Proper aftercare techniques are crucial to the outcome of your tongue piercing. Much of this depends on where your tongue piercing is placed, as well as how many new piercings you have. A little bit of swelling is normal — after all, your tongue now has a hole in it. Soft, bland foods — like applesauce and yogurt — are preferred. You can do a salt rinse to help minimize any pain and swelling.
Ready-made rinses may be available for purchase from your piercer, or you can make your own at home. Use it several times per day at first to encourage the healing process. Pain and swelling should start to subside by the end of the first week. You may find it easier to eat, but you should still stick with soft foods at this point. Keep up with your salt rinses, and avoid extensive physical contact with others.
Overall pain and swelling should be done by this point. You may start eating harder, crunchier foods, but do so with care. If any discomfort develops, stick with soft foods for a bit longer. If possible, rinse your mouth out with salt water after eating and drinking. This can help prevent food and other irritants from getting stuck around the jewelry. But take care with spices, as these can irritate the wound.
You can cut down to twice-daily salt rinses — preferably morning and night — after you brush your teeth. This is considered the final stretch in your tongue piercing healing process.
Any symptoms beyond this may be a sign of infection or a poor piercing job. Once your piercer give you the OK, you can resume your normal habits. This includes eating what you want, getting intimate, and switching out your jewelry. Avoid eating solid foods for hours. You'll be able to manage the pain and avoid the risk of infection much more easily if you stick to juice and other foods you can sip for the first two days, at least.
Listen to your body, but it's usually best if you avoid chewing and get used to the bar in your mouth for a while before trying to eat solid food. Avoid alcohol and smoking for at least two weeks. As your tongue starts to heal, avoid alcohol and smoke, which can agitate the wound and keep it from healing like it should. To be on the safe side, avoid them.
Try learning to speak normally with the bar in. One unexpectedly difficult issue that many newly-pierced people experience is that it's somewhat difficult to speak without a slight lisp, or feeling as if you've got a hard candy in your mouth at all times. The best way to speak properly: ignore it. Try your best to stop "holding" the bar as if it were a piece of candy, and just leave it alone as best you can. You'll instinctively try to keep the stud in your mouth, which you don't need to do.
It's not going anywhere. Put in a smaller stud when the piercing heals. Total recovery can take up to a month, depending on the job and the person. When it starts to feel comfortable, it's good to switch to a smaller and more comfortable tongue stud than the one you used to get the piercing started. Change the bar to a smaller bar in about two weeks when the swelling has gone down.
Can I re-pierce in the same hole or should I make a new one because of scar tissue? You can repierce it. The only thing is it might a be a little harder to get the needle through and might have possible healing issues. Yes No. Not Helpful 2 Helpful What's the easiest piercing to hide from my parents?
I'd like to get a piercing without their permission. Belly button, you can get it pierced and then just wear long t-shirts. After months you can put in a retainer and wear crop tops! Not Helpful 4 Helpful Kind of. Try looking away when you're talking and avoid laughing. Also, if you use a neutral ball it is not very visible.
Not Helpful 5 Helpful It will probably be too small, and your swelling tongue could heal over it. Not Helpful 1 Helpful Not Helpful 3 Helpful Look in the mirror and lift your tongue so you can see the underside of it. Not Helpful 6 Helpful You can order kits online, just be sure it is a reutable company. Always clean the stuff you get for piericing before you use it. It isn't urgent. Not Helpful 7 Helpful You can pierce your own tongue at any age not recommended , but to get it professionally done you need parent consent until you're Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.
Eat ice pops to help keep the swelling down. Helpful 3 Not Helpful 0. Please go see a professional piercer! They have all the proper tools and sanitary devices. You can risk ruining your taste buds, and or the nerves in your tongue.
You may end up with a speech impediment, or even splitting your tongue. Not to mention the sever bleeding and infections you risk getting. Just go see a professional! Helpful 2 Not Helpful 3. Go to a professional for this type of piercing! You can easily hit a vein and face life threatening injuries. It's not worth it. The piercer will have a firm grip on your tongue—either with his or her fingers or with a pair of forceps—so with an experienced piercer there is actually very little you can do to mess the procedure up.
Because of swelling, eating may be uncomfortable for the first couple of days. During this time, try not to eat anything that further irritates the area, such as solid, tough, crunchy, or hot spicy or in temperature foods. It is best to stick with foods that are softer and do not involve much chewing. Chilled smoothies are always a good idea.
You will have some readjusting to do in the first week or so while your tongue is swollen. If you simply speak more slowly and carefully, you should be fine. The day after getting pierced is typically the worst; by day three, at least you can fake it. You know that burning, tingling sensation you get when you use Listerine? This applies to any mouthwash with a high alcohol content.
Overuse of Listerine or a similar mouthwash can sometimes lead to oral yeast infections called thrush in children , especially in people with a compromised immune system. If you see a thick, white film developing on your tongue and the back of your throat, quit the Listerine and switch to sea-salt gargles instead. Once all the swelling is gone and you are fully healed about four weeks , you should change your jewelry to something that fits more snugly to your tongue.
A smaller barbell usually makes it easier to talk, easier to hide, and makes it less likely that you will damage your gums or teeth. Yes, you can. Much like lip or labret piercings, tongue piercings also have the potential to cause damage to your teeth. The best way to minimize this risk is to make sure your jewelry fits properly; this mean putting in a shorter barbell after the first month. Since most damage comes from wearing jewelry that is too long—such as extra-long barbells rubbing against gums, biting the barbell, playing with the jewelry, etc.
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