Tongue Piercing Aftercare Information

Tongue piercing can be tricky and this is the main reason why you need to ask for a help of a professional to get things done in a right manner.  For getting a tongue piercing done you need to be able to endure a little pain since your tongue is going to swell certainly once a barbell is inserted and penetrated into it.  In usual terms the swelling of the tongue may occur after a few hours of piercing and once the piercing is done you will be advised to be on a liquid diet for  a few days in order to  make sure that the healing is complete and totally through. 

The healing process of piercing may last for about 2 weeks. Following are some tongue piercing aftercare tips that you must consider if you want to stay immune from health related complications. 

The basic thing included in the aftercare of tongue piercing is the rinsing of the mouth by the help of Listerine several times in a day. Rinsing of the mouth with Listerine is done so as to avoid the potential infections that may occur. Usually a burning sensation is there when one rinses their mouth but this step shouldn’t be skipped in any case. 

You might also experience swelling of your tongue when you wake up each morning until your piercing is completely recovered this is because the blood flashes to our head when we lay down which causes the swelling of the tongue. In order to avoid and treat this it is better to drink cold water every morning after waking up. For alternate things to do, one can eat ice cream to reduce the swelling.  During the initial weeks of healing, it is advised to avoid eating solid foods instated your diet must have soft foods that are easy to chew and engulf. Eating oily and spicy foods must also be evaded and one should think about including bananas, rice and soups in their everyday meals. This is one of the most important tongue piercing aftercare thing which you must practice.

As mentioned before tongue swelling is very common after getting tongue piercing done so one should try and avoid touching their tongue since this way the chances of getting any infections are high and they may increase several folds if your hands are not washed properly and you are still touching your tongue and your piercings.