Clitoral Hood (C.H.)

In the late 1980’s this was generally done with a very small barbell with small balls for example a 1.6mm(14Ga) bar 6mm to 8mm long with 3mm balls. And was placed to sit with the small ball at the back behind the hood and the other at the front so a very short bar was used. This was found to be difficult to do up and place and was purely aesthetic, as it did not rub on the clitoris at all.

In the 1990’s with the availability of the curved bar and the jewelled navel bar and the realisation that if placed so the bottom ball sat on the clitoris it created a pleasurable stimulation, and was less invasive than piercing the clitoris. The vertical hood piercing became really popular because they were functional and looked good.

The hood is easily pierced and numbs very well. At body pleasure piercing we use a local anaesthetic spray to numb the area and because the mucus membrane absorbs the anaesthetic very well it is one of the least painful piercings. Because the Clitoral hood is thin and when done correctly it passes through a very small amount of skin meaning that it heals really quickly. It can be healed in a matter of just a few days.

When people ask why should they get this piercing my reply is always, “It gives him somewhere to go and something to do when he gets there.”