Tongue Piercing
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Friday July 25th, 2008 @ 11:29 AM
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Hi,
I have want to get a tongue piercing since the longest time ever. I already have an eyebrow & navel piercing. The eyebrow piercing was done by a professional. I did my navel piercing by myself and did not have any problems with it! I also did my own ear piercings which I also did not have any problems with it. I have 4 piercings in each ear. I was wondering if I could pierce my tongue (self-piercing)? I know that its daangerous and the disadvantages, but Im willing to risk it. I recently bought a Professional Piercing kit for the tongue (which includes the needles). I examined my tongue to see where the thicker blood vessels are. They run along the undersides of my tongue on the right and left side. I was wondering if I could do the piercing in the middle of those blood vessels? because there is a skin line that seperates the left and right side of my tongue. I have done a lot of research and I have seen YouTube videos to get an idea of where exactly is the best part of the tongue to get the piercing. If anyone can help me, I’ll be very HAPPY!
I think that if you were bound and determined to pierce yourself, you could certainly put a needle through your body and fill the hole with jewelry.
But body piercing isn’t always that simple.
First and foremost you’re going to need to have some sort of grasp of cross-contamination prevention which is something that takes professional piercers a lot of practice to grasp and utilize in their procedure. There are bacteria on your hands right now that could potentially kill you if you managed to introduce it to an open wound in your body. Piercing kit or not, you still need to understand how to use that equipment properly.
What kind of jewelry do you get in a piercing kit? How do you know it’s the right size for your tongue and that it will allow for swelling?
Tongue piercings can start to swell immediately after the needle is passed through. If you’re not quick and accurate with the jewelry transfer, you’re going to swell up even more and the jewelry won’t fit.
You said yourself you know it’s dangerous and you know the disadvantages. I think this is one for your piercer to do for you. Exact placement is going to vary from person to person and besides what you’d see in pictures, I’m not going to be able to tell you where you should place yours.
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2 Responses to “Tongue Piercing”
Also to the original poster…I’m assuming you only did a simple quick check for visible blood vessles…But what about the blood vessles that are deeper in the tongue that you cannot see visibly? Finding these blood vessles is something a trained professional will no how to do. Infact I do so every single time I do a tongue piercing, which requires me often to correct myself in my original judgmen of where the marks should go.
Instead of having shelled out cash for a “piercing kit” you could have used said money to have actually paid a qualified piercer to help GUIDE you through the process in person…In the event of issues like Lexci stated (the improper jewelry transfers,etc) or any other mishap that may occur.
Thus not leaving you stranded and bloody in some bathroom or bedroom.
Remember even if you want to do the piercing yourself, you should visit a piercer to ask them to help guide you through the process…Most ethical/respectable artists should be more then accomodating that request…As they’d rather HELP someone, in their studio, then to continue the unfortunate situation of people piercing in their bathrooms and bedrooms, and god knows where else.
Warren Hiller on July 26th, 2008 at 6:13 amhAving recently had a tongue rim piercing done, I vote that you go to a pro. You’re tongue tries to climb back in your mouth when it’s pierced. My piercer had a tug-of-war trying to keep my tongue steady while the needle was going thropugh. You’re going to struggle to pierce yourself, and hold your tongue really steady.
Jackalhead on July 29th, 2008 at 9:23 amLeave a Comment