Female Genital Piercings: VCH, Princess Diana and HCH!

Learn about the VCH, Princess Diana and HCH piercings in another exhaustive article by Elayne Angel!

Female genital piercings are sexy as well as stimulating. (Photoxpress)

Editor's remark: In case you missed it, Elayne Angel already wrote about the female genital piercings and introduced the Vertical Clitoral Hood (VCH) piercing.

VCH Piercing: Procedure

Before you sign up, ask the piercer how she performs the piercing. If she replies, “With forceps,” turn around and leave! Clamping with forceps endangers your clitoris, and it could be intensely—and unnecessarily—painful. Further, using forceps for the VCH seldom, if ever, results in proper placement. The piercing gets positioned too shallow, or just through surface skin on top of the hood, and the jewelry does not touch the clitoris at all. Unfortunately, this blunder is very common.

Standard procedure is to use a needle receiving tube (NRT) under the hood. Some tissue manipulation makes placing it easier and more comfortable if you have a small hood or if it fits tightly to your body. I simply lift your hood and gently pull it away from your body to loosen the tissue. The piercing is done through the dot that has been marked for placement and into the tube, which protects your clitoris underneath. The skin that is pierced is considerably thinner than that of an earlobe. A small percentage of women have thicker hoods; these are usually a little more sensitive to have pierced and take a bit longer to heal.

You might find that the cleaning under your hood with a swab or the pressure from the receiving tube is the most uncomfortable part of the procedure. When performed properly, the sensation of the piercing itself is very brief, and afterward there is seldom lingering discomfort. By the time you are dressed, you’re likely to find that your VCH piercing feels good already, or simply that you notice something is there. It is also normal to feel nothing different at all.

VCH Piercing: Healing and Troubleshooting

The VCH piercing has a very quick healing time. Some women swear theirs is healed in a week or even less. To be on the safe side, you should care for yours during the entire four-week minimum healing time, even if it feels fine sooner.

If you have a hill with an exposed hood, you may find healing more challenging and the first week or so a little more sensitive. Wearing the smallest jewelry that is safe will help minimize any discomfort. If your initial jewelry is still uncomfortable or irritating after the early accommodation period, its size or style will need to be changed by a professional as soon as possible.

A traditionally placed VCH piercing does not pierce near any major nerves, so there is no basis for a loss of sensation under ordinary circumstances.

The VCH piercing can feel quite different when you change the style or dimensions of your jewelry. (Photo by Elayne Angel)

VCH Piercing: Physical Activity

Engaging in physical activities after getting a VCH piercing is fine, though a one- or two-week break from bicycling or horseback riding is surely advisable. With the exception of these activities, you will probably find that your new piercing doesn’t cause any discomfort while exercising; in fact, you may not even notice it. Then again, it may inspire you to work out. More than a few women have discovered that the stair-stepper or other gym equipment holds new interest for them after genital piercing!

VCH Piercing: Changing Jewelry

The VCH piercing can feel quite different when you change the style or dimensions of your jewelry. Consider experimenting with other sizes of bars, rings, and balls after you have healed. You might enjoy the feeling of a short post with a ball resting under your hood, touching your clitoris, or you might enjoy a longer bar. Then again, you could favor the feeling of a ring, or the way it can be looped onto your partner’s tongue barbell during oral sex. Personal preferences vary, but the research can be fun.

VCH Piercing: Stretching

Most women find the VCH rather easy to stretch at least a size or two and have sufficient anatomy to wear gauges thicker than the initial size. Heavier jewelry may produce different sensations. After two to three months or so, the piercing should be ready to enlarge one gauge.

VCH Piercing: Retiring

The VCH has a tendency to shrink and close quickly on many women, though a few find they can easily take the jewelry in and out after healing. Since the clitoral hood is not a public area, any residual mark is unlikely to go unnoticed. Only an expert who is looking for the spot would be able to tell you had ever been pierced.

 

Next I’ll discuss a piercing that is very similar to the VCH:

Princess Diana piercings are are located off to the side of the hood instead of being placed in the center. (Photo by Elayne Angel)

The Princess Diana Piercing

• Healing time: 4 to 8 weeks

• Initial jewelry style: Straight or curved barbell

• Initial jewelry gauge: Minimum (and most common) 14 gauge; maximum 10 gauge

• Initial jewelry size: Average length or diameter 3/8 to 1/2 inch

Princess Diana (or simply Diana) piercings are identical to VCH piercings, except that they are located off to the side of the hood instead of being placed in the center. Ordinarily they are done in pairs; however, if you are asymmetrically built, with more tissue on one side of your hood than the other, a single Diana could be a good option. Dianas are generally angled at about ten and two o’clock or at nine and three o’clock. Many women do not have a wide enough hood to allow for this placement, so the Dianas are not nearly as popular as the VCH. A number of amply built gals have both: one VCH and two Princess Dianas.

The piercing is named after the first woman I performed them on, and Princess Diana had been in the news at the time, so we added “Princess” to give female royalty some exposure in the piercing world (the Prince Albert male genital piercing, of course, has had so much of it).

The Horizontal Clitoral Hood (HCH) Piercing

• Healing time: 6 to 8 weeks
• Initial jewelry style: Ring-style
• Initial jewelry gauge: Minimum 14 gauge; maximum 10 gauge
• Initial jewelry size: Ring diameter 3/8 to 1/2 inch

The HCH piercing is generally better at looking good than feeling good. This piercing, which traverses the hood tissue above the clitoris, is aesthetically appealing to many women. A genital piercing can be visually delightful and bolster self-image, even if it is not placed for action. But most women who seek a genital piercing desire to physically enhance their erotic pleasure. Unfortunately, because of the way most women are built, the HCH won’t be able to deliver.

The HCH piercing is generally better at looking good than feeling good.(Photo by Elayne Angel)

HCH Piercing: Placement and Choice of Jewelry

You need sufficient tissue in the configuration of a hill to get an HCH piercing. If you are built with a valley and a deeply recessed hood, you are not a candidate. Most women are formed with a hood that nearly—or completely—covers the clitoral glans. Therefore, the ring in an HCH simply rests atop the hood. For an HCH piercing to be stimulating, your clitoral glans needs to be somewhat exposed, the piercing must be perfectly placed, and the jewelry accurately sized. Only when all of these conditions are met can the bead of the ring touch your clitoris to add sensation.

The piercing should be placed in the natural creases at the base of the hood tissue where it forms from your body. Your piercer should carefully check for blood vessels in the region, because they are sometimes visible where the piercing should be made. If apparent veins cannot be avoided, then the HCH piercing should not be attempted. Your piercer must also be certain that your hood tissue is pliable enough to pinch up and lift away from the nerve bundle of your clitoris below, so she doesn’t give you an unintentional clitoris piercing.

You need sufficient tissue in the configuration of a hill to get an HCH piercing. (Photo by Elayne Angel)

If you are not built symmetrically, which is common, the ring will usually twist or lean to one side. This type of pressure causes discomfort and migration or other healing difficulties. If you want this piercing solely for adornment rather than sexual enhancement, you may prefer it to be positioned for visibility toward the top of your hood.

The correct diameter ring will encompass the tissue without pinching and it will be situated so the ball rests on the desired spot. A bar is seldom comfortable or safe: if it is short enough to avoid twisting, it may embed or pinch. If it is long enough to accommodate your hood, it will be prone to shifting and causing problems when you close your legs.

Coming next: More on the Prince Albert and an introduction to the Frenum (male genital) piercings.

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