Opinions needed

[~Palomino~]

To answer Sharons and CKCs Questions they do close up! I am not sure if they close up all the way but I do know that if you have them out for more that 4 hours you can't put it back in! My brother got his pierced! I just think its wierd and what a waste of money. My mom told my brother that if he breaks a tooth he has to pay for it! He is 19 and if he was under 18 they would no-way let them have it!!

Gage

 

[strass]

I’m going to be blunt here because I want to make sure that I get my point across. I know how teenage boys think…in many ways, I still am one.

It would be a cold day in my ex-mother-in-law's home when I would allow my teenage daughter to get her tongue pierced!!!

There are powerful sexual implications to that. I’m sure that her boyfriend is being VERY supportive of her desire to have it done. (I would be, but not to her mother’s face.)

Just so you know where I am coming from: I’ve had my tongue pierced for about 7 years now. It’s never caused me any problems. Most people never even know it’s there until I laugh and open my mouth wider. I can take mine out for quite sometime and still put it back in without too much trouble. Never had an infection but then, I take care of the piercing and keep it as clean as I can.

Now, just because I’ve never had any problems doesn’t mean that a teenager will take as good of care or be so lucky. Again, I’m advising against letting her get it done.

And make her boyfriend take his out too. Trust me, I know how to “use†mine…do you want him obtaining that kind of knowledge with your daughter?

 

[CAM]

You can call me close-minded but my answer would be flat out NO! I won't even go into the rantings I have about this but my kids will NEVER be allowed to have their tongues pierced. In fact, my son is not allowed to have an ear pierced either. Probably shocking to most of you I'm sure. I have very strong feelings that I won't go into regarding things teenagers are doing to their bodies theses days. That, and the obvious factor that my husband and I are both in the dental field and seeing first hand the dental affects of tongue piercings. I take great pleasure in taking a panoramic xray on a teenager and saying "Oh, by the way...I need you to remove your tongue barbell, your earrings, your lip piercing, your necklace...." I wish I had a camera to capture the look on their faces.

: Ok, enough. My simple answer: NO!

 

[nootka]

Ee-hee, Debra...I am a fairly open minded person, but many of those piercings turn me OFF.

I really don't enjoy looking at anything more than ear piercings. The other stuff: gross. Funny b/c one of my best friends in the world has had many different face piercings. I don't like the way they look (she is also the one that tried to have her tongue pierced and it almost killed her w/the reaction), but I love her. Glad she's opted to remove them all, but she has some scars over her eyebrow/through it, at her labret, through one nostril and probably still a hole in her nose (septum is it?).

Not real sure of the statement and I do understand the sexual implications (which is the MAJOR reason I'd object in the teenage child), but wow...just to "look cool?" Oh I remember those days, but I would have never done anything quite that extreme just to look cool for anyone. She will value the fact that you didn't let her do that later, and hopefully she will be proud of herself, too. I hope so!

Liz M.

 

[lvponies]

I was against it when I first asked the question and thanks to all of you, I am more against it now. Thank you so much for sharing your opinions and experiences with tongue piercing. I've heard of the sexual implications and even though she never said anything about that to me, it's been on my mind too. :no:

She can wait until she's 18. I'm hoping at that point that she will reconsider getting it done altogether.

Thanks,

Kim

 

[lvponies]

Karla....you are so right....there is always something and I have a head of grey hair to prove it!!!! Just hoping I make it out of the teenage years intact and alive!!!

 

[littledonkeys.com]

I would let her on 1 condition, thats the only peircing she gets. I wouldnt like it and I would express my displeasure in it. As a parent of two, if thats the worst in appearances my daughter does, I will be happy. Chances are its a phase and eventually she will remove it and let the hole grow in.

 

[CharmedMinis]

She sounds like she wants it so bad that you are probably going to have to scare her out of getting it.

Take her to the dentist and let them tell her all the nasty things that can happen.

One thing that will for sure happen over time is that it will cause the enamel on her teeth to be damaged and disappear.

I don't have my tongue pierced, it's one thing I will never do...........but, when I was a little bitty kid I had horrible ear infections and the docs gave me Flagil, before they knew the harm it caused............

I am now 25 and I have no enamel left on most of my teeth. I have crowns, multiple cavities at every visit even though I brush 3 times daily. I have now ground down my molars and need an orthodic called a Mogul to sleep in at night ($1800). My dentist says I have the teeth of a 55 year old, and if I don't get the the orthodic I won't beable to chew food by the time I'm 40 if not sooner.

I never would have damaged my enamel willingly by getting a tongue piercing.

I also agree with Strass..........the boyfriend has a lot to do with it. I had a boyfriend who had his tongue pierced and even though we never got really "serious" he made it quite clear that he knew how to use it.

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Let her get her navel pierced or the side of her nose. Or even a tiny tattoo of a flower or heart in a discreet place. Self expression is great, but not in a way that can cause soooo many problems.

Good Luck

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[Marylou]

I personally know 5 people of various ages who have a tongue piercing. Only one still has it and had no trouble. The other 4 had infections (2 serious) and all have dental problems. Just too much of a risk!

 

[Margo_C-T]

Well, I am 65 years old, so I imagine you can guess what my position would be on this! NO WAY!!!!! And, as your daughter is not 18, she and her well-being are still your responsibility-no matter what she may think, in her youth and naivete, is 'cool'....please, for her own good, do NOT allow it. Parenting is NOT a popularity contest; if your offspring get upset, well-that's the natural order of things-but it is up to the parent to be the adult.

Margo

 

[sedeh]

No Way!!! Besides the high risk of infection, the sexual implications, and the speech impediment they develop, there are also nerves in your tongue. Ask her how she'd feel if she gets nerve damage and half her tonque doesn't work! I'm sorry, but of all the piercings, the tongue is by far the riskiest.