Tongue piercing is not safe because the tongue is an extremely vascular organ, which means that it has loads of blood vessels.

A tremendous amount of swelling is expected when the tongue is pierced and a large oversized barbell is initially placed to accommodate for the expected swelling. This can cause difficulty in breathing and swallowing.

Eating, drinking and speech are also impaired. The large barbell flops around and can cause un-restorable fractures to the teeth when accidentally bitten.

The barbell can also unscrew and you could end up swallowing it or possibly aspirated and sucked into the lungs which would require surgery for it to be removed.

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