Can you put Steel in a fresh tongue piercing?
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Yes, tongue piercings can be done with steel, but only 316LVM or higher grade surgical stainless steel. Any lower grade steel should not be used under any circumstances.
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for piercing and sucking
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You can get a lot of different infections if you don't take care of your tongue right, after you get it pierced.
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Yes, they will stop hurting.  Our tongues actually "fill in" and conform to the space they have over time.  Your tongue WILL adapt to it's new environment, you will start speaking better, and it will stop hurting.  For now, there is a special orthodontic wax you can use on the "hot-spots" where your tongue is particularly sore or cut even.  Call the dentist offic to find out about it.  Especially important to keep teeth/braces very clean since when you put the wax on, you are also trapping in any food particles or plaque, which will accelerate decay/cavities.
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if it is a stainless steel kettle, use anything that does not scratch the metal, so dont use like a brillo pad or something.
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couldnt help but see your name sweetie 16 theres no way I would let my 16 yr old daughter get her tongue pierced or any thing else pierced in less it was her ears. Or any age for that matter. Also when your in school you could get a bad rep people think things that are not always true . Besides that it is really  really painful. and could be something you regret. But with all that said it is your choice and the best thing I can say is suck up for about 2 weeks one isnt enough she will see right through it and wait tell shes in a good mood and have a talk with her as to why you want it. Hope this helps.
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I have an allergy to metal as well.  Mine is not as severe as yours seems to be though.  My jeans button breaks me out but only in the immediate contact area.  I also cannot wear hypo-allergenic jewellry.  I can wear real gold but that's it.  I have metal fillings and have no problem, they do not come into contact with any skin.  I would like to tell you my experience with the other kind of fillings though, the white kind you can't really see.  That's the only kind my dentist likes to use.  When she gave me those my tooth never quit hurting.  They drilled it back out and used metal to refill it.  I will not use anything but a metal filling from now on.  The dentist told me that some people can't tolerate the other kind.   ???   Good luck.
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Use the Nickel Metal..Put your steel into a electrolysis solution of Nickle  electrolytes and charge it with electric anode and cathodes.
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Yes, you could still get dry socket, altho the chance of it isn't as great anymore like the day or two after.  Give it a couple more days.  I wouldn't smoke or eat anything hard like chips.  You don't want to puncture what's there right now.
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It is preferred to use surgical steel until the site heals as this reduces the likelihood of infection.  If you would like to use a clear retainer this is likely to work and the risk of infection could be virtually eliminated using a prescription antiobiotic ointment called mupirocin which is an inexpensive generic.  Piercings remain a curiosity to many adults but they are quite common and I am certain that your parents will accept you for who you are.
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use wisely your tongue!
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initial pain and healing time aside, I would go tongue - you can show it off when you want to, but it's not a problem if you need to hide it for any reason (like work) because you can put a clear bar in and voila!  Also, if you are not 100% sure, at least if you change your mind then you won't have a little scar leftover where everyone can see :P\nI have never heard of any higher incidence of cancer in people with certain piercings.  Remember, it is not an open wound, the skin completely heals so the smoke wouldn't be getting into your bloodstream at all from the actual piercing...
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Try rinsing your mouth out with salt water.  Add just a pinch of salt to a small glass of water and swirl around your mouth.  This will help reduce the inflammation and wash away any bacteria and help it heal faster.  I've done this after I've burned my tongue on a hot drink and it does work.
