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VCH Gone Wrong!

Scarlet writes in about her VCH gone wrong — the piercer not only went through the hood, but kept right on going and pierced through the shaft and head of her clitoris, giving her an accidental Isabella piercing! Oooooops!

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186 responses to “VCH Gone Wrong!”

  1. tattoedmat Avatar
    tattoedmat

    utterly shocking.
    here in the UK we don’t tend to use Recieving tubes and for VHCs pierce from the inside of the hood to outside, so even less chance of getting it wrong you would hope.
    IMO if any permanant nerve(sensasion)damage has occured then yes deffinatly a case for sueing

  2. tattoedmat Avatar
    tattoedmat

    utterly shocking.
    here in the UK we don’t tend to use Recieving tubes and for VHCs pierce from the inside of the hood to outside, so even less chance of getting it wrong you would hope.
    IMO if any permanant nerve(sensasion)damage has occured then yes deffinatly a case for sueing

  3. redneckzombi Avatar

    Another reason to educate yourself before getting pierced. I would out them on it as much as possible and do my best to not let anyone else make the same mistake.

  4. redneckzombi Avatar

    Another reason to educate yourself before getting pierced. I would out them on it as much as possible and do my best to not let anyone else make the same mistake.

  5. tiny Avatar
    tiny

    “IMO if any permanant nerve(sensasion)damage has occured then yes deffinatly a case for sueing”

    Or even if any nerve damage hasn’t occurred. If you pay someone who’s supposed to be qualified to carry out a relatively simple piercing, and they perform their job so negligently that they manage to pierce the most sensitive part of your body, causing extreme pain, then you MUST have a case for assault/negligence or something, even without lasting damage.

  6. tiny Avatar
    tiny

    “IMO if any permanant nerve(sensasion)damage has occured then yes deffinatly a case for sueing”

    Or even if any nerve damage hasn’t occurred. If you pay someone who’s supposed to be qualified to carry out a relatively simple piercing, and they perform their job so negligently that they manage to pierce the most sensitive part of your body, causing extreme pain, then you MUST have a case for assault/negligence or something, even without lasting damage.

  7. possessed Avatar

    tattoedmat – ah, that makes sense! I was sitting here wondering why everyone was harping on so much about how using clamps for a vch is a terrible idea, when I have a vch from a very reputable studio that was done with a clamp as you described, and worked out perfectly. I guess it’s just a matter of different methods.

    This, on the other hand, is complete incompetence. I’m not even sure how it’s possible to make that kind of mistake – does it not seem like it might be a good idea to name the studio and warn people?

  8. possessed Avatar

    tattoedmat – ah, that makes sense! I was sitting here wondering why everyone was harping on so much about how using clamps for a vch is a terrible idea, when I have a vch from a very reputable studio that was done with a clamp as you described, and worked out perfectly. I guess it’s just a matter of different methods.

    This, on the other hand, is complete incompetence. I’m not even sure how it’s possible to make that kind of mistake – does it not seem like it might be a good idea to name the studio and warn people?

  9. stacie Avatar
    stacie

    To whoever said she wasn’t anatomically suited to the piercing because her hood was tight.

    If you look in both pictures she’s pulling back so you can see both balls. When a guy pulls on his foreskin it looks tight aswell (Speaking from a British point of view where most of the guys have foreskins)
    The skin down there is INCREDIBLY stretchy anyway, and it looks like she’s pulling REALLY hard, so yeah, chances are the skin really isn’t too tight.

    Ooops is definately the word for this.

    I don’t know how she could possibly not have known that it’d gone wrong, I mean, didn’t she look at it before she left??

    It’s as much her fault as it is the piercers in my opinion.

  10. stacie Avatar
    stacie

    To whoever said she wasn’t anatomically suited to the piercing because her hood was tight.

    If you look in both pictures she’s pulling back so you can see both balls. When a guy pulls on his foreskin it looks tight aswell (Speaking from a British point of view where most of the guys have foreskins)
    The skin down there is INCREDIBLY stretchy anyway, and it looks like she’s pulling REALLY hard, so yeah, chances are the skin really isn’t too tight.

    Ooops is definately the word for this.

    I don’t know how she could possibly not have known that it’d gone wrong, I mean, didn’t she look at it before she left??

    It’s as much her fault as it is the piercers in my opinion.

  11. everythingandnothing Avatar

    maybe the piercer needed glasses?

  12. everythingandnothing Avatar

    maybe the piercer needed glasses?

  13. Jets Avatar
    Jets

    How … ??

  14. Jets Avatar
    Jets

    How … ??

