# But seriously now. The pieced penis question. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-seriously-now-the-pieced-penis-question/9285 "2000-03-27T17:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-seriously-now-the-pieced-penis-question/9285/1 "2000-03-27T17:13:00Z")
Does anyone know: - What (relatively) common penis piercings there are - Their effect on erectile function - Pleasure / pain details ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-seriously-now-the-pieced-penis-question/9285/2 "2000-03-27T17:44:00Z")
The most common is probably the Prince Albert, supposedly named for THE Prince Albert. It consists of a ring going through the pee-hole and coimng out on the underside. This causes a mess when peeing and precludes urinal useage. There’s also several types of rods and barbells (basically a rod with spherical doohickeys on the ends) that are used to pierce the shaft and/or scrotum. In addition, there’s a piercing so gruesome that I can’t even describe it- If you really want to see it, it’s at [Rotten.com](http://Rotten.com) under FotM. I know nothing about their effect on erectile function and pleasure/pain (aside from the obvious pain). Better (although typically **very** biased) sources would be a piercing website and urologist. ---
**Author:** ![KalEl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@KalEl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KalEl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-seriously-now-the-pieced-penis-question/9285/3 "2000-03-28T06:30:00Z")
I have a married friend who swore to me that he had eight piercings in his penis. I didn’t believe him, and, to make a long story short, one night after a few beers, he elected to show me. Well, sure enough, he counted them off for me - eight of them. They were all along the underside of his penis, through the outer skin, and looked like a series of little barbells. He swore they didn’t hurt, didn’t interfere with his ability to get an erection, have intercourse, or otherwise enjoy himself, alone or otherwise. He told me that sometimes during sex he chose to take them out, and sometimes he didn’t. His wife apparently enjoys them. I can’t imagine doing it, but each to his own. ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-seriously-now-the-pieced-penis-question/9285/4 "2000-03-28T06:31:00Z")
_Pierced_ is one thing, but the “pieced” penis? Yikes!!! ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-seriously-now-the-pieced-penis-question/9285/5 "2000-03-28T06:44:00Z")
- - - Yea, really! Is the OP about Prince Alberrt, or Loreena Bobbitt? - MC ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-seriously-now-the-pieced-penis-question/9285/6 "2000-03-27T21:47:00Z")
Oh… i meant PIECED… yeah… that’s it… OK i’ve been discovered. I’m not talking about skin piercings, though, P.A. aside. I heard about one as a curved barbell through the top of the head, which made me go, ‘OW’. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-seriously-now-the-pieced-penis-question/9285/7 "2000-03-28T06:41:00Z")
[http://www.bme.freeq.com/](http://www.bme.freeq.com/) There. Don’t make me post it again. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-seriously-now-the-pieced-penis-question/9285/8 "2000-03-28T08:30:00Z")
ow OW OOOOOWWWWWWW!!! That’s just disturbing. Christ, I cry if I just THINK about getting it caught in a zipper.