The concept behind female genital piercings is to enhance the vaginal appearance and female sexual experience. Genital piercings do not prevent sexual activities, but are meant to stimulate, arouse, and to call attention to the beauty of the ornamented areas.
Unfortunately for us women, our culture does not support genital pride! As a result, many of our female clients do not even know what the particulars of their private parts are called. Many women come in for genital piercings requesting “a clit piercing.” When they are shown a photograph of where that is located they shout, “Oh, No! Not there!” Sometimes they mean inner or outer labia, other times what they really desire is a clitoral hood piercing.
Contrary to what most of the uninitiated would think, genital piercing is not particularly painful. The idea may be scary or strange to some, but the physical reality is brief and relatively or virtually painless. Many piercees often favorably compare genital placements to the ear lobe piercing. The notable exception would be the serious and very rare actual clitoris piercing.
This is not about pain and suppression; this is about pleasure, and stimulation, and celebrating the body. Though, naturally, during healing one must engage in safer sex and avoid sharing bodily fluids. Even if you are in a monogamous relationship, latex barriers must be used, including for oral contact, during the entire initial healing.
As with any piercing, your new genital piercing may bleed off and on for minutes to a few days, though many of them don't bleed at all. Underwear is usually very comfortable, as a little support feels good on most fresh piercings. Panty liners may be advisable at first.
These are not debilitating procedures. I have pierced dancers who went right to work the same evening! It may not be the best time to don your tightest jeans, but you should expect to be mobile, and feeling fine afterwards.
Vertical Clitoral Hood Piercing
The VCH is the most popular female genital piercing we do, for several reasons. As the name implies, the piercing is placed vertically, and women's genitals are built vertically. This means the jewelry situates comfortably between the legs and is not subject to much stress.
Further, most women are built with some amount of hood tissue in which the jewelry can be placed for a safe, comfortable, attractive, and stimulating piercing. The piercing goes through only a thin bit of tissue above the clitoris (not through it) but the jewelry itself touches the clitoris. That means when there is any action in the area, the clitoris will receive more direct stimulation. Most women like this a lot.
This is a very quick healing piercing. I have had many women swear it heals in a week or even less. But to be on the safe side, you should care for it according to the instructions for four (4) weeks minimum.
Horizontal Clitoral Hood Piercing
The HCH is a piercing done primarily for aesthetic purposes. In order for it to be directly stimulating, it needs to be placed on a woman whose clitoris is somewhat exposed, and situated so that the bead falls directly on the clitoris. Also, if the woman is not built fairly symetrically, the ring will have a tendency to lean or twist to one side.
The majority of women are constructed in such a way that the hood covers the clitoris. Therefore, the jewelry in an HCH rests atop the hood, and isn't nearly as pleasurable as a piece of jewelry that comes into direct contact with the clitoris.
The Triangle Piercing
A triangle is a horizontal piercing behind the nerve bundle of the clitoris, at the base of the hood tissue where it forms from the body. In order for a triangle to be possible, your clitoral nerve bundle under your hood needs to be able to be lifted away from your body to some extent. If you are very small built in that area, or if you have a “valley” instead of a “hill” you are not suited to a triangle. A triangle and an HCH both essentially pierce through hood tissue. What is different about the triangle is where and how the forceps are placed during the piercing, and where the piercing goes, as a result.
The point of the Triangle (pardon the pun) is that it is placed so the jewelry rests right behind the nerve bundle of your clitoris. Therefore, when your are stimulated, you feel more sensation from the back of your clitoris! A triangle is far more stimulating than an HCH for most women. It is a pretty fantastic spot for jewelry if one is built for it.
Actual Clitoris Piercing
This is a very rare piercing, and it is serious business. It should be attempted only by a highly experienced master. The vast majority of women who request them actually want a clitoral hood piercing. Of the women who request an actual clitoris piercing, and know what they are asking, approximately 90-95% are not suitably built. Absoulutely vital in clitoris piercing is to pierce only women with the ideal anatomy. This is not an area to take chances.
Most women posses a clitoris that is too small to withstand a piercing. Of those who are large enough, most women have hood tissue that fits too tightly or heavily over the clitoris. The clitoris in question must be large and easily exposed to be safe to pierce and to heal.