General Questions/Advice?

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Thursday June 25th, 2009 @ 12:40 PM

Filed under: Tongue

I got my piercing 26 hours ago. I attempted to do my research ahead of time as I was a huge chicken about pain, hygiene etc. Since having it pierced only 3000 more questions have crossed my mind. Even with swelling I am having no trouble speaking so my main concern of a “lisp” forming seems to be no concern. But not I keep reading everyone’s horror stories and I keep worrying “will that happen to me?”

So for the only that I have experienced is swelling the full length of the 14 mm bar used and my jaw is very tight. I slept on my back last night with but my head/shoulders elevated at a little over a 45 degree angle. I have been drinking protein drinks and upped my vitamin regimen before the piercing to accommodate the chance of not eating much. My piercer told me to avoid yeast/ dairy for at least a week. I was also told to use sea salt/water + Crest non-alcohol Mouthwash. To change my toothbrush to a new soft bristle one. To take lots of Tylenol (do to a stomach surgery I can’t take anything but Tylenol rapid release). I know I am probably over worrying, but I start thinking of everything that could go wrong and I wonder if I should just take it out now and let it go as a lesson learned.

Also I was slightly upset as it isn’t pierced in the center, and I wanted informed until after the piercing was done that it wasn’t pierced in the center. I evidently have a vein there, and my piercer wouldn’t take a chance going through it. I am worried that I will look “stupid” even though I have read this is common in some people. Honestly for a 26 year old adult female I feel like I am 12 years old again getting my ears pierced for the first time, panicking about everything that could happen.

So any advice besides go on Prozac as quick as possible would be of great help.

So, I”m not sure Prozac is really in order, but certainly a couple of deep breaths and a nice counting-to-10 might be helpful at this point. Okay, now count to 10 again.

You definitely need to relax about the healing part of it. It sounds like you are dong all the right stuff to get your piercing to heal. Add to that, tongue piercings are typically very fast, very easy healing piercings…and yes, you’re worrying a bit more than is necessary. You probably don’t need to do the Tylenol thing regularly, unless you are in pain. Tylenol doesn’t typically help much with swelling (as opposed to ibuprofen/Advil), so it won’t do much for you.

As for the placement thing…I guess you will know how you feel about it once all the swelling goes away. My guess is that it isn’t going to look stupid and you will still be quite happy with it. If it turns out you don’t like the way it looks, you can take it out at that point.

It is unfortunate the piercer didn’t discuss it with you beforehand.’

Take a couple more deep breaths.

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