hiddennomad60 said:Honestly, things like propolis and that specific angle have been doing wonders for me lately. But now I’m actually getting a bit worried after reading what @Hek mentioned... especially since I'm a smoker too. 🕺
If you don't have any sores in your mouth, then you really shouldn't be losing sleep over this. What Anthony Nguyen81 is bringing up here is just a textbook example of how people end up shooting themselves in the foot. Back home, everyone acts like a shot of whiskey can fix anything—it’s the ultimate "cure-all." But honestly? That logic is fundamentally broken. Alcohol is a carcinogen, plain and simple, and your mouth is already crawling with bacteria. You add cigarette tar into that mix, and you're basically asking for trouble. There's a reason dentists constantly nag their patients about staying away from smoking and drinking after an extraction. They aren't just being killjoys; they're trying to keep you out of the ER.
Look, if you happen to bite your tongue or deal with some kind of nasty mouth injury, do yourself a favor and stay away from smoking or drinking until that wound actually starts healing. Seriously. And ditch the alcohol-based mouthwashes or any propolis sprays for a bit, too. Under normal circumstances, you’ve got nothing to worry about—the mucous membranes in your mouth are pretty efficient at bouncing back on their own. But here’s the kicker: applying things like tobacco tar or rubbing pure alcohol directly onto an open sore is where things get sketchy. That's how you end up looking at oral cancer. It's basically when a physical injury just can't close up because you're constantly hitting it with those toxic substances. Just let it heal.