today we're going to be talking about
piercings no not the ones in your ears
but the ones down there I'm Dr Rena
Malik urologist and pelvic surgeon and
today we're going to talk about the
history of genital piercing who gift
genital piercings what kinds are there
available and what are the risks and
benefits so historically genital
piercing began in men to prevent
foreskin from everting or opening or
allowing the head of the penis to show
and one of these procedures is called
infibulation it's where a metal ring or
bar is used to connect the foreskin
above the glands of the penis to prevent
the foreskin from coming down now this
may sound crazy to a lot of us but back
in 25 BC 250 A.D people were doing this
procedure and while it's not exactly
documented as to why they were doing it
some hypothesized that it was being done
in order to preserve the voice and what
they thought was that participating in
sexual activity actually caused the
change of a voice and they wanted to
preserve The Voice particularly of boys
who are seeing chorus or had promising
careers in music they wanted to prevent
that from happening and so that's why
they started doing this presumably
however others think that it may have
been used by comedians or performers
more as an adornment or jewelry piece or
even to increase attractiveness others
have written passages that describe this
as being a procedure done to prevent
having children before you come of age
I'll read one to you guys it says one
pulls the foreskin forward and piercing
it transversely with a threaded needle
one leaves a large thread until the
holes have signaturized then removing
the thread one replaces it with a large
iron ring which remains in place until
the patient reaches the age of majority
they used to claim that this ring
prevented association with women until
the age of 25 at which time it was
removed forced them not to dissipate
themselves and then they conserve
themselves to produce strong children in
a condition to serve the Republic so
then we move on to the 18th and 19th
century when there became a lot of
Hysteria around masturbation in in fact
during this time even doctors themselves
felt that it was scientifically proven
that masturbation led to disease and
deadly conditions and so they created
all these behavioral and procedural
things that they could do to help
prevent masturbation and of course this
was one of them however in the Kama
Sutra in the 16th century so even before
all this hysteria came along that's when
the first discussion of piercing the
men's phallus for increasing pleasure
was actually noted in the Kama Sutra so
it has certainly evolved now moving on
to today how many people actually get
piercings in the Devils well it's been
reported that around one to three
percent but some even report as high as
10 percent of people that are surveyed
or questioned about getting piercings do
get genital piercing so from the data we
know that people who get their genitals
peers do this because it's a meaningful
form of self-expression it allows them
to enhance their sexual experience and
in fact it's not a decision that they
take lightly when Studies have surveyed
people who have genital piercings they
found that this decision usually takes
over a year to finalize for most people
so they're often deliberating for some
period of time and after they get
pierced they tend to spend a lot of time
taking care of their piercing and the
area around it sometimes people also
feel like it helps them take control of
their body after they've had a bad
experience many of these people are
older than 30 they tend to enjoy tattoos
or other types of piercing they're
usually in pretty good health and many
of them are college educated so some of
the stereotypes you might be thinking of
for people who get genital piercings
probably don't apply all right so what
are the different types of genitals well
to start out there's usually three types
of jewelry that people use for genital
piercings one of them is a barbell which
is a rod with two little beads at the
end or you could also get it in a curved
form called a curved barbell or you
could have what's called a captive bead
and so that's a full circle with a bead
at the end of it typically men tend to
get piercings more often than women and
the most common piercing that men get is
called the Prince Albert piercing this
actually enters through the urethra or P
tube and through the glands of the penis
or the head of the penis itself many
people enjoy this piercing because it
offers some increased
urethral stimulation so people who enjoy
urethral play may find this sort of
piercing enjoyable they usually heal
rather quickly in about two to four
weeks there's a couple stories about how
this got the name Prince Albert one is
that Prince Albert himself actually got
the piercing to help his genitals hang
more comfortably in his very tight
trousers others believe that he had a
condition called Peyronie's disease
which is a curved penis in an attempt to
try and straighten it they put a
piercing on it that then held some
weight to try and actually provide
traction to straighten it out if you
want to learn more about parodies
disease make sure you check out my video
on that before as well other piercings
include a frenulum piercing which
attaches to the frenulum which is the
piece of skin that attaches the glands
to the shaft right underneath the penis
