Way back in nineteen dickity two....or as you may call it, May 2003, I decided on a spur of the moment kind of thing, that I would get my tongue web done.
At A Glance Author Brie Contact narkaleptic_leprachaun@hotmail.com When Three months ago Artist Jon Studio Pitbull Location Saint John, N.B Canada Earlier that day, the twenty -eighth if I recall correctly, I had already gotten my nipple pierced, through the course of the day, I ran into a few of my friends who were headed back to Pitbull to get some piercings done, so I decided to tag along. Regardless of my recent piercing fix for the month, I still craved another. While I held Lacie's hand as she got her nipple pierced, I thought of piercings that my dad had already "okayed" and the tongue web popped into my head. Before, when I was going to get it, the piercer I was going to was creeped put by the thought of piercing my web, so he had to say no. But now, Buston (my former piercer) lived in Ontario, and I was with Jon now.
I asked Jon if he had ever done a tongue web, his answer was a "Yes, and I used to have one." but had it been a no I still would have gone through with it, I trust Jon ALOT.
Any way, after Lacie was all cleaned up, and finished, Jon got me the proper paper work, asked me if I wanted a CBR or barbell. I only had twenty bucks, so I went with a CBR and I gave him the proper money: twenty dollars. He sat me in the chair, and explained the proceedure while I swished with insanely strong Listerine. He told me he would bend the needle, so it wouldn't stab my gums, and cause me pain.
He checked out my mouth, for placement, and, I assume, veins, and such. After laying his tools, needle, more Listerine out, and changing gloves a million and one times, and getting everything else you could ever imagine needing for the proceedure, he clamped my tongue web. Jon asked me to stick my tongue as far up and as far out as I could get it, to give him more room to work, so I did my best.
The clamp is usually the worst part for me, but this clamp didn't hurt at all, so I almost expected alot of pain when the needle actually pierced my web, however, when it went through, I felt a pop, but absolutely no pain what-so-ever! The worst part of this piercing for me, was the needle resting on my lip for a few seconds, because I had to stay really still, and my tongue was tired, and I wanted to relax my mouth, but I couldn't yet. But I'm sure the worst part for Jon was getting the bead on the CBR, with me drooling, and it being in such a confined space. He eventually managed to get the bead on and gave me another medicine cup of Listerine, and I swished while he told me the aftercare proceedure: Swish for at least thirty seconds after eating, drinking, smoking, in the morning, and before bed, and with a Q-tip soaked in Listerine, try to gently wipe away the scar tissue that most definately will form on either side of the web.
One of the advantages of it being in your mouth, beside saliva gland things is it never gets crusties! those hurt when they get pulled through a hole, but that cant happen with your web!
In all, the tongue-web experience for me, was painless, easy, and quick, and even afterwards, it was only a little bit sore, I only had a few eating restrictions: no spicy foods, or milk products for a couple weeks.
A couple of weeks later, I bought a barbell for my web, thinking it was a fourteen gauge, and it would fit nicely with it's tiny little threaded balls...little did I know it was a sixteen gauge, and the balls were no more than a twelve gauge. I took out my CBR, and put the barbell in, holding one side of the barbell with pliers, I tried to screw the other threaded bead on, but in the process, stretched the hole to a 12, and pulled the bead right through the other side. Strangely...THAT HURT! So needless to say, that barbell was used somewhere else and I put the CBR back in. However, I was unable to get the bead on the CBR, so I took a barbell out of my belly button, and cleaned it appropriately, and put that in my web untill I bought a better barbell for it the next day.
I most definatley suggest that if you are thinking about your web as a piercing you may want...GET IT...but make sure you trust your piercer (of course!!) and take care of it, because it's fun to play with after it's healed!
Pierce away my furry little friends....make your body your own.