Hafada (scrotum)

These piercings are said to have been done by the Arab tribes as a sign of wealth where gold jewellery was inserted into pairs of hafada piercings down each side of the scrotum and the more gold jewellery the more attractive and affluent you were seen to be.

Of all the male genital piercings these are probably the only piercing that is primarily there for Asthetics.

In the 1970’s and early 1980’s it was popular among the B&D and S&M scene and bead rings were popular so as chains and padlocks could be used.

By the 1990’s these became popular as people experimented with various placements and combinations. The central Hafada became an extension of the frenum ladder and rings could go right around to the Giuche (pronounced – geesh).