What could could be my tongue has yellow stuff on top?

Would the white ish stuff around my tongue piercing be from eating normal food.. only done 4 days?

• its alittle stingy but theres white around it its like dryed white skin or yellowish its not that bad its only around the ball i washed it as soon as i smoked or did anything i ate normal food its only done 5 days i been eatn like normal mostly sandwhichs pizza bugars anything.. it would get stuck sometimes... its not that sore ,,,, but im just worried about the yellow white stuff that is stuck around it and wont wash away here is a picture to show what its kinda like but not really the tip of my tongue stings a small bit http://0.tqn.com/w/experts/Ear-Body-Piercing-3189/2008/11/top-tongue.jpg

• Answer:

  I believe this is the fourth time you have asked similar questions on this subject. The other three questions had decent answer as far as I can tell. As I said before, it isn't lymph if it's yellow, it's probably an infection. It's also not skin, that's ridiculous to even think that. If you read the answers on the other questions, you would know what solutions are available. So, to reiterate: clean it with sea salt solution twice daily. Use a soft cotton bud or similar to clean the gunk off, not a toothbrush. If the problem persists, or gets worse, after a couple of days, see a piercer BEFORE seeing a doctor. Don't remove the bar if it's infected, don't play with the piercing, use clean hands when cleaning it, don't ask a further question on this - four times is plenty. If you're really that concerned, why aren't you doing something about it right now rather than being on yahoo answers?