Tongue Peircing

[reveal]

Why exactly is it wrong for someone to get something done because it looks neat? Permancy makes little difference. If you want it, what ever the reason is, you want it. Personally the tattoo's I plan on getting have much more meaning to me. But, if i did get something cause it was neat, i dont really see the problem. Reasoning does not matter to me, what does is if it will cause major damage to my taste senses, teeth, ect....

Because things that are "neat" have a nasty habit of turning into the things that "I never should have gotten in the first place."

 

[ASH]

Yeah, it seems my mother would have an issue with it as well. But I am a 25 yr old mother myself. So she gets to have an opinion and i get to ignore it.

 

[IamTheTest]

I dont have my tongue pierced but I have stretched ears and had surface piercings on my wrists (I know that sounds odd, but it's an expression thing). My best advice is to go to a good tatoo/piercing shop and talk to your piercer first. They may look funny, but they are very nice and knowlegable about things. Don't ever be afraid to ask questions about getting a new hole.
A website with a great deal of information about body modification of all kinds is www.bmezine.com . Granted some of the context may be considered mature in nature, if it is deemed inappropriate I apologize in advance.

 

[Drew]

I'm pretty sure that they uh...unbalance your chi. Yeah, CHI. And that makes you more prone to the negative influence of, er...small imps or toads that can live in your...stomache. Yep, they just move right in. Cause all kinds of bad stuff. Memory loss, sleeplessness, er...insanity. Nope, no tongue piercings for you. Its best you avoid it.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

I don't have one, but what I've heard from friends and acquaintances (sp?) who have gotten it:
- The pain isn't so bad
- The tongue swells a lot
- It can damage your teeth
- If you take it out, the hole will close down really fast
- It's worth it to go to the best piercing place you can find
- Your husband will enjoy it

AR

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Personally, I find tongue piercing disgusting, unsanitary, and just plain bad to look at...

That, and most places won't allow you to wear one while working.

 

[Tewligan]

Hm. I can't remember the specifics or where I read it, but I seem to recall that some research suggested it can be bad for your heart, somehow. Something about how it can potential damage the heart valves. I'm not sure how that happens, though.

Okay, here's a link that mentions it, after a quick google search. There were a lot of other sites that came up, but I randomly chose this one...

http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/jada/patient/patient_04.pdf

 

[Angcuru]

I think it's saliva slowly corroding the piercing and somehow forming some sort of toxic thingy. heard of it before, but not sure of specifics.

 

[BOZ]

The persistant presence of a hunk of metal in your mouth does not bode well for your teeth. Over time, even the gentle tapping of the metal on your teeth can mean bad things for your enamel - meaning higher risk of tooth decay.

i knew this guy who had a tongue piercing, and he could do an awesome impression of a typewriter.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

No personal experience, but my brother had his tongue pierced for a couple years. The thing he complained about most was that it made it rather difficult to eat spagetti, as it would always wind around the stud. That's a rather big problem, as we're an italian family with a mother that used to cook spagetti 3-4 nights a week.