Where do I start, Well I've been into Piercing for a total of about 3 months, before that I vowed I would never get one, and disliked them immensely, until I saw a eyebrow body spiral (another story not yet told) which I got and I was hooked, ever since I've been looking for weird and wonderful piercing to get.
At A Glance Author Gregg Contact Samuraig2000@hotmail.com When A week ago Artist Cobra I'd been warned that you should never get a horizontal tongue piercing on a whim, so what do I do... well I'm sure you can guess. It just seemed a good idea at the time, the average tongue piercing seemed so boring and I wanted to be different, you can't really beat walking down the street with a bar going through the tip of your tongue and peoples expressions (and oh boy did I get some expressions, from sheer horror to total respect and admiration). It's worth every ounce of pain, believe me, and also how many can you honestly say you've seen because I asked myself that repeatedly.
Luckily for me my best friend has his own piercing studio so I strolled along there not so long ago and asked him the merits of getting it done and was told he'd never done one, wasn't sure exactly what to do and would look into it. A week later I got a phone call saying he had what he needed and would do it that day so I shifted myself to him as fast as I could and had him explain it all to me.
I was not impressed, the bad points seemed to outweigh the good, it can chip your teeth, wear your gums down, it's hard to talk, hard to eat and most side effects remain though become easier to deal with, good points... it's different. Well let's say I wasn't ecstatic at the prospects but agreed anyway on the condition that we didn't do it inside, call me superstitious but I have a fear of being inside when I'm nervous or afraid.
He reluctantly agreed and we proceeded to a garden nearby (you may consider this dangerous, un-sterilised etc but its my tongue and my body and I felt safer being under the bright blue sky then in some room that resembled a doctors surgery, I wouldn't advise anyone to follow me in this, this is just personal preference and I'm sure most piercers wouldn't anyway) where I laid down and prepared for the worst. It took him four or five attempts with the clamp because I was so worried I kept pulling it off and asking for time to breathe (call me a wimp, I'm not ashamed).
Once he was ready, had marked it up and had the needle ready for use I laid back and breathed steadily, by this time many of my friends had turned up, amazing how good news travels fast isn't it, next time I'm considering getting it done straight away so as to give them no time to arrive.
I looked straight up, watching the clouds roll by and he asked if I was ready, I mumbled something which I'm sure wouldn't be appropriate here and he proceeded.
To say it hurt would be an understatement it was like a blinding sensation through my whole face, not unbearable but certainly close to intolerable and most definitely hurt enough that the thought of moving was the most distant idea in my head. I can't honestly recall any difference in sensations from when the needle entered my tongue and when I was told to put my tongue back in my mouth, I couldn't feel jewellery or the needle being removed. All I remember looking back now is someone telling me to slow my breathing down or I'd hyperventilate, so I did. When I got up I smiled, tried to laugh and looked in the mirror, and what a sight, normally bad enough now had blood down one cheek and a chunk of metal through my tongue.
It looked great, I was so happy; I hugged everyone, washed my face and smiled and did the best impression of someone with absolutely no use of their tongue, it was like having the worst lisp in history. The jibes and laughter about the way you speak is a small price to pay to know that you one of the few who ever gets this piercing.
Only drawbacks were not talking (a big deal for me) no oral sex (what shame means I get more) and no sticking my tongue out (how old am I anyway), but these were things I could live with (yep, plenty more oral sex ;D ).
Unfortunately for me though it wasn't quite straight enough for my liking so just 3 days after having it done I removed it, and have every intention of getting it done again in a few months once the scar tissue has gone a bit more. I hope that anyone reading this isn't put of because I do think it's a wonderful piercing and would convince anyone to get it... just pray you get yours straight first time!!!