Hi everyone, this is my third time posting here and I’m really sorry I keep getting one or two replies saying my tongue looks normal, but I have severe health anxiety and OCD, and my mind keeps spiraling. I’m not trying to waste anyone’s time, I just genuinely don’t understand what is normal anatomy.

I grind my teeth at night, so I’ve always had a scalloped tongue. That part doesn’t worry me. What’s worrying me is on the left side, the very first ridge that sticks out feels a little firmer than the others. I have no pain, no symptoms the only reason I even started focusing on this was because I got a small sore about 6 days ago. It hurt for a day or two, but now it doesn’t hurt at all. However, the tiny white spot where the sore was is still there, just behind that ridge.

I’ve been using the gel my dentist gave me (he examined me in person and said everything looked fine), but the spot hasn’t fully disappeared yet. I also keep touching it constantly and messing with it, which I’m sure isn’t helping. I vape, and because of my anxiety, my brain automatically jumps straight to “tongue cancer.”

I’m restarting fluoxetine for OCD and health anxiety I came off it for a bit, and things got worse. I’m also getting married in a few weeks and really don’t want to be stressing like this.

If anyone especially a dentist or oral surgeon can explain whether this looks like normal tongue anatomy, scalloping, irritation, etc., I would really appreciate it. I’m not asking for a diagnosis, I just need some clarity so I stop catastrophizing.

I’m really sorry for posting again. Thank you to anyone who takes the time to reply.

Does this look like tongue cancer? 24F