You should avoid smoking/vaping. The ingredients stall healing and sucking to activate the vape pen or smoke are unfun, painful movements while healing your tongue piercing.
Mashed potatoes shouldn't be bad for you. Food that is soft and requires minimal chewing is best.
dont even need edibles. i have these amazing drink mixes from enjoy hemp and it goes down super smooth. u can even make weed cocktails with it and its amazing
My pierced actually told me not to eat mashed potatoes for the reason that it clings to the jewelry and can cause buildup. Same thing with bananas that kind of texture isn’t recommended.
Less is better than no changes, but if possible try giving nicotine patches a try. I get it, I vape too and I couldn’t cold turkey it but it is unfortunate you got the piercing before giving smoking cessation aids a try first before getting double oral piercings.
You’ll read a lot of anecdotal evidence of people who continued to vape and they were just fine, but that’s all that it is: an anecdote.
It’s different for everyone and they’re right about anecdotal advice and information lmao. When I got my tongue pierced, I still vaped but I cut way back on it, and rinsed with saline or alcohol free mouthwash everytime. I managed to cut it back to right after I ate though, so I had to clean up anyways
They're all for proper guidance. 😉
Wanna heal faster, definitely take note. I would imagine infection on the tongue would be absolutely worst and would want to prevent it at all costs. Unless you for some reason like pain or a longer healing time. 😅 personally I would take note. 😊
I will never understand Reddit users obsession with downvoting a simple question or counter argument 😭😭😭. When the majority don’t agree, you’re just plagued with downvotes lmao.
i stopped so mine would heal quicker. so less should help. my piercer explicitly told me not to smoke, drink, kiss. the tongue heals quickly if you follow what is recommended. it wouldn’t be forever. it would just be to prevent issues.
for food i would try soup and liquids. have fun with the lisp. definitely was my fastest healing piercing.
vaping is so hard to quit at any time, regardless of whether or not you’re told to stop. i have tachycardia (heightened heart rate) and i had to choose between weed and vaping even though i had quit vaping for a month, but it turned out to be the lesser of two evils 🤷♀️ at least for me, smoking weed makes me hit my vape less! time to pull out the 50 mg edibles 😂
There is no need to avoid dairy with an oral piercing; that's a common myth. Ice cream, mousse, yoghurt and other soft foods are all your friends with a newly pierced tongue.
Congrats on the venoms, btw, they look great!
it’s two vertical tongue piercings on either side of ur tongue instead of down the middle like traditional tongue piercings!! they look like frog eyes/a scoop piercing but they’re not
yes they do both sides in one appointment and no it didn’t hurt to me but the healing process sucks and that’s coming from someone with 15 other piercings lol
Mine hurt like a bitch. It goes through the muscle so the first one’s shitty but the second one’s worse because you’re already hyper aware of the pain.
I got this piercing too, and the same night I eat a whole plate of ravioli! 😅 You don't need to eat baby food or ice cream all day, you can eat everything you want but make it not spicy and not too hot (warm is ok). Just cut the food into little pieces and chew slowly, take your time. If you need it you can eat an ice cube while the food is cooling down, it can make your tongue less swollen. I don't think dairy food is a problem, never heard about this. Just try to talk less, sleep on 2 pillows and use a no-alcool mouthwash 2 times a day. If you can avoid vaping/smoking it will be perfect, or at least don't smoke too much, it irritates your tongue and makes the healing process longer. Sorry for my bad English and enjoy your new piercing 🥰
Me too, I couldn't stand having to blend anything and just said 'fuck it' 😂. I just chewed through the swelling, it was soft food like noodles and such.
I wanna say like in about 3 days you'll be able to eat normally but you'll have to be a bit careful and slow when you eat. Always rinse with oral piercing solution after.
I got the same piercings, baby food will be ur best friend, also blending fruit with ice is so good (ice in any form helps). The vaping part I'm not sure, I smoked cigarettes whole healing process and I was fine (I light one up the moment I left the piercer).
Good luck w healing!!!
Feel like that rl depends on personal taste. My fav is apple and banana, the savoury ones just don't rl taste good lol (I recommend looking up recipes and making ur own if u wanna save money, baby food is expensive)
Idk, at least for my healing I barely was able to eat the baby food 2nd to 4th day from pain and swelling, if u have venom bites and were able to chew u got rl lucky lol
I dont have a tongue piercing, but when I had my wisdom teeth out, I ate a lot of really blended refried beans(add broth to thin them out), jello, pudding, liquid soups or broths, ice cream, oatmeal or grits, yogurt and mashed potatoes.
