Tongue piercing
Today there are a lot of types of piercing that are available and you will have no troubles finding the most suitable piercing parlor in the area where you are living. One of the most common among them is the tongue piercing.
Tongue piercing history
There are proofs that show that there were ritual tongue piercing on both Aztec and Maya cultures. However that was only part of a ritual, which was done by the priests in favor of the gods and there are no records for permanent tongue piercing. There is a lot of evidence in all the cultures around the world that show that the tongue piercing was a very common practice and in the Asian culture it was used as a proof of state of trance.
The permanent tongue piercing is a very common practice and it can be dated since the 1980s. That decade was known as the emergence of piercing and there were many piercing innovations that were created. The tongue piercing, which is common today is the same as it was in the 1980s and only a few changes were made.
Tongue piercing types
There are a lot of variations of the tongue piercing that are very common today. The main one of them is the traditional, where the piercing will be made approximately on the middle of the tongue. It is usually created 1.9 cm back from the top of the tongue and it is placed with the top a little further than the bottom. The main reason for that is the fact that this positioning will allow the jewel that you will be wearing to lean slightly on the back. That way you will reduce the damage that the tongue piercing will do to your teeth.
Another very common variation of the tongue piercing is the so called tongue frenulum piercing, which means that you will get pierced in the ferlenum area of the tongue. Using that type of piercing you will be able to make a stretched tongue piercing, which on the other hand will allow you to split your tongue. Furthermore, there are a lot of different types of that piercing, which are created to help you achieve better combinations, like for example the Angel bite, which involves two tongue piercing and one of them is right in front of the other.
Tongue piercing jewelry
When you are choosing suitable tongue piercing jewelry, you will have to make sure that you will feel comfortable when you are wearing them. Furthermore, that is one of the main reasons why the most common jewelry that is used for the tongue piercing is the barbells.
Remember that when you are choosing the best jewelry that you will be wearing the size is important too because your tongue will be moving frequently and there is a chance of migration if the piercing is bigger than it should be.
There are a lot of different types of barbells that are available and also there are a lot of materials that are used for their creation, so you will have to make sure that you are not allergic to the material from which the barbell is created.
