me to breathe, take deep breaths, and Ginge said 'one more layer of tissue and that's it' and then with another scream I felt the needle come out the other side. It was still so sore, and I was kinda breathing fast and nearly crying and nearly shaking cos of the pain. As the piercing was so deep, there was a danger of it scratching me when the jewellery was put in, so during the minute or so it took them to find a cork to put on the needle, and open the ring up so it would be easy to put in, I calmed myself down and took deep breaths, and the pain pretty much went away.
The insertion of the jewellery wasn't pleasant, but the pain was bearable, and the same for the putting in of the ball. This one was a lot deeper than the last one, and looked so pretty. I stayed and chatted for a while, discussing the possibility of getting my tongue pierced for a second time, and various other things, before leaving.
I've been thinking about it a lot over the last couple of days, and the even though the pain was obviously horrible, in a way it was exhilarating. Not just the rush after the piercing, but even at the time. It was so intense that nothing else seemed to matter, all my trivial worries and stresses went away, and it was just me, and the pain. A very zen moment. I hope I'm not becoming a pain junkie!
Anyway, the aftercare of the piercing is going well. It's bled more than any others, but that's to be expected as it's so deep. There have been a couple of occasions where I've stood up or moved too quickly and then realised there was blood running down my leg, but other than that it's been fine.
This has definitely been my best ever piercing experience (albeit most painful!) and I am very grateful to Ginge and all at Precious for the great job they did.