Hurts to finger myself?

It hurts to finger myself, and yes I'm a virgin. I wanted to try fingering myself, and so I did today, I used my pinky because it's my smallest finger, I made sure I was wet and aroused and used saliva but there was still a sharp pain and I didn't feel like my pinky went in all the way even though I pressed it in as far as I could. Any tips? Or should I just rip the bandaid off and use one of my longer and bigger fingers?