I used to be really into body piercing, I had an excellent, professional piercer that I trusted completely and I never had a problem with any of them. I went to the piercing studio with my ex boyfriend when he got his frenum pierced, he certainly squawked in pain when he was pierced but he didn't cry or anything, he said it was bearable. He had no problems with it, it healed well and was always clean. It definitely added a certain something sexually, it was a small, discrete curved barbell with a tiny ball on each end so wasn't painful or uncomfortable, just fun for both!