You can usually treat an infected tongue piercing at home.
Red ring around new tongue piercing.
The tongue should be fully healed within 6 8 weeks after the piercing has been done.
5 days in and now its nearly coated the entire top of tongue tahlia morritt on june 06 2019.
Symptoms or signs of infected tongue piercing.
Okay so i got my tongue pierced more than 2 weeks ago.
I just noticed that its kind of sore and there s a red circle right around the hole where it got pierced.
Popular names for tongue piercing include tongue ring which is a misnomer as only rarely are rings worn in tongue piercings.
Tongue piercings especially new ones are more prone to infection than other piercings because of all the bacteria in your mouth.
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Don t let the healing process scare you from getting the piercing like i alm.
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For the first few days after tongue piercing it is normal to experience some pain and swelling on the site.
A tongue piercing officially takes six and eight weeks to completely heal.
Honestly the healing process wasn t horrible.
In most cases it is quite normal to experience some swelling and irritation during the first 2 weeks but if these signs don t disappear and other symptoms show up it will be necessary to immediately consult your doctor and receive adequate medical treatments and antibiotic therapies.
It hasn t gone away anything i can do to help.
Other symptoms of infection include fever chills shaking or red streaks around the piercing wound.
However your individual healing process depends entirely on how you care for your new piercing.
Be gentle when cleaning your tongue and avoid changing the piercing ring before it has completely healed.
The ijahsp also mentions swollen lymph nodes and unusual discharge as signs of infection.
I got a new barbell washed my hands and sterilized the barbell in a sea salt solution and everything.
An untreated infected tongue piercing leads to severe consequences including death.
The tongue piercing is not gender specific it was not created specifically for just a man or just a woman.
Injuries or trauma to your piercing may cause bleeding that delays the healing process.
My tounge peicing has a hard spot around it and i got it peiced in february and it s now june.