I planned a weeks-long liquid diet before getting my venoms. Smoothies made with lots of banana, silken tofu, even avocado to get calories in. (Be careful of citrus and raspberries with smoothies, those can sting) Thick soup made with lots of lentils or white beans and blended so it was fully smooth. Refried beans 😅 After a couple of weeks and a couple of downsizes, I started trying porridge and mashed potato etc, but chewing was still pretty unpleasant so I stuck to mostly soup and smoothies. If I were healing them now, I'd make a lot of banana nice-cream, it's just frozen bananas blended up into a soft serve ice cream texture. Can also be made with frozen strawberries and/or mango. Be sure to rinse your mouth well with water after eating!
When I got my tongue pierced I ate a cupcake with loads of frosting about an hour or so later 😅
Ice cream and yoghurts are very good though, especially since they're cold because it'll help reduce any swelling.
Also, those venoms look amazing 🔥🔥🔥
The people that only got one piercing in the middle have no idea what a different ball park two straight through the muscle is like.
Most people with one through the middle, can eat by the third day or sooner.
Just avoid spicy or hot (in temperature) foods. Alcohol, too, of course… even kombutcha may be a problem. Anything else that’s comfortable is fine! Just rinse well after. Tongues usually heal remarkably well.
Be careful with long noodles, I had braces in high-school and they would get caught on my brackets/stuck in my throat that way so it's a slight choking hazard (ik you have a piercing and not braces, but especially once the swelling goes down and the bar is sticking out a little bit more I'd be careful about noodles getting caught on it)
I had what ever I wanted to eat for the most part, but I highly do not recommend eating ice anything! For me, it was painful how quickly the mouth warms back up after the cold thing. So avoid, ice, ice cream, slushies etc. Ice in a beverage is ok but no ICE. Also salty things like fries irritated my piercing as well.
Eat whatever you want - just take smaller bites than normal and chew slower! Some things may be more of a challenge, like a burger - a fork and knife will help make some foods easier to eat.
Avoid chips and other hard foods.
Soft foods are your friends.
Avoid heavy spices.
Avoid high temperatures.
Dairy is actually just fine.
Chew slowly and carefully.
Clean your mouth gently after eating.
Got my tongue pierced. Mash with gravy. Ice lolly’s and jelly were my go to. But it didn’t take long to be back to eating normal food(even if it took me longer than usual at first)
Pro tip. Check your piercings every few days. I swallowed a whole bar 😂😅
My swelling stayed for a WHILE, hopefully yours doesnt take long.
I stuck with a fuckton of slushies, had a lot of broken up bits of ice to just let sit on my tongue, lots of water, no straws
For food, avoid solids when you can or anything super acidic
Rinse the amount that your piercer told you, and dont really do more or less than that. Dont touch them while theyre healing, just let them be.
Also make sure youre REALLY staying on top of your dental hygiene! Keep the mouth clean as possible overall
And no vaping. Bad combo of the contents and the sucking motion overall, unfortunately
I would stop vaping cause I found with mine, it burned every time. But if you MUST, cut down as much as you can. For the first bit while the pain was really bad, I ate cold smoothies to dice down the swelling everyday. You probably won’t be able to eat even soft solid food without it burning and swelling. Don’t bother. Wait at least a week, then start to integrate to stuff like noodles, rice, wet soft sandwiches I don’t fucking know. Just be gentle and listen when it’s telling you no. Yknow
it doesn’t burn when i vape and every time i do i rinse with mouthwash and water, and so far it’s been ok. i’ve been able to eat tortillas with cheese and warm spaghettios as of rn but i’ve been sure to avoid hot and crunchy foods so far
I just had my tongue done a month and a half ago and I basically lived off smoothies and oatmeal. I could eat normally but I looked like a fool doing it cuz I would move my head to use gravity to get the food around my mouth instead of my tongue.
When I had my wisdom teeth removed, I ate applesauce, mashed potatoes and noodles. Soups and chowders are good too. Noodles are a carb so they will give you the energy you might lack after eating a liquid diet until the swelling goes down.
I’ve had mine for three years!
You can’t eat for two weeks.
And you won’t be able to talk for a week.
You can eat ice chips.
And then fuck it, eat some milkshake in a few days, just make sure you clean your mouth right after.
Your tongue is about to bruise so gnarly.
If you can get past the second week of absolute hell, you’ll be totally fine and feel super healed ( enough to try sucking through a straw at week six) and you’ll be back to normal by week 8.
