Tongue Piercing

Le Rack

I want to get my tongue done but am waiting till next summer cuz I do Tae Kwon Do and your nit allowed any form of jewellry in that and since im going to a two week camp next summer it would be a waist to get it done now. But Im wondering for after that will it be okay after a while to be taking it out for the hour of training and put it back in straight away after or will it irritate it too much?

Mimikyu

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bennyx_o

You can buy retainers for the piercing. I've heard tongue piercings can close in half an hour, so I think your best bet is the retainer.

Dave

My piercings always heal up incredibly fast, as in it would require force to get something back in after about half an hour, which isn't good for the piercing, if you're doing it regularly.

charon

They probably wouldn't notice it if you did have it done anyway. I've had mine done about 3 years and there are stilll members of my family who don't know I've it done

sci0x

How does the tongue piercer form a whole in your tongue for the ring to go through? Isn't the tongue just blood, so a slight cut and it would be bleeding for ages?

Le Rack

yeah i wouldnt be worried about people seeing it its for safety to take it out, I fight a LOT one of my main reasons for doing TKD and it would be fairly dangerous to have it in during a fight but i could probably leave it in for some classes.

It wasn't me!

The tongue is a muscle. there's very little blood in it, compared with other areas. As regards how it's pierced, with a special needle.

Le Rack

no the tongue is made of fleshy muscle as far as i know. How else would you be able to move it, eat, lick......

larryone

The difference is that the tongue has much smaller blood vessels than most other muscles. Hence the healing time for the blood vessels is alot lower. The muscle fibers are also smaller, hence it feels more fleshy and squishy.

garthv

The line down the middle of your tongue is all dead skin holding the two muscles on either side of your tongue together. There is a small sheet of muscle on top and on the bottom of your tongue that helps you move it too. When you get your tongue pierced all you feel is the needle piercing the top and bottom layer of muscle.
The tongue is also the fastest healing part of your body so if you do decide to take it out you can be guaranteed it will heal up.
I once swallowed my tongue bar at about 5am one night, rang into Celestial Ring the next morning at 9am and had to have my tongue re-pierced. I had my tongue piercing for about 8 months at this stage so it is a mighty quick healer

sci0x

YOU SWOLLOWED YOUR TONGUE!! wow. Is that because your tongue was pierced that its easier to swallow or something. Or were you just pissed out of your mind?

larryone

He swallowed the bar. Learn to read.

Explosive_Cornflake

I didn't realise how quickly it closes over. Took mine out yesterday in the pub, forgot about it and 4 hours later tried to put it in, and i couldn't. Wil have to get it redone if i want to keep it now..

garthv

Yeh i got mine re-pierced,only cost about €10 or so

Dinxminx

My friend can take hers out for a month and it stays open. The longest I've left mine out was two hours, and that was fine. On the other hand a classmate left hers out for half an hour and it closed up so I think it depends on the person...

red riding hood

I really want to get my tongue pierced!!!Does it hurt??

Mimikyu

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Mimikyu

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It wasn't me!

The tongue is made up almost entirely of dead tissue. The only parts with sensation are the very top layer and bottom layer. They're the only parts you'd feel. Just the entry and exit wounds, so it really shouldn't hurt that much.

rainbow kirby

To the OP: one of the guys in my TKD club has his tongue pierced. He just leaves it in during training, but he's had the bar for years and is well used to it.

Blub2k4

It wasn't me! wrote:

The tongue is made up almost entirely of dead tissue.

I dont know where you heard this crock of sh1t, but that's what it is.
The tongue is a muscle and is most definitely not dead. The muscle in the centre possibly does not have many nerves but it is not dead.

memphis

rainbow kirby wrote:

To the OP: one of the guys in my TKD club has his tongue pierced. He just leaves it in during training, but he's had the bar for years and is well used to it.

Yeah, probably the easiest thing to do. I mean its not as if your gonna be sticking your tongue out when doing TKD now are ya? LOL

Girl in my TKD class has her eyebrow peirced and she never takes it out during training (despite being meant to). Its never caused her problems.... at least not yet anyway!

