play with your jewelry. engage in french kissing or oral sex until the piercing has completely healed. play contact sports with your jewelry in your tongue. smoke or drink alcohol during the healing process.
Similarly one may ask, can you smoke with a tongue web piercing?
A tongue frenulum piercing or the tongue web piercing is a body piercing through the frenulum underneath the tongue (frenulum linguae). … The healing piercing will come into contact with anything that enters the mouth, including food and smoke, which can cause irritation.
One may also ask, how long after a tongue piercing can you give oral?
How long does a tongue piercing stay swollen?
Pain, as well as a range of other healing symptoms, are perfectly normal after getting a tongue piercing. You can expect the pain to last up to one month, decreasing with time. Tongue swelling usually lasts three to five days but can reduce that by drinking cold liquids.
How can I make my tongue piercing heal faster?
Some other strategies that can speed healing include:
- brushing the teeth regularly to keep the mouth clean.
- rinsing the piercing after each meal.
- not smoking.
- minimizing talking during the first few days.
- not playing with or touching the piercing.
Does a tongue web piercing ruin your teeth?
Most people who have lip or tongue piercings succumb to the temptation of biting or playing with the jewelry. A hard piece of metal in your mouth makes you more susceptible to chipped or scratched teeth. The metal in a piercing can also damage expensive dental work in your mouth.
What is under the tongue called?
The lingual frenulum is a fold of mucus membrane that’s located under the center portion of your tongue. … The lingual frenulum helps to anchor your tongue in your mouth. It also works to stabilize the movements of the tongue.
What’s the point of a tongue web piercing?
Tongue web piercings are a very popular alternative to traditional tongue piercings. The tongue web is the thin membrane just below and attached to the tongue itself. There are many advantages to tongue web piercings as opposed to a normal tongue piercing, including the lack of pain, swelling and ease of healing.
Can your tongue ring get infected?
Infection occurs when bacteria become trapped inside the piercing. Tongue piercings — especially new ones — are more prone to infections than other piercings because of all the bacteria in your mouth. Much of the bacteria is introduced by eating and drinking.
Is it normal to have a white tongue after piercing?
If you (or your teenager) have just had a tongue piercing, you might see a white coating on your tongue. It’s normal bacterial growth that you can reduce with antifungal mouthwash, like Nystatin (like Nystop®).
Do tongue piercings affect taste?
After a piercing, you may experience a numb tongue that is caused by nerve damage that is usually temporary, but can sometimes be permanent. The injured nerve may affect your sense of taste, or how you move your mouth.
How bad are tongue piercings?
The American Dental Association recommends against tongue piercing. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but the ADA recommends against tongue piercing because of risks including “swelling, bleeding, infection, chipped or damaged teeth, gingivial recession, lacerations/scarring, hypersalivation, etc.”
Will my tongue piercing close overnight?
If the tongue piercing is removed for even one night, it will partially close up as it is a muscle, which is very unlike ear piercings. It should close up, but just like trachs, some close and some don’t. If it doesn’t close after about a year it should be evaluated for a surgical closure if it is causing problems.
