Black hairy tongue occurs when the papillae (the upper surface of the ... when the papillae on the tongue grow longer because unlike normal cells they are unable to shed dead cells This results ...

“I told her it was politically incorrect.” Swab blue food colouring on the front of your tongue. This allows you to see the fungiform papillae (they don’t stain as well as the rest of the ...

Filiform papillae are bulges under the mucous ... Six months after he first presented with hairy tongue, it had returned to normal despite the fact that he did not stop smoking.

Share on Pinterest Oblate lesions on the dorsum of the tongue are shown. The tiny "hairs" covering the unaffected regions in are the filiform papillae. Credit: New Journal of Physics, 2015.