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28Dec/09Off

Scrotal Piercing

Scrotal Piercing

Scrotal piercing thru the skin of the scrotum can be done in practically any gauge or jewellery configuration. Multiple configurartions for scrotal piercings are common including the Hafada and Scrotal Ladder.

27Dec/09Off

Knife Surface Piercing

An enormous surface piercing done employing a knife In most ways this is just a piercing performed with a knife instead of a needle, leading to a bigger, yet "cleaner" hole.

Although the pierced hole is sort of huge, standard gauge jewellery is employed. This permits the skin to fix raised round the piercing, but without putting unwarranted stress on the skin causing migration. It is crucial that jewellery not be modified in the healing period.

Apart from that point, the Knife Surface Piercing is healed using the recommendation above.

27Dec/09Off

Prince Albert Piercing

Prince Albert Piercing

A Prince Albert Piercing is one of the commonest male genital piercings. It heals quickly and is comparatively trouble-free. Many men also find it to be one of the least distressing male genital piercings, though agony is subjective some men report some amount of pain, while others compare it with a light pinch or feel barely anything whatsoever ). There's also the reverse Prince Albert piercing, which enters thru the urethra and exits thru a hole pierced at the pinnacle of the glans.

Prince Albert Piercing placement

The PA pierces the john thomas from the exterior of the frenulum and into the urethra. In a circumcised male, this is often done at once thru the centre of the frenulum, but this isn't the case for an uncircumcised male. The correct placement in an uncircumcised male is off to the side ( typically to the side he dresses to ) of the frenulum's ridge, just behind the glans, putting the ball of a barbell behind the glans and beneath the foreskin when the foreskin is pulled forward.

Process .

In the process of any Prince Albert piercing, the area is first cleaned and marked at the piercing point.

An uncircumcised male will be needed to pull his foreskin back so that the best placement can be determined.

In uncircumcised men the piercing is generally done to the side of the frenum to stop pain. There are a few different strategies used to perform this piercing, the most typical of which is to insert a receiving tube into the urethra and then pierce from the selected point on the outside some piercers mark this point, some don't into the recieving tube. The tube is then removed, and the selected jewelry is inserted behind the needle. Otherwise, a cannula can be employed to perform the piercing from the interior out. The needle is retracted slightly, and the cannula is inserted into the urethra and lined up with the exit mark on the outside. The needle is then pushed down into the cannula, and the lot is pushed out thru the exit point. After the needle is took away the cannula remains prepared permitting for really easy jewelry insertion.

A 3rd methodology is sometimes utilized by extremely experienced freehand piercers, who employ a system similar to the cannula methodology explained above, but employing a standard piercing needle. With great care the needle can be inserted into the urethra and the piercing done from the interior out. This strategy is only utilised by folks with a large amount of experience and confidence, as great care must be taken not to nick the interior of the urethra.

Prince Albert Piercing Healing and aftercare.

Endorsed cleaning is a daily sea salt and water soak as well as cleaning the area with a gentle soap a few times a day, ensuring to wash and dry the area completely. In an uncircumcised male it is usually more at ease to have the foreskin sitting forward covering the glans, but this holds in moisture and is often not good for a healing piercing the new piercing should be checked regularly to be kept dry.

Be prepared for a slight pain in the area at the base of the foreskin where the jewellery rubs the foreskin.

Long term health worries.

Most wearers discover that wearing a ring in their urethra has effects on the piss stream the liquid exiting the glans has a tendency to follow the ring downward and "fans" the stream out in a way that's tough to control, leading to the necessity to sit down to urinate. This will present issues in some settings in which a toilet isn't freely available , for example in bars or outside venues. Jewellery . This piercing is generally performed at ten gauge or bigger, and most men who have it done find the piercing stretches awfully efficiently on its own. Viewpoints change as to what most men and their partners find ideal in size both for comfort and for the sensations produced, but jewellery withing the 8ga to 2ga range appear the hottest. For some folk, the piercing is only classy, except for others, it is highly sensuous. It must be noted that some ladies find this piercing, in any gauge, uncomfortable during sex. Others may not even notice it .

Prince Albert Piercing ThaHistory and culture

A lot has been written about the history of the Prince Albert piercing, but little of it really is true. The most typical story is that it appeared to be a supposed "dressing ring," used to tug the johnson into close fitting fashions, and that Prince Albert himself had one.

Others have recommended than he was wearing it to keep his foreskin retracted and "fresh smelling" in order not to piss off his Queen.
Others, most significantly Doug Malloy, have suggested that it was worn by divers to keep hold of a piss trap as an alternative choice to a catheter. Doug Malloy also said that Italian Nazi tyrant Benito Mussolini wore a Prince Albert and had a hole cut in his pocket to simply access the piercing apparently Il Duce would tug on his P.A. In periods of stress to calm himself. Another entertaining but also likely fictitious story is that Germanic soldiers of the late medieval period wore these genital piercings to pull their goolies firmly between their legs to avoid blade wounds during combat. Whether or not this story is true or an excuse for those with Germanic heritage to crow about their masculinity ( see : dueling scar ) is up for argument. Thats all about Prince Albert Piercing

25Dec/09Off

Nipple piercing

Nipple piercing Placement

Nipple piercing is usually placed at the base of the erect part of the nipple. The jewellery shouldn't go through the greasy tissue of the areola as that can lead to mastitis. For men ( or ladies ), it isn't important which side you get pierced there isn't any meaning to getting either the right or left done. Nipple piercings can be placed horizontally, vertically, or any angle between. It's also not unusual to see 2 intersecting piercings on the same nipple! Placement might be tough if your nipples go absolutely flat when they're flaccid. If your nipples are susceptible to this ensure your piercer sees your nipples when they're flaccid and make efforts to tell him / her. If your expert isn't informed about this beforehand you will experience more pain than required. If your nipples have the bias to do that, the balls may press into the areolas leaving hollows, redness, and probably excess swelling. For cases like these tygon is endorsed, since it'll bend with your body rather than being still.

22Dec/09Off

Muscle Piercings

Muscle Piercings

Many piercings pass thru more than just skin. Common sense would suggest that jewellery passing thru muscle is maybe a really bad idea, both because of its potential to scar and damage the muscle, and as it can draw a doubtless potentially fatal infection within the body.

22Dec/09Off

Finger web piercing

Finger web piercing

Any piercing thru the between-the-fingers webbing. Hand web piercings are most ordinarily rings between the thumb and forefinger, but are also frequently placed between any fingers.

22Dec/09Off

Deep Chest Piercing

Deep Chest Piercing

A Deep Chest Piercing performed through the skin of the chest. Deep Chest Piercings are deep piercings passing vertically, horizontally, or otherwise through the chest. It can be so long as 3 or 4 inches, and is generally placed either vertically or at an approximate fifteen degrees off horizontal. As the piercing is so long it can take up to one or two years to cure.

Note the Deep Chest Piercing is only thru the skin - it isn't deep enough to really pass thru muscle. It is just about always a male piercing. This piercing was first popularized by Fakir Musafar who has a couple of vertical deep chest piercings, as well as by Patrick Bartholomew of the London Piercing Hospital who performed a lot of them, many of which were documented in early Deep Chest Piercing videos.