I am just writing to let you all know the final out come of my most loved piercing.
At A Glance Author Shyanne Contact pierced_shy@yahoo.com When Two years ago Artist Keith Studio Stormi Steele Skin F/X Location Kingston, PA I have written you two stories now, the night I got it done and three months after I got it done. Now I am writing about the day I took it out. When I got my tongue pierced horizontally, I had approximately three people from BME email me wishing me the best. They told me how most people took it theirs out after a short time. Of course, I was all "whatever" but like always, I found out why they were right.
I had my horizontal tongue piercing for a little over two years. I loved every minute of it, until slowly my teeth started hurting more and more. I tried to find a barbell with two flat sides but failed. Just like I failed trying to find a barbell with balls that were squishy. Everyone I talked to told me I was chasing a stupid dream of finding 'squishy' balls. If they ever make them, I am sure they do or will, I would probably get my tongue horizontally pierced again.
My dentist advised me over and over again on how I really should take it out before I do irreversible damage to my teeth. I, of course, did what any 18-19 year old would do. I blew the dentist off with a 'who cares' attitude. My teeth started hurting about six months after I got it done, and I didn't even think about taking it out for another year and a half.
I was sitting at work one day and I was bored, so I was messing around with it. Well after I played with it for quite a while, it eventually got stuck in the roof of my mouth. Since the bar was too long to fit in there, it hurt extremely badly when I accomplished to shove it there. After approximately twenty minutes or so, I finally got it out. Then that is when the thoughts started running through my head about taking it out.
I went home that night in pain and took it out. I did it simply because I was hurt and mad that I was hurt.
The healing process after removing it was interesting. I all of a sudden I had slurred speech. I never in my life had slurred speech, not even with the three piercings in my tongue. Of course it was only temporarily but it was if I had to teach myself to take normal again. I never realized how effective my piercing was. I mean, I took it out to clean it and everything but it was never an extended period of time so I never knew exactly how it would feel healed.
My teeth are a totally different story. My bottom teeth, where the barbell rested, are indented to the size of the balls I had had on my barbell. Every once in a while, if I eat something hot or cold they hurt bad but I think its more or less because the tooth itself is thinned out so much. I have not been to the dentist since I removed it. I know as soon as I do though, I am expecting that "I told you so" look.
I has been almost a year since I took it out and just about every day I think about it. I am still asked by just about everyone what happened to it.
It is hard for me to believe that I ended the one thing that I loved so much just because I was mad and a little sore. I have thought about getting it done again but now I am in a medical profession in which I probably could not have it. As for everyone else, I would never recommend a horizontal tongue piercing but I would never look down on it because I myself would do it again. I believe that one should do what they feel they want to do.
In the near future I plan on getting out of an office and doing my work from home. If that ever happens, I plan on getting more and more work done. I have many tattoos and even more piercings planned out. I would love nothing more than to get my tongue pierced horizontally again. There is a lot of stuff I would do different the second time around.
I would definitely think things through better. I would make sure the bar we put in is the appropriate length (with LOTS of room to swell). The most important thing I would NOT change would be the wonderful piercer who did it for me. Keith from Stormi Steele's is excellent and he really cares. He was there for me every step of the way for my horizontal. He put up with all the fears and the stupid questions.
My story is my story. It is not here to discourage anything; it is here to educate those who care with MY experience. Not everyone's the same; you might have a perfect piercing that never bothers you. My story is just here for the "what could happen".