It's not really my first time on this thread but I can answer some of those questions, lol.
Your gender?
Female
Your sexual orientation?
Lesbian
Where Are You From?
Portugal
Where Do You Live?
USA
How Old Are you?
25~30
What are your hobbies (other than gaming)?
tight lacing, stitching, piercings, tattoos, amateur radio, et al
I'd hate to put it in those terms, I don't really think that piercings or tattoos have any "advantages", more like personal expression.
However, and I do have to be honest, it can make certain things a lot more interesting, such as kissing or other things you do with your mouth
It won't turn a lousy kisser into a great one, far from it, but a good kisser can learn to become a great kisser if they know how to use it.
When you first get your tongue pierced they use a barbel that is fairly long to accommodate to the swelling that our tongue will have during the first 2~3 days. The tongue can swell up to 3 times it's original thickness so it needs to have some room for it to do it's thing otherwise it could heal very bad, cause a lot of pain and other small things we don't want.
After about a week or so you can go back to your piercer, once the swelling has gone down, and they will replace it with a shorter length barbel that fits your tongue better. It's fairly important to do this because a barbel that's too long can easily get shoved between teeth while chewing and trust me that when steel meets tooth, steel wins every time.
Tongue piercings usually heal in about 4 weeks since the tongue is just a big thick muscle and after the healing is complete then you can swap it any way you want to. Some people like titanium jewelry , others like surgical steel and others go for acrylic or bio-flex.
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