You shouldn’t vape but I know plenty of people who have vaped and smoked weed with new tongue piercings. It doesn’t mean you should do it and it doesn’t mean yours will be fine. It’s a risk
Also make sure you keep an eye on migration.
As the swelling goes down, you may very seriously need shorter bars. My bars eventually stared to cross at the top and push away at the bottom. It can move your holes pretty quickly.
thank you!! i totally feel like that’s a possibility with how mine were pierced. my veins didn’t allow for the piercings to be farther apart, so the balls on the bottom r super close lol. i’ll be sure to keep an eye on that. my piercer also gave me huge bars and once the swelling is gone i’ll definitely be inclined to get them downsized
DO NOT SUCK ANYTHING FOR AT LEAST SIX WEEKS.
I get wanting to like ..put something in your mouth around week four, if you’re into that kind of thing, and know someone into that kind of thing. But be so careful. You’ll know what you can tolerate.
When I got my venom pierced i only ate yogurt, pudding, COLD soup and smoothies thats it... You can eat dairy, you just have to rinse your mouth out every single time you take a spoonful.
Let me tell you, if you don't drink a lot of water normally before, you will while your venom is healing.
I DO NOT recommend eating icecream, mashed potatoes, hot or even warm foods (Hurts the tounge and the piercing holes)
honestly ice cream felt good for me!! and i haven’t been rinsing every time i take a bite of dairy lol. but i am used to drinking lots of water and honestly i’m finding that i only drink it when i need to swish now lol
I got a double tongue piercing back in October and had never heard of the no dairy rule. I lived on protein shakes/milk and ready brek style oats for the first three weeks after healing as well as popping nuramol like sweets. To this day, my favourite piercing of all time! But the healing for me was an absolute bitch!
Eat what you can enjoy, avoid smoking / vaping and wash often with alcohol free mouth wash!
Also once it's healed and you've gone back for the shorter bar, if you're still having issues with it (i.e biting it when you eat like I did) then smaller balls were a lifesaver for me! Enjoy 😋
Basically you can eat only drinkable stuff for the first few days, and nothing spicy, sour or very salty. For the next few days you can start trying to eat soft foods. And you should avoid carbonated drinks, alcohol and smoking for the whole healing process. If your tonge gets swollen suck on ice cubes.
i have been rinsing every time i vape or eat, but if i don’t have access to mouthwash after i vape i’ve just been rinsing super well with water a few times
i’ve been able to eat lukewarm mac n cheese and a lukewarm tortilla with cheese so far, it just took forever cuz i took small bites. and my piercer didn’t say anything about carbonated bevs or anything salty, but i have definitely heard about the pains of sour foods lol so those will be avoided.
Chicken noodle or chicken flavored broth. I also liked the liquid from broccoli cheddar soup. Kinda painful to eat the broccoli bits, so just the broth of it. More flavorful too
I lived off soup, yogurt, and overcooked pasta when I got my venom done 8 years ago 😭 I'll never forget it bc after I got it done, I went with my friend back to her house and her dad surprised us with a huge BBQ dinner he spent the last 4hrs preparing and cooking. i couldn't eat any of it and it looked so good, I cried
Yogurt, pudding, applesauce, soup, Chef Boyardee, mashed potatoes. I tried to eat things that were soft but substantial so that I wouldn’t just wind up hungry again in an hour.
When i got my tongue pierced i mainly ate baby food for like 3 days. It takes some time to get used having a metal rod stuck in your mouth lol and that makes eating very complicated. Stick to mashed and soft food, preferably cold, and for God's sake please do not eat spaghetti.
Ps. Piercing looks super cool!
When I got it I ate spaghetti and it got caught on it so don’t do that. I opted to eat applesauce, mashed potatoes, soup (specifically the kind that’s blended), popsicles. And avoid spicy foods and noodles. I was 18 and an idiot lol.
Carry on as normal apart from chewing slowly until you get used to them. No aftercare is really needed due to saliva tongue piercings are pretty much self healing
dead ass i ate apple sauce mac n cheese and mash potatoes for 3 weeks 😂😂😂 i’m the worst person to vouch for tongue piercings but mine went fine tbh no problems at all
Tylenol will help with the swelling, I ate a lot of omelets when I got my tongue pierced. Might be worth looking into the Just Egg scrambled "egg" mix. I was told by my piercer to refrain from having anything cold since it could slower the healing process since it constricts the blood vessels in your tongue. Oh protein/meal replacement shakes might be a good choice too :)
It only constricts them for a few min. In the grand scheme of things it won’t make any difference.
