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The world's most pierced woman, Elaine Davidson from Brazil, a resident in the Scottish city of Edinburgh, poses for a photographer during the 6th Ti-Tattoo Convention in Lugano, Switzerland, late Friday, Aug. 27, 2004. Davidson claims to have upwards of 1,900 piercings, and has an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. (AP Photo/Keystone, TiPress/Samuel Golay)

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Female Genital Piercings

Although many body piercings are purely for aesthetic (decorative) purposes, there are others that are clearly chosen for sexual pleasure and/or enhancement. However, there seems to be some confusion about just how much a piercing can actually enhance the sexual experience. This page will answer questions about female genital piercings and their (potential) effect on sexual stimulation.

Vertical and Horizontal Clitoral Hood Piercings

First of all, the vertical/horizontal misunderstanding needs to be cleared up. If a woman decides she wants a clitoral hood piercing, it is normally not her decision as to which one she will get. A skilled piercer, upon examining the client’s genital area, will recommend one piercing over the other for proper placement and the best fit. In very rare cases, some women may be anatomically suited for either piercing and can make that choice at their own discretion.

Will a clitoral hood piercing stimulate the clitoris during sex? Maybe. That depends on the skill of the piercer and the body of the pierced. If the woman received the correct piercing (vertical or horizontal) for her particular anatomy and the piercing was done properly to encourage clitoral stimulation, then it should enhance pleasure during sex.

Can a woman lose her ability to achieve orgasm if she gets her clitoral hood pierced? No. Sexual stimulation comes from the clitoris itself, not the clitoral hood, which is just a protective fold of skin that goes over the clitoris. If a woman gets a horizontal or vertical clitoral hood piercing, it will not affect her ability to have an orgasm.

Clitoral Piercings

Piercings that actually penetrate the clitoris are much more risky than hood piercings. A potential client must be examined by a professional piercer to first see if she is even anatomically suited for a clitoral piercing. The procedure can be painful, as it goes through many nerves – the same nerves responsible for sexual response. In rare cases, it is possible for a woman to lose her ability to achieve orgasmic climax or even lose all feeling as a result of a clitoral piercing. Granted, this is a worst-case scenario, but only a highly skilled professional piercer should perform a clitoral piercing.

Labia Piercings

Labia piercings, although they may be visually arousing to your partner, will not affect your own sexual pleasure. They are not located close enough to the clitoris to cause stimulation, and are more for aesthetic pleasure.

Body Piercing Aftercare & Healing Guidelines

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Body piercing Aftercare and healing suggestions can vary slightly from piercer to piercer. Each piercer has their own experiences with certain healing techniques; however, when deciding how to provide you, the piercee, with the highest quality aftercare, healing, and infection information available, Tribalectic decided to use the most medically sound and supported information. Therefore, our suggested aftercare & healing guidelines have been compiled by performing extensive research on the following:

    • Standard healing and aftercare medical information
    • Suggestions and tips from highly reputable body piercing friendly medics
    • Suggestions and tips from top professional piercers
    • Piercee healing successes
    • Current popular industry suggestions
    • Personal experience as a professional piercer
    • Observations of infected body piercings and their recovery

After compiling our first edition of Tribalectic’s suggested aftercare & healing guidelines, we submitted the information for medical review by piercing-friendly physician Dr. Janet L. H. Keating with Duke University's Student Health Service in Durham, North Carolina. In addition, constant consultation with John Lopez—senior piercer at Gotham (formerly the Master Piercers of Gauntlet, the most renowned gurus in the game who founded the first body piercing establishment in the US)—also helped fine-tune our suggestions.

Since the world of medicine (both holistic and traditional western) is continually evolving, Tribalectic will be updating our suggested aftercare & healing guidelines in order to provide you with the highest quality information available. We look forward to receiving comments and suggestions from more piercing-friendly medics, professional piercers, and piercees as well as successful and unsuccessful infection treatments.

To get specific information for aftercare & healing, we encourage you to post messages in Tribalectic's Body Piercing Forum. We also encourage you to check out our Body Piercing FAQ, our Body Piercing Myths, and, for those who need additional tips, please read Dr. Janet Keating's article "Caring for Infections".

Tribalectic is a free information society and believes that the following information should be accessible to people pierced and interested in getting pierced. We humbly thank all our contributors for supporting the flow of essential information. Tribalectic does not claim to own or copyright the following suggestions. All healing and aftercare techniques are universal methods of treatment that can be used by everyone. In other words, our suggestions are common knowledge to be shared by all.

And remember, this information is meant to help you heal and care for your healthy and infected piercing(s), however, it is not magic. Each human body is unique and may react differently to specific treatments. Neither Tribalectic nor any of the contributors to the suggested aftercare & healing guidelines are responsible for the healing of your piercing(s) or infections, or the application of this information. Many uncontrollable factors may inhibit the proper healing of your body piercing(s). Consequently, if you feel as though these suggestions are not benefiting the progress of your healing, or you feel that your body piercing(s) are getting infected, please consult your personal doctor.