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    Okay so I had my tongue pierced on Monday. It was a proper snap decision-I was in the piercing place about to get one of my other piercings swapped and a girl was in there dead dead nervous and sweating and stuff because she wanted her tongue pierced but was too scared, and the guy asked me to hold her hand-she still wouldn't do it, so I said ah sod it I'll have mine done you can watch-if it looks not so scary then get yours done.

    So I have, but I'm regretting it because I shouldn't have got it done-or at least not yet!
    I'm struggling to eat anything apart from very finely blended soup lol
    It's still sore.

    I go to a festival a week today. It'll be nine days since I had the piercing then.

    I have IBS and dodgy blood sugar and if I'm out in the sun and drinking alcohol I'll get sick if I don't eat.... I know this from bad experiences. I usually eat fairly healthy, I won't drink excessively, and I'm a vegan but still It's going to be a case of veggieburgers and bread and stuff, I can hardly cart a bucketful of soup to the music festival, I'll have to eat what they've got there-but I can't bite anything!

    I don't know when the bar can be changed to a shorter one-It's a mega long one that's in now and I'm scared I'll bite it and break a tooth if I have to eat festival food , or I'll hurt my mouth.

    And the issue of cleaning it-I'll take a clean toothbrush with me but let's face it festivals are minging places, and I can forsee me having to go to the tea/coffee carts and ask for cups of salty water!That's fine, but ugh I'm such an idiot!!!

    Any advice?I know a couple of you have yours done!
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    Default Re: Tongue piercing issue

    Bring a travel size bottle of listerine with you and use a lot. My swelling went down after 3-4 days. Also since you didn't want it in the first place u could just take it out.

    I had mine for a year but got sick of biting it all the time. Ah to be young again...

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    I'd advise against using Listerine, it's way too harsh and will kill all the good bacteria. Many people get a white/yellow tongue when using that stuff, or because they overclean in general. I forgot what my piercer gave me to rinse with, I got mine pierced 10 years ago so yeah. Just ask your piercer.

    Get some salt water solution to rinse after every meal and see if you can get your bar changed before you go. I had mine changed after a week, I kept biting mine too 'cause it was too long after about 4 days. Just be careful while eating and make sure to rinse, I think you'll be fine if you're careful really.

    I'd like to mention that I've had mine for 10 years and have never bitten it since getting the shorter bar. I've never chipped a tooth on it either! With proper placement and care they're not as harmful or annoying as many people make them out to be.

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    Thank you so much for replies both of you. I'll try get them to change it before I go-altough they may say It's too early. I'm going to go and have a word with them tomorrow. I feel very lucky to have got a blender for my birthday-I can't eat anything apart from really smooth soup, yogurt and bits of solid food chopped really small and put to the back of my tongue!

    I'm cleaning my teeth after every meal, after boiling the toothbrush in water lol, rinsing with salt solution and using mouthwash several times a day. I don't want to over-clean but I eat more than twice a day and I am paranoid!
    I did catch it whilst eating at first and didn't like it-scared the shit outta me to be honest!I think It's healing okay though.

    I'll go back to the shop tomorrow, ask them to check it, and see what they say.
    Just a side note-does it give you bad breath?I'm not sure but I have a weird taste in my mouth and I don't want that :/
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    I got mine done years ago but I think my piercer told me no yeast for like a week. I think I used biotene mouth wash. He suggested like 2 or 3 mouth washes and listerin wasn't one. That was on the do not use list. I also pulled my food into pieces (a habit I kinda had before the piercing) and just shoved it on the side of my mouth between my teeth so I didn't need my tongue to move it for me to chew.

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    Thank you-I'm just worried that it will be a total ballache at festival! I'm restricted on what I can eat anyway being a vegan, there is a vegan truck there but I think Ill just have to pick all my food into little tiny pieces and shove it down the side of my mouth and take half an hour to eat lolol unless maybe in a week's time it may be a little better!
    I wonder if they'll let me put a shorter bar in before I go... They said 7 to ten days I am sure...
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    Call and ask when you can change it. I can't remember. My swelling went down in like 2 days so you should be good by then.

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    Default Re: Tongue piercing issue

    Defiantly get biotene! My swelling lasted for about 6 days. I was advised to wash with biotene and do salt rinses with filtered water not tap. I have had my piercing for 5 years now. I have only swallowed my piercing once bahahaha. Enjoy your piercing


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    Thank you
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    (Oh, and also, allow me to excuse myself while I pick my mandible up from underneath my desk.)
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    Start the day with a smile and get it over with

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    Default Re: Tongue piercing issue

    They might have a juice van at the concert . If not they will sell bottled juice, ice tea, energy drinks/sports drinks, soft drink etc (if you can't get solids down and make sure you have soup before you go). Hopefully you will be healed enough to enjoy yourself by then.
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