Tongue/Body Piercing

intricatic said:

No, piercings are great fun so long as you enjoy having long, pointy metal objects shoved through your skin. I've had um.... 7 eyebrow piercings, I believe.

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Newsboy1900 said:

cool iv had my ears pierced before but they arent there anymore i have my tounge pierced atm

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intricatic said:

I would never get my tongue pierced, but for purely esthetic and health concerns. They're perhaps the most non-esthetic and difficult to maintain piercings you can get. Eyebrows are always class though.

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Firebird73 said:

Call me a grumpy old man but I think its disgusting. Seeing someone that has a face that looks like its had a fight with the contents of a toolbox does not appeal to me.
What do these extreme peircings and tattoo people do when they have to act normal, like at a wedding or a funeral?

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Newsboy1900 said:

define normal?.

what your talking about in a sense is judging a book by its cover.

i currently have 2 tattoos 1 takes up my entire right forarm i have been to funerals etc,

99.9 percent of people who goto funerals wear long sleaves etc, but i would not be ashamed of not wearing it, As i said before beauty is in the eye of the beholder (and most of the time unless its family, the people you hang around accept you for who you are and if they died they wouldent want you to be ashamed of yourself because they like who you are etc.)

But ya, piercings have happended for ever tattoos also its beautiful,

some people like art on walls some like it on skin

same cup diffrent brand of tea

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Firebird73 said:

I meant people who take it to the extreme.

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VNVnation said:

Take them out? Or for tattoos wear long sleeves.

Seven ear, three eyebrow, tongue and two lip piercings here. I don't always wear even close to all of them, just what I feel like.

Nothing wrong with piercings or tattoos, sometimes people just get too worried over such inconsequential details. I'm fairly certain God doesn't care if someones upper arm says 'mom' on it or not

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BigNorsk said:

We are told not to adorn ourselves with gold but with our behavior.

1 Peter 3:3-5 NET
(3) Let your beauty not be external — the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes —

woman/men wear jewlery daily watchs necklaces rings, whats the diffrence in that and body jewlry

(4) but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight.
(5) For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

1 Timothy 2:9-10 NET
(9) Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,

^^ that is subjective to what a group of set people find suitable, millions of people find things i wear suitable etc.

(10) but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.

Some of it comes down to why you are doing it. Is it to fit in? To look good?

^^ lol no not to fit in im in rual alabama defitnatly not to fit in, i have it because i like it and i enjoy it and its a part of my self expression
if i wanted to fit in i would dress in ambrocombie fitch and other preppy wear

I don't really see it as a big thing. Though if your tongue gets infected and swells up you might disagree. Tongues just look soooooo attractive with pus oozing out of the wound. You must excuse me, my microbiology training makes me think of anyone who pierces their tongue as asking for big trouble.

^^ that only happens if you are un hygenic or do not listen to the doctor/piercerings instructions for aftercare etc
i know alot of people who have had there tounge piercied over 10 years with perfect teeth etc,

The worst is these amateur tatoo and piercing parties. Just as well share needles with intravenous drug users. Lots and lots of people now have hepatitus and other diseases as a result to the practice. Funny but having your liver shutdown or an outbreak of herpes doesn't seem to improve one's looks either.

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if your dumb enough to let someone pierce you without a new needle and new prongs then thats your own fault, thats like buying meat from a guy on the side of the road.

Men adorning themselves with jewels isn't talked about much, it just wasn't that common then.

I don't think the question is one of why not, but of why? Why pierce yourself? How is it useful, what is gained? How does being pierced show love of God, yourself, or others?

why buy named brand clothes why wear a watch or necklace, ? cause you like it of course

I would call the practice of several people getting pierced in a party type of setting as sinful, because such a practice does indeed spread disease and is unsafe, it shows a significant lack of caring for yourself and others.

Marv

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Newsboy1900 said:

nah there not difficult to maintain not at all i think there esthetic lol it would really be in your view of things would it not??? i think eyebrow piercings kinda look werid but thats all about, to each there own right. but health concerns?

there is just as many with all other piercings than the rest, and you got less a chance of an infection with a tounge piercing than any other piercing cause the natural bacterial defences in your mouth.

sure it has been said it can damage your gums and teeth but that is if you wear very large/long steel bars. if you put in an acryllic or anthor non hard metal and a smaller bar it cant harm you much any. most of the so called health issues is myths.

iv had my tounge piercied 2 times, i have perfect teeth/gums and the only time i have gum/teeth issues is in the first 3 days of the piercing cause the extra long steel bar you must use the first 2 weeks for healing

but other piercings can hold the same amount of health risks as any -_0.

and the oral studys on teeth are not fully proven to my knowlage they all start with blah blah "could" blah blah

but ya beauty is in the eye of the beholder

plus its nice to have somethen just for you and you can choose to show it to others or hide it not like other piercings -_0

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intricatic said:

From everything I've heard from my family, who work Emergency Rooms (mother, cousin and aunt right now) - they get quite a good deal of people coming in suffering from overly bloated, infected tongues stemmed from improper care of a tongue piercing. I won't get into the details because they're gross, and I've seen it first hand with a former friend of mine.

I have not heard of any other piercing holding the same type of risk associated with tongue piercings. But you're right, it is highly subjective and I have no moral or ethical issue with tongue piercings, or any other piercing.

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