Pearling

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Pearling refers to the practice of permanently inserting small beads made of various materials beneath the skin of the shaft or foreskin of the penis. As well as being an aesthetic practice, this is usually intended to enhance the sexual pleasure of partners during vaginal or anal intercourse.

The practice seems to have been fairly common across world cultures; pearling is still done today and is seen as a form of body modification. In contemporary society pearling, also known by its technical term, genital beading, is usually done by professional body piercers, and sometimes by people who specialize in surgical body modification (who are rarely qualified doctors and often very publicity-shy, for fear of legal repercussions).

There are two common procedures, one being very similar to a frenum piercing and the other being similar inserting a subdermal implant, and requiring more medical knowledge and specialized tools. Either procedure is relatively safe with risks and healing much like a subdermal implant in any other part of the body, although, like many genital piercings, the generous blood flow to the penis can reduce healing times considerably. Migration is very common, during and after healing, although careful healing can minimize the amount of migration. Rejection is rare, but can occur.

Jewelry

A wide variety of inert implant materials can be used for this implant. Teflon, silicon, surgical steel or titanium are commonly used materials. Prior to the availability of modern materials, there is a long history of pearls being used in this implant, hence the name pearling. There is an alternate form of this implant, where short curved "ribs" are inserted, rather than pearls.


History and Culture

The most well known historical use of this involves the Yakuza of Japan, a semi-criminal subculture whose members perform several notable types of body modification, including full body irezumi tattooing and Yubitsume, the amputation of finger joints in penance to their superiors. By the Yakuza, pearling is performed in prison, with each pearl supposedly symbolizing a year spent in prison.

Pearling is very common in Russian army and prison. Modification is performed by inmates using household appliances, without anesthetics; soap is used as antiseptic. Typically, insertions are made from specially prepared round plastic pieces. In average, this modification involves 3-4 round balls 6-8 mm in diameter, and several cylinders 1 cm long and 3-4 mm in diameter. An opening in the skin is made by a metal chair hitting a penis or a specially sharpened handle of a spoon, then the plastic is inserted. These modifications are called "shary" (round pieces) and "shpaly" (the cylindrical ones).

Pearling is also found in members of Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) gang in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. This procedure involves the piercing of the foreskin and inserting a marble, 10-15 mm in diameter. The insertion of the bead, know as "el cinco" (the marble), is done mostly in prisons by inmates without the basic hygienic conditions. Gang members use the bead as a form of gang allegiance (along with ornately decorated tattoos that depict gang life) and as a sexual enhancer.

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