Eunuch tattooing

[Hash (imported)]

Sometimes I don't know what comes over me, but I decided to get the actual word "Eunuch" tattooed across my pubic area. I chose a specific older female tattoo artist who was happy to grant my request. She asked some personal questions about my being a eunuch and that was in itself exhilirating. Of course her questions dealt mainly with my castration and not being able to readily talk about it with people, it gave me a sense of relief & release. This artist told me she had seen several eunuchs during her time as a tattoo/piercer. That was about a month ago.

Yesterday, I decided to take a bigger plunge. I have always wanted to get the head of my penis tattooed, but of course that takes nerves of steel and the ability to endure extreme pain in a real sensitive area. But being a eunuch and having lost some sensitivity in the tip/head of my penis, I decided to do it. Someone mentioned using a tooth/oral desensitizing agent, so I bought some, made an appointment with a different female tattoo artist in a differnt tattoo parlor and went for it. This artist, according to her bio on the tattoo parlor website, was lesbian with bi-sexual tendancies. She looked very feminine with just a few piercings and one tattoo that I could see. Her bio described her as being pretty wild and she was in her mid to upper 20's.

Anyway, about 20 minutes before hand I applied the oral desensitizing jell. That stuff really helped a lot. I got my glans tattooed a magenta bright pink, she suggested the color. The female tattoo artist didn't have any hesitation, in fact, she just told me to pull down my pants and hop up on the table. But

when she saw my "eunuch" tattoo and realized that I was a eunuch, she seemed a little shocked and amazed. She couldn't resist and asked me questions about how I became a eunuch and did I like being a eunuch. I answered that I did like being a eunuch and she seemed even more amazed. I told her that a lot of men want to become eunuchs and that more men are trying to become eunuchs, but it's not easy. Then she grabbed my penis, which was trying to hide, and went to work. Initially I got an erection and could feel the needles, but it wasn't really that painful, in fact, I found it erotic. (The oral desensitizing stuff really helped). But my erection keep going up and down, soft to hard. Everytime she started to tattoo the head, it started to go soft. So she pulled it and stretched it to get the skin tight. Then she'd wipe off the skin and got more ink, during those few seconds of intemission, I'd get another erection. This went on for a good twenty to thirty minutes. She was really rigorous in handling my penis, but I didn't feel sexual, but satisfied, that's the only way I can describe it. Then she was finished, but she said, "You'll have to come back for a touch up in a month, no extra charge. Gential tattoo's always require touching up." So I've got to go back in four weeks and I'm actually looking forward to it. I will say that near the end, the pain got more intense, but it was still bearable. So if you've never done anything like this and you're looking for something fun & exciting, try it, you'll like it, despite the pain. Hash P.S. I know some people will ask "where" I got these done, but I can't say here. Only that I live near Philly.

[SD_USMC (imported)]

I've always thought it would be cool to get: MT

tatooed on my sac after my balls are removed. Get it.. ? MT=Empty.

[DonFL (imported)]

anesthetics always help, the glans and scrotum can absorb the OTC stuff well. If you can get it, EMLA, which can U order online because its OTC in Canada, can 100% numb any area of skin, apply it for 60 min for 2 hours of numbing, the penis it works faster, to keep it wet and asorbable just put it in a condom and put that on, then spread the emla cream all over the inside of the condom. In a few min you wont be able to feel your dick at all. If you have foreskin be sure to unroll, as the inner skin absorbs it easier & more completely.

I got RX for it to spread on my scrotum when my stiches get to bothering me, it works wonders! a little goes a long way, a small dab rubbed in and i cant feel my scrotum for a while, and the stiches either.

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

I want to get a tattoo (my first) on my ass declaring my status as a eunuch however I now have to wait for my doctor to give the go-ahead. I gained an infection while in the hospital and, for now, I have to be careful of things that penetrate my skin. It will happen though, if I have my way. I admire Hash's courage in going for a glans tattoo, I've heard how painful they can be. --FLO--

[SunLord (imported)]

Thanks for sharing Hash I found your post interesting and exciting.

And I hadn't realised you are a eunuch.

I have wanted to get a tatoo for ages, with my blood type.

Now you've given me an idea.

I am going to will my genitalia to the EA museum anyway, but mine are fairly standard issue, some penis & scrotal artwork could make all the difference.

I've never had any plans to be castrated but I'm talking myself into it, year by year. Now that I've found out that my best mate wants to get done it will probably happen, then I can get some artwork on the empty bag.

