how safe is it to peirce your tongue yourself?
103047
No no no no no no no no no no no!!!  One of my friends passed out when he got his tongue pierced professionally.  Don't do it yourself!!!
709900
No. 1) Why the heck wouldn't you be able to? It's not like the piercer has to thread the needle through your teeth to pierce your tongue.\nNo. 2) I had braces when I got my tongue pierced and I had no ill side effects.  However, I have good oral hygiene and I followed all instructions to the letter. \n\nWe both know that braces traps in more food than teeth alone. So, brush your teeth, use your proxibrush, and swish with the special mouth rinse they tell you to get. Also, don't smoke/drink during the time frame that they tell you to abstain (I don't smoke, but I have a horror story from a friend that's too long to account here). Okay? Okay!
856363
You should talk with your orthodontist to see what his/her suggestion is for the tongue ring.  If you've already had the tongue ring, I don't see how braces would affect the tongue ring.  But, your orthodontist would be the perfect person to ask.
610869
The Procedure you are talking about is called a frenectomy.  And the little bit they are clipping is the loose fold of sking you see when touch your tongue to the top of your mouth.  It's called the Frenum. Pain is minimal and your tongue will get a whole lot free-er?  Any whoos, by clipping it your tongue wont pull on yer gums behing the two front teeth. \nIt works.  Sometimes we clip the ones connected to the lip.  the will use topicals and maybe anesthetic. laser or scalpels. It heals in two days or so.  \n\ndon't sweat it.
391833
People in india are smart.  Scraping the tongue or brushing the tongue is a great idea.  A whole lot of bacteria can stay on the tongue in all of the grooves and papilla.  Keeping the tongue well cleaned, along with brushing and flossing, should keep your breath sweet.
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Method 1: Fingered Whistle\nTuck away your lips\nFirst, your upper and lower lips must reach over to cover your teeth and be tucked into your mouth. Only the outer edges of your lips are visible, if at all. \n\nChoose your finger combination\nThe role of fingers is to keep the lips in place over the teeth. Experiment with the following combinations to discover which works best for you, depending on the size of your fingers and mouth. Regardless of your choice of fingers, their placement is the same: each are placed roughly halfway between the corners and center of lips, inserted to the first knuckle. (Again, this will vary depending on the size of your fingers and mouth.) \n\nYour options are: \n\na U-shape created with thumb and middle finger, or thumb and index finger, of either hand. \nright and left index fingers. \nright and left middle fingers. \nright and left pinkie fingers. \n\nNow that your fingers are in place, be very clear on these two matters of form:\n\n1.) Your fingernails should be angled inwards, towards the center of the tongue, and not pointed straight in and towards the back of your mouth; and 2.) your fingers should pull the lower lip fairly taut. \n\nDraw back the tongue \nNow comes the crucial part of the whistle. \n\nThe tongue must be drawn back so that its front tip almost touches the bottom of the mouth a short distance behind the lower gums (about 1/2 inch/1 cm). This action also broadens and flattens the front edge of the tongue, allowing it to cover a wider portion of the lower back teeth. \n\nThe sound is produced by air flowing over a bevel, or a sharply angled edge. In this case, the sound is created by the upper teeth and tongue directing air onto the lower lip and teeth.\nBlow \nSteps 3 and 4 follow each other very closely, if not simultaneously. Inhale deeply, and exhale over the top side of the tongue and lower lip, and out of your mouth. Some extra downward and outward pressure by the fingers onto the lips and teeth may be helpful. Experiment with the position of the fingers, the draw of the tongue, the angle of the jaw, and the strength of your exhalation. Adjusting with these will bring success. \n\nStart off with a fairly gentle blow. You'll produce a whistle of lower volume at first, but you'll also have more breath to practice with if you don't spend it all in the first three seconds. As you blow, adjust your fingers, tongue and jaws to find the bevel's sweet spot. This is the area of maximum efficiency, where the air is blown directly over the sharpest part of the bevel. Once you locate the sweet spot, your whistle will have a strong, clear tone, as opposed to a breathy, low-volume sound. \n\nListen for these sounds: as you practice, your mouth will learn to focus the air onto the bevel's sweet spot with increasing accuracy. You'll probably hear the following: a breathy, low-volume tone that suddenly, as you adjust your fingers, mouth, or jaw, will switch to a clear, full, high-volume tone. Success! You're on the right track--your task now is to reproduce the mouth and hand position that led to the better whistle.
758995
omg I'm scared...\nhow about u dip your thumb in something that tastes nasty..so like that you can keep your thumb out of your mouth.
691844
No, you do not have to remove the tongue ring.... as dre stated above, your dentist will be able to work around it.  I realize it would be a problem for you to take it out as you just recently had it pierced and it should not be removed at this point in the healing process.  If you have a dentist that refuses to work on you unless you remove it because it is too much of a 'worry' for him or her, then I suggest you find yourself a more compassionate dentist.
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I am fairly sure that you would have to swallow a bit more than just a little bit off your face before it will do any harm. They do say to keep out of reach of children, obviously so they don't eat it,  so if you are still concerned you should contact your poison information centre for some advice!
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Yes, they will stop hurting.  Our tongues actually "fill in" and conform to the space they have over time.  Your tongue WILL adapt to it's new environment, you will start speaking better, and it will stop hurting.  For now, there is a special orthodontic wax you can use on the "hot-spots" where your tongue is particularly sore or cut even.  Call the dentist offic to find out about it.  Especially important to keep teeth/braces very clean since when you put the wax on, you are also trapping in any food particles or plaque, which will accelerate decay/cavities.
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This is the only actual article I could find on tongue tattooing while searching on Yahoo.  There are a lot of pages about tongue piercings.
266506
I pierced my tongue a while ago. It looks really cool, but it was sooooooo painful!\n(In other words--yes it DOES hurt 2 get a tough piercing!!!)
660407
go see your doctor immediatly and don't wear a tongue ring anymore
1110985
Yes, it is going to feel weird wax in your mouth usually does.  You more than likely would not be able to eat with it on because it would come off.
112006
Tongue action please.
55388
You could be biting your heek or tongue. Things in your mouth heal really fast.
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Negative.\nBrush, brush all you want....no harm done.\nIt's using a metallic scouring brush that just might prove me wrong.\n\nAnd anyway, did you know that almost all the sensation of taste is part of the sense of smell? \nThe tongue itself only gets a very limited number of tastes....like sweet, sour, tart and savory.