Pierceit - Body Modification Journal

More Tattoo Work

admin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:40:00 +0000

I had a little more work done on my sleeve yesterday. Also some touch-up’s done where the ink has ‘kicked out’ on some of my older tatts.

More Skulls

Playing with the tongue

admin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:56:47 +0000

Crossed

Un-Crossed

It’s been over two weeks since my tongue was split. My speech is mostly back to normal, although some words need to be pronunciated with extra care. The tongue is healing nicely and I’m doing exercises as shown above.

Tongue Split Progress

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:59:33 +0000

It’s day 12 and the tongue split is healing nicely! I’m amazed by the cross-section, in which you can clearly see the fistula from the stretched tongue piercing. You can also see the new skin forming on the ‘cut’ sections of tissue. I am also finding it easier to speak and slowly loosing the lisp as the muscle builds in each side of the split.

The First Stitch

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:23:29 +0000

It’s been a week since the tongue split, no major issues. I cut this stitch out as it was annoying me, may try and get a few others as well. I am back on normal food now too, had a nice spicy curry last night :-).

False Advertising

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:30:42 +0000

Day Three in the Tongue Split House: Well My tongue is a little less swollen today - Most of the ancillary swelling has gone, just swollen around the actual split. I’m still unable to speak properly. Was putting my washing away yesterday (yeah, I do my own washing) and realised I am unable to wear the above t-shirt any more!

Ice, Ice baby

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:48:41 +0000

Day two and the tongue is not as swollen as yesterday - I’m taking ibuprofen and taking plenty of ice.

The first day

admin — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:52:54 +0000

It took me a while to get to sleep last night - had some weird dreams when I managed it as well! My tongue is just achy, I’ve just pulled it apart (not that it was stuck together) and rinsed it with saline solution. I’ll be doing that four/five times a day for the first week or so, after that I can drop the saline and just keep exercising it for the first three months.

The tongue split is one of those body mods where the initial procedure is a walk in the park compared to the first week of living with it. I did manage to eat some food last night and am going to try to eat something in a while - Weetabix and banana is probably soft enough to manage.

Today I’ll be mostly: Downing lots of ibuprofen, not speaking and sucking on ice to reduce the swelling.

The tongue is now two

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:33:48 +0000

My split has been done and I’m stoked! Split is nice and deep, it goes right back to the frenum. Now I just need to keep seperating it and rinsing with saline for the next few days. More after the break, including gory images

The procedure only took fifteen minutes and was not intense at all. The clamping was the worst part but was still manageable, even the stitching was fine. There wasn’t even that much blood and the swelling hasn’t been too bad - but it has only been two hours since I had it done. I’m taking ibuprofen to alleviate the swelling and avoiding trying to speak.

I’m just chillin’ watching some Seinfeld and trying not to laugh too much - There will be lots of soup for me over the coming days!

Only Hours to Go

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:11:31 +0000

Until I am no longer to do silly things like this!

Splitting Up Is Hard To Do

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:10:12 +0000

Less than 48 hours to go to my tongue split procedure! I removed the 10mm barbell from my tongue earlier this week, to allow the tongue to return to normal, so that it can be cut correctly. I’ve been wearing that barbell for about four years - It was custom made for me and it feels really weird without it. Sacrifices have to be made for the greater good