First of all i would like to make it perfectly clear that I do not condone DIY piercings nor is it advisable to try this yourself you may end up regretting it and could cause yourself some damage. You should always use a professional piercer and if you do end up piercing yourself seek the advice of a professional should anything go wrong .Now that I've made that clear here is my story.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact BuryMe1nBlck@aol.com When A week ago Artist Me Studio At My house It all started with looking at the pictures of other peoples beautiful pierced tongue webs on BME. I was amazed that any piercing could look that pretty. That was all it took and I was hooked. I had to have this piercing. Now.
My mum is pretty conservative and she had totally flipped out when I got my lip pierced (professionally) so there was no way she would have payed for this and at the time I had no spare cash so I decided to do it myself. Not a wise decision as it turns out.
I'd read many accounts of others DIY tongue webs and it didn't sound all that difficult so I decided to give it a try. I couldn't get hold of any proper needles so I stupidly decided to use a regular sewing needle. I'd used a similar one to pierce my navel before so I thought it would be ok plus a tongue web is a much much thinner piece of flesh than a navel to pierce.
I sterilized the needle in some hydrogen peroxide and fetched a barbell from my sisters stuff that was probably meant for eyebrow piercings. I then proceeded to sterilize the jewelery and look in the mirror to decide the placement for my piercing. Once I had decided where I wanted it to go I picked up the needle, pinched my web between two fingers, took a deep breath and pushed it into my skin. It entered with a pop and didn't hurt at all so I carried on pushing the needle in and before I knew it I could see its shiny silver tip poking through the other side of my web. I was delighted.
Now came the tricky bit. I'd read that it can be very difficult to get the jewelery into a web piercing but I can honestly say it didn't prove to be all that hard for me. I will add now that i was still pinching my web so that could have made it easier. I pulled the needle out which stung a bit and picked up the barbell. It went through easily at first but wouldn't go through the last bit of skin so I gave it a wiggle and it popped through. I picked up the ball and attempted to screw it onto the barbell a process which took about half an hour due to me dribbling everywhere, dropping the ball about a dozen times and having to re-sterilize it.
Eventually I got the ball screwed on and stood back to admire my new piercing. When I looked closely I could see that it was slightly crooked but it wasn't that noticeable so i was pleased. I rinsed my mouth with saline solution and raced out to show my friends. I got very mixed reactions. Most of my friends didn't like it and couldn't understand why I had pierced it but my closest friend loved it and decided that she was going to pierce her own. I couldn't stop playing with it even though it was starting to get sore I just loved it so much. Looking back I probably aggravated it a lot that one day.
For aftercare I rinsed my mouth with saline solution after eating, drinking or smoking and cleaned around the entry and exit points twice on the one day I had the piercing.
The day after I had pierced it I woke up to find my web very swollen and red. I assumed it was normal and had only happened because I kept playing with it. It looked very aggravated so I rinsed my mouth with some more saline solution and cleaned around the jewelery with a cotton bud to remove any dirt that may have accumulated over night.
After a couple of days though it had not improved at all so I decided to take it out. A decision I agonized over for about two hours. I was absolutely devastated but it was just to difficult to eat and drink since the bar was the wrong size plus it made me speak a bit weirdly and i didn't want my mum to notice. The day after I took it out I noticed little white bumps on either side of my web at the entry and exit points.
I was very upset to lose my tongue web piercing even though I only had it for a short time. I would definitely consider getting this piercing again but professionally this time. I would also recommend it to other people despite my negative experience as it is a very sexy piercing. Get it done professionally though and make sure it is fitted with the proper jewelery I cannot stress this enough.
If you have any questions feel free to email me.