2022 Jacob's Ladder Piercings Pros & Cons by a Piercer S2 EP42

In Season 2 Episode 42, DaVo covers the Pros and Cons of the male genital piercing grouping called a Jacob's Ladder. This video covers just about everything you would need to know before getting the piercings and include Pros & Cons, risks, what you should consider beforehand the piercing experience, healing, jewelry, living with the piercing, care, and abandoning the piercing. 

I aka DaVo have been a professional body piercer and the owner of the Axiom Body Piercing Studio in Des Moines, Iowa since 1994. My focus on education and helping clients make safe and informed decisions on getting pierced has always been a large part of my business practices and services. With my website and increasingly on youtube, I hope to expand and inform others outside of my small part of the world. I always encourage questions and comments, so if you have one, please comment. 

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Show Notes:

• A grouping of 3 more Frenum piercings usually runs down the underside of the shaft of the penis. However, it can be done on the top or side also.

History:

• The earliest reference is in the Zeirshrift Fur Ethnologie which stated that “Amongst the Timorese Of Indonesia, the Frenulum below the glans of the penis is pierced with brass rings…the function if the ring is to enhance stimulation during sex.”

• There is piercing lore that claimed that the piercing was used as a form of chastity but there is no proof that it ever was during antiquity.

• In modern times it was developed in the Gay BDSM subculture and then introduced to the general public with the uprising of Modern Professional piercing. This is when the ladder of piercings began.

• Jacob’s ladder is a reference to the bible and Jacob’s Ladder to heaven.

Pros:

1. Increase sexual sensation

2. Well Established Piercing

3. Can be done in different locations

4. Can do as many as you want if there is room

5. Easy to conceal

Cons

1. safe sex of 6 month

2. More acceptable to STD

3. Can not sleep on the piercing

4. Partner doesn’t like it

5. bleeding

Things to look for:

• Piercer is experienced in this piercing, professional, informative and make you feel comfortable and offer a consultation that involves aftercare, risks, etc… The piercer should evaluate your anatomy.

• Should have correct jewelry as in no thinner than 12g and with a barbell unless it is inside the foreskin

• Can bleed for 5-6 days and you may need to use a sanitary napkin or pad. Buy them in advance.

• It is not going to feel comfortable to have sex for the first week or more.

• If you are doing a ladder, usually three is about the limit.

• Does the piercer provide aftercare products and written and verbal aftercare instructions?

The Piercing Experience:

• Consultation & Jewelry Selection

• Waiver, Set Up, and Disinfection

• For the marking, if you are doing a ladder, have your piercer mark out the additional piercings. Double-check the markings and make sure they appear even and straight.

• Should be done with forceps

• Pierced straight through

• The jewelry follows the needle. May use a threaded taper pin.

• The jewelry is closed

• There may be some slight to moderate bleeding.

• Maybe redness but the pain fades quickly

• Piercing is sensitive to the touch.

• Some bruising can occur

Healing:

• The average healing time is 8-12 weeks or longer,

• Clean with saline twice daily

• Must practice cross-contamination prevention and isolate and avoid any contact with the piercing.

  • Clean hands

  • no oral contact or sexual contact without a condom for the first 6 months

  • No Swimming

  • Keep Pets Away

  • Keep bedding clean or anything that comes in contact clean

• Avoid playing with the piercing or excessive movement.

• Sex when comfortable, genital at first

• Wear loose-fitting condoms

• Do not sleep on the piercing

• First 3-5 days you can experience redness/discolor, heat, and tenderness to the touch.

Jewelry:

• should leave jewelry in at all times

• May need to downsize jewelry if the jewelry is loose when you are erect.

• Avoid jewelry with sharp edges, points, or things hanging off it.

• Best Jewelry Options:

  • Barbell

  • Beaded ring or CBR if the piercing is inside the foreskin

• Through a mucus membrane so not silver

Living with the piercing:

• The jewelry should be left in at all times.

• Check the ends regularly.

• When switching partners practice safe sex

Abandoning the piercing:

• If the piercing is still healing and there is signs of infection, see your piercer or doctor before removing the jewelry

• If the piercing is healthy and still healing, treat it like any other wound or cut.

• Will close but may appear open for a long period of time.

• Often there is large indention scars, these may not go away completely but should fade over time.

• The holes may produce a cream cheese-like discharge, this is sebum.

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All photos are used in the spirit of Fair Uses. If you own the copyright of the photos, did the piercing, or are the person in the photo, please contact me and I will add the information to the description. 

All footage was filmed using a Canon EOS 80D Camera with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM Lens - https://amzn.to/3bb5PV4 and Canon EOS R  - https://amzn.to/386Y1BZ with Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM Lens - https://amzn.to/3jkvptO

Audio - Recorded with Shure MV7 - https://amzn.to/39fKKbS with a Tascam DR-40x - https://amzn.to/2Lw67O8

For more information on DaVo and the Axiom Body Piercing Studio go to https://axiompiercing.com

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Contact DaVo at davo@axiompiercing.com or by phone at 515-966-4814
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Skin Kitchen Tattoo and The Axiom Body Piercing Studio are located at 3800 Douglas Ave./Des Moines, Iowa 50311
Tattoo hours are Thursday - Monday 1-8pm
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