Red Ring Around New Tongue Piercing

There is a history of ritual tongue piercing in both aztec and maya cultures with illustrations of priests piercing their tongue and then either drawing blood.

Red ring around new tongue piercing. I got a new barbell washed my hands and sterilized the barbell in a sea salt solution and everything. 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. Tongue piercings especially new ones are more prone to infection than other piercings because of all the bacteria in your mouth.

Thank you for watching my video. Honestly the healing process wasn t horrible. Tongue suddenly started getting an orange coat on top imediatly after getting a double tongue piercing. Popular names for tongue piercing include tongue ring which is a misnomer as only rarely are rings worn in tongue piercings.

The tongue piercing is not gender specific it was not created specifically for just a man or just a woman. Symptoms or signs of infected tongue piercing. The ijahsp also mentions swollen lymph nodes and unusual discharge as signs of infection. Injuries or trauma to your piercing may cause bleeding that delays the healing process.

For the first few days after tongue piercing it is normal to experience some pain and swelling on the site. I changed it at the two week mark cause i hated the long barbell and it was uncomfortable. You can usually treat an infected tongue piercing at home. Other symptoms of infection include fever chills shaking or red streaks around the piercing wound.

It hasn t gone away anything i can do to help. An untreated infected tongue piercing leads to severe consequences including death. We ll walk you through. I just noticed that its kind of sore and there s a red circle right around the hole where it got pierced.

A tongue piercing officially takes six and eight weeks to completely heal. 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. My tounge peicing has a hard spot around it and i got it peiced in february and it s now june. The tongue should be fully healed within 6 8 weeks after the piercing has been done.