has any one had their tongue pierced?
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I'm a piercer, and almost everybody I've pierced has said that it dosent hurt. Its actuially one of the easiest piercings to get done. I got it done, and truthfully, my pain tolarance is very low.( I took it out a few years ago though).I scream when I get blood taken, or when I get a needle at a doctor.\n\nIf you look at the structure of the tongue, there is two muscles that run paralell beside eachother. The veins and most of the nerves are along the sides aswell(usuially-the piercer should check with a flashlight to check your tongue). \nWhen you clamp the tongue to pierce it, you clamp a bit of the sides, and thats why the clamp hurts a bit. The clamp is a good thing, because it keeps your tongue from moving around, and you get pierced at the right place. The needle part goes through the middle tissue, which dosent hurt that much.\nWhat does hurt is the after effects. The tongue is a quick healing piercing ( fully healed in about 2 weeks), but it tends to swell alot. It can be swollen for 5 to 7 days.Ice and popsicles can help.So can advil and anti-inflamatory medication.\n\nHeres a copy of the proper aftercare.From the APP website(Its a great website, you should check it out)\n\nCleaning Solutions\nUse either one or both of the following solutions for inside the mouth:\n\n- Antimicrobial or antibacterial alcohol-free mouth rinse* \n- Packaged sterile saline solution* with no additives (read the label!) or non-iodized sea salt mixture: Dissolve 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of non-iodized (iodine free) sea salt into one cup (8 oz) of warm distilled or bottled water. A stronger mixture is not better! Saline solution that is too strong can irritate the piercing. (If you have high blood pressure or a heart condition, please check with your doctor before using a saline product inside the mouth as your primary cleaning solution.)\n\nCLEANING INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSIDE THE MOUTH\nRinse mouth 4-5 times daily with cleaning solution for 30-60 seconds after meals and at bedtime during the entire healing period. If you over clean, it may cause discoloration or irritation of tongue. \n\nWHAT IS NORMAL?\n- For the first three to five days: significant swelling, light bleeding, bruising, and/or tenderness.\n- After that: Some swelling, light secretion of a whitish yellow fluid (not pus).\n- A piercing may seem healed before healing is complete. This is because piercings heal from the outside in, and although it feels healed the tissue remains fragile on the inside. BE PATIENT, and Keep cleaning throughout the entire healing period.\n- Even healed piercings can shrink or close in minutes after having been there for years! This varies from person to person; if you like your piercing, leave the jewelry in place.\n\nWHAT TO DO\nTo help reduce swelling\n- Allow small pieces of ice to dissolve in the mouth.\n- Take an over the counter, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory such as Ibuprofen or Naproxyn Sodium* according to package instructions.\n- Sleep with your head elevated above your heart during the first few nights.\n\nTo maintain good oral hygiene\n- Use a new soft-bristled toothbrush and keep it clean.\n- Brush your teeth, and use your chosen rinse (saline or mouthwash) after every meal.\n- During healing floss daily, and gently brush your teeth, tongue and jewelry. Once healed, brush the jewelry more thoroughly to avoid plaque build up.\n\nStay healthy\n- The healthier your lifestyle, the easier it will be for your piercing to heal.\n- Get enough sleep and eat a nutritious diet.\n\nWHAT TO AVOID\n- DO NOT PLAY WITH THE JEWELRY. Long term effects of playing with, and clicking the jewelry against the teeth can result in permanent damage to teeth and other oral structures. See the APP’s Brochure: “Oral Piercing Risks and Safety Measures” for more information.\n- Avoid undue trauma; excessive talking or playing with the jewelry during healing can cause the formation of unsightly and uncomfortable scar tissue, migration, and other complications
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Tongue Piercing Not That Risky, But Things Can Go Wrong\n\nIt's hard to believe that certain things ever became popular. \nPet rocks, for example. \nShag carpeting. \nSticking a needle through your tongue.\n\nBut oral piercing, if not now mainstream, has at least become more common over the past several years. According to a recent survey, 16% of the females and 4% of the males at a New York university had pierced tongues. \nThe practice doesn't appear to be any more risky than getting an ear pierced, but if you're going for a hole in your tongue, you might want to be aware of what can go wrong.\nThe most common complications from oral piercing include excessive bleeding, infection, and injuries to the mouth and teeth. Others include swelling, scar formation, nerve damage and periodontal disease. \nIn the survey of New York college students, 6% of those with an oral piercing experienced some type of complication. This was a lower rate than the complication rates the study found for ear piercing (12%), nipple piercing (21%), or navel piercing (24%). \n"Although it is uncommon, over the past few years, a few patients have required a hospital admission and intravenous antibiotics to treat infections of the tongue and the floor of the mouth," says Sidney B. Eisig, professor and director of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine in New York. Also, Dr. Eisig says, "A scar is left in the tongue once the post is removed."