My piercing story - early years

INTRODUCTON

Let me introduce myself first. My name is Roman and I am 24 years old guy from Central Europe, Slovakia. I have grown up in quite a conservative environment that dominates in Eastern Block countries. As a finance student I was also mainly with people that were not too much into body mods. Now I work as a professional in a multinational advisory firm what supposes very conservative environment (not even think of some visible piercing), but still there is something special about me.

HOW HAS IT STARTED ?

My piercing story has started many years ago. I reckon my first contact with piercing was at the beginning of '90s when I was at Grammar school maybe 16 years old or so. When my parents were not at home I browsed through my father's magazines about cars and found an erotic magazine, not a porn, just an ordinary soft sexually oriented magazine. As I was reading through headlines a half page article with pictures draw my attention. There was a piece of writing about piercing, its different types, written by someone that went to London. There were pictures of tongue piercing, lovers chained by nipple piercing, pierced male and female genitals. I remember female with labial piercings as corset that I liked a lot. I liked the idea of woman being locked down there. The last picture was a penis with PA and ampalang. From pictures and piercings at all, at that time, I admired just female genital, nothing else. Oh, that's terrible was what I've thought about tongue ring. That must've hurt I thought about pierced nipples and I thought that it was not even aesthetically pleasing, even female nipples piercing, not speaking about male nipples. And a pierced penis? I was terrified. I disliked the CBR through head of penis and I did not understand how they worked out to put two separate rings on sides of the glands (I supposed that ordinary ear suds were used for ampalang. I didn't know there is a specially designed jewelry for piercing.) This was eight years ago. Today, writing these lines, I'm playing with my tongue ring, looking at my 8ga Prince Albert and deciding whether to put circular barbells, CBRs or bars to my nipples. I have the beginning (frenum just under the glands) and the end (lorum at the base of scrotum) of possible frenum ladder. I am determined to get apadravya later on and an ampalang still has the chance. It';s the same me, just older and maybe wiser. THE BEGINNING Once I found a fake piercing in a magazine and I used it as a nose or lip or navel piercing just for myself to look in the mirror, sometimes masturbating. When I started studying at the university I tried to pierce my frenum by a safety pin, but I was too scared to pierce it. In summer '96 I went to Wiesbaden. In Germany there were plenty of beautiful girls with their noses and navels pierced. One day I was going home and by chance I saw a poster indicating a tattoo/piercing studio, right in the center of the city. I was intrigued and went in. It was the first time I was in this environment and I felt strange. There were many people getting tattoos on the first floor but I haven’t seen any piercing room. I passed to a room with many piercing rings behind the glass table. There I spoke with the owner about the prices (but I had really no idea what could be pierced). She sent me up the floor to the piercing part of the studio. There were some girls getting their navels done. On the table were some magazines about piercing and a portfolio. I spent next two hours reading through magazines, looking at pictures and learning about different piercings. I had no idea that there are so many different piercings that can be done on male or female genitals. I read aftercare instructions and healing information. I even found the picture of frenum piercing what I thought was just my idea and I never imagined that somebody else could have had ring there. I was totally turned on. Then the piercer came to me and asked me if there was something he could help me. No, no, I'm just watching. I was sure I didn't want anything pierced, I just wanted to check out the studio and piercing turned me on. But it was impossible for me to get anything pierced. First it was incredibly expensive, second what would people say (take into account that at that time in Slovakia you could hardly find anybody with nose or navel piercing). There was also the first time I saw a real tongue ring. I was scared but I liked it (a bit) as well. I didn't understand myself.

