I think it depends on where it is positioned as to wether it rubs your teeth or not. as mine is no where near the back of my teeth!! lol.

i have a plastic ball on the bottom, its never come off. but i have a metal ball on the top.

i never had any problems, was a bit uncomfortable afterwards, but i dont think i had trouble eating... i dont think anything could stop me eating!! lol.

[quote=pinkynails;858267]i love all my piercings and my tattoo. Im really into things like that and I have always liked the tongue piercing.

I want it for myself, another thing I want to try in life and not have regrets about not doing it[/quot

Good on you, one of my favourite tattoos on myself is the one that says "No Regrets"

My other half had hers done, she said it didnt hurt anywhere near as much as what she expected it to, and she managed to eat a slice of pizza 4 hours later too!! She the worst thing was then she tried to eat noodles two days later, all the noodles wrapped around it and she felt queasy!! LOL And that when she had the bar changed that was a little uncomfortable! But otherwise no problems..

Let us know how it goes!!

Mine doesn't rub my teeth either but when I first swapped my long bar out for a shorter one I managed to cross the threads on the bottom ball and had to charge to a piercer to get it sorted. She put a really little one on that is so comfy, for days I was paranoid it had gone and kept checking by hooking it on my bottom teeth to make sure it was there.

lmao I had the exact same thing and went into an absolute panic because I'd half swallowed but obviously as it was tangled on the bar it wasn't going anywhere. I can laugh now but at the time it scared the heck out of me. Hence the one thing I would say is be careful what you eat early on.

Here's a question, as we are here. What length of bar does every one have? Mine is a 12mm but it has loads of room, wasn't sure if I should go shorter.

Hi
Drink plennnnty of water (very important),
your tongue will de-hydrate quite a bit, & that will cause more swelling.

The ideal medicine to take for swelling & pain control is Ibuprofen.
If you are not allergic to ibuprofen, take them max safe dose, prob every moring & evening for a few days.

Try not to talk too much or go sticking your tongue out at folk for a few days (lol), this will help control swelling a lot.

Eat lots of soup/ice-cream & easy stuff
(avoid noodles...they'll wrap round the bar, lol, avoid spicy & acidic foods for at least a week, very uncomfortable).

The first week is the worst, but if you treat them well, tongues tend to heal super-fast.

Sorry about the essay

Good Luck


edit: Just spotted the tooth discussion above,
its does depend on where the bar is placed.

I tend to pierce the tongue quite far back to avoid any tooth damage, & it works 100% (once the mega-long first bar has been changed...)
When I myself fist had my tonge done, it was very close to the tip, & used to clack on my teeth,

so I re-pierced it a while ago, much further back, & its been lovely ever since.


(thanx for the edit NN!)

hey ive got mine done had it done since i was about 15 and now im 20 lol it only felt like a little pin prick to me there was no numbing of the area either jus clamped then pushed the needle through...had to wear a massive tongue bar for about a week i think then i changed it myself to a smaller one....jus eat ice cream and let it melt in your mouth the only good advice i can give you wouldnt try eating too much solid food as it might pull on the tongue bar as i fount out ordering myself a chinese on the same day i had it done lol stupid me!

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Yes she was, but had to take ot out and leave it out!
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The girl that does the piercings wont be in on saturday now so Ive got to try get it done after work on Friday if I can finish early enough!

Ive already got my supply of ice cream in

What size is the bar that they put in at first?

Defo wont go near noodles or spaghetti!!!
Il have to stock up on some ibuprofen. Is your speech really affected at first? I answer the phone in work most of the time and there is a few letter s's in the title haha

Im off over the weekend so thats not too bad.

is it best to go back to the piercer to change to the smaller bar or is it ok to do it yourself.
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My speech was affected. I'm told that mine wasn't too bad but two weeks after having it done my Mum knew as soon as she heard me something wasn't right and that went for my neighbours too. I can still hear a difference now but only because I know. I dont lisp at all but sometimes words with D's in sound funny There are times when as I speak I feel the ball go between my tongue and the roof of my mouth towards the front. It gets much better when the bigger bar is swapped out but even though I dont work I am very glad I had mine done during the school holidays where most of the village was away so not many heard me speak until about 3 weeks after it went in by which time I sounded much better.

Can't give you any advice as I've never had it done. You are a braver girl than me

How long have you had yours done now?

About 4 months now I think x

my mum will notice straight away. Shes always said not to get it done. shes a nurse and comes up with horror stories. Not told her Im gettin it done. I'm 23 and shel still tell me off for gettin it done haha

I say go for it! I got mine done about 5 years ago and didnt find it sore at all at the time! The guy doing the piercing was more worried about my friend who was watching (and fainted!). It swelled up quite a bit but gargling with salty water kept it nice and clean! It did hurt for the next week or so when I tried to eat! The worst thing about the piercing is when you crunch it between your teeth by mistake, that made my toes curl!! It never really had much effect on my teeth enamel!

I loved this piercing so much but took it out a few months ago. Just got annoyed with it one day! And my boyfriend didnt really like it! I still feel like its there sometimes...its like if you lose a limb and you still think its there.

My toes curled then when you said bout crunching it in between your teeth by mistake!!!
Yeh recon I would absolutly love that piercing. Your poor friend
not sure what my boyfriend thinks, he says its my choice my body but wont say if he likes them or not
If he doesnt in the end I might if hes lucky take it out but at least I can say I got it done. think he would just have to like it though.

Would you ever get it done again?