How do you properly clean a tongue piercing?
Oral Piercing Care Rinse your tongue or lip piercing after every meal or snack and before bed. Use warm salt water or an antibacterial, alcohol-free mouthwash. Not kiss anyone while you heal. (Avoid contact with someone else’s saliva.)
How often should I clean my tongue piercing?
Although the bulk of your aftercare takes place within the first couple of weeks, you’ll need to stay on top of daily cleanings until the piercing has completely healed. You should still clean your piercing once it’s healed, but you’ll have more flexibility in how often you do so.
What is the quickest way to heal a tongue piercing?
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.
Should I clean my new tongue piercing?
To help prevent the risk of infection in the days and weeks following a tongue piercing, use a mouth rinse to clean the piercing site. The ADA suggests rinsing with an alcohol-free mouth rinse regularly during and after the healing period.
Can I over clean my tongue piercing?
Be careful not to over-clean your piercing, as this will prevent proper healing. (Signs of over-cleaning include a very white or yellow looking tongue.)
Can I change my tongue bar after 10 days?
Horizontal and vertical piercings It only takes 10 to 14 days before you can change your tongue ring. The piercer uses a curved barbell that pierces the tongue partway with the effect of two piercings with one piece of jewelry.
Does salt water heal tongue piercing?
Salt rinses will soothe your new piercing. The rinses feel really good and also help calm the itching part of the healing phase. Shaved ice and cold liquids can help reduce swelling in oral piercings, but remember: do a sea salt rinse after you eat or drink anything other than bottled water.
How long does a tongue piercing need to heal?
The tongue piercing usually heals in 4 – 6 weeks. The fast healing time makes it an easier piercing when it comes to aftercare, but it can also come at a cost; even old tongue piercings can close in a matter of hours without jewelry. Therefore, if you want to keep your piercing, you must keep your jewelry in.
How do you take care of a tongue piercing?
Clean oral piercings with mouthwash. If you’ve had your tongue,lip or cheek pierced,rinse with an alcohol-free,antiseptic mouthwash after each meal and before you go to bed.
Is it easy to hide a tongue piercing?
Wear a bandage. If your piercing is still healing, you’ll need to keep the jewelry. A bandage might be a good option for concealing the piercing as well. Just make sure that the bandage isn’t pulling the piercing down or getting the jewelry sticky with adhesive. What does a spider bite look like?
How to take off your tongue piercing?
Alleviate Swelling To reduce the swelling on your tongue,you need to drink lots of cold water throughout the day.