How to make a tongue piercing

Once pierced tongue Indians did - often with a ritual purpose, but sometimes also as a decoration. Today, tongue piercing is considered fashionable decoration. That's just the danger that this procedure is (in essence, it is a surgical operation), commensurate with the concept of decorating their bodies.

What is a tongue piercing and how it is conducted

Tongue piercing - tongue piercing is followed by the wound jewelry. Advertising of services said that a person will look very cool. And now the beauty salons are starting to offer their services for the tongue piercing. This is done (if you believe the commercials) simply and painlessly. However, advertising does not hide the fact that language can then swell - because after all, it is impossible to hide this fact.

Medicine says that holding a tongue piercing, especially by lay life threatening. Who is right?

Language - is a big muscle that is involved in chewing, sucking, swallowing and pronunciation of sounds. Language contain taste receptors, nerves (including sensitivity, which are found in all tissues of the tongue), rather large blood vessels, and a network of lymphatic vessels located in the mucous membrane and muscles of the tongue.

With deep wound tongue (piercing and it is this procedure), the following complications:

• severe pain - it's not true that the procedure is painless;
• bleeding from damaged arteries, which can be very strong and result in the death of a person when the ambulance just do not have time to come;
• swelling of the tongue - damage to the small blood and lymphatic vessels will inevitably cause severe swelling of the tongue; there were cases when swelling caused suffocation and death of a person;
• non-compliance with the rules of aseptic and antiseptic may be made into a wound infection, which is very dangerous, as the bloodstream, it can get into the brain; but a good blood supply to prevent the emergence of language is usually inflammation;
• maybe the taste even after complete healing of the wound;
• it will also change, it appears characteristic prisheptyvanie.

How is the operation of tongue piercing

If we make a tongue piercing is very desirable, it is better to do it in a medical institution (such as plastic surgery clinic or in the office of the surgeon's usual health centers) - is a guarantee that in the event of complications Bleeding and infection in the wound will bring. Well, from the swelling of the tongue will not save anything.

The operation is carried out without anesthesia, as it may cause even greater swelling of the tongue after surgery. The surgeon selects a location in the language where no large blood vessel punctures language inserts previously sterilized with two vertical rod-ball nozzles at the ends (top and bottom of the tongue). First, put the long barbell (tongue swells, and because it is impossible to bar him squeezed). When the wound heals and the swelling subsides, the bar is replaced with a shorter.

In the postoperative period prescribed mouthwash with antiseptic solutions or infusions of herbs (calendula, chamomile pharmacy), prescribed medicines, reduces swelling, in some cases - antibiotics. Food can only take liquid and grated, chew due to increased language is usually impossible. It is also impossible to eat any food that may irritate the wound - all hot, sour, spicy, salty. But the cold, you can eat more - it relieves swelling. Fully wound heals within two weeks, at the same time passes and swelling.

Decorations for tongue piercing, and his replacement

The decoration serves rod made of surgical steel (including gold-coated) or a plastic (which may be of different colors) with balls above and below. Initially the bar is set higher, and then it is replaced by the rod at a height.

Replacement Send the Prince after complete healing of the wound, that is not earlier than two weeks. Before changing the bar mouth should be rinsed thoroughly, removing saliva. Better for this use a decoction of oak bark, which reduces salivation and disinfects the mouth. After this first spun the ball under the tongue, and then take out the long rod is inserted in its place from the top down to the short ball has bolted top and firmly fasten the lower ball (under the tongue).

Oral Care after tongue piercing

Oral after piercing Piercing   the language requires special care. Teeth should be cleaned morning and evening, after each meal you need to rinse your mouth with water. In the postoperative period, until the wound is healed, the dressing should be carefully cleaned daily with a soft toothbrush. Once the wound is completely healed, the mouth can rinse decoction of herbs, decoration can be removed and cleaned at least once a month.

Tongue piercing - it is a kind of decoration, which uniquely dangerous, so you should think twice before doing it.

Galina Romanenko

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