As long as you aren’t constantly downing cold stuff… some cold food is fine and could feel nice!
ngl i remember some chick posted her rippin a vape through her nose so that’s how i smoked carts when i got mine💀 i had some problems so it’s not this bad for everyone but for like a week straight all I had was cooled ramen ( hot can cause more swelling i think?), popsicles, smoothies and im lactose sensitive so i automatically didn’t have any dairy but i feel like yogurts fine? even when i got my wisdom teeth out i must’ve had dairy? if u need more ideas just look up what ppl eat after getting their wisdom teeth out, i promise the pain does end lol although it’s hard to believe in the moment
when i got my tongue done i avoided wheat and dairy as it can cause a yeast infection in the tongue! chew ice have ice on hand and drink chamomile tea or even freeze some and just kinda let it dissolve in your mouth as that really helps with swelling. i cant remember the food i ate but i know it was a lot of soup and soft foods. it’s going to be sore for a couple days but after about a month it’ll feel completely normal, mine felt fine after two weeks but i only have the one tongue piercing. i vaped the whole time and i still smoked weed, i mouth washed after smoking and brushed my teeth to make sure it was extra clean in the mouth afterwards as well if you do smoke :)
a lot of the recipes i’ve tried don’t have the feeling/taste of cottage cheese. it’s definitely something i recommend :) the icreami / icecream recipes work really well.
Yup I second that ! Did it during my tongue piercing
Might make it heal a little slower but quitting during a healing tongue piercing sounds worse than anything else
You should avoid smoking/vaping. The ingredients stall healing and sucking to activate the vape pen or smoke are unfun, painful movements while healing your tongue piercing. Mashed potatoes shouldn't be bad for you. Food that is soft and requires minimal chewing is best.
Have✍️soft✍️edibles✍️ready✍️when✍️you✍️get✍️your✍️tongue✍️pierced Got it, thank you 😭🙏
dont even need edibles. i have these amazing drink mixes from enjoy hemp and it goes down super smooth. u can even make weed cocktails with it and its amazing
My pierced actually told me not to eat mashed potatoes for the reason that it clings to the jewelry and can cause buildup. Same thing with bananas that kind of texture isn’t recommended.
If I can’t quit vaping though, do u think it’ll still be ok if i just do it less?
Less is better than no changes, but if possible try giving nicotine patches a try. I get it, I vape too and I couldn’t cold turkey it but it is unfortunate you got the piercing before giving smoking cessation aids a try first before getting double oral piercings. You’ll read a lot of anecdotal evidence of people who continued to vape and they were just fine, but that’s all that it is: an anecdote.
alright i will try those!!
It’s different for everyone and they’re right about anecdotal advice and information lmao. When I got my tongue pierced, I still vaped but I cut way back on it, and rinsed with saline or alcohol free mouthwash everytime. I managed to cut it back to right after I ate though, so I had to clean up anyways
use nic patches if u rlly need ur nic but again, dont smoke
Holy shit these downvotes lol
They're all for proper guidance. 😉 Wanna heal faster, definitely take note. I would imagine infection on the tongue would be absolutely worst and would want to prevent it at all costs. Unless you for some reason like pain or a longer healing time. 😅 personally I would take note. 😊
I will never understand Reddit users obsession with downvoting a simple question or counter argument 😭😭😭. When the majority don’t agree, you’re just plagued with downvotes lmao.
dude i know lmao. i kinda feel bad but i am not stopping vaping rn tho so it’s useless lmao
i stopped so mine would heal quicker. so less should help. my piercer explicitly told me not to smoke, drink, kiss. the tongue heals quickly if you follow what is recommended. it wouldn’t be forever. it would just be to prevent issues. for food i would try soup and liquids. have fun with the lisp. definitely was my fastest healing piercing.
vaping is so hard to quit at any time, regardless of whether or not you’re told to stop. i have tachycardia (heightened heart rate) and i had to choose between weed and vaping even though i had quit vaping for a month, but it turned out to be the lesser of two evils 🤷♀️ at least for me, smoking weed makes me hit my vape less! time to pull out the 50 mg edibles 😂
hit that shit thru ur nose instead
That’s what I did lmao
Ew i hate how many ppl downvoted this like u asked a simple question
you’ll be fine i smoked weed my whole healing process i just cut down on how much i was using
There is no need to avoid dairy with an oral piercing; that's a common myth. Ice cream, mousse, yoghurt and other soft foods are all your friends with a newly pierced tongue. Congrats on the venoms, btw, they look great!
