| Hyacinthe |
11-17-2008 01:59 AM |
I've had a VCH for about 3 years now they can be fantastic if done right. I have a friend who's a piercer, she's done all of mine and my friends piercings - trying to convince her to train me on the weekends infact.
Then again I love all my piercings and tatts - I'm a bit of a body art addict
There are a few issues to keep in mind though :
1) Not all women have a clitoral hood big enough for the piercing.
2) With incorrect placement the piercing can rub directly on the clit, might sound great but will eventually lead to insensitivity.
Cadre
Most of the time genital and oral piercings of any kind (well I know for tongue piercings anyways) do have a time period in which you're not meant to expose them to any form of bodily fluid.
ngdawg
The origins of nipple piercings can be traced back to the Romans. Pierced nipples were sported by proud Roman centurions as a sign of their virility and courage, the practice was also common amongst Victorian society girls to enhance the size of their nipples.
Navel piercing was a sign of royalty to the ancient Egyptians and was something denied to commoners, hence a deep navel was prized amongst the Egyptian elite.
The Prince Albert piercing through the penis, called a dress ring by Victorian haberdashers, was originally used to firmly secure the penis in either the left or right trouser leg during that eras craze for extremely tight crotch binding trousers. Prince Albert himself was rumoured to wear such a ring. Today its function is erotic as is the Dydoe, a male genital piercing of more modern origin. Other erotic male genital piercings are the Apadrayvia and Ampallang. The origins of these can be found in the Karma Sutra, the ancient Hindhu book about love and social conduct, and practised as a right of passage into puberty by the Dravidson people of southern India, though not thought to be commonplace.
Other male genital piercings have their origins as a means of chastisement. The Frenum of European origin, and the foreskin, which was performed on some Roman slaves, though both are now performed as erotic piercings. To celebrate the coming of manhood some Arab youths would have a piercing on the left side of the scrotum, near the base of the Penis called a Haffada, believed to prevent the testis from ever returning to the body. This practice was brought to Europe by French Legionnaires from North Africa, usually pierced on the left and sometimes the right as well.
Female genital piercings, the Clitoris and the inner and outer Labia, are a more modern development and are done primarily for erotic reasons. Though there are examples of Labia piercings being used as a means of chastisement amongst some African tribes this practice is dying out.
Ear lobe and ear rim piercings can be found in most tribal cultures, ear lobe stretchings can be found amongst the people of Northern India, Burma, ancient Egyptian culture (the mask of Tuttenkharmun has a stretched ear lobe) and African tribes in and around what is now Kenya. Ivory ear plugs are worn by African Samburu warriors whereas the Masai and Pokot peoples wear many rings in stretched ear lobes, this was also common practice with some of the plains tribes in North America.
The African Dogon, Kudi and Lobi peoples perform ear, nose and lip piercings on girls to enable them to wear ornaments as women that will enhance their features, to show tribal identity and to protect them from badsprits, believed to enter the body through these orifices. Nose piercing is also widespread in parts of India. This practice was popular amongst the Mughals and indicates whether a women is single or married.
Lip plugs are worn by African Pokot girls when they are married, this is also practiced amongst Turkama men and women. Amongst some Amazonion tribes lip plugs on men denote their status, elders are valued for their wisdom and have bigger plugs or plates inserted every year.
More modest lip or labret piercings are worn by the Nunivak tribes in North America. The women would wear beaded ear pendants or rings with flat pieces of walrus ivory and coloured cloth in Labret and Septum piercings for ceremonies. Silver jewellery was worn in the septums of the Clayoquot tribes further south for status.
Septum piercings are also still worn by the tribesmen in parts of Papua new Guinea, often adorned with plant stems and bone jewellery. Other piercings such as the eyebrow, tongue and ear piercings, such as the tragus, anti-tragus and rook, are modern piercings developed in the west.
GG
The only aftercare instructions I got was to avoid tight trousers and underwear for a few days (well actually was told to go commando) and to try to have cool baths with salty water. Like with all piercings and tattoos chlorinated water is a no no til the body art is completely healed. Would probably have gotten more instructions if the piercer didn't know me so well and knew that I knew the drill.
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