The time had come for yet another piercing. I had been thinking about getting venoms for almost a year but the idea that I might not be able to talk kept me from getting it done right then and there. Since I work in a customer service environment I have to talk on a regular basis. With much though the time had come for me to get it done, a few of my friends and I went down to Introdermal, a local tattoo parlor that had been around for many years, and was very reputable. My friend was getting her nose pierced and I sat thinking whether or not I should stick myself as well. I left that parlor unstuck and felt like I was missing out on something. I went through the pros and cons of getting the tongue piercing and realized that I will never truly know if I don't just do it.
At A Glance Author Asinfulmystery Contact Asinfulmystery@bme.anon When A month ago Artist Pamela LaMore Studio Introdermal Location Denton, Texas A few days went by and I was ready. So again we traveled to Denton, where Introdermal is located, and I talked to Pamela the piercer on duty. I had heard great things from many people that have been pierced by her and felt extremely comfortable. Earlier that week had pierced my friends nostril and did a fantastic job, and another friend of mine has had all of his piercings done by her. So I have seen much of her work and was satisfied that she would be the one to pierce me. She explained to me the procedure and made sure that I wanted to do them both at the same time.
She let me pick out two free pieces of jewelry and then had me hold Listerine in my mouth for close to a minute. I leaned back into the dentist/piercer chair and she marked my tongue. I explained to her that I was in fact a bleeder and not to worry. We had a good laugh from that and then we proceeded on. It took awhile to line the clamps up, since my veins on the other side kept on moving. Finally once the left side was lined up she inserted the needle, which was immediatly followed by the barbell. No pain was had and I was rather surprised. Though we were only half done. She began to line up the right this side seemed to be the trouble side and we were both getting rather frustrated. Finally after close to 20 minutes we were ready to go. Needle went in, barbell went it, we were through.
The pain was surprisingly missing from the whole experience. I rinsed my mouth out and was asked to sit still so that she could take pictures of the piercing. We talked for a bit about aftercare and then she followed with. "Thank you for that experience I have never done venoms before!" I was in shock. I was excited to find out that I was her first client in that department but, I might not have gone to her if I knew. She then gave me a handful of popsicles and I was on my way out the door.
My tongue had little to no swelling and that was rather delightful. The third day though I woke up in great amounts of pain. Apparently I chew on my tongue when I am sleeping and that was irratating the piercing a great deal. I had to insert a small amount of gauze into my mouth so that I chewed on that instead of the barbells.
Eating has been an adventure all its own. The way my tongue was swelling I could hardly even ingest a a glass of ice water. The big problem was that I have a huge eating problem, where if I do not eat something truly filling I won't be satisfied. I.E. popsicles and ice cream weren't doing anything for me. I ended up eating a great deal of creamed soups and mashed potatoes. After about the first week, all major pain was gone. The only problems after awhile was the barbell being to long since they were still the healing barbells, and I was chewing on them once I went to solid foods. I found that shoving the food into the back of my mouth worked wonders on not eating the metal, though it was an inconvince.
I went back after the month and had my jewelry changed to the free pieces that were given to me. I chose two barbells with clear end beads, more so for work but also I don't like the "Hey is your tongue pierced" question. My conversational skills have returned, though "th" is still hard to say. And only in time will everything be back to normal. All in all the experience was great and easier then I would have imagined.