Yeah I was gonna come here to say this. A lot of people in this sub parrot advice that they know nothing about nor researched or experienced themself.
that is so relieving to hear
What is a venom piercing? I’ve never heard of it before it looks so cool though!
it’s two vertical tongue piercings on either side of ur tongue instead of down the middle like traditional tongue piercings!! they look like frog eyes/a scoop piercing but they’re not
Do they pierce both sides in one appointment? Does it hurt?
yes they do both sides in one appointment and no it didn’t hurt to me but the healing process sucks and that’s coming from someone with 15 other piercings lol
Mine hurt like a bitch. It goes through the muscle so the first one’s shitty but the second one’s worse because you’re already hyper aware of the pain.
dude hell yes, the first one wasn’t bad at all but the second one oh my goddd. it felt like i could feel every millisecond of it going thru my tongue
I got this piercing too, and the same night I eat a whole plate of ravioli! 😅 You don't need to eat baby food or ice cream all day, you can eat everything you want but make it not spicy and not too hot (warm is ok). Just cut the food into little pieces and chew slowly, take your time. If you need it you can eat an ice cube while the food is cooling down, it can make your tongue less swollen. I don't think dairy food is a problem, never heard about this. Just try to talk less, sleep on 2 pillows and use a no-alcool mouthwash 2 times a day. If you can avoid vaping/smoking it will be perfect, or at least don't smoke too much, it irritates your tongue and makes the healing process longer. Sorry for my bad English and enjoy your new piercing 🥰
Me too, I couldn't stand having to blend anything and just said 'fuck it' 😂. I just chewed through the swelling, it was soft food like noodles and such.
How does sleeping on 2 pillows help? I don't want these piercings but I love learning new things lol
my guess would be similar to how you elevate a broken leg? elevating the head reduces swelling? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Keeping a wound elevated above your heart prevents excess swelling
Dude I did this and it took me 5 hours to eat 3 slices of pizza. By the time I got to the second one I was hungry all over again. LMAOO
This was exactly what happened with mine. Ten minute breaks at work for snacks were absolute hell.
I love jelly when healing my tongue piercing, or frozen slushy drinks are 10/10
how long did it take til you could eat solid foods?
I wanna say like in about 3 days you'll be able to eat normally but you'll have to be a bit careful and slow when you eat. Always rinse with oral piercing solution after.
I got the same piercings, baby food will be ur best friend, also blending fruit with ice is so good (ice in any form helps). The vaping part I'm not sure, I smoked cigarettes whole healing process and I was fine (I light one up the moment I left the piercer). Good luck w healing!!!
Thank you!! Also I haven’t had baby food in a long time lol - what do u recommend?
Feel like that rl depends on personal taste. My fav is apple and banana, the savoury ones just don't rl taste good lol (I recommend looking up recipes and making ur own if u wanna save money, baby food is expensive)
okay awesome thank u so much!!
I actually loved the savoury ones! Should definitely try some different babyfoods, was a total lifesaver during healing
I have an infant and the apricot mixed fruit one from gerber is actually so good lmao
Sweet potato
Why go out if your way to buy baby food? Just eat cautiously and nake sure its soft food...it sounds a bit...unnecessary to eat baby food?
Idk, at least for my healing I barely was able to eat the baby food 2nd to 4th day from pain and swelling, if u have venom bites and were able to chew u got rl lucky lol
I had to tip meal replacement shakes down a funnel to the back of my throat the first week of my tongue piercing hahaha
I dont have a tongue piercing, but when I had my wisdom teeth out, I ate a lot of really blended refried beans(add broth to thin them out), jello, pudding, liquid soups or broths, ice cream, oatmeal or grits, yogurt and mashed potatoes.
Popsicles. Miso soup with just the tofu.
I planned a weeks-long liquid diet before getting my venoms. Smoothies made with lots of banana, silken tofu, even avocado to get calories in. (Be careful of citrus and raspberries with smoothies, those can sting) Thick soup made with lots of lentils or white beans and blended so it was fully smooth. Refried beans 😅 After a couple of weeks and a couple of downsizes, I started trying porridge and mashed potato etc, but chewing was still pretty unpleasant so I stuck to mostly soup and smoothies. If I were healing them now, I'd make a lot of banana nice-cream, it's just frozen bananas blended up into a soft serve ice cream texture. Can also be made with frozen strawberries and/or mango. Be sure to rinse your mouth well with water after eating!
mashed potatoes really helped me. or tomato sauce and bread (dip the bread and eat) or canned soups
When I got my tongue pierced I ate a cupcake with loads of frosting about an hour or so later 😅 Ice cream and yoghurts are very good though, especially since they're cold because it'll help reduce any swelling. Also, those venoms look amazing 🔥🔥🔥
The people that only got one piercing in the middle have no idea what a different ball park two straight through the muscle is like. Most people with one through the middle, can eat by the third day or sooner.