Cheers SL:dong:

[Danya (imported)]

Congrats, Hash, on both tatoos. I think the Eunuch tatoo is really cool. Do you regularly shave that area so it's always visible? When I was in my 20's, I fairly regularly, painted my penis with finger nail polish or lipstick. No clue why I did this but obviously I thought the area needed some decorating. Not sure I could take the pain of a glans tatoo, though. I've been wanting to get a tatoo for years and with all the liberation I'm feeling lately I'll probably go for something soon.

[Hash (imported)]

I was informed recently Todd that there are a number of numbing agents that many tattoo artists use and that work great. I googled, "tattooing anesthetic" and several websites popped up that sell "numbing" agents that you can easily purchase. I'm going to try one of them to see how it works. You might want to try something like this to see if you can take the pain, I'm sure it'll help a lot.

My tattoo artist won't allow me to come back for 4 weeks, but my tattoo already seems healed. I only recently got the "eunuch" tattoo (mid-Nov.) so right now it's still standing out, though some hair has grown back. Actually it's above the main pubic hair line, so less hair grows there.

[devi (imported)]

Having the word "eunuch" tattooed is a great idea. And also the idea of blood type is cool. Maybe even the Asian character for eunuch might be nice too.

[DonFL (imported)]

I want to get a tattoo (my first) on my ass declaring my status as a eunuch however I now have to wait for my doctor to give the go-ahead. I gained an infection while in the hospital and, for now, I have to be careful of things that penetrate my skin. It will happen though, if I have my way. I admire Hash's courage in going for a glans tattoo, I've heard how painful they can be. --FLO--

hum.. how famuler... MRSA?

[JesusA]

Having the word "eunuch" tattooed is a great idea. And also the idea of blood type is cool. Maybe even the Asian character for eunuch might be nice too.

A first warning: There are a number of quite different words for "eunuch" in the various East Asian languages. The Japanese language, for example, is more closely related to English than it is to the Chinese language! The East Asian languages may share some of the same writing system, but they are no more related as languages than the many languages that share the Roman alphabet. The same character can mean different things in the different languages, though most of those that are eunuch-related have been borrowed from the Chinese - together with pronunciations that are loan words from the Chinese.

If you want to get an Asian language tattoo, make absolutely certain that it means what you want it to mean in your language of choice, and that it doesn't mean something entirely different (and unacceptable) in one of the other Asian languages. Make certain, also that it is not upside down or backwards - as are far too many Japanese, Korean and Chinese tattoos that I've seen displayed in public. Try to get a stencil that is in a good hand as well. My daughter's boyfriend has a tattoo that both doesn't mean what he thinks it means (my wife and I have never told him) and is written in a handwritting that looks like that of a small (and nearly illiterate) child. We're reluctant to take him to visit family in Japan for fear of how many people will be laughing at him.

The web site Hanzis Matter (www.hanzismatter.com) has hundreds of pages of cautionary tales about Asian tattoos gone wrong. There is an entire genre of jokes in Japan having to do with cross-cultural misunderstandings between Japanese and Chinese who write characters to each other, thinking that they mean the same thing. My favorite such joke centers on a pair of characters that together mean "chicken eggs" in Japanese, but mean "human testicles" in Chinese.

Slammr has posted on his web site a list of words and characters for 'castration' and 'eunuch' that I wrote up. Kanji for "eunuch" (www.slammerstories.net/special/pages/eunuch_kanji.pdf) can provide a starting point for anyone who is interested. I have also provided stencils in different fonts and styles for some individuals.

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

hum.. how famuler... MRSA?

MRSA, indeed! And a nasty case of it. Surgical intervention that made me look as if a shark took a bite out of my ass. --FLO--

[Riverwind (imported)]

I have one of the same type as my avatar to the left, its in a dream catcher, I guess I should put it up.

Way to go on the tats, more nerve than I have.

Oh yes, mine is on my left shoulder.

River

[Hash (imported)]

I put pictures of my tattooing, complete with the pink head/tip on:

http://bodymodificationsgalore.ning.com/photo

Hash

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

I'd like to see it but I can't get approved for the site. --FLO--

[Hash (imported)]

Don't feel bad Flo, now I've been banned from the site. I'll find out why shortly, I hope. I don't know how to post the pictures here or if it's allowed. Any advice would be helpful. Hash

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

Pics are not allowed here, links to photo sites are usually O.K. --FLO--

[Hash (imported)]

I'd like to add a picture of myself with my tattoo as my avatar. I can't figure out how to do that. Can you walk me through it? Hash

[Danya (imported)]

What I'd like to know is, are tattooing establishments licensed or certified in any way for good medical practice? For example, using thoroughly sterilized equipment. I suppose this is one of those things that varies by state. I'd love to get a tattoo as a Christmas present to myself. I don't want to wind up picking up hepatitis or something else with the tattoo. Anyone familiar with any regulation of these places in Minnesota?

