Please!! i got my tongue pierced yesterday, and white stuff is coming out! I dont know why....i clean it with a non alchoholic mouthwash after i eat or drink, but it is coming out and i am freaked out! Please tell me y
2007-08-01 10:10:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
It's just pus. I know it sounds gross cause it's in your mouth but it's trying to heal. Keep up with the mouthwash, and call the place that you recieved your piercing from to ask if there is anything else to use. If you toungue begins to swell then it is an infection and you will need to take the piercing out. Also try warm salt water
2007-08-01 10:14:50 · answer #1 · answered by angels_eyez2012 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has only been one day, calm down. It is common for there to be redness, swelling and pain for a few days after a piercing. If there is some white stuff coming out of the hole of the piercing, I wouldn't worry about it. This can just be dead cells and lymph fluid that is normal during the healing process of a piercing. Now, is your swelling doesn't go down in a couple of days..and if it gets really red, angry or very painful to the touch (worse than now) then go back to your piercer. You want to make sure that you aren't getting an infection.
Make sure that you are cleaning it properly. You also might want to do some sea salt gargles to help promote healing.
For the most part, it has only been one day. I highly doubt that you have an infection starting already....there is usually a longer incubation period for things like that. I will include some really good piercing sites that might help you answer all of your questions.
2007-08-01 17:26:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi
Gargle salt water. Make sure you spit it all out thou! Salt is a great antiseptic so should really help more than the mouthwash stuff you are using.
If it doesnt start to clear up go to the doc for antibiotics.
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2007-08-01 17:16:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its just crusting,its not an infection.It happened to my eyebrow for 3 months after i got it pierced.Dont panic,tongue piercings heal within about 3 weeks.Clean it off with a cotton swap.
2007-08-05 06:57:24 · answer #4 · answered by Atticus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pus is a sign that it has a infection so you need to do anything you can to keep it clean. I just looked this up on wikipedia conform what i thought.
2007-08-01 17:27:54 · answer #5 · answered by whitehawk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is why i wouldn't do the mouth. they say that is the diriest thing of you your mouth and you can get infection so easy i would be scared to do that. sounds like infection but i am not sure. i would check with doctor. did you have someone reliable do it i hope? goodluck
2007-08-02 17:22:49 · answer #6 · answered by Tsunami 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tHAT IS WHAT HAPPEND TO ME, IT WILL BE A FEW DAYS BE FOR THE PUSS STOPS COMING OUT, BUT USE MOUTHWASH JUST LIKE YOU ARE DOING
HOPE THAT HELPED
CATIEROXMYSOCKS
2007-08-01 17:49:44 · answer #7 · answered by Black_Rain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
y did u get it pierced in the first place? duh..u should of reseached stuff bout it before getting it done! and i dont know wat that gross sounding stuff is! and i dont care!
2007-08-01 17:18:58 · answer #8 · answered by sunshine 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