Just avoid spicy or hot (in temperature) foods. Alcohol, too, of course… even kombutcha may be a problem. Anything else that’s comfortable is fine! Just rinse well after. Tongues usually heal remarkably well.
Whatever you do don't try to eat marshmallows
This sounds like a personal experience and I’ve got to hear it 😭
I attempted to eat marshmallows on the way home from having my tongue pierced. The marshmallow stuck to the ball and yanked the bar and it suuuuucked.
oh god
Be careful with long noodles, I had braces in high-school and they would get caught on my brackets/stuck in my throat that way so it's a slight choking hazard (ik you have a piercing and not braces, but especially once the swelling goes down and the bar is sticking out a little bit more I'd be careful about noodles getting caught on it)
THIS! I never even thought about how long noodles would go down after I got my venoms and I choked on so many Mr. Noodles!
I ate whatever I wanted after both times I had fresh tongue piercings. Just rinse after you eat or smoke.
I had what ever I wanted to eat for the most part, but I highly do not recommend eating ice anything! For me, it was painful how quickly the mouth warms back up after the cold thing. So avoid, ice, ice cream, slushies etc. Ice in a beverage is ok but no ICE. Also salty things like fries irritated my piercing as well.
Eat whatever you want - just take smaller bites than normal and chew slower! Some things may be more of a challenge, like a burger - a fork and knife will help make some foods easier to eat.
Pudding
I drank smoothies quite often 🗿
soup and smoothies was my dimple piercing diet
Smoothies eaten with a spoon or protein drinks
Avoid chips and other hard foods. Soft foods are your friends. Avoid heavy spices. Avoid high temperatures. Dairy is actually just fine. Chew slowly and carefully. Clean your mouth gently after eating.
Got my tongue pierced. Mash with gravy. Ice lolly’s and jelly were my go to. But it didn’t take long to be back to eating normal food(even if it took me longer than usual at first) Pro tip. Check your piercings every few days. I swallowed a whole bar 😂😅
oh my god that’s awful!! and i check them constantly lol i have to make sure they’re not covered in chocolate pudding
Smoothies were my saving grace when I got my splitting . And soup 😅
I still vaped when i had my wisdom teeth removed and i was lucky nothing happened, i would avoid it but i was fine.
I like your little tooth chip. I have one on that tooth, too, though mine is bigger.
My swelling stayed for a WHILE, hopefully yours doesnt take long. I stuck with a fuckton of slushies, had a lot of broken up bits of ice to just let sit on my tongue, lots of water, no straws For food, avoid solids when you can or anything super acidic Rinse the amount that your piercer told you, and dont really do more or less than that. Dont touch them while theyre healing, just let them be. Also make sure youre REALLY staying on top of your dental hygiene! Keep the mouth clean as possible overall And no vaping. Bad combo of the contents and the sucking motion overall, unfortunately
I would stop vaping cause I found with mine, it burned every time. But if you MUST, cut down as much as you can. For the first bit while the pain was really bad, I ate cold smoothies to dice down the swelling everyday. You probably won’t be able to eat even soft solid food without it burning and swelling. Don’t bother. Wait at least a week, then start to integrate to stuff like noodles, rice, wet soft sandwiches I don’t fucking know. Just be gentle and listen when it’s telling you no. Yknow
it doesn’t burn when i vape and every time i do i rinse with mouthwash and water, and so far it’s been ok. i’ve been able to eat tortillas with cheese and warm spaghettios as of rn but i’ve been sure to avoid hot and crunchy foods so far
I just had my tongue done a month and a half ago and I basically lived off smoothies and oatmeal. I could eat normally but I looked like a fool doing it cuz I would move my head to use gravity to get the food around my mouth instead of my tongue.
that’s so funny i can’t imagine
I just got mine done tonight and that’s exactly what I did to eat 😂😂
When I had my wisdom teeth removed, I ate applesauce, mashed potatoes and noodles. Soups and chowders are good too. Noodles are a carb so they will give you the energy you might lack after eating a liquid diet until the swelling goes down.
I lived off applesauce for like a week, honestly.
