Figure 7From: Medical tongue piercing – development and evaluation of a surgical protocol and the perception of procedural discomfort of the participants Subject 2 (♀, age 45; 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) (10 cm VAS scale). Back to article page