I usually consider getting a piercing for at least 6 months. I only really thought about this piercing for about three months. I originally was not planning on getting it done until August. So a few weeks ago I was driving with my mom and she told me that the next day she was taking me to get my tongue pierced. I was in shock and dreadfully nervous because I new it would hurt. The last time I had got my tongue pierced it was more painful than I had planned on. The piercer squeezed my tongue way too hard. Since then I have taken out my piercing , it healed nice but I was forced to get rid of it.
At A Glance Author Andrea Contact Andrea@bme.anon When A month ago So the next day waking up I was nervous but happy. I got to the piercers and waited about 15 minutes, someone else was getting piercings done. When the piercer came out I was upset to see that it wasn't the same piercer as before, who did my lip. I had to explain to her what I wanted done. She explained to me that she could do it but the healing was going to be painful. I thought about it for awhile but knew I was going to get it done either way. So finally I rinsed my mouth out with mouth wash, and she marked my tongue with ink. She clamped my tongue which I didn't like at all , but could of been worse. She asked if I was ready and told me to take a deep breath. I felt the needle go through my tongue and It hurt really bad. I cried a bit but got over it and rinsed my mouth out again. I was hoping the other side wouldn't hurt as much. They turned out to both be equally painful, and yes I did cry. My tongue bled for awhile which I expected. The piercer told me to suck on ice and that popsicles would be my friend.
My mom looked at my new piercings and made it clear that she didn't like them. I wasn't sure what I thought of them at the time. On the drive home my tongue started hurting and I knew it would get worse. I went to the store and bought some sugar free popsicles and some ice. They didn't really help much the first day. My tongue hurt too much the first day to put anything in my mouth. So the next day comes and my tongue hurts so much that I some what regret getting the piercings done. The Advil helped a little and the popsicles were ok. My tongue was huge and not only did it hurt to talk but I had a sort of lisp.
The piercer had told me to tighten the balls. I had ignored that because my tongue hurt too much to touch. I think it was two days after I got it done, but one of the balls unscrewed. I was really scared because I didn't know if I could get it back on. So I washed my hands with soap and attempted to put the ball back on. It hurt just to touch my tongue so I did a weak job at it. After putting the ball back on it came undone about 10 minutes later. So I did the same thing , just I actually put the ball back on harder. I was using a mouth wash that was a foamy one. It said that it whitened teeth , but I wasn't sure if it actually would clean out the bacteria. I didn't find that very helpful , so I switched to just blue mouth wash. That helped a lot with the healing process. I also brushed my tongue very carefully to avoid touching the barbell. I was expecting for me to talk normal and not be in any pain after about three days. That's how it was when I had a center tongue piercing. Maybe because I had two done at the same time , but it took more like a week for it to feel better and two weeks for me to talk and eat decently.
Well I've had my venom piercings for about three weeks now. They are doing very good now and I never have pain. They are still sore but very little. They look fully healed but I know that they aren't so I mouth wash when I wake up and after I eat. In about 3 more weeks I can go back and get the barbells changed to shorter ones. I am very happy that I got these piercings done! At first I was not very sure if I liked my piercings. It was the whole idea that you know they were not very original. I didn't know what people would think of it. But now I am over this and what people think of me or my piercings. Remember that you only live once!
Andrea