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

Minnesota now has regulations for tattoo shops regarding sanitation and sterilization. Members of professional tattoo orginazations have additional rules they are supposed to be guided by. I have no idea how these rules are enforced. Another consideration is how good the work of an artist is. There are no regulations as to artistic quality or competence. --FLO--

[Hash (imported)]

I think choosing a tattoo parlor is something like choosing a restaurant. If it looks dirty, it probably is. Tattoo shops that want to stay in business use safe practices and inform their clients of their sanitary practices. Most shops provide their clients with examples of their work so you can gauge the artist's ability & competence. There is a device called an "auto-clave" to sterilize their needles, ask the shop if they use it religiously and ask to see it. Also, ask some people if they've been tattooed at the shop and get their opinions. Sometimes you can "google" a tattoo shop and you'll get opinions of people who've tried the shop. Hash

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoclave

[BossTamsin (imported)]

In addition, most good places will open the autoclaved needles in front of you, they'll be brand-new needles which are destroyed after each customer, and the artist will go through a surprising number of gloves throughout. Good artists will be more paranoid about disease, cross-contamination, and infection than a surprising number of doctors.

Watching someone get a tattoo recently, it was interesting. Wash hands, gloves, scrub person's arm, transfer pattern, ink cups filled, gloves, bag tattoo gun, gloves, open needles and put them on gun, gloves.... you get the idea.

Hell, I know docs that don't sterilize the bench thingy between patients, don't even always roll out new paper (depending on how wrinkled), and don't necessarily put on gloves to give injections.

[Danya (imported)]

Thanks for the advice, Flo, Hash (btw, I absolutely love your new body art!) and IEunuch. This is something I'm going to go ahead with very soon. I will question the artist very closely about sterile techniques. Something fairly small. I may wind up going for two depending on if I get feedback from a certain someone. Flo recommended a local shop so I'll check them out. I'd like something symbolic that means essentially 'no man' or 'eunuch'. Being chemically castrated only, I'm not ready to go with 'eunuch' spelled out, although it looks great on Hash. No problem with symbolism, though, even if I never go all the way with surgical castration. I'm totally comfortable talking with several friends abot the surgical option. Besides, I really feel like I'm part of this great community.

[tugon (imported)]

I have been in tattoo parlors from Ohio to Texas with a young friend. I was pleased with the techniques in all of the ones we visited. In Ohio you can not get a tattoo if you are under the influence. The artist needs to protect himself as well as the customer.

[Danya (imported)]

This isn't a specifically eunuch tattoo but I wanted to announce it here since I followed the advice of several of the good people who've posted on this thread. Flo, I went to the parlor and artist you suggested in Saint Paul and was very pleased. I made it a point to bring up sterility issues, although the parlor certainly looked to be in good order. Just as it should be, the artist had no problem in describing all of the sterile equipment he used, things they purchased pre-sterilized, the indicators on the packaging that showed this items remained sterile, etc. In fact, he said that he always went over this with new clients. I had just jumped the gun with my early question. We hadn't gotten past the point of creating the stencil from my design. BTW, my tattoo, on my left shoulder blade, is an abstracted version of my avatar on EA. The artist darkened the colors a bit so it would show up better against my skin. My avatar, in turn, is a photo I took of the interior of an antique wine glass I love the fact that so far no one has come close to identifying the origin of this photo. Someone at work thought my avatar looked variously like the inside of a sea shell and a saw blade! He suggested I could have the tattoo placed so that it looked like it was cutting into my neck. I said sure, then the artist could tattoo in fake blood so it looked like I'd been cut on the neck. I didn't really think this was a smart idea for me. BTW, the pain wasn't at all bad in the nearly hour-long tattooing procedure and I've got only slight pain from it now. I'll probably get one more tattoo which may have a eunuch-related theme. Once again, thanks to everyone who gave advice on how to find a good, safe, tattoo parlor.

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

Congratulations on getting your tattoo. I am gratified that the experience was a good one. The artist you chose is very talented and eunuch friendly. --FLO--