Tongue piercing is a tongue puncture with a bar (special ring) insertion later on. This piercing is easy to do and a procedure is practically painless.
Technology of the tongue piercing
Usually, you would get the piercing of the tongue centre in a salon. Edges of this part of the body have arteries, damaging of which is threatening by serious consequences, including the lethal outcome. Also, it is possible to place a tongue body jewelryat the end of a tongue, at the root of the tongue and also to place a tongue jewelry horizontally.
The piercing, which is done not in the centre of a tongue heals over within 4-6 weeks. It also increases the risk of a piercing rejection and other complications.
For some tongue piercing types the flexible bar is used, which disturbs less movements of a tongue.
A piercing spot is mark and fixed by a clamp and then a specialist does a puncture.
A bar, which is longer than a necessary size, is inserted into the spot of a puncture. This is done in order to prevent the tongue swelling.
Tongue piercing consequences
Tongue piercingis not a very painful procedure, biting a tongue would hurt more than to puncture it.
Tongue greatly swells the first two - four days after a piercing. It causes difficulties at meals and problems with diction.
As far a piercing is located from the end of a tongue as greatly swells the tongue. Also, the size of a swelling depends of tongue's length, longer tongues swell greater.
Tongue piercing heals over much faster than most of the other types of the piercing due to the tongue tissue high ability of restoration (regeneration). The total healing process takes three - six weeks. There is a minimum risk of a piercing infection after this term.
Care Peculiarities
It is not allowed to have meals, alcohol or to smoke within four hours after a piercing. It is allowed to eat an ice cream but you should rinse your mouth after that right away.
It is necessary to rinse your mouth with an antiseptic solution 3-5 times daily.
In order to reduce swelling you should eat an ice cream or any other cold products.
In the course of the whole healing period it is necessary to observe the strict diet. You can eat only spare food: yogurts, cereal, other dairy products, fruits (not citrus plants), and bakery products. It is not allowed to eat hot, spicy and salty, have a hot meal, drink color drinks (juices, coffee etc).
It is strictly forbidden to have an alcohol, because it would destroy a protective film and will dissolve an appeared tissue. This will result in a wound opening again.
During the healing time it is necessary to abstain from kisses in order to avoid an infection. It is not allowed to "play" with a decoration during the healing period.
Changing a long bar for a shorter one is allowed not earlier than in 10 days after a procedure; otherwise, your tongue may get swollen again.
The followingtongue piercingcan be done only after the total healing of the previous one.