I received an email about a type of piercing I don't perform:

I noticed you don't list the Isabella piercing. Is it because they are too rare? I had one when I was younger and I've got some nerve damage now. Even if you don't have a picture, I think it would be great to provide the info for it and inform people of the damages it can cause. Your site is very helpful. Thank you!

My response: Hi there, Thanks so much for your comments. I'm so sorry to hear you have a bad piercing result. I'd be very interested in learning more about your piercing: who did it, how long did you have it, details about your loss of sensation, etc. I closed my studio Rings of Desire (in New Orleans) after Hurricane Katrina. I moved to the Yucatan and I've written a book: The Piercing Bible. The book contains a warning against Isabella (and other) piercings in the section that begins:

Dangerous Piercing Placements
Certain piercings should be avoided altogether because they are inherently risky or rarely heal. However, scores of photos of these placements and others can be found online. Simply because someone is willing to do a piercing on you or has done it on others doesn’t mean it is safe or advisable. Preferring to err on the side of caution, I will not perform the following piercings due to their risky nature: • Isabella (deep clitoral shaft piercing from bottom of the clitoris to the top of the hood) Risks: excessive bleeding and nerve damage

The other risky piercing placements in the book were edited out for the brevity of this response. I think might update my page to include that information. Meanwhile, take a look at this blog post about the Nefertiti piercing, which is much less severe (in that it does not traverse the clitoral glans like the Isabella does), yet it has still produced some disastrous results!

Thanks for writing,
Elayne Angel

Be safe ladies, and make good choices for which piercings to get, and which piercer you select to perform them!