Scrotal Piercing - I want one but....

For a long time now I've been toying with the idea of getting a scrotal
piercing (or two), but there's just one thing that stops me and I'm hoping
you guys can help me out with some advice.

The scrotum is an airtight, watertight container; completely sealed off from
the outside world. So surely making a hole in it and exposing it to the
elements is not a good idea?! All the advice I've manged to find, from
online sources and piercers, says that it's very safe, and rarely causes any
kind of problem.

But still the thought of making a hole in something that nature designed to
be sealed worries me. Does water get in through the hole when you bathe or
go swimming? And if so what happens to that water? I have this horrible
mental image of a sackful of stagnant water in my scrotum going rancid and
stinking like hell! :(

I really, really want to get this piercing but my brain keeps arguing
against it. Can any of you guys reassure me (or otherwise) abut this
piercing?

Thanks,

DJ

Dave Jones <dj@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
DJ> The scrotum is an airtight, watertight container; completely sealed of

DJ> go swimming? And if so what happens to that water? I have this horri
DJ> mental image of a sackful of stagnant water in my scrotum going rancid
DJ> stinking like hell! :(

someone needs a copy of grey's anatomy.

lish "the sword of truth
crank@got.net is just another weapon." -nmn
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i'll teach you to turn away. wrote:
> Dave Jones wrote:
>
> DJ> The scrotum is an airtight,
> DJ> watertight container; completely
> DJ> sealed of
>
> DJ> go swimming? And if so what
> DJ> happens to that water? I have this horri
> DJ> mental image of a sackful of stagnant
> DJ> water in my scrotum going rancid
> DJ> stinking like hell! :(
>
> someone needs a copy of grey's
> anatomy.

Seasons 1 and 2 available at Wal-Mart:

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http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=4960259

Otoh, you can order a copy of grAy's tome at Amazon:
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Curt

"Dave Jones" <dj@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:464de218$0$8753$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
> For a long time now I've been toying with the idea of getting a scrotal
> piercing (or two), but there's just one thing that stops me and I'm hoping
> you guys can help me out with some advice.
>
> The scrotum is an airtight, watertight container; completely sealed off
> from the outside world. So surely making a hole in it and exposing it to
> the elements is not a good idea?! All the advice I've manged to find,
> from online sources and piercers, says that it's very safe, and rarely
> causes any kind of problem.
>
> But still the thought of making a hole in something that nature designed
> to be sealed worries me. Does water get in through the hole when you bathe
> or go swimming? And if so what happens to that water? I have this
> horrible mental image of a sackful of stagnant water in my scrotum going
> rancid and stinking like hell! :(
>
> I really, really want to get this piercing but my brain keeps arguing
> against it. Can any of you guys reassure me (or otherwise) abut this
> piercing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> DJ
1. Scrotal pierces do not (normally) go through the sac. They are only put
in the outer layers of skin.
2.The sac is not airtight/watertight, but is connected to the rest of the
body. In saline injection (into the sac), saline eventually flows back into
the body and in vacuum pumping, fluid flows in from the body and back out
again, so any enlargement is mostly temporary.
speedy2 (GB)