labia piercing

Tuesday January 8th, 2008 @ 2:11 PM

Filed under: Female Genital

Hello,

I am thinking about getting my inner labia peirced, but i do not like the look of rings. i was wondering if labret studs as jewelry would be a viable option.

thanks

There is no reason this type of jewelry couldn’t be done. The shaft of the jewelry will need to be long enough to accommodate some initial swelling, and the ball and disk on the end of the shaft will have to be large enough to prevent them from pulling through the piercings. If those factors are accounted for, it shouldn’t be an issue.

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Yeast infection

Thursday November 15th, 2007 @ 1:59 PM

Filed under: Female Genital

Alright, this is really embarrassing, but I’m not exactly sure what to search for in engines and querying “yeast” in this AskBME search didn’t do anything, but I really want to know. I’m on antibiotics and I have a fully healed vertical clitoral hood piercing. Whenever I take antibiotics, I developed a mild-to-moderate yeast infection. Usually I don’t treat it as it goes away by itself when I eat a lot of yogurt and whatnot, but this is my first one since getting the piercing. I know that the tissue gets irritated and it has bled minimally before, but now that it’s pierced I’m not sure if it is going to seriously affect it. I keep imagining the skin around the CBR rotting away and I get a sinking feeling whenever I go to check on its condition. I feel like the area covering the CBR is shrinking, but that could be my own paranoia. Do I have anything to worry about? Thanks so much!

A yeast infection should not negatively affect your piercing in the long term. If the yeast infection normally affects the “quality” of the tissue, you will probably still experience that, but it shouldn’t have any long-term effects on your piercing.

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large gauge hood piercing

Friday November 2nd, 2007 @ 3:29 PM

Filed under: Female Genital

Can I wear the kaos silicone tunnels in my 4 gauge vertical hood piercing? If not, then what is suitable jewelry? I currently wear a captive ring, but it twists and pinches, and is rather large and heavy. I’m getting sick of this piece of jewelry, but i don’t know what to switch to.

I have seen silicone eyelets worn in a variety of non-ear piercings, including genital piercings. You probably won’t know for sure if that particular style and material will be comfortable for you until you actually try it. You may want to consider getting the “parylene coated” version for use in a hood piercing, as it has a less tacky surface.

Other options to reduce size would be a straight or curved barbell. In addition to being “small”, a barbell is going to tend to sit/hang different than a ring and should help increase your comfort level. To reduce weight, you could consider titanium jewelry.

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