Tongue Splitting

          This is a very bizarre but cool modification. Tongue splitting is when your tongue is cut down the middle to give it a "forked" or "snake" affect. There are multiple methods to split tongues; cutting with scalpel,tying off, and cauterising. When the scalpel method is used, your tongue is cut down the middle with a scalpel and both sides are stitched on the cut edges, this prevents the two sides from healing back together and also helps to create a more natural rounded look. Tying of the tongue is usually done when someone is doing the procedure themselves, it is done by putting fishing line tied threw a existing tongue piercing to the tip of the tongue and tightened, when the line has cut threw the tongue and become loose it is replaced with a tighter piece of fishing line and the cut is continued. This slow process is allows the tongue to heal as its being cut , which helps with blood control. Cauterising is when the tongue is burned in half using a very powerful laser or another type of professional unit, this process closes off blood vessels which ceases most bleeding. Primary healing of this takes about 1-2 weeks with complete healing in about a month, it may be awkward to talk and eat at first, but it does not take long to get used to. This is a very bizarre but cool  modification.


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Hip Piercing

           This is not the most popular piercing but I love it! Hip piercing is fairly new, they are a surface piercing placed in the pelvic area near the hip bone. Most people get matching piercings on each side to look more symmetrical. These are performed using a newer method called Trans Dermal Implants, using a surface piercing. When you get this done you can either get a surface bar or microdermals. It takes about a year for the piercing to heal completely if there was no infection or troubles, you should wait at least eight months before changing any of your jewelry from the holes. You do not want to wear any tight clothes  that will be rubbing on your fresh piercing or it is very probable that it will get irritated and more sore, so you get those oh-my-god-I-just-want -to-rip-these-things-out thoughts. Hopfully these piercings will get more popular in the near future beacuse I love them!


Surface Piercing- noun; any body piercing where the canal of the piercing is under and across a piece of skin rather than through a body part.
Trans Dermal Implants- noun; a method of piercing where the piercer punches a hole straight intro the skin and then lifts the skin surrounding it with a taper, and he commences on inserting the anchoring

Tongue Piercing

                     This is one of my favourite facial piercings. The tongue piercing is a strait bar vertically through the tongue, it is originally located in the centre of the tongue but has lately become popular in random spots with multiple piercings. When you get a tongue piercing the first thing the piercer does is check the under side of your tongue for large blood vessels, looking a safe placement for the piercing , your tongue is then pulled out to its limit and clamped and held with forceps, a piercing needle or cannula needle is used to quickly penetrate and go through the tongue, used properly the needle should pierce the tongue as quick as a flash. Barbells are the jewelry put in the tongue but before you get some fancy piercing  you need a considerably longer bar so the tongue can swell while healing, this is very important, you need to keep the longer bar in until the piercing is partly (6 weeks or so)healed or you can get a really bad infection or ruin the piercing, its takes 6 months for the piercing to heal completely. That was some basic information on one of my favourite facial piercings, The tongue piercing.

Facial Piercing-  Noun; a piercing located on or around the face area
Piercing Needle- Noun; A strait needle made out of stainless or surgical steel used for piercing
Cannula Needle- Noun; a thin needle usually used for injecting liquids in to veins, or some body piercings
Barbell- Noun; a strait metal bar with unscrewable beads on each end, put in piercings