# Uvula Piercings **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 14, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404 "2009-03-14T05:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/1 "2009-03-14T05:43:19Z")
Doing some homework for a cross sectional anatomy class and I came across [uvula piercings](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvula_piercing) while reading up on the uvula. What on earth would possess someone to get that part of them pierced? Google image search yields a few images of people’s pierced uvulas. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/2 "2009-03-14T06:23:57Z")
I dunno. I think I’d immediately become half bulimic if I had a uvula piercing (no binging, lots of purging). ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/3 "2009-03-14T07:08:31Z")
It had to happen. Twenty years ago, we joked about uvula piercings as an escalation of the “running out of things to pierce” mentality. So, a couple years later, some goofball actually started piercing uvulas. What’s next? Epiglottis piercings? Kidney piercings? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/4 "2009-03-14T11:37:17Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > It had to happen. > > Twenty years ago, we joked about uvula piercings as an escalation of the “running out of things to pierce” mentality. > > So, a couple years later, some goofball actually started piercing uvulas. What’s next? Epiglottis piercings? Kidney piercings? People with a sharp eye for detail are getting their eyelids pierced so that can’t be joked about. How about piercing the adams apple with a juice harp? I’m sure there are some noteworthy stories there if anyone is willing to take a stab at it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/5 "2009-03-14T16:22:07Z")
From the BME entry on this: > [@](#): > > The uvula piercing has no functional or obviously aesthetic purpose. While some people have gotten the piercing as a “stupid human trick” to show off how “elite” they are Uvula Piercing originator Jon Cobb goes on to say: > [@](#): > > I was driven to have the uvula because it reflected the mind. Yeah, my mind frequently makes me throw up, too. > **[Uvula piercing - BME Encyclopedia](https://wiki.bme.com/index.php/Uvula_piercing)** ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/6 "2009-03-14T16:53:31Z")
Folks with tongue piercings sometimes say it makes their oral sex more entertaining. I suppose a person who has suppressed the gag reflex enough to do deep fellatio would say the same thing about uvula jewelry. That is, a fella with his twanger down a gullet might appreciate the added sensation of a bejeweled uvula dragging across his corona. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/7 "2009-03-14T17:21:35Z")
Apparently, you can get your brain pierced: [afapoker2021-demo casino slots-slot best 188](http://tattooique.com/info/brain-piercing-extreme-body-piercing-idea/) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/8 "2009-03-14T19:57:18Z")
I’m still waiting for a full-on [Frankenstein piercing](http://www.solarnavigator.net/mythology/mythology_images/Frankenstein_monster_Boris_Karloff.jpg). 1/2" steel bar right through the center of mass, man. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/9 "2009-03-14T21:10:11Z")
Elective colostomy: The last frontier in body modification. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/10 "2009-03-14T21:31:33Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > Apparently, you can get your brain pierced: [http://tattooique.com/info/brain-piercing-extreme-body-piercing-idea/](http://tattooique.com/info/brain-piercing-extreme-body-piercing-idea/) Hmmm. That would explain a lot, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/11 "2009-03-14T21:33:45Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Elective colostomy: The last frontier in body modification. Is that for folks who want to save their anuses for recreational use only? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/12 "2009-03-14T22:08:16Z")
…and presumably collect all their farts (as well as the other bit of business) in a plastic bag? Let’s not give people ideas. I dunno, something about uvula piercings just sticks in my craw. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/13 "2009-03-14T22:22:20Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Folks with tongue piercings sometimes say it makes their oral sex more entertaining. I suppose a person who has suppressed the gag reflex enough to do deep fellatio would say the same thing about uvula jewelry. That is, a fella with his twanger down a gullet might appreciate the added sensation of a bejeweled uvula dragging across his corona. :eek: I never really understood that. I’ve received oral sex from a couple of girls who had tongue piercings and both times it felt bad. There was this weird kind of pinching sensation… not painful, but certainly not comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/14 "2009-03-14T22:51:19Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I never really understood that. I’ve received oral sex from a couple of girls who had tongue piercings and both times it felt bad. There was this weird kind of pinching sensation… not painful, but certainly not comfortable. Nice to know that it’s BS. It seemed like a post-facto rationalization to me. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/15 "2009-03-14T23:16:39Z")
I dunno. I thought it was fantastic, although that might have just been technique. But she did it so she’d have something to fidget with, not to enhance BJs. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/16 "2009-03-15T00:18:48Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Folks with tongue piercings sometimes say it makes their oral sex more entertaining. I had a friend back when I worked for a Christian camp who got in trouble for her tongue piercing because the only reason the (apparently not as conservative as I thought) Camp Directer could think of getting one was to improve sex. I have no idea if the rumor is true or not, and it’s not why my friend got it (or at least that’s what she said.) ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/17 "2009-03-15T05:48:02Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > I had a friend back when I worked for a Christian camp who got in trouble for her tongue piercing because the only reason the (apparently not as conservative as I thought) Camp Directer could think of getting one was to improve sex. He must have seen _Pulp Fiction_. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/18 "2009-03-15T18:51:01Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I’m still waiting for a full-on [Frankenstein piercing](http://www.solarnavigator.net/mythology/mythology_images/Frankenstein_monster_Boris_Karloff.jpg). 1/2" steel bar right through the center of mass, man. Boris Karloff rules. ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/19 "2009-03-15T18:56:59Z")
A girl I know actually wanted to get her uvula pierced, and her piercer refused to do it on the grounds that he had never done one before, didn’t think it was a good idea, had no idea what kind of effects it might have, and could not in good conscience pierce it for her. And she still threw a fit over his refusal. (Note: To date, her uvula is not yet pierced.) I have never understood the fascination with tongue piercings improving oral sex. Apparently a lot of people believe that the “cool metal” will create some kind of earth-shatteringly good feeling, but given that my mouth is a pretty warm place, when I had my tongue pierced, the metal was always about the same temperature as the rest of the inside of my mouth. But then, I had my [tongue frenulum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenulum_linguae) pierced, which is a slightly different case. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404/20 "2009-03-15T22:17:49Z")
I’ve met Jon Cobb, the man who pioneered the uvula piercing. He’s pretty much insane, I feel I can say that with confidence. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvula-piercings/489404.md?page=2)