If you need to snack, smoke, or have sexual contact using your mouth (including kissing!) try and group those in with these 5 mouthwashes, however if you need to do them at other times of the day we recommend simply rinsing your mouth out with water afterwards.Īside from this cleaning, we recommend leaving your new piercing alone entirely! No touching or fiddling, or fidgeting with your jewellery. These 5 times are generally after brushing your teeth in the morning and evening, and after your three main meals. You want to clean your tongue piercing a maximum of 5 times a day with an alcohol-free mouthwash for the first 4 weeks. Here you can find an overview of their aftercare. Tongue piercings are incredibly low-maintenance and heal very quickly.

This is a serious business! The Healing Process The Lingual Artery feeds directly from the Carotid Artery – That’s a direct bloodflow from your heart.

If we cannot see it, or it crosses over itself base of the tongue, we will normally discourage you from getting this piercing. This is all really important information that a piercer should be looking for before they pierce your tongue. Some people have two that cross over in the middle. Sometimes you will have one central branch, however some people have two either side. If you lift your tongue, you may be able to see it sitting just behind your lingual frenulum (where a tongue web piercing would go). This is the largest branch of the lingual artery, and passes through the base of the body of the tongue. The most important branch of the lingual artery is the Deep Lingual Branch. Because the tongue is such a thirsty and active muscle grouping, the lingual artery is large and branches out into lots of smaller vessels which make sure the tongue is always well fed with oxygen. The major blood vessel feeding the tongue is called the Lingual Artery.

The existence of this lingual septum is what makes traditional center-line tongue piercings so safe. Like with a nasal septum, piercing through the thinnest section of membrane makes your tongue piercing much easier to heal and reduces your risk of problems. A traditional tongue piercing sits somewhere along this midline groove, and passes through the lingual septum. Although this is an internal structure, you can locate it by looking out for the longitudinal midline groove that runs down the middle of your tongue. The Lingual Septum is the thin, fibrous membrane that separates the paired muscles either side. These muscles should not be impeded by a piercing, or there can be serious consequences for the mobility of your tongue and your ability to eat and speak.

They can do this by working in isolation, or by working together depending on the motion required. Working together, the longitudinal, transverse and vertical intrinsic muscles control the movement of your tongue. The intrinsic muscles are responsible for changing the shape of the tongue and controlling its movement. All the muscles of the tongue are paired structures, split in the middle by the lingual septum.

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