tongue probs

hello all,

just a question, regarding white coated tongue, i have had this for nearly 10 years now, why is it so hard to rid? dentist says one thing doc says another, other gps say what am i looking at???my son has it now, i swear i could hang myself, i have been down the whole road of anti - pro's etc, is there surgery that remove or kill it..threelac is laughable as are most of the products out there...oh i took roaaccutane for about 2 years when i was 16, i noticed my tongue when i was about 21, as far as taking any hard prescribed medicine thats all i have ever had & good ole sugarlesss vit c..


very ****** off

keep it in your mouth and in your pants.

[txtony]

white tongue especially like in your case is very normal,
i noticed it on myself around 3 mos back, thinking the worse, i indeed took antibiotics, you just have a normal white looking tongue, your son has it too huh, yeah i stoped freaking out when i noticed my son had it too. 2 docs looked at it and said it was normal. the filliform papillae are a little enlarged and are white i presume the rest is pinkish,i noticed after i eat, its not noticable,or when i drink big red it stains red.lol.

[borninquisitive]

If this is what you are talking about, nothing to worry about: http://www.doctorspiller.com/hairy_tongue1.htm

This has happened to me, as well. Now, I don't know if this helped/solved the problem but 1) I did find drinking more water helped. Not long ago, I had this in a bad way. There were a few things I was doing differently, when it began to completely disappear and I can't help but wonder if it helped. That being, I was taking pepto bismuth (tablets) for about 2 weeks before bed. Whoa...woke up with black tongue! Found out that Pepto can do this. During the day, I was also drinking 1 glass of fresh squeezed lemon juice (no sugar) in a full glass of water.

About a week later, noticed my tongue changing and so, began to to scrape my tongue after brushing my teeth. Low and behold, the "hairy" papillae began to easily fall off.
Weird but I was happy to see a clear tongue.

Now, I DO NOT KNOW if either Pepto or the lemon juice helped. Perhaps it was coincidental, I don't know.

Since then, when I see my tongue whitening, I begin to drink more water...and I haven't had this happen since.