Well I've wanted my tongue pierced since I was in about 6th grade when my boyfriend's friend had hers done. I thought it was so cool so I asked my mom if she would ever let me get it done and she said no. She also added that if I ever did get my tongue pierced then I would be out of the will. So ever since then, about four years later, i've been trying to find a mother that would sign for me so I could get mine done and try to hide it from my mom, but I had no such luck.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When A week ago Artist a guy Studio avant-garde Location west allis, WI Then, one day I asked one of my old friend's that I hadn't talked to in about 4 months if her mom would take me to get my tongue pierced. She asked her mom and she said that she would think about it. Well, about a week later I was planning to sleep over with my friend at her house and I was secretly hopping that it would get brought up, but I kept having to bring it up. So, she finally asked her mom for the final answer and her mom said that she would. I was SO happy. The plan was then that the next day her mom was gonna go out for breakfast then come back and take me to get it done. So that night I was hanging out with my friend and some people that go to her school and I was getting a headache. It hurt so bad! I thought hopefully that I was just nervous for the next day. Then that night while I was trying to sleep I couldn't stop thinking about it and I was shaking and my headache was getting worse. I tried to sleep but it was on my mind.
The next morning I felt like complete crap and i was achy all over. I had no idea what was going on and I was still hopping that I was just nervous.
When her mom got home she yelled "Are you guys getting ready to go?"
Right then I was so nervous I didn't know what to do. I kind of wanted to tell them just to forget it. But, everyone was saying that I would regret it if I didn't do it. So, we all got into the car and was on our way to avant-garde. I told them to put on a relaxing song so that I could calm down. When we got there it was easy to lie about my friend's mom being my mom because I have done it 2 times before. When that was over the guy working there said that the piercer was out and will be back in about 15 minutes. I was thinking GOOD so i could relax. So while we were waiting I just drank a bottled water and tried to rest on the couch that they had there while my friends ran across the street to get ice cream.
When the piercer finally came back and was finally ready I walked into the room I was totally mellowed out and wasn't nervous anymore. He told me to take a seat and to stick my tongue out as far as it can go. He then took a toothpick and dipped it in purple ink and drew lines on my tongue. He told me to look in the mirror and see where it would go. I said "That's really, really close to the tip!" I was hopping he would change it but he just said that I had a really short tongue and that's where it had to be. So then I sat back down and stuck my tongue out. Then he clamped it with this clamp thing that had a hole in the middle. He put the needle on top of my tongue and told me to breath in then breath out. Then right as I breathed out he shoved the needle through.
It hurt SO bad. I was really mad at how much it hurt because I have a friend that got hers done too and she said that she hardly felt her's go through. Well it doesn't hurt anymore now. It felt really funny to eat at first. I sliced an apple and it took me about an hour to finish it. The piercer told me that I couldn't kiss, have oral sex, share a soda (or any other drink), or eat any foods that crumbles, like toast. He also said that I shouldn't stick out my tongue at all because the top of your tongue is paper-thin and if you do then it will rip. It won't hurt or anything, there will just be a hole there. You can stick your tongue out after 4-6 weeks when the healing process is almost over. I am so glad that i got my tongue pierced and I highly recommend it!