\nThere have been several cases of people cracking or chipping teeth with their piercings. One study found that nearly half of people who wore long barbells (about 1.6 centimeters or longer) in their piercings and kept them in for at least four years had some chipping of their back teeth. \nSome dentists report that the gums inside the front of the mouth are more likely to recede, which is caused by repeatedly pushing the piercing against those teeth. When gums recede, the bone underneath is reabsorbed by the body, which can loosen the teeth and ultimately cause them to fall out.\nDentists also suggest that some types of restorations — such as crowns made of porcelain or porcelain and metal — could be fractured by a piercing. Some recommend acrylic balls or barbells, rather than metal ones. \nJessica Clendenon, 26, first had her tongue pierced when she was 21. Since then, she's removed the barbell twice, allowing her tongue to heal, only to re-pierce it both times. Now, she says, "The third time’s the charm. I have no intention of taking this [piercing] out." \nJessica, an associate account executive for a Baltimore communications firm, says she's never gotten an infection from any of her piercings. But then, she followed the after-care directions to the letter. "For two weeks, I had to rinse with Listerine every time I ate or drank anything. I took a travel-size bottle with me everywhere," she says. "I think it’s likely that most people that get infections probably don't take care of themselves afterward." \nAlong those same lines, she said, "Some people play with [the barbell] or chew on it. It seems to me that's why their teeth crack." \nInitially, Jessica did have some swelling, but she says the area was completely healed after about two weeks. After her second piercing, she noticed sores on the gums near her bottom teeth, which led her to remove the barbell. Today, she says, "If my dentist thought [the piercing] was posing a serious problem to my gums and teeth, I would take it out." \nPiercings also can interfere with eating and speech. Jessica says she had to "learn to talk all over again, especially Ss and Ts." Now, she says, "Mostly no one can tell I have my tongue pierced. I consider the barbell like any other piece of jewelry, like earrings or a bracelet. " \nAnd what does her dentist think?\n"I've had two dentists since I've
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You should wait at least one week to change a tongue piercing, preferrably two. You should not be putting rings in your tongue because they can cause the hole to rip. Use a barbel instead. If you take out your existing piercing, just washing it with soap and water or even brushing it with a toothbrush and toothpaste is just fine. With a new one being put in, following the same procedure as above and additionally letting it set in a little rubbing alcohol for 5 minutes is helpful. You should be fine to change it out at this point. But make sure you buy your jewelry at a reputable place, so you are safe.
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i do i do love the tongue ring lol
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Nothing heals faster than your tongue... it will be better in no time. It sucks but at least it's not your hand or something that would take weeks to heal!
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I got my whole back inked, along with both 1/2 sleeves, my left-ribs from bottom of my pit to my hip.  All of them are interconnected so its one big piece.\n\nPiercings, not anymore, I use to have my labret, septum, and tongue.  Not all at the same time of course.
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There might be.  I just had one done in Jan. They numbed me up, and used a little device to cut out a piece of my gum.  Then they drilled up into the bone and then inserted a metal type post.  Sounds like it could be painful, but really the worst was the numbing up and that wasn't bad at all!  After the numbness wore off I had to take some pain medicine that day and my retainer felt a bit tight the next week.  Other than that, it went so well.  It's healing now, but I think if I were to need another one, I definitely would.  Hope this helps!
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go see your doctor immediatly and don't wear a tongue ring anymore
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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.
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It's called tongue tied and yes she probably would not be able to get her tongue pierced. When a person pierces thier tongue, there is a nerve that you have to be very careful of. If it is punctured, an entire half of your face could be parralized. People who are tongue tied are at greater risk for this and if they were to get thier tongue pierced and there was no paralisis, they still would not be able to talk or move thier tongue nuch at all. Hope that helped!  :)
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i've had it done three times.  first time was with a gun, hurt like hell, i don't recommend it, the hole wasn't clean it was more like torn through.  it never healed and i took it out 6 months later.  next two times were with a needle, again it hurt like hell but looked a LOT better as the hole was clean.  still never healed (turns out i'm allergic to the rings they put in) and took it out for good after 1 year.  i loved having it and really wish it would have healed as i would still have it if it had.  but it does hurt like hell.
