This is a story of a very successful and Almost painless tongue piercing experience (emphasize on the "almost") *smile* I hope you enjoy it!!!
At A Glance Author Cheri Contact Cheri@bme.anon Artist Morgan Studio 2nd Millenium Location Greeley, Colorado (can't remember the street) Okay,I'm 16 and I've wanted my tongue pierced since I was 12, mainly because I have a habit of putting things in my mouth to suck on (you almost never see me without a sucker in my mouth) and I loved the way it looked, with a glint of silver now and then when you talked. So at the begining of the year my mom finally promised to sign permission for it...YES! The only problem was that I absolutley hate needles! And you can't very well be pierced without a needle. So it took me forever to gain enough courage to go through with it, but I can honestly say that most of my confidence came from reading the great stories here on BME.
Anyway, so I wake up one morning feeling ready to go through with it. My mom took my out to eat at Sonic for a really big lunch since I knew I wouldn't be enjoying my sense of taste for awhile. Then we headed for the shop, and the closer we came the bigger the knot in my stomache got. The first thing I thought when I walked in was how clean and friendly it looked compared to what I had imagined, and I felt a little better.
I walked up to the counter and made eye contact with the finest guy I have ever seen in my life, he introduced himself as Morgan and asked how he could help. I told him I wanted my tongue pierced, and he reached down and took a tray from inside the counter full of individually wrapped barbells. He explained that I would have to start out with a 14ga, since my tongue would need room for swelling. I nodded, and he asked to see my moms ID, handed both my mom and I forms to fill out, walked over behind a low wall, and began to bring out the tools for my piercing (all of which were cased individually in steril packaging).
After we had filled out the forms, my mom decided to wait in the car (I think the whole thing made her nervous) then Morgan led me behind the wall and asked my to take a seat in what looked like a over-sized dentist chair. He handed my a small cup of listerine and told me to rinse my mouth with it for about a minute or so. So I did, spit it out, and preped myself for the next part. He told me to stick out my tongue as he examined every thing about it, then he marked the spot to be pierced with some sort of purple ink. Next, he brought out the clamps (Now I'm getting uneasy since I know the needle is coming) placed them over the marks, pressed down fairly hard, and yeah it did hurt a little but not anything to worry about.
Then he placed the needle on my tongue, I closed my eyes as tight as possible and tensed up every muscle in my body. He told me to take a deep breath, so I did, and as I exhaled he shoved the needle through, my eyes watered a little, and I flinched but I thought he had only started to poke it through when I heard him say "Alright, that's was easy don't you think?" I opened one eye, and realized that it was already over, the barbell was already on and Morgan was standing back smiling. I was totally stoked! That was it?!?! KEWL! I was all ready to walk out and show the world, but first Morgan told me to rinse my mouth again and not be afraid if there was a little blood, it was normal. So I did and there was blood but I didn't care, I was too proud of myself to even give it a thought. I went home very pleased with my new piercing and ready to take exteremly good care of it!
I've had it for 5 days now, and the swelling is almost gone, I still can't eat much, but only because I'm not used to chewing yet. And my speech is still a little slurred and dopey, but I'm being patient with it and beating the hell outa people who make fun of me! *smile* But the main point I want to get across is if I could change one thing about my experience, it's that I would've done it waaay sooner, and you've been hesitant about getting it done...STOP!!! GO OUT AND DO IT! One second of pain is worth something you're gonna love for the rest of your life. If anyone has any questions, comments or just for the hell of it go ahead and e-mail me!!