Tongue Piercing - Does it Hurt

For rock stars, people who wanna look whacky and cool, body piercings are the order of the day, in addition to the all pervasive tattoos. Well, to talk of body piercings, eye brow piercing, belly button piercing is quite common. But tongue piercings are still rare. Tongue piercing is as wild as one can go when it comes to body art. Tongue piercing is the same as piercing your ear or your belly button. But if you ask me the question 'tongue piercing does it hurts', I would say, from the looks of it, that it must be hurting real bad. Moreover, tongue piercings are most liable to infections, leading to further problems. But inspite of the pain, there are many who do it. So here is more on 'tongue piercing does it hurt' and tongue piercing after care.

Tongue Piercing – Does it Hurt
For starters, just remember the first time you had your ear piercings done. Did it hurt? Not much, I am certain. Surely, it must not have hurt as much as it would have to get your tongue pierced, if at all you have had, that is. If the query of does a tongue piercing hurt has been looming large in your mind, then you would not be very pleased to know that tongue piercing hurts considerably. But those who swear by tongue piercing supposedly say that it is a different and somewhat intoxicating kind of a pain. It also depends upon the tolerance level of the individual. But on a serious note, it really really hurts bad. Tongue piercing pain has an 'extra gross' quality about it, which those who haven't done it, do not know.

In addition to the pain, it also causes dizziness. Worse is if by chance you puncture a blood vessel, it will lead to a lot of bleeding. Further more there are quite a few tongue piercing risks. Swelling, tongue piercing infection (I have been ranting about this since the beginning) and problems with teeth and gums are a few of them. Primarily, your total oral health could go for a toss. For a food lover, tongue piercing could be a disaster as, when you take the initial bite down your 'hep' tongue ring, you are going to squirm with pain. However, all said and done, in normal conditions tongue piercing healing takes around four to six weeks.

Tongue Piercing Care
Tongue piercing care or tongue piercing aftercare basically involves taking care of your oral health and doing all that is essential for it. So, you start off with rinsing your mouth with sea salt mixed in warm water. To be precise, swishing with quarter teaspoon of salt in half cup of warm water five times a day will be just fine. Another thing you can do is to use ice water as much as possible. It will serve the dual purpose of rinsing your mouth as well as numbing the tongue piercing pain. This also needs to be done 5 times a day. Using antiseptic mouthwash five times a day will also do the trick. Swish the mouthwash for around 40 seconds, under and across your tongue. Most important, above all this, refrain from indulging in any oral activity for around 6 weeks after the piercing. (Oh yes, no indulgence in French kissing, deep kissing and the likes people!). This is for your own good as it will avoid the transfer of bacteria in and around tongue piercing. Remember tongue piercings are susceptible to infection? Thus, if you keep in mind all these things, you would be fine, hopefully.

I hope I have enlightened you with enough tongue piercing information. Personally, I would never go for tongue piercing. I would be rendered unfit for a job, because there are companies who do not hire people with tongue piercings! Trust me, I want to keep writing! So tongue piercing, does it hurt will be of no consequence to me. But rest assured, writing definitely is!

I sign off here! Take care!