Le Rack

yeah it may not cause trouble for training, a guy in my club has his eyebrow done, but I'm literally there to fight, and it may cause trouble then..

eth0_

It wasn't me! wrote:

The tongue is made up almost entirely of dead tissue. The only parts with sensation are the very top layer and bottom layer. They're the only parts you'd feel. Just the entry and exit wounds, so it really shouldn't hurt that much.

You're just making this sh*t up as you go along, aren't you?

The only 'dead tissue' in the human body is nails, hair, and dead skin on the soles of your feet. Your tongue is most certainly NOT 'dead tissue'. It is a muscle with veins and an artery. If you sever that artery you could bleed to death. Luckily it would be a very very stupid person to sever an artery that is plainly obvious to the naked eye.

Also, above the neck you bleed a lot more than from a wound on, say, a limb.

A tongue piercing WILL bleed. A tongue piercing WILL hurt. Almost all piercings do, to some extent.

If you're going to post any more of your bullsh*t, made up medical knowledge, i'd appreciate it if you didn't do it on this forum. Thanks.

Fungtank

The Tongue is definately not dead. Dead muscle riggers, stiffens up, and my tongue is nice and limber. The tongue is not dead, long live the tongue!!

I leave it in all the time. No need to take it out except to clean it. I think on average the healing time is around 3 hours. Different for different people. Leave it in for playing soccer, no problems. just make sure its screwed on tight. My sister as swallowed hers twice from it coming apart in her sleep. No it was not the same one both times. Thats sick.

Stix

Don't be stupid - if it is made of dead tissue, how do you explain the movement. The tongue is very much alive. I have mine done about a year-and i can take it out and it doesnt heel up. Mind you i only take it out for moments at a time. I cant see how it can heel up if there is no open wound. You need an open wound for the body to start reapairing itself in such a way.

However, i have my eyebrow done too and that seems to heal after a while. Mind you, i havent taken it out in a while. Maybe it is ok now. It is very fiddly to get the ball back on thou.

red riding hood

Fungtank wrote:

The Tongue is definately not dead. Dead muscle riggers, stiffens up, and my tongue is nice and limber. The tongue is not dead, long live the tongue!!

I leave it in all the time. No need to take it out except to clean it. I think on average the healing time is around 3 hours. Different for different people. Leave it in for playing soccer, no problems. just make sure its screwed on tight. My sister as swallowed hers twice from it coming apart in her sleep. No it was not the same one both times. Thats sick.

When you got it pierced how much did it hurt and for how long?

eth0_

Red Riding Hood - how long is a piece of string?

It's different for everyone.

Please read the charter before posting here. Posts asking 'DID IT HURT?' are not tolerated on here, they're boring and pointless questions.

It wasn't me!

I meant it's dead in terms of feeling, probably should have made that clearer. :rolleyes: I meant there aren't many nerves in the tongue, just to clarify.

eth0_

Have you never bitten your tongue? :P

red riding hood

eth0_ wrote:

Red Riding Hood - how long is a piece of string?

It's different for everyone.

Please read the charter before posting here. Posts asking 'DID IT HURT?' are not tolerated on here, they're boring and pointless questions.

Well i was just asking about his experience in getting it done!!chill

It wasn't me!

I know there are nerves on the outside, but inside the tongue there are very few nerves and it's almost devoid of feeling as far as I know.

liamskater

sci0x wrote:

How does the tongue piercer form a whole in your tongue for the ring to go through? Isn't the tongue just blood, so a slight cut and it would be bleeding for ages?

Its a muscle

lorraine78

Hey,
Have had my tongue pierced 3 times, just make sure that when you get it re-pierced that they don't pierce the scar tissue of the last piercing or it will never fully heal and will be easily irrated....eg curries are not good.....And they can close up in an hour or it can sometimes take a week.

She-Ra

red riding hood wrote:

I really want to get my tongue pierced!!!Does it hurt??

