Tounge ring??? Options

[No1_2_NoBody13]

OK so i want a tounge ring but my mom wont let me get one....and im only 14 but i was gonna make a deal with her when i was 16 if i could get it done but everyone is telling me that she wont let me do it....also...if you do...DID IT HURT???

[jordanriane]

Contrary to popular belief:
1.) They do NOT numb your tongue during piercing.
2.) You do NOT take out your tongue piercing until it's healed (not sure about how many weeks, but if taken out too soon, it will heal quickly.)
3.) Pain depends on your pain tolerance.
4.) If you don't want it anymore, the hole is not noticeable, and after time I believe it'll heal over. So no worries!


If you do get your tongue pierced:
1.) Clean it properly, per how your piercer tells you.
2.) Do not play with it, it'll make your hole bigger (I learned this the hard way)
3.) The first few days after it being pierced, your tongue will swell. Suck on ice and/or take IBUprofin. It works miracles.
4.) Do not eat extremely hot or spicy food; the hole in your toungue is very sensitive, and it'll become extremely irritated!
5.) You CAN accidently swallow the balls of your tongue ring if they are not tight enough. Do not tighten them so much so that you strip the inside of it, making it hard to take the balls off.
6.) Wait until your tongue is healed to change rings.

I've had mine done for about a year now:




Don't mind the towel I'm wearing ;) Anyway, the barbell I've got is more for people who can talk the same with having a ring that size in their mouth. The only bad thing about the ring on the top ball was that certain foods got stuck around it (ie: my gum, starburts. heh).