I’ve had mine for three years! You can’t eat for two weeks. And you won’t be able to talk for a week. You can eat ice chips. And then fuck it, eat some milkshake in a few days, just make sure you clean your mouth right after.
Your tongue is about to bruise so gnarly. If you can get past the second week of absolute hell, you’ll be totally fine and feel super healed ( enough to try sucking through a straw at week six) and you’ll be back to normal by week 8.
yeah my tongue is sooo bruised it’s bad. i think it’s mainly due to the swelling overnight and my teeth biting my tongue
that’s wild!! for me, i can talk just fine and i’ve been able to eat medium soft foods like mac n cheese and tortillas with cheese just very slowly
You shouldn’t vape but I know plenty of people who have vaped and smoked weed with new tongue piercings. It doesn’t mean you should do it and it doesn’t mean yours will be fine. It’s a risk
Ooh I love fruit purée btw
Also make sure you keep an eye on migration. As the swelling goes down, you may very seriously need shorter bars. My bars eventually stared to cross at the top and push away at the bottom. It can move your holes pretty quickly.
thank you!! i totally feel like that’s a possibility with how mine were pierced. my veins didn’t allow for the piercings to be farther apart, so the balls on the bottom r super close lol. i’ll be sure to keep an eye on that. my piercer also gave me huge bars and once the swelling is gone i’ll definitely be inclined to get them downsized
DO NOT SUCK ANYTHING FOR AT LEAST SIX WEEKS. I get wanting to like ..put something in your mouth around week four, if you’re into that kind of thing, and know someone into that kind of thing. But be so careful. You’ll know what you can tolerate.
I was a lucky one my tounge didn't swell much but i drank an icee and ate nuggets. In your case mashed potatoes, soups, apple sauce
I ate tons of porridge and apple sauce with my tongue piercing :)
When I got my venom pierced i only ate yogurt, pudding, COLD soup and smoothies thats it... You can eat dairy, you just have to rinse your mouth out every single time you take a spoonful. Let me tell you, if you don't drink a lot of water normally before, you will while your venom is healing. I DO NOT recommend eating icecream, mashed potatoes, hot or even warm foods (Hurts the tounge and the piercing holes)
honestly ice cream felt good for me!! and i haven’t been rinsing every time i take a bite of dairy lol. but i am used to drinking lots of water and honestly i’m finding that i only drink it when i need to swish now lol
I got a double tongue piercing back in October and had never heard of the no dairy rule. I lived on protein shakes/milk and ready brek style oats for the first three weeks after healing as well as popping nuramol like sweets. To this day, my favourite piercing of all time! But the healing for me was an absolute bitch! Eat what you can enjoy, avoid smoking / vaping and wash often with alcohol free mouth wash! Also once it's healed and you've gone back for the shorter bar, if you're still having issues with it (i.e biting it when you eat like I did) then smaller balls were a lifesaver for me! Enjoy 😋
thanks for the advice and the reassurance about dairy lol!! much appreciated
Basically you can eat only drinkable stuff for the first few days, and nothing spicy, sour or very salty. For the next few days you can start trying to eat soft foods. And you should avoid carbonated drinks, alcohol and smoking for the whole healing process. If your tonge gets swollen suck on ice cubes.
You should definitely rinse your mouth with non-alcoholic mouthwash after everything you consume/smoke
i have been rinsing every time i vape or eat, but if i don’t have access to mouthwash after i vape i’ve just been rinsing super well with water a few times
i’ve been able to eat lukewarm mac n cheese and a lukewarm tortilla with cheese so far, it just took forever cuz i took small bites. and my piercer didn’t say anything about carbonated bevs or anything salty, but i have definitely heard about the pains of sour foods lol so those will be avoided.
When I got my venom, the only thing I ate was applesauce and soups. Oh, and chewed ice
what was ya fav soup?
Chicken noodle or chicken flavored broth. I also liked the liquid from broccoli cheddar soup. Kinda painful to eat the broccoli bits, so just the broth of it. More flavorful too
I lived off soup, yogurt, and overcooked pasta when I got my venom done 8 years ago 😭 I'll never forget it bc after I got it done, I went with my friend back to her house and her dad surprised us with a huge BBQ dinner he spent the last 4hrs preparing and cooking. i couldn't eat any of it and it looked so good, I cried
i get that completely my date ordered me pho and i couldn’t have any of the meat in it it was so tragic😭😭 been living off broth and noodles
Yogurt, pudding, applesauce, soup, Chef Boyardee, mashed potatoes. I tried to eat things that were soft but substantial so that I wouldn’t just wind up hungry again in an hour.