Getting it RE pierced hurts sooooo much more than the first time... scar tissue is a be-atch

Numina

Ok, does it hurt more or less than an ear piercing??? I think the people want to know if it's worth the pain

RoadSweeper

any piercing/tattoo should be worth the pain. if you really want it. pain is not an issue.

cutepape

I was kinda dissapointed when I did my tounge piercing, I didn't feel a thing.
A good piercer now exatcly how to "stick" you.

My Navel piercing did hurt, a "pop" sound when the skin was pierced.

The piercing that I felt most pain in was my nipple. The pain was so intense..

Havent done a P.A yet...

But as Charon said, I've had mine for 4 years and my parents still havent noticed it.
After a year I strecthed mine to a 2.4g just because I thought it looked better.

Sorry about the spelling.. not from Ireland...

Blub2k4

cutepape wrote:

I was kinda dissapointed when I did my tounge piercing, I didn't feel a thing.
A good piercer now exatcly how to "stick" you.

My Navel piercing did hurt, a "pop" sound when the skin was pierced.

The piercing that I felt most pain in was my nipple. The pain was so intense..

Havent done a P.A yet...

But as Charon said, I've had mine for 4 years and my parents still havent noticed it.
After a year I strecthed mine to a 2.4g just because I thought it looked better.

Sorry about the spelling.. not from Ireland...

PA has to be one of the easiest, it is only like a scratch, nipples are a bitch alright.

20 Times 20 Times

i want to get my tongue pierced but im lloking for some one to recommend me some one in teh north east direction to go to .. thanks

20 Times 20 Times

going to get it done today im very nervous about it very expensive for what it is €40 for a tongue piercing heres where im getting it done http://www.wildchildni.com/

20 Times 20 Times

Yay! i got it done and im really happy with myself cause the last 2 years ive been thinking about getting it done and today i did

Feels weird in my mouth to be honest my tongue has a brain of its own and keeps tryin to swallow it , can be uncomfy at times but hey only got it done 1 hour ago

but i love it

Le Rack

well done!
cant wait for mine!
I've decided to get a ring in my nose too!

inflight

I just got mine done!! So happy it didn't hurt at all, the mouthwash was the worst part but I'm delighted, spent years thinking about it. Who cares if the leaving's in 4 days... Oh and I never knew I had such a drool capacity! Heheh..

Le Rack

drool capacity, hehehe
I have to wait till next august, its so horrible! and I cant get anything else done either cuz the w*nkers made me head girl over the school!

inflight

Aw well if you get it done during the summer they're not very easily noticed.. I say go for it!! Yeah I drooled all over Carol's arm.. oops.. she let me know afterwards, and I'd a lovely patch on my left jeans leg (just sharing the gloop) You'll be healed in no time and go head girl. I never have to go to school again then again I woke up this morning and discovered I have no tongue healing friendly food.. balls.. But I've legions of ice cubes!

redredzer

where did u get yrs done? was it somewhere in cork?

porn_star

inflight wrote:

Aw well if you get it done during the summer they're not very easily noticed.. I say go for it!! Yeah I drooled all over Carol's arm.. oops.. she let me know afterwards, and I'd a lovely patch on my left jeans leg (just sharing the gloop) You'll be healed in no time and go head girl. I never have to go to school again then again I woke up this morning and discovered I have no tongue healing friendly food.. balls.. But I've legions of ice cubes!

i presume you went to tattoo zoo..yes??
carol's a legend!

Le Rack

well done inflight! on the gloop!
well I have to wait anyway cuz of the tae kwon do camp thing I'm going to and at least that way I'll be 18 and the mother cant give out too much!

inflight

The Mother Never Needs to Know... *shifty eyed look* the family are away til tomorrow evening y'see so I've optimum healing time! She's very observant but I'll hope for the best. Plus I've actually been eating way more than normal just cos I thought I wouldn't be able to.. But I can ! It's so much fun! Yep Tattoo Zoo. She was so sound I had to beg her to do it cos she was finishing up but I was late. Damn LC though.. I'll play with it during the exams!