Frenum piercings generally require from two to five weeks to heal fully.

Both barbells and rings can be worn in frenum piercings, both as initial jewellery and on an ongoing basis.

A wide variety of chastity devices make use of frenum piercings to secure themselves to the penis, as part of fetish or BDSM activities.

The earliest literary reference to frenum piercings occurs in 1884 in Zeitschrift für Ethnologie[4] which states: "Amongst the Timorese of Indonesia, the Frenulum beneath the glans penis is pierced with brass rings...the function of the ring is to enhance stimulation during sex."

In contemporary society, frenum piercings were primarily found amongst the members of gay BDSM subcultures, until body piercing became re-introduced to mainstream society in the late 1970s and early 1980s.