  15. gp0 Avatar
    gp0

    Lawsuit, please.

  16. gp0 Avatar
    gp0

    Lawsuit, please.

  17. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    what a retard piercer to “accidentally” do that.
    ouch.

  18. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    what a retard piercer to “accidentally” do that.
    ouch.

  19. skatuaba Avatar

    I dont think there is nothing to say, the picture says it all.

    bad piercings, bad custumers, bad everything.

    (yep, bad custumers, i dont think she knew what she wanted.. otherwhise she would never let him do this shit.)

    think before. do after.

  20. skatuaba Avatar

    I dont think there is nothing to say, the picture says it all.

    bad piercings, bad custumers, bad everything.

    (yep, bad custumers, i dont think she knew what she wanted.. otherwhise she would never let him do this shit.)

    think before. do after.

  21. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    damn! i would’ve kicked the shit out of that piercer.i hope her clitoris is okay.

  22. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    damn! i would’ve kicked the shit out of that piercer.i hope her clitoris is okay.

  23. Simon998 Avatar

    She has since retired this, no return of feeling yet.

    Theres a full write up of her experience/legal actions/loss of feeling over on bodyjewelleryshop.com/forum in the experiences section.

  24. Simon998 Avatar

    She has since retired this, no return of feeling yet.

    Theres a full write up of her experience/legal actions/loss of feeling over on bodyjewelleryshop.com/forum in the experiences section.

  25. Simon998 Avatar

    Its actually in the ”Genital Piercing (Adult Content – Over 18s Only)” Section. My mistake.

  26. Simon998 Avatar

    Its actually in the ”Genital Piercing (Adult Content – Over 18s Only)” Section. My mistake.

  27. tiny Avatar
    tiny

    Could you link us?

  28. tiny Avatar
    tiny

    Could you link us?

  29. tiny Avatar
    tiny

    i think it is the same girl as the one who wrote into QOD, some of the wording is the same. poor, poor lady!

  30. tiny Avatar
    tiny

    i think it is the same girl as the one who wrote into QOD, some of the wording is the same. poor, poor lady!

  31. Nikee Avatar
    Nikee

    God. I can’t even imagine just how terribly painful that must have been. I hope she sues, wins, and gets all the monies.

  32. Nikee Avatar
    Nikee

    God. I can’t even imagine just how terribly painful that must have been. I hope she sues, wins, and gets all the monies.

  33. Phalaeo Avatar
    Phalaeo

    It seems like some of you are really comfortable sitting around talking shit about how she did this to herself when in reality you have no idea of the circumstances. Cut the chick some slack.

    I’m talking to you, #60.

    After reading the thread that was linked to, I really have no doubt that this is a tragic occurrence that happened to someone who didn’t deserve it.

    Final point- if you don’t want people to judge you based on your appearance, how are you comfortable telling this girl that she’s a hack who did this to herself from one photo?

  34. Phalaeo Avatar
    Phalaeo

    It seems like some of you are really comfortable sitting around talking shit about how she did this to herself when in reality you have no idea of the circumstances. Cut the chick some slack.

    I’m talking to you, #60.

    After reading the thread that was linked to, I really have no doubt that this is a tragic occurrence that happened to someone who didn’t deserve it.

    Final point- if you don’t want people to judge you based on your appearance, how are you comfortable telling this girl that she’s a hack who did this to herself from one photo?

  35. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    Poor girl! I mean it looks pretty damned interesting but it’s sure as hell not what she wanted either in piercing or risk in loss of sensation. My genital piercings are self-done and bla bla bla, but really, I could’ve been blind and probably hit her VCH a lot better than that.

    Shit happens and even the best piercers have things come out a lil wonky…but damn. No excuse for this one. Did the piercer even know where the clit is? (Under the CLITORAL hood, perhaps?)

    I hope she gets things sorted out.

  36. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    Poor girl! I mean it looks pretty damned interesting but it’s sure as hell not what she wanted either in piercing or risk in loss of sensation. My genital piercings are self-done and bla bla bla, but really, I could’ve been blind and probably hit her VCH a lot better than that.

    Shit happens and even the best piercers have things come out a lil wonky…but damn. No excuse for this one. Did the piercer even know where the clit is? (Under the CLITORAL hood, perhaps?)

    I hope she gets things sorted out.

  37. Joulie Avatar

    It must have been very painful…….. I got a horizontal hood piercing and those 3 secondes when I got pierced were the most painful thing in my life….. More painful than delivering my baby boy!!

  38. Joulie Avatar

    It must have been very painful…….. I got a horizontal hood piercing and those 3 secondes when I got pierced were the most painful thing in my life….. More painful than delivering my baby boy!!