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15 Piercing Myths Exposed\n\nby Amy Redd\n\nThe idea of paying someone to shove metal through your flesh might not rank very high on your To-Do list. However, it might jump up a few notches if you were able to separate the truth about the art of body piercing from certain myths floating around. While body piercing may not be for everyone, flawed preconceptions only heighten the reluctance of potential candidates to delve into this somewhat taboo area.\n\nEven the pierced population can become confused by the fallacies running rampant through society. Misinformation leads to health hazards if a new piercing is improperly cared for. Whether you are in the market for a body piercing or not - don't believe everything you hear. \n\nThe Association of Professional Piercers - an international, non-profit group - dispenses health and safety information about body piercing. APP-certified professional piercer Randy Smyre at Pain & Wonder Tattoos and Body Piercing helps to dispel these hindering myths:\n\nPiercings can cause paralysis. This is not an effect of the actual piercing procedure. If an infection is allowed to set in, and nothing is done about it, paralysis is only a possibility, Smyre says. He has never heard of it being a direct instantaneous result of a piercing. If piercings are properly cared for, it should not be a factor.\n\nIt is virtually impossible to blow your nose if you have a nose piercing. Rest assured that someone with a nose piercing is just as capable of blowing his or her nose as someone without this piercing. Unless the jewelry in the nose is extremely large and obstructive, Smyre says it does not affect the ability to blow your nose whenever the need should arise. Tara Newsome, a sophomore Linguistics and Spanish major from Augusta, has a total of 11 body piercings, including one in her nostril. She says the jewelry hasn't interfered with blowing her nose, and it merely took a little time to grow accustomed to. "Everybody asked me, 'How do you stand that?'" she says. "You just get used to it."\n\nDrinking beer with a new oral piercing will cause a yeast infection to form in your mouth. This is false, but don't celebrate just yet. Drinking alcoholic beverages of any kind while a piercing heals, especially an oral piercing, is not recommended by the APP. It will destroy the newly formed skin tissue and cause unnecessary swelling, Smyre says. "The healthier your lifestyle, the easier it will be for your piercing to heal," according to the APP Web site (www.safepiercing.org).\n\nWell at least there's nothing wrong with drinking a little alcohol before getting pierced. Wrong again. Aside from the excess bleeding and swelling alcohol would cause, Smyre says this also brings up an issue of poor judgment. "Drunk people are impossible to deal with," he adds. Those with alcohol in their system won't get pierced at Pain & Wonder.\n\nIf a certain vein in the tongue is accidentally pierced, you could bleed to death. There is surprisingly some amount of truth to this, though it is not nearly as alarming as it first appears. There is an arterial structure that, if pierced, can cause excessive bleeding (not necessarily death). It might not even be noticeable at first because the blood drains down the tongue, Smyre says. You would probably get sick and seek medical attention before you would even realize what actually happened. Technically this is a possibility, but it is extremely unlikely when dealing with a trained professional. Smyre says the tongue is not a very complex organ. To avoid such a situation, the piercer must simply pull back the tongue and check the location of this arterial structure before proceeding with the piercing.\n\nCleaning a piercing as many times a day as possible will ensure a faster healing time. While this might seem like common sense, over-cleaning is not better for a piercing. Piercings should be cleaned about twice daily an
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I think it does..when i got my tongue pierced i couldn't eat for four days and when i could eat again i got full up on one square of a sandwich! So you could shrink it by eating less but i wouldn't advise you go to drastic measures because you will basically be starving yourself and what you lose in weight (if that is what your intention is) will pile back on plus more when you do eat more again.\n You've had surgery too so take it easy incase you do some serious damage..
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I had the frenulum of my tongune cut at age 10 or so because it was attached to the lower gum.  The fear back then was that it would eventually cause loosening of my teeth.  They were MORONS...and don't even do this any more.  The surgery suct...i couldnt eat for a weak and lost a bunch of weight.\nBut I can tuen my tongue over without any problems...and now i can stick the tip of my tongue out of my mouth :)\n\nIf you are talking about a cleft lip surgery i am talking of a dif frenulum.
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No I haven't but I'm just about to have one.\n\nThe doctor has told me that it doesn't hurt - it consists of putting small needles into your nerves and stimulating them.  It's apparently an unusual sensation but not a painful one.
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no never, but my friend did, the person had gotten huge straches on his face. and arms\nbut her nail broke xD
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personally i wouldn't get it cause it causes teeth decay and that it can setup infection and now they have it that you can buy a fake one if you look up fake tongue piercing so look further in to it