The swelling should be completely gone within a week. If it isn't you may have an infection. You should go to a doctor and have the doctor look at it.
For the basic oral piercings, ie. lip piercing, monroe, labret etc etc; the swelling begins to go down after a few days. Since the cartilage for a dimple piercing is much thicker than that of a lip piercing, the swelling will take a little bit longer to go down. Usually 3-10 days before the swelling begins to go down, depending on how much you play with the jewelery, irritate the piercing, and even how you clean it can all alter the amount of time your piercing is swollen for!
Food would be a good thing, unlike a tongue piercing you can eat almost anything so long as you rinse after eating and stay on something for swelling.
it takes up to a few weeks
If the piercing has swelled to a point where you think it's excessive you need to go back to the studio that did it and have them put a longer stud into the piercing so it can drain and so the swelling can be relieved. A professional body piercer will account for some swelling and the jewellery needs to be long enough for this to occur without causing any further trauma. So go back and get them to fix it, if they are smart they will do it at no charge to you because they didn't account for the swelling nor did they instruct you on how to control the swelling.
i have snake bits and it took mine about 3weeks to go all the way down
Absolutely...ice helps to bring the swelling down, but as long as you don't put it on for too long, and the piercing itself isn't constricted too tightly. I have a nose piercing too, and i do it all the time.
If the piercing is over a year old you can remove the Monroe piercing for several hours without fear of the piercing healing closed. Prior to a year you are taking a gamble on how your body will respond to the jewellery being out of the piercing.
2-3 months before the piercing can be submerged. You can go swimming now as long as the piercing doesnt get wet.
Everyone says that at first, wait till the swelling has come and gone, this can take up to 3 weeks to pass. Once the swelling is done you can get the piercing stepped down, but keep the longer labret in case you catch a cold or get sick because the piercing can re-swell during the first year for numerous reasons.
sure it does. How badly you scar depends on how long you have the piercing, how well it healed and how badly you personally scar.
Well your professional body piercer should have covered that with you at the time you got your piercing done. Best give him/her a phone call and ask for some help, you seem to have some issues going on with your piercing and they should have given you full instructions regarding swelling and pain management.
You can drink anything as long as it's nothing hot, drinking cold beverages can help bring down swelling so can eating ice