Body piercings?

[amazingtoxic]

I have my ears pierced and when I was youger, I could wear any type of earing without any troubles. Then I put the butterflys on too tight and my ear grew around them and my dad had to fish them out, now for some reason, I can't wear any earing in my ear without it being totally sore just hours later and full of puss the next day. (nice I know, I am sorry)

Then I had my belly pierced and well no matter what I did, it was always sore and red. It grew out after a while and now I have a funny hole.

I really wanted my tounge pierced at one stage, but I am convinced that's just going to end up yucky too. What do you guys think?

Oh and pure honesty hear, who thought getting their toung pierced was just stupidly painfull?

[snapdarlich]

I got my tongue pierced with no side effects...But it may be something your body doesn't agree with...

Go to a good, reputable place and ask advice...Where roughly are you based. If in London, I know an ace place...

[snapdarlich]

Oh and I never got any anasthetic, but it truly didn't hurt. At all....I don't know why I didn't get it, I see other folk posting that did get it...But it didn't hurt. IMHO

[girlygirl]

I have had my tounge pierced twice now coz apparently I wasn't in enough pain the first time!!!!

One was with anesthetic and one wasn't.

THEY BOTH KILLED!!!!

I lasted 1 week and 3 days before taking them out and feeling almost immediate relief.....

NEVER AGAIN!!!!

[amazingtoxic]

Well you see, I thought I had gone to a really good place. "UNDER THE SKIN" in aldershot. Now I am just wondering if he didn't pierce it deep enough.

[rainhopper]

Maybe you are allergic to the metal the piercer is using (the nickel in cheaper metals). I can only have surgical steel or titanium. I think you should have your tounge done with titanium or PTFE which minimises the chance of rejection which is very rare in tounge piercings however.

[Metz]

I have all my piercings done in surgical steel no probs at all , i'm allergic to nickel and get the itchy sore bits, even from a pair of jeans with the studs in the sides! My ears used to be bad when i wore cheap fasionable earrings,but they have been ok with silver sleepers in them :o)

[applebee]

Your tongue should heal better that ANY other piercing you can get, I had the same thing happen with my belly button piercing, and yet my tongue healed beautifully!

Oh...its not that painful actually...just a kinda scary thought

[ktlou]

I had my ears pierced twice - the first time with gold plated - my ears did exactly the same as yours, and the second with solid gold. These actually disintegrated in my ears (I was left with half a gold ball and half a butterfly!!!). I can't wear anthing except solid silver or titanium when it comes to jewellery, watches etc (not even gold!). So I would be really careful with what metals you have incase you get a reaction!!!

[Wigginsusie]

Yeah, I have pierced my ears, ever since I was a kid. And I feel really thankful to my parents for having done that when I was a kid, because I know it is something which is really painful, and I believe earings make me look more stylish. So I do believe in body piercings.