Tongue piercing - how and where you can get a puncture, rules of care and cost of the procedure

What is tongue piercing

This is a surgical operation, although short, but dangerous, which involves piercing the tongue with the subsequent insertion of a special earring - a barbell. Common decorations are vertical bars made of surgical steel or titanium. The earring is double, it can be seen both from above and from below. Another type, horizontal, is a frenulum piercing under the tongue. Making such a puncture is much easier - there is less blood, pain, healing is faster. Jewelry comes not only in the form of a barbell, but also a staple, a ring, a carnation.

Gun

Piercing equipment used to pierce the earlobes.

The earlobe is placed between the plate and the jewelry. By pressing the trigger, the earring penetrates the ear. Modern pistols operate on replaceable cartridges, which provides greater sterility compared to their first models.

For nose or navel piercing, you can use a disposable gun.

Pistols are criticized by professionals for the following reasons:

• The needle has a laser sharpening, which allows you to make a neat puncture. The gun does not pierce the skin. The decoration presses through the soft tissue, which forms a laceration;
• The design of the gun does not allow it to be completely disinfected, which does not guarantee one hundred percent sterility, unlike disposable material;
• The gun involves wearing stud earrings that tightly cover the channel. This prevents the wound from quickly healing and the puncture site taking its natural shape.

Why is the tongue pierced?

It is widely believed that tongue piercing is done for sexual pleasure, which the earring gives the partner, causing additional sensations. However, girls often get pierced simply for the sake of fashion or to self-identify with a group of people belonging to a specific subculture. Another reason is the desire to stand out, to become different from everyone else.

Pros and cons of tongue piercing

Piercing always attracts attention, making the wearer stylish and arousing the interest of others. By agreeing to this complex procedure, a person feels special and shows individuality. There are several reasons to get a piercing:

• A person liberates himself, tries something new, partly shocks those around him, challenging the routine and ordinariness of gray everyday life.
• This type of piercing is easily hidden and is not noticeable. Without removing the jewelry, you can show it or hide it.
• During kissing and oral sex, the earring additionally stimulates the partner’s sensations and adds exoticism to the relationship.
• During healing, you have to follow a diet for a long time, so you can lose weight by losing your usual diet, which will please those who want to lose excess weight.

If you want to impress others with a tongue piercing, you will have to put up with the following inconveniences:

• The first thing that awaits those wishing to get a tongue piercing is the painfulness of the procedure.
• Healing is long and uncomfortable. It will take several months for complete recovery.
• The operation is expensive. It is better to do it in a clinic with an experienced specialist, rather than at home. Saving in this case is not worth it.
• When contacting a bad surgeon, there is a high probability of infection due to unsterile instruments. We are talking not only about infection of the wound, but also about more serious diseases: hepatitis and herpes.
• You will have to put up with dental damage. This is a consequence of the fact that the earring is often chewed. When chewing, there is a high probability of touching the decoration.
• The pleasure of showing off an earring increases the risk of gum disease. Having a foreign object in the mouth, especially with insufficient care, boys and girls get an increase in the number of bacteria and infection of the oral cavity.

Care after a piercing

After a puncture, care should be aimed at speedy healing of the wound. The mouth constantly produces antimicrobial peptides that kill harmful bacteria. However, you should not rely on them alone; additional measures are also needed for healing.

• Avoid alcohol and smoking, as the tar contained in cigarettes and the ingredients in alcoholic beverages will delay the healing process.
• Avoid viscous, hard and spicy foods, fermented milk and sweet products.
• Rinse your mouth with warm saline solution and antiseptic Listerine or Miramistin.
• Postpone kissing for a while, as there is a risk of infection.

Understanding how to properly pierce your tongue will help you perform this small and, in every sense, rather risky operation successfully. The choice of where to hold it, at home or in a salon, remains with the person who wants to be unusual and sexy, standing out in the crowd. In any case, ensuring safety and maintaining health should be the deciding factors for a person who decides to get a piercing.

Does it hurt to pierce your tongue?

According to reviews from those who have undergone the operation, the puncture itself is a matter of seconds, quite tolerable. It will hurt later, during healing. The tongue is highly sensitive. Because this organ is in constant motion, with a wound in the middle, it will hurt until it heals completely. To reduce pain:

• have the operation performed by a trusted specialist;
• care for the wound;
• do not smoke;
• do not drink alcohol;
• talk less at first;
• Avoid hot, spicy foods.

How to pierce the tongue

It is preferable to get your piercing done at a salon as this procedure is considered surgery. In order to choose the right place for a puncture without damaging blood vessels and nerves, the doctor must have the appropriate qualifications. Tools and gloves use disposable or sterilized ones. The sequence of actions is as follows:

1. The mouth is pre-treated with an antiseptic; sometimes Lidocaine is used for anesthesia.
2. The tongue is grabbed and fixed with a special clamp, then pierced with a needle from the bottom up.
3. Finally, jewelry is inserted into the puncture site.

A set of tools for piercing with a needle or catheter:

includes:

1. assorted catheter needles;
2. a windowed clamp with which the master fixes the skin fold; Clamp windows come in different sizes and shapes, with oval or triangular ones being the most commonly used. Windows can be either with a connector or solid. The clamp is removed after the needle has entered.
3. jewelry and a set of earrings;
4. sterile disposable gloves, cotton pads, cotton swabs, hydrogen peroxide, chlorhexidine;
5. alcohol and lidocaine with anesthesia syringe.