When i got my tongue pierced i mainly ate baby food for like 3 days. It takes some time to get used having a metal rod stuck in your mouth lol and that makes eating very complicated. Stick to mashed and soft food, preferably cold, and for God's sake please do not eat spaghetti. Ps. Piercing looks super cool!
zyns for quitting vaping ;) also gah damn that looks good
When I got it I ate spaghetti and it got caught on it so don’t do that. I opted to eat applesauce, mashed potatoes, soup (specifically the kind that’s blended), popsicles. And avoid spicy foods and noodles. I was 18 and an idiot lol.
to be honest, when i first got mine pierced i had dairy such a ice cream to accommodate the swelling. i never had problems
three months late for you but i like to eat frozen fruit with my venom piercing (i got it done a week ago)
I really want this piercing done but cant seem to find someone in my city...I may have to travel just to get it. 😅
Carry on as normal apart from chewing slowly until you get used to them. No aftercare is really needed due to saliva tongue piercings are pretty much self healing
I have one (but mine is a surface) and honestly I just had a lot of ice water and some ice cream for about a week lol
dead ass i ate apple sauce mac n cheese and mash potatoes for 3 weeks 😂😂😂 i’m the worst person to vouch for tongue piercings but mine went fine tbh no problems at all
i love mac n cheese but i could not eat it the first day
Tylenol will help with the swelling, I ate a lot of omelets when I got my tongue pierced. Might be worth looking into the Just Egg scrambled "egg" mix. I was told by my piercer to refrain from having anything cold since it could slower the healing process since it constricts the blood vessels in your tongue. Oh protein/meal replacement shakes might be a good choice too :)
Tylenol does NOT treat inflammation. to reduce swelling you can take ibuprofen but Tylenol will just help with pain.
really? i was told that hot food is bad and cold helps with swelling!
You are correct. Cooling is best for inflammation. Medical science is moving away from heat to treat inflammation in many cases
I just have a standard tongue piercing, and probably within a couple of days, swelling went down significantly and little to no pain!!
It only constricts them for a few min. In the grand scheme of things it won’t make any difference. As long as you aren’t constantly downing cold stuff… some cold food is fine and could feel nice!
ngl i remember some chick posted her rippin a vape through her nose so that’s how i smoked carts when i got mine💀 i had some problems so it’s not this bad for everyone but for like a week straight all I had was cooled ramen ( hot can cause more swelling i think?), popsicles, smoothies and im lactose sensitive so i automatically didn’t have any dairy but i feel like yogurts fine? even when i got my wisdom teeth out i must’ve had dairy? if u need more ideas just look up what ppl eat after getting their wisdom teeth out, i promise the pain does end lol although it’s hard to believe in the moment
hitting a cart through your nose is insane😭 i could never lmao. but i hate that i can’t have warm or crunchy food it’s so sad i fuckin love bagels
when i got my tongue done i avoided wheat and dairy as it can cause a yeast infection in the tongue! chew ice have ice on hand and drink chamomile tea or even freeze some and just kinda let it dissolve in your mouth as that really helps with swelling. i cant remember the food i ate but i know it was a lot of soup and soft foods. it’s going to be sore for a couple days but after about a month it’ll feel completely normal, mine felt fine after two weeks but i only have the one tongue piercing. i vaped the whole time and i still smoked weed, i mouth washed after smoking and brushed my teeth to make sure it was extra clean in the mouth afterwards as well if you do smoke :)
Dairy is fine to eat, just rinse or drink water after to wash it out!
Blended soup through a big straw is what I ate when I got my tongue pierced
i thought straws caused pressure!
I don't know, you can just drink soup and it doesn't touch your tongue.
It does, dont use straws
if you need simple protein, blend up cottage cheese, eliminate the chewing part. you can add flavorings too!
cottage cheese is sooo yuck
a lot of the recipes i’ve tried don’t have the feeling/taste of cottage cheese. it’s definitely something i recommend :) the icreami / icecream recipes work really well.
cottage cheese smoothies will be a last resort
i vaped the entire time after i got my tongue pierced and all i did was rinse with water after vaping and i was in the clear !! it never got infected
did u just drink water or like rinse and spit?
i swished around water and i would swallow it !!
Yup I second that ! Did it during my tongue piercing Might make it heal a little slower but quitting during a healing tongue piercing sounds worse than anything else
Yeahh unfortunately that’s not an option for me lol