I got my tongue pierced!

[bad_kitty2001]

Maybe I'm crazy! I've wanted it for years and Tuesday I actually did it. It really didn't hurt but, it is swollen and eating isn't exactly easy. They say I should be back to normal in 2 weeks. I've eating some baby food and and tried mashed potatoes today.

Slimfast seem to be the easiest. Who knows...maybe I'll lose a few pounds. :P

[twstychik]

You shold be able to eat in a few days. Try to avoid things like pasta and cheese though... anything that might get wrapped or caught on the barbell. Also, Listerine is your friend! Use it often! I found that it actually helped with the pain and swelling too.

[Arlyn]

Slurpees are also your friend

[bad_kitty2001]

Yeah, I was told to buy a non alcoholic mouthwash so that's what I have been using. And sea salt mixed with water. Can't wait to eat real food again! I was starving yesterday.

[twstychik]

You can eat real food it will just take you about 5x's longer than usual! But it's a lot of fun once it's healed.

[Esme]

also eat some yogurt with acidophillus -- my friend overused mouthwash when he got his tongue pierced and killed enough good bacteria on his tongue to get a bad yeast infection. poor guy

[DarkMavis]

You should be back to normal way before 2 weeks. I got mine pierced, oh let me think... almost 10 years ago, December 2 1999 I believe, and the swelling went down after a few days. Eating was hard, kind of impossible, even soup was hard! I love mine, I don't know if it was on purpose or not but the piercer did it further back then I see most people's, so I can hide it easily, it's not obnoxious and just hanging out there.

[CoolCat]

Ouch!...

[709Juggalette]

Congrats!

Do not use an alcohol based mouthwash,these are way too harsh on a new piercing.I used Biotene when I got mine done (6-7 yrs ago now) and it worked great.I also lived off of yogurt for a week,because I couldn't chew anything...it felt weird at first! The swelling should go down in a few days.

[carolinalima]

Originally Posted by CoolCat

Ouch!...

ouch ouch ouch!!

[sillyitiliangrl]

It took me two weeks to get to eating solid food..... first thing I ate... a slice of plain pizza.... took 2.5hrs but was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo GOOD!!!!!

I ate lots of icecream, mashed taters (yum), and chicken broth! I found taking an advil or two a day really kept the swelling down (Tynol won't do anything for swelling, its gotta be advil/ibprophin sp?)

Enjoy your new piercing!!!

PS my other advice is to wait a few months b4 chanig the barbell yourself, I'd go back and have a shorter one put in after about a month.... then wait to change it for a while

[ut0pia]

OMG That is sooo cool!! I love how pierced tongue looks but I'm too scared to do it because I'm afraid it will be too much trouble to take care of my tongue that way