If you are dealing with a professional body piercer then follow the advice they are giving you.
I went to my piercer to get mine changed, and it hurt like heck. Probably as much, if not more, than when I pierced it.
Your piercer can, but you should not attempt it as you could injure your new piercing and it could lead to infection.
The jewellery for piercings isn't something you buy off the shelf, the piercing needs to be measured and size according to what you were pierced with and where the piercing is at with the healing. You need to see a professional body piercer to get the appropriate jewellery for your piercing.
Yes, and you need to do it as soon as possible. You are at risk for rejection and scarring. No piercer should have done your eyebrow with a curved barbell. Dont go back to him.
Contact your local professional body piercer and ask what they have to say about your piercing and how they can help you.
Wait till its fully healed. Surface piercings can get really cranky. You dont want to change the ring too early and have the piercing reject. If you have a bar in there, you can go to your piercer after the swelling goes down to get something shorter.
well i got mine pierced today and the piercer said the first two days are the worst but it still hurts for a week, this can change depending on how thin or fat your tongue is, good luck bud.
if it is infected and you think you should put the original ring back in go to your piercer to see what they think you should do.
It is a good chance this is a piercing gun piercing and that is why you always have grief with it, it isn't pierced correctly and thus always reopens when you change the jewellery. I could go into detailed explanations but it come down to the cartilage tissue not being incised enough to allow for proper healing. Go see a professional body piercer and get it fixed.
No its not. If its too long of a stud to the point that it gets hit too often and irritates the piercing, have your piercer look at it and put something smaller in. You don't want to change it yourself until its fully healed.
Minimum of two weeks, even then you should wait longer, I would recommend you have your piercer give you a hand changing the jewellery the first time just to ensure you don't damage the new piercing.
Its usually 16ga but some piercers don't go smaller than 14ga. You can either call your piercer and ask or just measure it yourself. 16ga is 1.2mm and 14ga is 1.6mm.