"Please, pretty, pretty please! I promise I'll take care of it, and you'll never see it." "No Kristina, the only people who get tongue piercings, are people having sex." That's the notorious argument with my parents that made me do what I did.
At A Glance Author KinA Contact Kristina685@Aol.com When A week ago Artist Myself Studio My Room Location My House After a month searching BME, I cam across my ideal piercing; the tongue web! It was perfect! My parents (who are anti-piercing nazis) would never be able to see it, and everyone said it was pretty painless if you did it right. I have my navel pierced and a couple of holes in my ear and I didn't want to be your typical teenage girl who thinks that if they get their cute little itsy bitsy belly button pierced they'll be bad ass for life. I longed for the feeling of a needle again. And sure enough, my feeling was fulfilled last Saturday night.
My name is KinA and I'm 17. I live in Philly so there's an abundance of piercing parlors around my neighborhood. Unfortunately, none of them will pierce minors (we it's actually a good thing). So, I came to BME and sought out what I could pierce myself. I really wanted my tongue done, but that was out of the question since it swells and is relatively easy to see. My tongue-web was about to be in for a ride.
After watching a rerun of Saturday Night Live, I said goodnight to by boyfriend, and turned on the light on my desk. I got out the safety pin (I know, I know, not good)I had been sterilizing as well as the 20 gauge CBR. I rinsed my mouth out with listerine (yuck) and washed my hands. I took a piece of a paper towel and dried my mouth. I sucked my tongue up to the top of my mouth and proceeded to push the safety pin in. Getting it through the first layer wasn't too hard but I felt some pressure. It slid through easily and then came out the other end with a pop. I sat there half stunned looking at this metal object hanging out of my mouth. Now for the hard part.
After waiting a few minutes for the safety pin to make a temporary hole, I washed my hands again, dried my mouth again (by this time I as drooling so much, it was running down my shirt so make sure you have something to wipe it up with) and took the pin out one side and slid the jewelery in. It took me a few minutes to get the CBR in because my hands were slippery and my mouth is tiny. Now, I just got to put the ball on. Son of a !~! I drop the ball! My carpet is pretty thick and after a half hour of searching, it could not be found. So I took two clear earring backs, sterilized them in peroxide for a few minutes, and put them on the ends of the CBR. Wow! I did it, I have my tongue web pierced!~!
I hurry up and clean up because I think I heard my parents door open. But it was just the dog. I called Kris (my boyfriend) at about 2 a.m. and told him I did it! I was so excited. Unfortunately, he was half asleep and not as excited as I was because his reply was, "That's great, now I'm going back to bed". Oh well, I did it and that's all that mattered. I fell asleep soon after I called him. The next morning, it was hardly swollen at all! I could talk and eat normally. I rinse my mouth with Listerine after eating or drinking anything besides water. So far, I think it is healing fairly well. I do get some plaque on it, but when I scrub it off with my toothbrush, it goes away. My parents still don't know I have it even though I constantly play with it (which is very bad I know). My friends have mixed reactions: some think I'm on crack and others really like it. But they all can't believe I did it myself!
To anyone reading this: Please get your piercings done professionally. What I did was really unsafe, and although I'm happy with my piercing, there's a very good chance I could have fucked up really bad. If you have awesome parents who support your bod modification, then please get it done professionally. They know what they are doing better than anyone else. If your parents are dicks like mine, then please make sure you know what you're doing. Research everyday like I did if you have to. It's important to know what you can and can't hit with the needle. I think I would've looked retarded if I hit a nerve that controls like the bottom half of my chin and I couldn't close my jaw or something. If you decide to do it yourself, than good luck. Happy Piercing everyone! If you have any questions, e-mail me. *KinA*