I have a body piercings and my dr said that I could use plastic barbells. And when I asked about my tounge ring he said I could do the same, but wouldnt it get in the way if they put a tube in my mouth? BTW ive never had surgery so I/m new to this.

I have a nipple piercing and my ear done ( up high)...the nipple I took out I knew it would not close in a day, and my earring up high I left in and signed a release......should be fine.

be aware that tongue piercings can close up really quickly - I don't know about the tube down the throat part of it but I was told I had to take mine out years ago for a gastroscopy (about an hour op) and mine was completely closed!

I don't have first hand experience. I think my biggest concern would be 1) what if there was a problem and the tongue piercing got in the way of saving my life (alarmist I know.). Also what if there is an issue and it gets ripped out when they are working on you. Personally I would take it out.

Yea Mine has closed before, but I'm thinking of just t aking it out. I can always re-do it later if I need to. TY all for ur input

Most if not all anesthesiologists will ask you if you have anything loose or removable in your mouth, so I assume they would make you take the tongue ring out.

I have 9 piercings and the only one that has ever closed up SUPER quickly on me is the lip ring. if you've had your tongue ring for any amount of time (longer than a year), it will survive the morning of surgery. You'll be able to put it in later that afternoon. You'll be fine.

not necessarily so - I had mine 5 years and it closed within an hour! everyone is different - if you are worried more about your health, take it out.... as you said, you can always have it re-done!

Before surgery the nurse put a small piece of tape over the newest piercing in my ear so that I wouldn't need to take the stud out. The chance of choking on a detached tongue stud should it happen to come loose would be enough to convince me to risk having the piercing close up instead.

I agree, I figured what's more important, a piercing that can be re-done or my health. Um I think I will go with health lol

For this surgery I didn't have any body piercings to worry about but I was told to take them all out before surgery. I wouldn't recommend keeping your tongue piercing in, I feel like that might get in the way of the tube down your throat. I remember when I had surgery a few years ago I had my tongue pierced and I took it out for the day and over night and it never closed. I would think if you had it for a while (I was 23 at the time of that surgery and I've had my tongue pierced since I was 17) that it won't close over night.

For this surgery I didn't have any body piercings to worry about but I was told to take them all out before surgery. I wouldn't recommend keeping your tongue piercing in, I feel like that might get in the way of the tube down your throat. I remember when I had surgery a few years ago I had my tongue pierced and I took it out for the day and over night and it never closed. I would think if you had it for a while (I was 23 at the time of that surgery and I've had my tongue pierced since I was 17) that it won't close over night.

yea i've had mine for over 3 years. i can't remember if it closed fast the other tmes (i've had it dome 3 times) lol but either way to play it safe i'll take it out and if it closes i'll think about getting it done again.

Chances are it will close.

I don't know where you're located but go to a reputable piercing studio and ask them for teflon or silicone jewellery (if you message me where you are I can recommend an appropriate resource).

There's no reason to remove your body jewellery completely.

** And I do know the American spelling of jewelry but I'm not American ; )

So i had surgery today and my tongue ring did not close! I guess i got lucky lol. I took it out st 6 and put it back in at 930ish. everyone is different though so idk if other will close fast.

Glad to hear it didn't close on you

Me, I'm buying up retainers for my surgery and/or any future MRIs. Even things I've had for decades tend to try and close fast on me -is the reason I've had one nipple re-done 3X.... I've 18 holes and 5 of them I don't think I could go through the pain of having repierced; definitely not 2 of them, as I almost blacked out during them and then spent about 2-3 weeks holding ice on my vulva to ease the pain and swelling. Not. Doing. It. Again. for all I love having them.

Best wishes in healing!!!

Shoot I understand! I wouldn't want to have to do that again either! Lol Gl on ur surgery