Changing Your Piercing Safely and Effectively. Wait 4 weeks before removing your initial piercing. Tongue piercings generally heal in about 4 weeks, though this varies from person to person. Do not try to change your jewelry before your piercing is fully healed.

Similarly, how do you take out a tongue piercing when its swollen? Swelling

Place ice pieces in your mouth and let them melt. Reduce the amount of talking you do. Cut down on your intake of warm beverages, spicy and acidic foods, tobacco and alcohol for the first week or as long as your lip is swollen. Avoid drinking through straws while your piercing is healing.

Secondly, what will happen if I take my tongue piercing out?

The answer is yes, your oral health will improve when you remove a tongue bolt. A piercing and tongue bolt can also cause damage to the nerves in your tongue. This causes pain for some people until the bolt is removed. Your tongue is well supplied with nerves as well as blood vessels.

Which way do you twist a tongue ring?

Stick your tongue out as far as possible and simultaneously grasp the top and bottom beads of the barbell. To remove the tongue ring, twist the top bead counter-clockwise while twisting the bottom bead clockwise.