Have you ever thought about getting a penis piercing? Or have you enjoyed being with a partner who has a penis piercing?
There are many reasons why people choose to get one or more penis piercings. There are those who enjoy the rush of adrenaline from body piercings and the adornment award that follows. Others approach the process as facing a fear. A penis piercing can feel like a ritual initiation for some.
A penis piercing may be entirely aesthetic—maybe someone’s girlfriend likes the way it looks. People get penis piercings out of curiosity. It may mark an important milestone in that person’s life. Genital piercings could be part of BDSM, including sadism and masochism, or dominance and submission.
For some, penis piercings are a kind of secret that they enjoy throughout the normal work day, something sexy and kinky that is usually hidden from the outside world.
Those who are activists against circumcision may pierce the penis because it can help restore some of the sensation that they believe was lost.
All of these and more are possible reasons people get their penis pierced. But perhaps the main driving reason behind penis piercing is the promise of sexual benefits and improved sexual pleasure for the pierced, and their partners.
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Can a Penis Piercing Improve Your Sex Life?
People who have their penis pierced often report enhanced sensations in sex. Piercings in the head of the cock or the shaft of the penis can intensify pleasure and increase stimulation during sex.
For kinky lovers who are into body jewelry, tribal piercings, body modification, or BDSM, the aesthetic itself enhances sexual pleasure.
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The hardware you wear in a cock piercing can increase her pleasure too. Some women love the sensation of a barbell or ring stroking against her clitoris, or the added bumps stimulating her inside.
Penis piercings improve your sex life if you are kinky and they become part of your bondage rituals. Having genital rings allows creative BDSM and genital ownership. Your partner can claim your cock with a leash or attach it to bondage equipment.
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9 Different Types of Penis Piercings
1. Ampallang
The ampallang is a very common cock piercing. The ampallang penetrates across the head of the penis. This penis piercing uses a straight barbell.
A classic cock adornment, this simple and tasteful piercing delivers outstanding sexy extras. With all the concentrated nerve endings in the glans of the cock, the barbell stimulates the whole head during masturbation and sexual intercourse. The visible ball ends also provide your partner with added texture during sex.
The drawbacks to the ampallang penis piercing include recommended abstinence from sex for six weeks to several months. It’s a very intense and painful piercing to get. If you choose the piercing style that goes through the urethra, urine may spray in an annoying way from now on. Some guys with this piercing sit down to urinate.
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2. Apadravya Penis Piercing
This one is the same but vertical through the penis head. The risks and benefits are similar to the ampallang.
3. Magic Cross Penis Piercing
This penis piercing is a combination of both the apadravya and the ampallang. Most people get them done in separate sessions, but some adventurous sorts have done them at one time.
The magic cross piercing is very much double your pleasure, and double your pain at the start. It will also double your partner’s pleasure with the extra stimulation points.
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4. Dydoe
The dydoe is a penis piercing that goes through the ridge of the glans, usually with a straight barbell.
Like other glans penis piercings, this one is quite painful. But abstinence is usually recommended for only a few weeks. The sex benefits are similar to other glans piercings.
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5. Foreskin Piercing
For those who have foreskin, this penis piercing comes with the stimulation advantages of other penis piercings, with a much quicker healing time and less pain initially.
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6. Frenum Piercing
The frenum is the thread of tissue that connects the shaft of the penis to the glans, on the underside of the cock. The frenum piercing goes under this, with barbell jewelry or a ring. This takes about four to six weeks to heal.
7. Deep Shaft Piercing
Deep shaft piercing is hardcore cock piercing. Going horizontally or vertically through the shaft means blood vessel tissue is implicated. These can take a long time to heal and have complications. For some, the risk is the reward.
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8. Prince Albert Penis Piercing
A very popular aesthetic, the Prince Albert penis piercing goes through the lower half of the glans with a ring coming out of the urethra. This can be very pleasurable for the pierced, but many women find the ring bangs unpleasantly against their cervix during sex. Urine will have to spray around the ring to come out.
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9. Reverse Prince Albert
This one is the same as the above, but comes out on the top of the head.
4 More Genital Piercings for Men
1. Perineum Piercing
This genital piercing is also called the taint or the guiche piercing. It is a piercing through the skin between the anus and the scrotum.
The guiche or perineum piercing is usually a matter of aesthetics, although some people want a lot more action happening in this region, which is very sensitive, and describe the extra stimulation as very pleasurable.
With the proximity to the anus, it is very common for this piercing to get infected. It can take many months or longer to heal.
2. Scrotal Piercing
The scrotum piercing is often called the hafada piercing. Although the testes are incredibly sensitive, the loose skin is quite easy to pierce. The hafada is aesthetically pleasing to many, and brings added intensity and sensation to ball play.
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3. Lorum
The lorum penis piercing is at the very bottom of the shaft where the scrotum starts. It is essentially a very low frenum piercing.
4. Pubic Piercing
At the base of the belly, on top of the base of the penis, is where this piercing is set. Women may also pierce the mons area. This piercing can give added stimulation to the clitoris. It has a fairly high rejection rate as it is a surface piercing.
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The Risks of Penis Piercings
Penis piercings come with many risks as well as rewards. If you get a penis piercing, you must be committed to following through on safety, abstinence, and hygiene, with the understanding that complications can still arise.
Some penis piercings can cause considerable tissue damage to the penis. There can be infections where the piercing is, at any time. The body may reject the piercing. Inflammation and open wounds can increase the risk of giving or getting STIs. There may be urinary tract infections from bacteria on the jewelry.
Only you can decide if the benefits outweigh the risks. Many penis piercing owners and their lovers are extremely happy with the results, but be prepared in case things go awry.
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