Bleeding tongue after a tongue piercing?

Is tongue piercing bleeding normal?

• My tongue has been bleeding during the day, and its not a lot of blood, but it does bleed enough to hide the ball. It is only at the top and seems to be ripping. It was piercing in a funny angle and whenever i move it it burns... I have been washing my mouth with salt water, and taking asprins. Have i been doing something wrong? I dont play with it, although i do try and stick my tongue out at times. When i eat my tongue ring gets stuck and like I said, I think it's ripping. I am too afraid to take it out and will not be going to see my piercer for another week and a half, maybe even two weeks, There is no bruising because he didn't use clamps. I have been icing it time to time and it isn't too swollen. It's been bleeding all day today.

• Answer:

  Your piercer probably pierced it wrong. Go see another piercer and ask them what to do, because that doesn't sound like it should happen :O Because I know that there's supposed to be swelling after it gets pierced, but if it looks like it's ripping, then there's a problem.