Tongue Bars

The traditional practice of body piercing has been revived as a fashion statement for those who seek to associate themselves with hippie or punk culture. One such type of body piercing is tongue piercing, where the tongue is pierced with small barbell-type jewellery - tongue bars. This barbell has to be of a comfortable size because the tongue is essential to most day-to-day activities. This barbell-shaped jewellery is often known as a "tongue bar". Tongue bars are made from different materials including plastic and metal. Tongue bars are judiciously designed to appear funky. However, to hide this trendy piece of jewellery, while the user is in a working environment, he/she would prefer to wear a tongue bar that is colourless, similar to that of the tongue and with a flat-bead.

Sometimes, tongue piercing is done nearer to the tip. This allows the person to wear a ring or more than one on the tongue. This ring may be adorned with a bead. However, it is less likely that a person would go for this kind of tongue piercing as it is known to cause more discomfort than conventional tongue piercing. Popular motifs such as playboy, dice, smiley frog face, hello kitty, etc., are used head of the tongue bars. The wide range of colours available in tongue bar provides options to the purchaser to wear the one that matches their dress.