quick (and not at all urgent) question

[isolt.livejournal.com]

So, I got my nose pierced this past weekend. What, you are wondering, does this have to do with vaginas? Well, I'll tell you: ever since getting my nose piercing, I've realized that unless I decide to go for my nipples or my clit, I don't think I could possibly pierce anything that could hurt more than my nose (and even that honestly wasn't so bad, and I'm a wuss). So I've been bouncing around the idea of getting my labia pierced, mostly as an idle musing, but also as something I might want to do sometime down the road (when both my pocketbook and my nose have recovered).

My question is this: other than the normal health risks associated with piercing (possible infection, equipment that wasn't properly sterilized, lack of skill on the part of the piercer, etc), would there be any extra health risks specifically associated with getting my labia pierced? Would I be able to have sex during the initial healing period? If any of you lovely ladies in here are pierced, can you tell me about your experiences? Do they catch on things? (I hear that belly button piercings do that *a lot*, actually, and I can imagine it would be annoying if they always caught on my panties).

Thanks :)

Comments

[amylynn.livejournal.com]

Sex during the initial healing period with a genital piercing wouldn't be a good idea. Much like "open-mouthed kissing" (as they phrase it on the aftercare sheet, hehe) after a tongue piercing -- you're introducing bacteria to the area that doesn't need to be there. Think of it like a healing wound. :)
-amy!

[isolt.livejournal.com]

Do you think clitoral stimulation would be ok? I can certainly go a couple months without sex, but I'm pretty sure I'd go crazy after a couple months without coming.

I was also thinking that sex would irritate the piercing just from the physical standpoint of getting rubbed and otherwise mushed about and slammed into.

[amylynn.livejournal.com]

::grins:: That would depend on what specifically you got pierced and your, ahh, method of stimulation, I guess.
I would assume that as long as it's not irritating the piercing any more than it would if you were cleaning it, and you're not doing anything that would make it get non-you germs on it, and you've washed your hands... it would be okay.
I'm not a piercer, though. ;) And any good piercing place would give you an aftercare sheet detailing exactly what you can and can't do for X amount of time after you get the piercing, and will tell you that you can always call if you have questions. :)
-amy!