So I just had my tonsils removed on the 12th, and was told by my mom I could get my tongue pierced after my surgery. I’m 19 and my recovery has been pretty difficult, but I started feeling much better today and hope things will continue to improve. This is my spring break, so I will be returning back to school this weekend and was hoping to get my tongue pierced Sunday or Monday which would be day 10 or 11 of recovery. Is this too soon? I’m worried about infection, but I also want to kill two birds with one stone. After having your tonsils removed you can’t smoke or drink for a while and same with having your tongue pierced. With being in college and all its hard not to do those things, so I’d rather not have to do it twice in a row. Any answers will help and thanks in advance
I know im risking infection, but what can happen? I know i would take excellent care of the piercing as I have several others and have taken very good care of them all. My throat obviously can’t get infected anymore since my tonsils and adenoids are gone, so are we just talking about my tongue getting infected? I just don’t see that happening with proper care and cleaning.