From: tjreynol@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Jumpin Dude)
Subject: Re: Reflections and Questions on my new hobby..
Organization: University of Denver
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 03:15:21 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.1K[\*
Q L7=Q~6Q QpM_1PB2+420.12017@pony.Ingres.COM> tom@Ingres.COM (We are such things as dreams are made on.) writes:zNxHA8s2:

(sorry, my call waiting hammered the attribution)

>I have been lurking and fascinated for a long time, and have finally
>jumped into the fray in the proverbial head first manner that I
>usually adopt with my new hobbies.

Great pun ;-)

>For my first visit to Gauntlet (SF) I had one ear (16ga I think..
>way to small) both nipples (12ga).. and a Prince Albert (10ga).

Geez, how did you sleep??

>    The PA bleeds for several days.. really a mess, but not
>    that painful.

In the lst couple of days, I've seen 3 references to severe bleeding from 
new Prince Alberts. I took a ration of shit when I described my bleeding
from doing it myself, and thought it to be abnormal. But when I had the 
ring in, it hardly bled at all, just a bit overnight. I'm wondering how
the rest of you folks bled or didn't. 

>Unfortunately the PA exit on the shaft was positioned too far down,
>and erections would cause compression that was not at all pleasant.

My initial 14 ga. 5/8" Gauntlet ring was too small for my placement, 
but it sure wasn't uncomfortable. My 3/4" 12 ga Silver Anchor ring
is perfect. And not obnoxiously large, either.
My hole stretched just enough to accomodate the larger ring..

>Question: Isn't it normal for the PA to exit just a knat's eyelash
>    down from the glans? Does anyone have it exit farther down, and
>    why? ..do you like a compression effect?

Mine's about not quite 1/8" down.
Eyeballed, not erect.

>Of course I used this opportunity to have a guiche (10ga) and
>2 scrotum (10ga) inserted, one on either side of the sack.

Why? Just curious.

>Actually the positioning of the scrotum piercings turned out to
>be uneven when I stand up.. so I removed them. I am going to reinsert
>them down the center of the scrotum for a more symmetrical effect.
>This I am going to do myself.. the scrotum doesn't really have enough
>nerves to deter me (redoing my own PA was not something I could
>deal with myself).

I just gotta ask, what's your hobby? Visiting Gauntlet? ;-)
Kidding, of course. 
Doing your own PA is not so bad; then, I can't fathom letting someone
prick my prick, so to speak.

>Future plans:
>
>    I have 4 matched rainbow (12ga) niobium rings in graduated diameters 
>        on order from Gauntlet for my left ear, can hardly wait!

Sounds cool, should make for a cool effect.

>    I want to do a vertical pierce of my nipples behind the existing
>        one. I will use an L bar for this, so all that would be visible
>        would be the studs which would be positioned at the edge of
>        the areola. Has anyone done this? It would seem to have to
>        be pretty deep, is this a problem for healing?

Probably will look neato. Probably take forever to heal, but I don't know.

>Questions:
>
>    What kind of reactions do you get from non-pierced people?
>        Do you find a lot of outright rejection (from intended intimates) 
>        based solely on the piercings?

I've not had any negative reactions. Funny, but not negative.

>    Anyone have a reverse PA that could talk about it?

I'd be inerested as well, I've been toying with the idea.

>Thanks 
> 
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>     @--==##| Tom |##==--@
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Tim

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