Piercings are safe. But make sure the piercer is clean and can do the type of pierving that you want done. Although you do have the risk of them being pulled on, but pulled out, i have yet to hear of that happening to someone hehe. I think that the difference between tats and rings are tats hurt the whole time your getting done, say on about a hour sesion. Piercings hurt for the second that they go in and then hurt while they heal. My tounge hurt for almost two weeks, if i would move wrong or eat the wrong things. But if you have a tat you know that they only hurt while they are getting done, then thats it. At least it was for me.. Although i hated the itching drove me nuts LOL...

Sar --,--'-@

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