To resolve my own questions and to accommodate certain moments, I learned how to remove my PA at home and put it back in again. I researched, I bought pliers, I learned, and I didn’t hurt myself.
My PA is a captive bead ring and is not a thick gauge but large in diameter. I like how it feels on my cock. The higher the gauge the thicker the steel, the harder to bend, so mine was not hard to open and close. I suspect that with some force it could be opened enough by hand for the bead to fall out, but brute force isn’t always the way to treat a cock. So I invested in ring opening and closing pliers, which made the operation easy. I chose both pliers according to the size of my current ring.
I wrapped rubber bands on the forks of the opening pliers to protect the jewelry, but a well-placed soft cloth will do. With the bead of the ring turned away from you, put the head of the opening pliers inside the ring of the PA, squeeze the handles, the ring opens nicely, and the bead falls out. Don’t lose it.
Next I opened the ring a bit more with the pliers to make the gap wide enough to pass the flesh between the urethra and the outside of my penis. I rotated the ring around with my fingers until the end popped inside the piercing, and from there I gently pulled the ring straight up out of the slit. Be careful not to scratch the inside of your cock too much as you pull it out – you’ll feel it afterward. And the ring is out.
While I had the ring in my hand, it seemed like a good time to clean it well – don’t drop it down the sink. Clean as well as you can, inside the dimples on the bead. Don’t scratch it.
I waited 24 hours to put the ring back in - not because of any problems – but so I could play a while with a ringless cock. I decided that I liked it better with the ring in.
To put the PA back in, I reversed the procedure. Lube the ring. I didn’t try to push one blunt end of the ring straight into the piss hole, but since the slit is wide enough, just eased one curved end of the ring down the hole, with the gap in the ring facing away from me, down it goes, and before you know it, pop, the end is showing through the piercing. Rotate the ring until the gap is far enough away from you that it won’t slip back in the piercing hole. It wants to move.
Next came the ring closing pliers. Because I haven’t watched any of my insertions too closely, I mistakenly thought that the ring closing pliers would squeeze the ring tightly onto the bead. Not so. Without the bead, use the protected ring pliers to squeeze the gap in the ring smaller, so that with your fingers you can force the bead pop into place with the ring ends into the two bead dimples. This might take a few tries to get the gap space right, but you can re-open the ring a bit with the other pliers if necessary. The bead should snap in tightly – you don’t want to lose it in an awkward moment – but still loose enough so you can rotate the bead a bit. And you’re done.
It is probably easier to replace the ring on a soft cock, but for the rest of the procedure you can let yourself get as excited as you like.
I have read that re-insertion is the tricky part. As I have had a PA for a while, and enjoy the extra urethral stimulation it gives me, I have tried out a gentle sounding. This type of play took away any discomfort or fear I had about sticking a smooth lubed ring partway down my piss hole. I have only ever sounded with my PA in place, and they go well together. This doesn’t mean that someone with an 00ga should also try to stick his finger down the tube. It’s all a matter of what fits and what doesn’t do damage. My piercing is very well healed, and I’ve taken to sometimes forcing my cock to shoot out the cum piercing hole, so I know that the door is definitely open and in good shape.
I can’t see any problem with upsizing gradually at home given the right tools, attention and a bit of practice. I look forward to changing my jewelry to fit any occasion.
My PA is a captive bead ring and is not a thick gauge but large in diameter. I like how it feels on my cock. The higher the gauge the thicker the steel, the harder to bend, so mine was not hard to open and close. I suspect that with some force it could be opened enough by hand for the bead to fall out, but brute force isn’t always the way to treat a cock. So I invested in ring opening and closing pliers, which made the operation easy. I chose both pliers according to the size of my current ring.
I wrapped rubber bands on the forks of the opening pliers to protect the jewelry, but a well-placed soft cloth will do. With the bead of the ring turned away from you, put the head of the opening pliers inside the ring of the PA, squeeze the handles, the ring opens nicely, and the bead falls out. Don’t lose it.
Next I opened the ring a bit more with the pliers to make the gap wide enough to pass the flesh between the urethra and the outside of my penis. I rotated the ring around with my fingers until the end popped inside the piercing, and from there I gently pulled the ring straight up out of the slit. Be careful not to scratch the inside of your cock too much as you pull it out – you’ll feel it afterward. And the ring is out.
While I had the ring in my hand, it seemed like a good time to clean it well – don’t drop it down the sink. Clean as well as you can, inside the dimples on the bead. Don’t scratch it.
I waited 24 hours to put the ring back in - not because of any problems – but so I could play a while with a ringless cock. I decided that I liked it better with the ring in.
To put the PA back in, I reversed the procedure. Lube the ring. I didn’t try to push one blunt end of the ring straight into the piss hole, but since the slit is wide enough, just eased one curved end of the ring down the hole, with the gap in the ring facing away from me, down it goes, and before you know it, pop, the end is showing through the piercing. Rotate the ring until the gap is far enough away from you that it won’t slip back in the piercing hole. It wants to move.
Next came the ring closing pliers. Because I haven’t watched any of my insertions too closely, I mistakenly thought that the ring closing pliers would squeeze the ring tightly onto the bead. Not so. Without the bead, use the protected ring pliers to squeeze the gap in the ring smaller, so that with your fingers you can force the bead pop into place with the ring ends into the two bead dimples. This might take a few tries to get the gap space right, but you can re-open the ring a bit with the other pliers if necessary. The bead should snap in tightly – you don’t want to lose it in an awkward moment – but still loose enough so you can rotate the bead a bit. And you’re done.
It is probably easier to replace the ring on a soft cock, but for the rest of the procedure you can let yourself get as excited as you like.
I have read that re-insertion is the tricky part. As I have had a PA for a while, and enjoy the extra urethral stimulation it gives me, I have tried out a gentle sounding. This type of play took away any discomfort or fear I had about sticking a smooth lubed ring partway down my piss hole. I have only ever sounded with my PA in place, and they go well together. This doesn’t mean that someone with an 00ga should also try to stick his finger down the tube. It’s all a matter of what fits and what doesn’t do damage. My piercing is very well healed, and I’ve taken to sometimes forcing my cock to shoot out the cum piercing hole, so I know that the door is definitely open and in good shape.
I can’t see any problem with upsizing gradually at home given the right tools, attention and a bit of practice. I look forward to changing my jewelry to fit any occasion.