FRENUM AND MORE

It was there where I got my first piercing. I pierced my frenum on my own, in a shared room with sewing needles. I came home late one night and my roommate was not there. I wanted to try it, I wanted to pierce myself. I took sewing needle I had from my mum, took my frenum and pulled it away from the head. If I do it here, nobody is going to see the hole. And it's so thin. I put the needle to the place I decided to pierce and pushed. I found out the skin is very elastic. As I pushed, my skin went in front of the needle without breaking it. I could feel the top of the needle by my finger. I pushed harder and finally broke the skin. I moved the needle in the hole for some minutes to open it more. When it was big enough I put in my fake piercing I brought with me. I was happy and stressed and tired; I went to sleep. In couple of minutes, my roommate came home. I can not imagine if he comes half an hour earlier. The next day I bought an ordinary ring that I liked and put it in. I was nineteen and had my very first piercing. Nobody could see it and it was there. I've done what I wanted to do for such a long time. I was happy. I haven't had many problems with the healing. I just washed it in normal water while I was in the shower, feeling incredible erotic having that piece of metal through my skin on such a sensitive place. The fun was also peeing in a public toilets having a ring hanging from my penis (having no idea what was about to come). I realized that my frenum hole that is still not to be seen (and it easily accommodates 10ga ring) is never going to close again even when I don't wear anything in for a long time. Perfect, isn't it? Sometimes I put in a frenum loop that goes right under the gland and shows perfect harmony of the shape of my penis with piercings. When aroused it grasps my gland and keeps the blood in the head, which is very pleasant feeling. When I came home to Slovakia I wanted some other piercing but again I wanted something that nobody can see. It was October and I decided to pierce my navel. In bathroom I showed medical needle through my navel and I put a safety pin through. Later I put my frenum ring in. However I did not do it deep enough so I removed it. After some time I redid it doing it deeper. I put a normal ring through. The place was quite sore and after some time I noticed it was growing out. I just removed it and waited what was to come. For next year I play-pierced myself plenty of times. First piercings were done in my nose. Sometimes I put ring in and had it for couple of hours in knowing I was not going to keep it there. I pieced my septum, my ears, cartilage, eyebrow, lip etc. Just easy facial piercings. I have also pierced my own tongue and it hurt for couple of days after I did it. I was surprised. When I went to London in summer '97 I brought from there something I always wanted and I wasn't able to get here a CBR. Of course it came in my frenum and I was really proud. It was something different, not an ordinary ring, it was a specially designed for body piercing. For sure it extended my possibilities of piercing myself. I always liked the look of on-side lip-rings and I was able to see it in my lip, labret (I still have a small white scar after having a barbell there), septum and nose. Many times I just had a rush, I just wanted to pierce myself to know how it feels and how it looks.

PRINCE ALBERT

In winter that year I moved again to my genitals. I play-pierced my guiche and first I play-pierced my glands. I did my first Prince Albert piercing. However I lost the hole and everything I achieved was a lot of blood dropping (better said spraying from my cock cause I was utterly excited). All these piercings were just temporary and I knew that when doing them. I couldn't afford something visible in my position (at that time I was studying finance and doing my practice in a bank). For a longer time I wanted something permanent but I was not sure what. Once I spent nice time talking to my younger brother. Of course I didn't tell him that I was into piercings but we talked about it. He said that if he would have really wanted some piercing he wouldn't care much about the others. That simple sentence has helped me to decide. Several days later (actually on 4th of January '98) when I was studying for Financial Markets exam I went to bathroom, took a needle and cork and pierced my penis on the left frenum side, just under the glands. I got a new PA. This time I didn't want to loose the hole so I kept it in for several hours till I came to my university residence. Then I removed the needle and could see a nice tiny hole in my penis. I took original ring from my frenum and tried to stick it in. It was not as easy as I thought. After some minutes of playing with it I finally had a small ring in my penis. I loved the look. My penis was adored with a nice silver ring. I played with it and looked at it till late night. The next day right after exam I decided against it and tried to remove it but (fortunately) I was not able to open the ring. So I kept it for the moment and after one hour I was glad about what I did. I mean I didn't want to remove it because I didn't like it. I was just unsure, it was like Jesus, what have I done? Anyway I kept the ring in for a week cleaning it quite often (I was studying for another exam so I had something to do in my leisure time). Meanwhile I took out the ring just to see how the hole looks and it was fine. Strange, I had a hole in my penis and I was happy (and still I am with much larger hole). Right after I came home (to my parents' place) I put in the CBR which I had from England. Wow, what a feeling. Before I had in a light silver ring. After putting in the CBR (even it was 16ga=1,2mm) the weight of 5mm ball gave me utterly pleasant feeling. I couldn't get asleep that night. And although it was very small and thin, I had a real piercing ring through the head of my penis. I was twenty and had two piercings under my belt.

TONGUE RING

Later that year I knew I was going to study abroad, which means to be "out of reach" of my parents. I wanted another piercing, my tongue. I checked out many web sites about this piercing, its healing and aftercare etc. I've read through many tongue experiences on BME and decided I was going to get it done. I contacted a piercing studio in that area via internet and got the information about phone numbers and stuff that I'd be ready when I get there. I came to Malaga and then went to Granada where I was going to study in the university. The first evening I called the studio but nobody answered. On the second day (16th February '99) I called another studio that I was recommended and found out that it was in another town some forty kilometers away. Asking about the other studio I was informed that they have moved to another place and (probably) didn't keep their phone number. I was disappointed because I wanted to get it done so badly. In the street I noticed a girl that had several ear-piercings and I asked her about piercing studio. She told me there was a nice and friendly studio called El Candil nearby where she got her tongue done (she showed me her nicely pierced tongue) and gave me the address. I went there and asked about the piercer but he was working just in the afternoons. So I pre-scheduled my appointment for that evening. Perfect. When I got there I was introduced to Manolo who took me to his studio behind the shop. The place was clean and I spent about twenty minutes talking to him about all that interested me. I made sure I was OK with him and we begun with the procedure. Gloves, markings, ice, clamps, needle and the jewelry was in. It looked so nice I was happy. I still wear the original 14ga=1,6mm 22mm barbell with 5mm balls. Although it got quite swollen after one or two week I didn't have any problems. It is made far back so it is not easily seen which is perfectly suitable for my conservative work.

