Black Hairy Tongue Causes and Treatment Video

A new video has been created describing black hairy tongue . Black hairy tongue is a relatively rare acquired condition that can literally turn the tongue's color black. It is considered harmless and self-limited. In the video, we will go over what it is as well as what can trigger this condition and what can be done to potentially resolve this problem. Many of the treatment suggestions mentioned in the video can be purchased on Amazon: First-Line Treatments: • Tongue Scraper: https:/…

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Black Hairy Tongue

Image on right from Wikipedia . For a relatively rare condition, black hairy tongue has received quite the national attention from CNN to the New York Post after a case report was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on 9/6/18. Normally the dorsal surface of the tongue mucosa is covered by filiform papillae protrusions that typically rise less than 1mm from the surface. However, in black hairy tongue , these normally very short tongue protrusions can grow to over 1 cm in l…

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