Avoid the habit of chewing or sucking on the lips or cheek when these lesions are present. Many mucoceles will go away on their own in 3–6 weeks. A mucocele may appear suddenly, while a mucus-retention cyst may slowly enlarge. A mucocele typically is a single bump with a slight bluish or normal skin color, varying in size from 1/2 to 1 inch, and it is soft and painless. Mucoceles usually occur on the lower lip and inner part of the cheek, as these are frequent areas of injury in the mouth, but they can occur anywhere inside the mouth.

They are also painless and noncancerous (benign). Unlike mucoceles, these mucus-retention cysts tend to look less like fluid-filled blisters and more like small bumps. This is is a condition that causes thick, white patches to develop on your tongue and the lining tissues of your mouth such as the gums and inside of cheeks.

A similar lesion, called a mucus-retention cyst is more common in older adults who have not had any injury to their lips. The bumps on back of tongue might be caused by leukoplakia. They often occur in children or young adults who are lip biters or who wear braces. They can also occur in other parts of your oral cavity such as on gums, the roof of the mouth and inside the lips. These bumps typically appear on surface, sides, under and back of the tongue. Mucoceles are common in anyone experiences injury to the mouth. Canker sores are painful oral lesions that might appear on your tongue as white bumps with red borders. Mucoceles may go away on their own or may be treated by your doctor by being carefully cut out. The damage is often caused by braces, lip biting, or other injury to the mucosal surface. The blister is usually filled with clear fluid and is caused by damage to the inner, wetter skin of the lip or mouth (mucosal surface). Pain in certain spots or all over the tongue. Burning sensation in certain spots or all over the tongue. A mucocele is a small, painless, blister-like lesion that occurs on the inner lips or floor of the mouth. Change in the color of the tongue, appearance of black, white, brown or bright pink patches on the tongue.

Painful bump on tongue