What started out as a religious practice in Aztec and Mayan cultures, tongue rings are gaining popularity all over the world.  Although there are a variety of tongue rings and tongue piercings available, the traditional straight barbell piercing continues to be the most popular.  Pre-pierced teens and adults often wonder if this style of tongue ring will be visible when they talk, if it will cause a lot of swelling and if they will experience any trouble while eating after this piercing is done.  This articel answers all of those questions in more right here in one place.  Answers and ideas come from people who have pierced tongues. People also often wonder if the tongue piercing process will be especially painful and very common question [...]