there's also gleash piercings which are
in the perineum or space between the
scrotum and the anus there's also
scrotal piercings that can really occur
anywhere of the scrotum however you have
to be careful with the scrotal and the
geese piercings because if they get too
close to the anus they can get dirty
from stool and that can cause infections
also if you get infections in the
scrotum that tracks into the testicle
that can cause problems that you know
contract from testicular infections all
the way to the prostate there are two
types of piercings that go across the
glands either up and down or side to
side called the ampling and the
apadravia and lastly the Dido ring is a
ring that's placed at the coronal Ridge
and sometimes people will place multiple
of these around the coronal Ridge very
often in genital piercings sometimes
people will try to do interesting things
like create ladders with multiple
piercings and all of these piercings are
fine as long as you're making sure to
look out for infection we'll talk more
about that at the end of the video so
make sure you stick for women very
commonly women will get clitoral hood
piercings this is because the
stimulation from the jewelry out of the
clitoris can be seen as pleasurable it
can be placed on either side or the top
called the ventral Hood there's also
labial piercings which pierce the lips
of the vulva as well as foreshet
piercings which are between the vagina
and the anus and Christina piercings
which are located at the pubic area just
above the vulva so the good news is
genital piercings are mostly safe when
they're performed by a professional
piercer and they're cared for
appropriately it's really important
after you get a piercing to avoid any
unprotected intercourse swimming pools
or jacuzzis for at least four weeks and
depending on the type of piercing it
could be longer to avoid any source of
infection and if you're concerned about
an infection it's important to see a
doctor I know that many piercers tend to
avoid going to the doctor because
they're afraid of being judged or
getting a collection who really doesn't
know what to do and just tells them to
take out the piercing and while that can
be very frustrating it's important to
treat these infections before they
create permanent damage or get worse so
when you look at all the different types
of complications the rate of
complications is between nine and
nineteen percent so if you and 10 of
your friends went to get genital
piercings maybe one to two of you might
have a complication and here's a table
that reviews three studies that looked
at people who had genital piercings and
their rates of complication so first
most common thing you're going to see is
infection this is a dark and moist area
and we're often wearing tight and
constrictive clothing that can make it
more likely to get infected
infection and not just bacterial
infections but you can also get sexually
transmitted infections if you have an
open sore or your partner gets a sore
from the piercing that can then cause
transmission of bodily fluids
particularly blood which can cause a
risk of sexually transmitted infections
if you are concerned about a skin
infection so you're seeing some redness
some drainage of course always see your
doctor but it's important to start using
warm compresses on the area make sure
you draw a line around the redness and
keep an eye on it if it continues to
expand it's not getting better make sure
to see your doctor sooner because you
might need antibiotics also make sure to
keep the area clean and consider an
antibiotic ointment oh by the way did
you check out my new mug it says take
care of yourself because you aren't
worth it and if you find that things are
not improving after five to seven days
you may actually have to remove the
piercing in order to allow it to heal
bleeding can occur particularly after
you've had the piercing if you notice
that the bleeding is not getting better
particularly if you're having a lot of
blood loss if you're feeling lightheaded
or dizzy don't wait go to the emergency
room immediately rarely people can get
things like scarring nerve damage or
damage to the surrounding vessels or
even allergic reactions however these
things are rather rare it's important to
be very careful when you're engaging in
oral anal or vaginal intercourse first
off condoms can actually get damaged or
broken during intercourse because of the
piercing there's also been reported
trauma to the vagina or anus for the
person receiving penetrative intercourse
or people have sometimes choked on a
piercing or gotten a piercing trapped
between their teeth or sometimes even
had their tooth chipped so again being
very careful when you're engaging
intercourse with someone who has a
genital piercing also if you're
undergoing a procedure and someone asks
you to remove your piercing one it is
okay usually for a procedure that's less
than an hour but because these areas
have a lot of blood flow to them it's
quite possible the piercing can shrink
down often you can ask them to either
put tape on the piercing so it's not
really a problem in the sterile field if
you're having a surgery or something
like that or you can ask them to put a
little piece of IV tubing in the space
where the piercing was to prevent it
from closing down all right I hope you
guys found this interesting if you were
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