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I’m an autopsy technician & everyone asks me what happens to piercings when you die – you can keep them all, except one
HAVE you ever wondered what happens to your piercings when you die?
One woman has, and took to TikTok to pose the question to autopsy technician Gerald Ledford, writing: “What about piercings?
Autopsy technician Gerald Ledford answered one person’s question about what happens to piercings when we dieTikTok/@big_led73
GettyGerald explained that all the piercings are left apart from the tongue piercing – which is removed because the entire tongue is removed[/caption]
“When I die I absolutely need to keep every single one – facial and body piercings.”
Gerald, who posts under the G Dubya account on TikTok, replied: “You’re worried I’m going to take your piercings out and you don’t get to take them with you?
“The only one I take out is your tongue ring.
“I remove your tongue during an autopsy – we need to make sure you didn’t bite down on it, need to make sure you don’t have drugs at the back of your throat.”
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He added that “nipples, nose, ears, eyebrow, private parts” are ok.
Gerald in the caption for the video: “You get to keep all your piercings except the tongue.
“I take your tongue out.”
His admission left many viewers feeling uneasy, with one writing: “just decided I won’t be dying.”
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“Wait! what? everyone’s tongue is removed?” another asked.
“So you’re telling me every time I’ve been to a funeral, the person was just chilling with no tongue & I didn’t know,” a third wrote.
“Wait- you take out the tongue? Can I sign a no tongue removal clause?” someone else wrote.
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“So I’m just going to be immediately cremated,” another comment read.
“These videos give me too much anxiety over what happens to my body and things inserted/removed.”
His admission led to shock and horror from viewers on the social media platformTikTok/@big_led73
