I just received my association newsletter today and in it was an article on body piercing and how mainstreamed it has become. Imagine my shock when I actually read about uvula piercings or split tongue or even mandible (jaw) piercing. I can't imagine mutilating myself for the sake of 'fashion' or whatever (my only piercings are my ears).
So what do you guys think about body piercing? Sexy or no?
A uvula piercing is a [A title="Body piercing" href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_piercing"]body piercing[/A] through the [A title=Uvula href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvula"]uvula[/A]. This is a rare piercing, and although the procedure is relatively simple, many piercers may refuse to perform it. The uvula is an extremely [A title=Vascular href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular"]vascular[/A] piece of tissue, and heals very rapidly. Uvula piercings may [A title="Piercing migration" href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piercing_migration"]reject[/A], leading to the [A title=Bisection href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisection"]bisection[/A] of the uvula, which although unintentional, is harmless.
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[H3]Pre-cut[/H3] [P align=justify]I had first heard of tongue splitting in a magazine. The procedure was performed by a girl who did it using the fishing line method. Then at a much later date, when I talked with [A href="vny!://iam.bmezine.com/?glider"]Shannon Larratt of BME[/A] over the phone, who explained how a Doctor Busino, an oral surgeon, performed the surgery using an argon laser. Dr. Busino is located in Albany, New York. I came very close to visiting the doctor myself to get it done, but decided against it. First of all, from the pictures I had seen, and the stories I had heard, it seemed that the laser method allowed the tongue to heal back together quite a bit. My life also became incredibly busy at the time, and I found myself constantly postponing the procedure. Eventually, I completely forgot. The next time I had the opportunity to visit [A href="vny!://www.stevehaworth.com/"]Steve Haworth[/A] in Phoenix, Arizona, I met 2 people that had their tongues split by Steve also using the fishing line method. The opportunity to view, firsthand, the end result, and being able to witness no speech distortion, I decided that one day soon, I too would have two tongues.
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Ewww. I would think any kind of normal speech would be out of the question.
You're right, PC. We used our tongues to form speeches. I can't imagine someone with a split tongue being able to talk coherently but maybe that's what that person wants to anyways. To stand apart even if it means talking funny.
ive seen the lizard tongue before but never heard of that peircing. why would anyone do that?
Oh yes. It's done to a perfectly formed tongue. What you do is split it apart with a surgical knife then pull the two ends so they won't fused and heal together. It's really scary stuff.
People do that for whatever reasons, "tribal"... to belong to a group. etc. etc.
I would think having a piercing in the back of my throat like that would always make me feel like I needed to cough. Yak !
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EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWwwwww!!!!
I guess this is where we get "speeking with fork tongue"
I'll triple that EWWWWWWWWWWWWW and raise you 2
Yuk, if there's one thing that turns me off.........