Question of former dippers

[Blood Trail]

Today marks the one month anniversary since I quit dipping. Since then, I've notice some strange things going on in my mouth.

1. Where I used to hold my pinch, the muscles in cheek spasms. Not sure if its repairing itself or trying to shrink back down to size or what.

2. I get these white clusters of dead skin on my gumline. Its not sores and they scrape of with ease. At first, I though it was food stuck between my gum and lip until I looked at it. I had an oral cancer screening about a month before I quit and everything checked out good.

Can anyone explain this?

[quarterback]

Sounds like your body is trying to repair some of the damage. Congratulations on quitting.

[BrianL]

I got the cheek spasms too. I actually still do for time to time, but I still use fake snuff when working around the place. They will go away.

White is probably the excess skin in the mouth, from being stretched out. I

[J Wales]

Same Here

Both things happened to me shortly after quitting, but didn't last long. It's been 5 years now...I'm very glad I stuck with it.

[killerbee]

12 years for me! Man I miss my cope

[Todd-ty729]

That is what you get for being a quitter!

[Highbridge hand]

Good for you bud! I want this bad for myself! Can't help on the issues your having, but stay strong & congrats!

[76aggie]

Congrats to all of you for quitting. I have been dipping for over 40 years and have never had any of the experiences you describe. I have quit several times, one time for over a year. Never had any spasms or the white patches but they could be pre cancerous lesions. If you had a screen done it is probably fine, but if it concerns you, I suggest having a dentist check it out one more time or even just give your dentist a call and see what he thinks.

[Bisch]

Never had the spasms, but had the nasty white dead skin thing. It'll go away after a while. I quit Sept 10th, 2009. Best thing I ever did. I started putting the $150/month I was spending on snuff into a hunt fund and now spend all my (used to be) wasted tobacco money on hunting!

Bisch

[LukeDuke]

Today marks the one month anniversary since I quit dipping. Since then, I've notice some strange things going on in my mouth.

1. Where I used to hold my pinch, the muscles in cheek spasms. Not sure if its repairing itself or trying to shrink back down to size or what.

2. I get these white clusters of dead skin on my gumline. Its not sores and they scrape of with ease. At first, I though it was food stuck between my gum and lip until I looked at it. I had an oral cancer screening about a month before I quit and everything checked out good.

Can anyone explain this?

All I know is the answer does NOT include buying another can....keep up the good work!

By the way, I quit about 10 years ago and now the thought of it makes me sick at my stomach!

[ELKAHOLIC]

I had the lip spasms too. 2 1/2 years for me.

[Playa]

No lip spasms but I got the dead skin. Honestly I think that is a natural sloughing of epithelial cells, but you didn't notice them when dipping because the snuff exfoliated your mouth chemically and physically

[hoythitman]

Had the same stuff happen when I quit. The shedding skin stuff quit for me around a month or two after. The spasms I only had a few times though.

[Sparkles]

Whatever you do, don't go to webmd for the answer.
It'll be terrible news

[AtTheWall]

2. I get these white clusters of dead skin on my gumline. Its not sores and they scrape of with ease. At first, I though it was food stuck between my gum and lip until I looked at it. I had an oral cancer screening about a month before I quit and everything checked out good.

That's the root system of that bush on your chin!!

Congrats!!!! I quit that stuff years ago as well.