Tongue tattoos?

Where else on the human body can be a more insane place for a tattoo.

Not too long ago, I came across something that totally made my brain wander: Tongue tattoos. Of course, you may say, this is insane but i am intrigued with it non-the-less. Will I get one any time soon? I do not think so but even though I may pussy out on this insane tattoo, I still feel that this particular art form is  incredible and bizarre at the same time!

I am fascinated with this from an artists viewpoint. Believe it or not, many of these tongue tattoo designs are pretty cool looking. At the same time, I have also realized that tongue tattoos are a perfect compliment to tongue piercing.

According to several individuals who had a tongue tattoo inked for them have admitted it hurts like hell and to speaking after the procedure is difficult. However, the reward of being able to flash out their tongues and surprise people who are wouldn’t usually expect this is worth the suffering.

Even more, some individuals have said that foods taste like burnt skin after getting this ink job on their tongue. That would suck!

Upon searching more, there was this article saying that in the 1820’s the Hawaiian Queen Kamamalu got a tongue tattoo inked so that she could show her grief for the death of her mother in law. This process was documented by a missionary named William Ellis who stated that “the queen must be in great pain”.., she replied; “He eha nui no, he nui roa ra ku‘u aroha.” ,which is translated in Hawaiian as:(Great pain indeed, greater is my affection.)

The color pigment should hold if tattooed properly with a syringe. By using a certain injection style of tattooing the tongue, there is a procedure called ” a forced blow out” which is created beneath the skin. This is done by injecting pigment into permanent layers of skin, as it is known in tattooing. A word of caution is you have to be aware not to inject the pigment intramuscular.

After all of this, I do not believe i will be getting a tongue tattoo in the near future but now at least I realize that these are beautiful works of art, even on the tongue.

Check out Chopper Tattoo for some great designs !