Anyone with / had a tongue piercing and can remember the swelling!

[jofeb04]

Hiya,

Had my tongue pierced friday mid-day, and it is still swollen (which I knew would be!). But, how long does it last for? Swelling is slowly going down, having ice-cubes, ice-cream and cold drinks etc.

Please tell me it won't be too long now! I can't bloody eat, keep on biting my tongue or the ball!

Thanks

It took ages for the swelling to go down, at least a week IIRC. Did your piercer tell you when you could put a smaller bar in? That will give you an indication of when he thinks the swelling should be gone.

Have to go back on Friday (so a week!).

Sick of having soup!

I found things that could be kept to the side of the mouth while eating like chips were easier to eat.

Try really hard not to bite the ball, my brother cracked a tooth in half doing this.

I survived on chocolate milkshakes for about 5 days.

I cracked one of my teeth after 4 months, i took it out after that as I didn't want to risk any visible damage.

I should be ok with the biting issue! Chips are do-able (as long as there is no salt on them as I noticed earlier!).

Chocolate Milkshakes is a good idea

Thanks for the tips.

Be prepared for your dentist to make loud clucking noises of disapproval at your next appointment by the way. Ever since I had mine done, my dentist has been telling me horror stories about chipping all the enamel off the back of my teeth.

I've only just taken mine out after 4 years because I'm about to start applying for graduate jobs and I've had negative comments at past interviews.

I've only bitten my ball a few times but would recommend getting a plastic ball and bar set when your piercing is properly healed. Something like these as it lessens the chances of damaging your teeth.

I think I went back in after a week and had the smaller bar put in so it must have just about gone down by then.

Eating does get doable really quickly but I am another person that took mine out after cracking a tooth whilst eating - I now have a nice gap where one of my pre molars should be.

You can also get a clear plastic bar that has a small flat top and a black elastic type thing at the bottom to hold it in if you need to hide it for any reason - like an interview, I can't think of the name of it but they should sell them in the place you had it done.

www.jobananas.com/clear-acrylic-tongue-piercing-retainer-pr-16281.html

Like this

Yes should be down by 1 week after. I had my small bar put in after a week too.
Not all dentists disapproving btw, my dentist is fascinated by mine I took it out before my last appointment and he was disappointed, asking where it was cos he wanted to show the other dentist! I don't think he'd seen one before lol

You wait until he sees a few tongue stud chips then he'll get all disapproving on you

I had a medium bar after 1 week and the small one a week after that. The first week is the worst the bar was too big for my mouth so had to lay backwards which cut in - ouch! I survived on chips too.

I've had mine done 10 years now and no dentist has ever moaned about mine, but then mine hasn't damaged my teeth!

Tip: Brush the back of your toungue!

Thanks for the tips..really appreciate it.

Loving the ice-cubes and ice-cream though, this weather is perfect to have the piercing done! Swelling is going down slowly, still gag everynow and again though (normally in the morning!).

One thing, I've got some sort of ulcer on the bottom of my tongue, and it hurts. Anything I can use or take for it?

Can't really help with the ulcer. Have you been rinsing etc properly as told by your piercer?

Yep....finding it annoying mind, but doing it. Was told that it might happen, it does to some and not to others.

But it hurts!

Can't wait for this big bar to removed either.

completelyabsolutely Thankyou for the site link, Ive been looking for those type of ones for a while!

Harleyquinn - you are most welcome

jofe - I think I remember being told (t'was 10 years ago now ) to rinse my mouth with a dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide - yes the stuff used to bleach hair. You can buy it in most chemists and it has instructions on the back for making up as a mouth rinse. Tastes foul but seemed to do the job.

I also second the tongue brushing - it gets furry!

I can't think of any reason that you couldn't use something like ansebol (sp?) on it to ease the pain.

CA, can't believe they told you to rinse your mouth out with that.

Swelling has gone down, so have had a smaller bar changed.

Speech is still really odd, anyone had problems with that before? Hasn't been a week yet though.

CA....just read that back, sounds like I don't belive you.

I can believe it, but can't iyswim!

Jofeb04 - yeah I had odd speech with mine, just try not to have long conversations with anybody for a while!

Lol @HQ. How long did it last for? I'm struggling with "L's"

So did I! hmmm mine lasted about two weeks, but once everything is settled you should get all the speech back fine

Thanks for that....the thought of not talking properly fills me with dread! The dc have loved it though...
Me: Ds, can you do this for me?
Ds: what did you say mam?

Repeated since friday lol.