How to pierce your tongue at home

You need to choose a well-lit room so that there is a place to lay out the instrument. Use only disinfected clamp, needle and earring. Wash your hands with soap and wipe with a disinfectant solution. Perform actions wearing disposable sterile gloves:

1. Treat your mouth with an antiseptic.
2. Choose a puncture site in the middle, closer to the tip of the tongue, there are no large blood vessels there.
3. Pinch the tongue with tongs, then use a special needle to pierce it strictly perpendicular to the surface.
4. Use a catheter to insert the earring.

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Foley catheter care and replacement

Flushing the catheter is necessary because This is a reusable product. Before you start washing, you need to wash your hands with soap and treat them with antiseptics. Then:

1. clean the outside of the catheter with alcohol, especially carefully walk around the place where the tube is connected to the catheter,
2. disconnect the catheter from it and fill it with saline solution using a sterile syringe,
3. drain the liquid into the prepared container.

The procedure must be repeated several times until the catheter is clear. Then connect it to the tube and put it in a sterile place.

Replacing the catheter is also important: it should be used no more than 5, maximum 7 days. You can only use silicone catheters for longer. The catheter is changed as follows:

1. Be sure to wash your hands and treat them with antiseptic,
2. remove the clamp and completely empty the catheter,
3. place the patient on his back, legs should be spread and knees bent,
4. when the patient relaxes, gradually remove the catheter, possibly using a special clamp to maintain sterility,
5. be sure to ensure that the catheter remains intact.

How to care for a pierced tongue

Care involves treating the wound with antiseptic solutions such as Chlorhexidine, potassium permanganate or soda. For the first 2 weeks, rinse your mouth as often as possible, always after meals. After ten to fourteen days, instead of rinsing with an antiseptic, use a decoction of chamomile or calendula. Do not be overzealous so as not to deprive the natural antiseptic - saliva - of its protective properties. The barbell also requires care. For the first two weeks, brush it with a soft toothbrush. Afterwards, regularly remove the barbell, clean and disinfect it.

Consequences

The result of poor quality work by the master will be pain and inflammation, prolonged treatment and slow healing. Even if the tongue was pierced in a medical institution, difficulties may arise with subsequent proper care:

• If the procedure was unsuccessful, usually at home, there may be complications: severe bleeding, infection of the wound, inflammation. As a result, long-term treatment with antibiotics is required.
• The swollen tissue will make it painful to chew, speak, and swallow.
• For the first time after the operation, you will have to eat liquid, fresh, non-hot food, so as not to injure the wound and not slow down healing.
• After the operation, special care, rinsing, and cleaning of the rod will be required. Be prepared that after healing, care will also be necessary.
• The diction will change and a slight whisper will appear.
• Since an earring or barbell in the oral cavity is a hard foreign body, it will touch the teeth and damage the enamel. Cracks and chips are constant companions of tongue piercing.
• Partial loss of taste is possible if the nerves have been damaged. Only an experienced surgeon knows the right point so as not to disturb the nerve endings.
• When a piercing is constantly worn, the tissue grows and scars form, which can only be removed surgically.

Tools and step-by-step instructions

The hole must be made in the very center of the tongue or at the tip; you cannot go to the side, since there are arteries along the edges, which, if damaged by a needle, can cause serious and profuse bleeding. There is a high probability that the jewelry will not take root and the body will quickly reject it.

To work you will need:

• flexible or rigid rod;
• tongue clip;
• sterile piercing needle with a diameter of 1.6 mm;
• sterile gloves;
• disinfectants - Miramistin or Chlorhexidine.

How to properly pierce your tongue at home:

1. Treat the instruments for the procedure and the earring with a disinfectant solution.
2. Brush your teeth and tongue. Rinse your mouth thoroughly with a mild saline solution or an alcohol-based antibacterial solution.
3. Wash your hands under running water with antibacterial soap, treat them with an antiseptic, and put on sterile gloves.
4. Lift your tongue and look at the underside where the large veins run. Place a mark exactly halfway between them.
5. Apply surgical tweezers to the area where the puncture will be made.
6. Use a steady hand to make a hole with a needle. When working with a regular needle, move from top to bottom, and if you have a cannulated instrument, they need to start pricking under the tongue and move upward.
7. Using a catheter with special needles, insert the earring into the wound. If it’s an ordinary needle, then leave it and insert the decoration. Secure the rod at the edges with the ends. Remove the needle.
8. Rinse your mouth with an antiseptic.

How to pierce the frenulum of the tongue? Basic Rules:

1. The puncture point should be determined along the center line of the frenulum.
2. Hold your tongue and lift it as high as possible.
3. Insert the needle from right to left proportional to the midline on the frenulum.
4. Without pulling out the needle, insert the earring.
5. Rinse your mouth with an antiseptic.

To avoid negative consequences in the form of inflammation and infection, be sure to follow the rules of asepsis and carry out manipulations only in sterile cleanliness.

It is forbidden to reuse the needle for piercing!

In the first days, problems with diction may occur.

How much does a tongue piercing cost?

To make jewelry bring joy and not darken your life, go to a salon or medical facility. Many clinics offer tongue piercing services, here is an overview of the cost of the procedure in Moscow institutions:

Photo of a pierced tongue