Problem with labret piercing

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Saturday November 3rd, 2007 @ 12:44 AM

Filed under: Lip/Cheek

I got my labret pierced about 2 1/2 weeks ago . It was a little swolen at first and i thought this was normal. Now its like a bump all around the stud in the piercing and im alittle worried that it wont go away its been like this for a while now is this normal and if not can it be fixed?

Without being able to see your piercing, it’s going to be nearly impossible to say with much certainty exactly what is going on. However, in my experience, when piercings start “acting up” that quickly after the piercing is done, it’s almost always either a badly-placed piercing and/or the jewelry is the wrong size. In the case of a lip piercing, my guess is that the initial jewelry wasn’t quite long enough to accommodate the swelling, which caused additional irritation and even more swelling, and has no contributed to the “bump” you are seeing.

My suggestion would be go visit a reputable piercer in your area and have them look at it. They should be better able to tell you what needs to be done to return your piercing to the land happiness.

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