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IT TAKES A MONTH TO COMPLETLY HEAL USE PEROXIDE TO CLEAN YOUR MOUTH FROM EVERYTHING YOU EAT OR DRINK DO NOT TAKEOFF UR RING OR CHANGE IT FOR AT LEAST A MONTH IN A HALF OR IT WILL CLOSE FROM THE BOTTOM AND WHEN U PUT UR NEW RING IN U WILL HAVE TO REPIERCE THE BOTTOM UR SELF... REMEMBER THE TONGUE HEALS FAST IT HAS TO GET USE TO THEHOLE FIRST\n\n\nDONT NOT FORGET TO CLEAN YOUR MOUTH OUT EVERY TIME YOU EAT OR DRINK
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as a body piercer, I can tell you that it wont heal fast, because you pierced it yourself.Sewing needles are made of bad quality metals that usuially cause more irritation to the piercing.\nOnce the swelling goes down it wont rub on your gums as much.\nBut I dont quite understand what you did. Please answer some of the following questions, and I'll change my answer to help you out more.\n1) What type of jewlery do you have in now? What gauge and size is it? Is it a hoop? labet post? earring stud? What material or typer of metal is it made out of?\n2)did you clean anything before you pierced it?\n3)How have you been cleaning it?
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Depends on the tongue
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15 Piercing Myths Exposed\n\nby Amy Redd\n\nThe idea of paying someone to shove metal through your flesh might not rank very high on your To-Do list. However, it might jump up a few notches if you were able to separate the truth about the art of body piercing from certain myths floating around. While body piercing may not be for everyone, flawed preconceptions only heighten the reluctance of potential candidates to delve into this somewhat taboo area.\n\nEven the pierced population can become confused by the fallacies running rampant through society. Misinformation leads to health hazards if a new piercing is improperly cared for. Whether you are in the market for a body piercing or not - don't believe everything you hear. \n\nThe Association of Professional Piercers - an international, non-profit group - dispenses health and safety information about body piercing. APP-certified professional piercer Randy Smyre at Pain & Wonder Tattoos and Body Piercing helps to dispel these hindering myths:\n\nPiercings can cause paralysis. This is not an effect of the actual piercing procedure. If an infection is allowed to set in, and nothing is done about it, paralysis is only a possibility, Smyre says. He has never heard of it being a direct instantaneous result of a piercing. If piercings are properly cared for, it should not be a factor.\n\nIt is virtually impossible to blow your nose if you have a nose piercing. Rest assured that someone with a nose piercing is just as capable of blowing his or her nose as someone without this piercing. Unless the jewelry in the nose is extremely large and obstructive, Smyre says it does not affect the ability to blow your nose whenever the need should arise. Tara Newsome, a sophomore Linguistics and Spanish major from Augusta, has a total of 11 body piercings, including one in her nostril. She says the jewelry hasn't interfered with blowing her nose, and it merely took a little time to grow accustomed to. "Everybody asked me, 'How do you stand that?'" she says. "You just get used to it."\n\nDrinking beer with a new oral piercing will cause a yeast infection to form in your mouth. This is false, but don't celebrate just yet. Drinking alcoholic beverages of any kind while a piercing heals, especially an oral piercing, is not recommended by the APP. It will destroy the newly formed skin tissue and cause unnecessary swelling, Smyre says. "The healthier your lifestyle, the easier it will be for your piercing to heal," according to the APP Web site (www.safepiercing.org).\n\nWell at least there's nothing wrong with drinking a little alcohol before getting pierced. Wrong again. Aside from the excess bleeding and swelling alcohol would cause, Smyre says this also brings up an issue of poor judgment. "Drunk people are impossible to deal with," he adds. Those with alcohol in their system won't get pierced at Pain & Wonder.\n\nIf a certain vein in the tongue is accidentally pierced, you could bleed to death. There is surprisingly some amount of truth to this, though it is not nearly as alarming as it first appears. There is an arterial structure that, if pierced, can cause excessive bleeding (not necessarily death). It might not even be noticeable at first because the blood drains down the tongue, Smyre says. You would probably get sick and seek medical attention before you would even realize what actually happened. Technically this is a possibility, but it is extremely unlikely when dealing with a trained professional. Smyre says the tongue is not a very complex organ. To avoid such a situation, the piercer must simply pull back the tongue and check the location of this arterial structure before proceeding with the piercing.\n\nCleaning a piercing as many times a day as possible will ensure a faster healing time. While this might seem like common sense, over-cleaning is not better for a piercing. Piercings should be cleaned about twice daily an