Body Designs

Female Piercings

Labia Minora and Labia Majora
Historically speaking, Labia piercings are the female equivalent of foreskin piercings having been the means of assuring female chastity.  This form of piercing was and is practiced in many countries; Ethiopia, Rome, India and Persia to name a few.  For many modern women Labia piercings are done to enhance erotic feelings: not to restrict intercourse.

Clitoral hood
This piercing is extremely popular as the piercing allows the jewelry to constantly excite the clitoris and enhance clitoral stimulation during intercourse.

Clitoris
Although growing in popularity:  We feel that most women do not have a large enough clitoris to pierce safely.  For the few who opt for this piercing it affords its owner with incomparable heightened sensitivity.

Male Piercings

Guiche
Even today the guiche is common among the male natives of the South Pacific Islands.  Particularly Tahiti.  This piercings is a horizontal piercing located between the scrotum and the anus:  usually where the inseam of a pair of pants would be located.  It is one of the more difficult piercings to do and to live with.  It is not recommended for those who are required to do a great deal of sitting.  Individuals who have adopted this type of piercing, generally wear some type of metal ring, to which some type of weight is frequently attached and worn.

Foreskin
Historically speaking foreskin piercings have been used as a means of assuring male chastity.  This practice called infibulation involved.  Locking some form of device through two perforations in the foreskin.  This piercing was common in ancient Rome and is popular in India and Borneo.
Foreskins can have single or multiple piercings and because the tissue is so thin the healing time is quite rapid.

Prince Albert
Named for Queen Victoria’s consort, prince Albert, who allegedly had one.  This is considered by many men to be the most sensual of all penis piercings.  This is said to enhance stimulation for both partners.  The piercing is made through the underside of the head of the penis exiting through the urethra.  The amount of flesh that is pierced is very small and the healing is very rapid.

Frenum
The second most popular piercing of the penis is that of the Frenum:  Which is the losse web of skin between the foreskin and the head of the penis.  The preferable choice of Jewelry is a ring that encircles the head of the penis during erection: much like a cock ring.  The procedure and healing is very quick.

Ampallang
This piercing is most common to Indonesia.  It is primarily done to enhance the sexual pleasure of women.  This is a horizontal piercing through the head of the penis.  As it is a long piercing.  It can take a long time to heal: usually six months or longer.  Barbells are the most suitable jewelry for this piercing and should fix snug during erection.

Apadravya
The vertical counterpart of the ampallang is mentioned in the Karma Sutra: the ancient Hindu treatise on love and social conduct.  This vertical piercing of the head of the penis is placed so that the underside emerges through the same hole of the pierce and reverse prince Albert piercings.  The jewelry is the same as for the ampallang.  Healing time is generally less than that of the ampallang as the piercing generally passes through the urethra.

Dydoes
These piercing are generally done by men who want to regain some of the sensation which they felt has been lost due to circumcision.  Dydone piercings are normally done in pairs, one dydoe stud through the glans on either side of the head of the penis: this piercing is only appropriate for the man who has been circumcised.

Speed Bumps
Is a secession of multiple penile shaft piercings that penetrate the skin only.  Many men have often had the piercing done on the underside of the penis: which are generally referred to as frenum piercings.  We at Body Designs coined the name and piercing as speed bumps after the reaction of females to stimulation that is received from these piercings.  The piercings have the ability to stimulate the “G” spot quite effectively.  Barbells are the choice of jewelry for this piercing.