My mucocele experience!

After reading this site for weeks, I decided to share how mine went away.

Initially I had tried the "Alum/Listerine" method, and all that would happen would be minimal decreased size. I got frustrated and took a small needle, and poked a hole in it, draining all the puss. Of course it filled back up the next day.

I then scheduled an ENT doctor visit. When I got there he said mine was "one of the biggest he'd seen" and wouldnt just remove it in the office, I had to have general anesthesia so he could "control the bleeding" if needed. What he did do in the office was take a syringe and drain it out again, it refilled later.

I called the hospital and asked them an est cost for the procedure... It was about 1,000$ WITH insurance, so I told them to shove it, in hopes of finding an ENT that would do it in office. Best decision I ever made, canceling that is.

I had a week to wait for my next appointment, and it was driving me crazy, so I brought a bottle of listerine to work and used it several times a day. By the time my appointment rolled around, mind you I've had the mucocele for 6 weeks at this point, it was about half its original size.

I even stopped the listerine, and it continued to decrease in size, until it went flat within the next week. Now, I can't even tell it was there, and I didn't even get surgery done. Its been a month and a half, and I couldn't be happier.

My advice is to wait it out, avoid touching it with your tounge and rough foods, maybe yours will disappear on its own!