Figure 6From: Medical tongue piercing – development and evaluation of a surgical protocol and the perception of procedural discomfort of the participantsSubject 1 (♂, age 59, tetraplegia after cervical fracture): Perception of pain, taste, speech, and problems with hitting the teeth with the piercing seen over a 10-day period after the first day of surgery (day 0). At day 6 the piercing was changed (10 cm VAS scale).Back to article page