TO STRETCH OR NOT TO STRETCH?

While staying there I have bought a new ring for my PA. When I was buying it seemed quite large (compared to the small one) but it was only 14ga ring with larger diameter. Anyway my PA looked and also felt better. I also bought a small bar for my frenum. My new PA ring and frenum bar made my penis different. However it was not enough. Later that year I went to Hamburg and in a piercing station got a huge 10ga=2,5mm ring for my prince. Before I didn't want to stretch my piercings but I just love the feeling when you put in a larger ring. It's such a rush, you can feel the jewelry inside your body and I love that. As well, larger ring also looks better. For that reason I decided to buy a new PA ring for my 23rd birthday when I was in Madrid. First I decided for 6ga=4mm CBR with 8mm ball that looked perfect however I was not able to open and close it without pliers and I had problems to fit it to the hole that was too damn small for such a huge ring. After few hours of stretching it and trying to get it in I succeeded. I was not able t rotate the ring and it was really stretched. On the other day I took out the ring to see how the hole was and I was surprised how big and dark blue it was and I didn't like it. I went to the shop again and tried to exchange it for some 3,5mm CBR but because I didn't find any I decided to take a 8ga=3,1mm ring with 7mm ball that I normally wear and I'm very happy with. By time the hole stretched to enable 6ga ring to be inserted but I am not sure if I'm gonna stretch it so much (4mm is huge).

WHAT IS LORUM ?

The year 2000 was quite tough for me. I was finishing university, working in a venture capital firm and preparing my thesis. In April as I was preparing for my last regular exams at the university before taking sate exams I spontaneously decided on another piercing. It was supposed to be done on the base of my penis where scrotum begins. I put the needle though the place where I wanted to put the ring but I lost the hole. I repeated the same procedure a week later with bigger gauge needle and successfully had a small 14ga barbell in. With my PA and frenum it is my third genital piercing and it looks awesome. If I look down on my genitals and push my balls up the barbell balls look like eyes, my balls form head and my penis is like a trunk of an elephant. Funny. Sometime I wore CBRs in (I had stretched it to accommodate 8ga ring in but it shrunk when wearing my barbell in. In January this year (2001) I started doing a compulsory military service and I took out my PA and frenum. I kept my tongue ring (made far back and they wouldn't imagine someone having tongue-piercing cause ordinary earrings are forbidden) and my lorum bar (that nobody sees because its under my penis (when in normal state)). I put my piercings back when on holiday or at home for the weekend. I just accustomed to live with it. It forms a part of my body and I would never ever want to be without my piercings. My penis is like missing something when I don't have my King Albert in. My tongue feels strange when I take out my tongue ring.

NEXT STEP?

After I finish military service I'm thinking of getting my nipples pierced. It would complete the piercings I want having pierced all erogenous zones of my body (tongue, penis and nipples). I would like to do it with 12ga circular barbell and changing it to bars when doing sport. However I haven't decided yet cause of my job and family that would not like the idea. I would have to think about not going to swim with my parents and colleagues from work or going to gym with them. I know what you say but it's not as easy as you suppose cause Slovakia is not Western Europe or States. It is not so common to have piercings especially if you are doing banking and financial institutions advisory and doing audits for them. Maybe I decide to have adored nipples anyway. I have play-pierced my nips several times so I know how it feels. I like play-piercing and had an short time apadravya as well as ampalang piercing. I like frenum ladder and had four needles in once but I think it might be too far for me. I am determined to get my PA to apadravya but I want to have the fun with my prince first. As no visual piercings are allowed for me if I get something it'll be below my neck. I am a member of IAM on BME (polvo) where I meet interesting people keen on body mods. I have read through thousands of experiences on BME and visit this server every time I can. I would like to say a BIG TA to Shannon and his team for all their work and dedication to modded people. Shannon has created the biggest information and picture database of piercings available on the net (at least I don't know any better). I am BME Extreme2 member and I submit pictures and experiences that will hopefully help others to decide on their future piercings and will join our "family".