About Martin M Expertise Health is in the body, it`s in the mind and it`s in the emotions. About the body you can ask anyone, the other two are not so easy to discuss. Genitals are tricky subjects as well. So, just when sex is new and relationships become complex, who can you talk to? Teens need to grow up healthily in ALL respects. Your sex-life has just started, don`t let it start all knotted up. If you worry about the first time, kissing, virginity, STD`s, love, genital size, masturbation, homosexuality, self-confidence, oral sex or any such matter, ask away. Get it off your chest, don`t worry, be happy.
Experience I?m not a doctor, but I learned much about much. On this site I advised and helped hundreds of people who had problems and questions about their body, sexuality and relationships. I specialize in questions that are SILLY, PRIVATE, EMBARRASSING, DIRTY and STUPID. Somewhere in your teens, you run into puberty and sex gets to be an item. You learn the basics about puberty and sex at school and at home, but where do you get the details? The weird and naughty bits? Who do you ask those private and embarrassing questions? You don?t want to look dirty-minded asking a teacher, you don?t want to look silly and stupid asking a friend. If you don?t ask, you worry and blunder. That?s where I come in. Old enough to know, young enough (at heart) to understand you.
Expert: Martin M Date: 4/26/2005 Subject: tongue piercing
Question i'm about to turn 17 in the summer i'm going to get my tongue pierced not exactly sure if i'm going to a place or just have a friend do it. If I have my friend do it I will have a clamp on so he doesn't put it in the wrong spot. What danger is involved in just having my friend do it? Thanks!
Answer Dear Shaun,
I hoped you asked other experts as well, because I am in ‘Teen Health' as an expert on sexuality, and I don't know a lot about piercings – certainly not about the medical implications or risks.
What I can say about it as non-expert: the tongue is a very important and quite complex organ. It is a bundle of nerves and muscles that need to work together with great precision to form the sounds of speech. I advise you to make sure that you find a professional who is VERY sure of what he does. Even though I have little idea of what might go wrong, if the tongue is concerned I suggest that you choose for absolute certainty. If I were you, I'd go for ZERO risk.
