C18: named after Ãtienne de Silhouette (1709â67), French politician, perhaps referring to silhouettes as partial portraits, with a satirical allusion to Silhouette's brief career as controller general (1759)
Basic Door Knocker Tongue Ring. This tongue ring is 5/8 and is available in 14, 12, 10 or 8 Gauge 316L surgical steel.
Tongue piercings usually take between 10-14 days to heal, it is almost impossible to develop an infection because the mouth contains an enzyme Ptyalin and Lingual antimicrobial Peptide (LAP) which kills bacteria.