The general location of a scrotum piercing is evident in its name, but the particulars are limited only by the imagination. They can be placed pretty much anywhere the skin can be pinched. The piercing is sometimes called a hafada, especially when placed on one or both sides in the upper portion of the natural fold.

This is a midline vertical placement that passes from the urethra upward through the top of the glans. In essence, the Reverse Prince Albert is the upper part of an apadravya (the piercing that passes all the way through the head vertically).

The pubic piercing is placed in the natural juncture where the body and the shaft meet, at the top of the penis. It is a very attractive and potentially functional placement for body jewelry. A ring in your pubic piercing can stimulate your partner’s clitoris when you are face to face during intercourse.

There is no apparent historical precedent for the pubic piercing, but it has been gaining in popularity in recent times.

In the world of modern body piercing, the Prince Albert is a historic piercing, not because Queen Victoria’s consort wore one—he didn’t. It is because during the early years of modern body piercing, the PA was the most popular male genital piercing. Many heavily pierced men describe the Prince Albert as their favorite.

The lorum piercing is located at the natural dividing line between the penis shaft and the scrotal sac. The name was coined in the 1980s while I was performing a genital piercing on the late Dan Kopka, my coworker at the time, at Gauntlet in Los Angeles. He wanted a frenum, he said, only lower.

The guiche (pronounced “geesh”) is a horizontal piercing in the male perineum, between the scrotum and the anus. This piercing is specifically for the pleasure of the wearer, and jewelry creates various possibilities for erotic stimulation.

The frenum is a versatile genital piercing that is second in popularity only to the Prince Albert. The name is derived from shortening the anatomical term frenulum or fraenum (the fibrous cord of connecting tissue, in this case on the underside of the penis), in which the piercing is placed.

Foreskin piercings are obviously reserved for those with a penis who are intact (uncircumcised). Therefore, this placement is not especially popular in the United States, where so many have been deprived of this opportunity. However, individuals who engage in successful foreskin restoration may be able to rebuild enough tissue to pierce.

There has been some confusion about the name of this piercing following a popular social media post in which people thought it was  called a "double dyed piercing," a "double Diego piercing," or even a "double diet coke piercing." The correct name is dydoe, coined by piercing pioneer Doug Malloy as a play on the word "doodad."

The apadravya piercing is situated vertically through the head of the penis. A barbell here may be capable of stimulating a woman’s G-spot (a sexually sensitive area on the front wall of the vagina) and increasing sensation and pleasure for both partners. Sexual motivations are the inspiration for most men who seek these piercings. 

Depending on your build and which piercings are of interest, I may require an anatomy consultation with photos. You'll need a consult if you're intact (not circumcised) and want piercings in or around the glans, or if you have hypospadias, Peyronie's, if your penis "turtles" into your pubic mound, or there are other anatomical concerns.

The name ampallang (pronounced “am puh lang”), for the horizontal piercing through the glans, is said to derive from the Dyaks in Borneo.