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Used a tongue scraper for the first time ever and now my tongue feels kind of raw/sore. is this normal? i had alot of plaque so i had to scrape hard
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Normal reaction: It is normal for one's tongue to feel "raw" and sore if he scraped his tongue "hard". That means whenever doing something for the first time, one should be gentle. This holds true on many occasions in life, whether it be waxing a car or scraping a tongue or...
Answered 3/15/2015
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