  39. infernalmachine Avatar
    infernalmachine

    my piercer also used a clamp and went from the inside out so to speak. receiving tube my ass!

    i hope the feeling comes back but unfortunately many clitorises are very small and a 13g needle probably would fuck it right up.

  40. infernalmachine Avatar
    infernalmachine

    my piercer also used a clamp and went from the inside out so to speak. receiving tube my ass!

    i hope the feeling comes back but unfortunately many clitorises are very small and a 13g needle probably would fuck it right up.

  41. ooElaineoo Avatar
    ooElaineoo

    what the fuck, that is really sad. I could never imagine how that could be done wrong. Did she say it was a girl piercer? I hope she gets feeling back and she needs to sue that is so so wrong.

  42. ooElaineoo Avatar
    ooElaineoo

    what the fuck, that is really sad. I could never imagine how that could be done wrong. Did she say it was a girl piercer? I hope she gets feeling back and she needs to sue that is so so wrong.

  43. Warren Avatar

    #71 infernalmachine: Your piercer used clamps to pierce your VCH ¿o_O? ummmmmm oooooookaaaay. Reading further upwards I hear more people have had VCH’s done with forceps…*shakes head* Talk about mind-boggling if you ask me.

    also why do you say 13ga needle? The jewelry is 14ga and you certainly do not need a half-size larger needle when doing VCH’s…Especially if you are piercing from outside inward.

    Also any needle that passes through the clitoris, regardless of what gauge size it is, has the risk of “fucking it right up” Although with the much larger gauge sizes I could only imagine much more trauma to the clitoris.

    This is why when anyone goes to a studio, they really need to check out portfolios…Talk to the piercers,etc and get a “good feeling” about them…They need to verbally be able to state everything going on and why it’s going on confidently and as always its a good idea to look at portfolio photo’s.

  44. Warren Avatar

    #71 infernalmachine: Your piercer used clamps to pierce your VCH ¿o_O? ummmmmm oooooookaaaay. Reading further upwards I hear more people have had VCH’s done with forceps…*shakes head* Talk about mind-boggling if you ask me.

    also why do you say 13ga needle? The jewelry is 14ga and you certainly do not need a half-size larger needle when doing VCH’s…Especially if you are piercing from outside inward.

    Also any needle that passes through the clitoris, regardless of what gauge size it is, has the risk of “fucking it right up” Although with the much larger gauge sizes I could only imagine much more trauma to the clitoris.

    This is why when anyone goes to a studio, they really need to check out portfolios…Talk to the piercers,etc and get a “good feeling” about them…They need to verbally be able to state everything going on and why it’s going on confidently and as always its a good idea to look at portfolio photo’s.

  45. Scrawny Git Avatar

    I feel that knowing the studio responsible for such blind stupidity I am doing the best thing for everybody here by naming and shaming the butchers responsible for this.

    The studio responsible for this is none other than Asgard Body Piercing in The Bargate Centre, Southampton, Hampshire UK. They also have a ‘studio’ located in Winchester, Hampshire UK. The people who run this place are more interested in whats in your wallet than doing anything resembling a decent piercing/tattoo and are quite happy to prey on people’s naivity and misfortune of not knowing any better. If Warren (the boss) is reading this then please do the decent thing for the general public interested in getting pierced/tattooed in the centre of town and close your studios. You know you don’t care.

    REMEMBER THE NAME FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS: ASGARD BODY PIERCING, THE BARGATE SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE UK

  46. Scrawny Git Avatar

    I feel that knowing the studio responsible for such blind stupidity I am doing the best thing for everybody here by naming and shaming the butchers responsible for this.

    The studio responsible for this is none other than Asgard Body Piercing in The Bargate Centre, Southampton, Hampshire UK. They also have a ‘studio’ located in Winchester, Hampshire UK. The people who run this place are more interested in whats in your wallet than doing anything resembling a decent piercing/tattoo and are quite happy to prey on people’s naivity and misfortune of not knowing any better. If Warren (the boss) is reading this then please do the decent thing for the general public interested in getting pierced/tattooed in the centre of town and close your studios. You know you don’t care.

    REMEMBER THE NAME FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS: ASGARD BODY PIERCING, THE BARGATE SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE UK

  47. jifeqwik Avatar
    jifeqwik

    wow.

    to do that implies not only incompetence as a piercer, but incompetence in the bedroom as well. sucks to be him.

  48. jifeqwik Avatar
    jifeqwik

    wow.

    to do that implies not only incompetence as a piercer, but incompetence in the bedroom as well. sucks to be him.

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