the end of the tongue piercing era

[juldea]

2 years, 9 months. Approximately. Minus about 10 days.

I took out my tongue barbell sometime last week because my tongue was sore, feeling like I had banged it against something. I've been doing this every few months for some reason. Well, this time I forgot to put it back in for long enough... and by long enough, I mean "more than 2 days."

It has grown over, probably not by very much, but enough that trying to push it through makes me wince and decide that it's not worth it anymore. I liked having it, a lot, but it's not necessary anymore.

So. Five.

Comments

[adalius.livejournal.com]

Er... when was a tongue piercing ever 'necessary'? Was there some 'pierce your tongue or die' thing hosted by P Diddy I missed?

The End Of An Era, Indeed

[fluttergrrl30.livejournal.com]

Not to all alarmist and weird, but that initial soreness has gone away, right? There's no chance you've somehow gotten an infection, is there?

Sorry about the gow-over, but I'm glad you aren't causing yourself more pain just to keep the barbell.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

It was a personal definition of necessary - as in, it was part of "me" to have my tongue pierced.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, the soreness went away within a day. Then it was just lazy forgetfulness keeping me from putting it back in. ;)

No infection.

[crimson5.livejournal.com]

Well, at least I won't keep getting distracted by flickers of something metallic in your mouth whenever I'm actually talking to you in rl. Sorry to hear about your forgetfulness.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Obviously this means we should see each other in person more! ...or something.

[43duckies.livejournal.com]

Ah, my sympathies. I was pretty disappointed when I had to remove my piercings (nipple and clitoris...sorry if that's too much information). My body rejected them, not in the normal fast reaction, but in a very slow process in which my body tried to push them out. I was still very attached to them (metaphorically speaking). I have fond hopes of trying again someday, probably with a different metal, maybe with a smaller gauge.

I hear you about the necessary thing, too. Not sure what exactly you personally mean by it (it's probably different for everyone), but for me, the piercings were part of a process of claiming my own body in a positive way. And I have a friend, who has had times in her past when she sort of disassociated from her body, who found that always wearing bracelets and necklaces (ones that she would never take off) helped her to feel like she was always in her own body. Complicated, but for her it feels necessary.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

That might only be tmi for others, I'm fine with the knowledge. ;)

Yeah, I would try a different metal.

I would say less that they were part of claiming my body and more of self-expression - I got them before the time I finished college and moved to Boston and all that, when I was still pretty much rebelling and trying things out and seeing what I felt about them. I wouldn't say the piercing was for purely rebellious purposes, but it was definitely experimentation.

[sammid.livejournal.com]

I'd like to have some piercings...but I have enough pain as it is.
But besides that,my body doesn't seem to want to heal anymore,so I don't think I'll bother trying :-/
I just like the pretty jewelry :)
But yeah,I had my cartiledge in both ears pierced,and they would never heal.Had em for a few years,and they kept on gettin infected,I finally gave up and took em out.
If someone will do it with a hollow needle,like if i had the money and went to a real piercer,I'd have it done again.

[alendres.livejournal.com]

I love my tongue piercing more than any of my other ones. :)