Dear Mary,
You absolutely should not get anything pierced in your mouth. By doing this you would be opening your blood stream up to all sorts of bacteria (germs). These could then migrate to your heart valve and cause serious problems that could require surgery or could even result in
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Gangrene
Liver cell death
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Sudden infant death syndrome. As for piercing anything else on your body that’s up to you.
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