Full House star Jodie Sweetin is speaking out about having to have gum graft surgery.
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Appearing on Andrea Barber's How Rude, Tanneritos! podcast, she said she felt like she "got hit in the mouth with a baseball bat."
"Your whole face is swollen," she told Barber. "I had a black eye and the cheek down here was all kind of swollen and bruised, so yeah."
Gum grafting helps treat thinning gums and gum recession.
"It was all great," Sweetin said. "Everything is healing really lovely. In my personal, non-professional opinion, it looks great! If I think it looks okay, I feel we should be all right."
However, the Full House star has to wear a retainer for weeks to "keep all the sutures and stuff clean on the roof of my mouth."
'Full House' Star Speaks Out
"But I get them out tomorrow," she added, "and then I'll be free to go. Well, mostly free to go. I still have some gentle tooth brushing and no sandwiches or sourdough rolls in my future. Nothing I have to bite into that's hard—anything that really requires the canine teeth. Got to give them a little more time [to heal]."
It's the Full House star's second time getting graft surgery.
"I actually didn't have to be as concerned about talking as I did when it was on the bottom front of my mouth," she explained. "That was when I really had to be careful because your lower jaw is the only thing that moves, therefore, your bottom lip is constantly moving back and forth over your jaw as it moves when you're talking. That doesn't happen as much with your upper lip. So, I could talk. Thank God."
She was also thankful for Barber for sending her soup and other gifts to help after surgery.
"It was great, it was delicious, it made me feel loved, [and now] I have my little get-well spoon," Sweetin said.
