Feeling furry?!
Question:
Feeling furry?
HELP!!! No matter how many time i brush and brush.....green furry stuff keeps growing back on my tongue. I have read that another person has it but the solution is to go to a doctor. I am embarrsed about it and afraid to tell anyone. People have seen it and have been horrified.....HELP! It is SO embarrasing.
Answers:
It sounds like a condition called black hairy tongue. This is what my oral pathology book says - Black hairy tongue is the name applied to a condition in which the filiform papillae are so great elongated that they somewhat resemble hairs. The "hairs" may become stained by food, tobacco, or chromogenic organisms. Hairy tongue may develop following the use of various chemotherapeutic agents (drugs). It also may occur without apparent cause, and in these cases tends to be persistent. Have your dentist check it out to get a diagnosis and trust me, we have seen about everything!
JAMRDH - a dental hygienist