Vertical labret rejection?

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Thursday May 29th, 2008 @ 4:52 PM

Filed under: Lip/Cheek

Though I am an ‘impulse pieree’, as I like to think of it, I always make up for my split second decisions with research after the fact. Bad, I know.

I got a vertical labret piercing a week ago, and it is my favorite piercing. There was no swelling, blood, tenderness, or pain at all- even my tongue was worse. Yet I have seen several forums that claim that this piercing commonly rejects. However, as with most everything on the internet, whether or not this is true seems to vary.

Unfortunately this has made me very paranoid, to the point where I am checking it several times a day. So, I’ll ask the experts: do vertical labret piercings reject often? Also, I’ve seen some people mention it depends on whether ones anatomy is suited for it- my piercer did not say anything about this. Where should the piercing sit to lesson the risk of rejection?

Thanks for your help.

I wouldn’t say that vertical labret piercings reject very often. In fact, I’d go so far as to say it’s pretty uncommon. That assumes, of course, that the anatomy is well-suited for the piercing to begin with. Fortunately, most lips are pretty well suited for vertical labret piercings. Lips that are very thin and/or flat are often not good candidates for vertical labret piercings, but I have seen them work out on lips I was almost-postive they would reject on.

So, if your piercing seems to be doing well at this point, I really wouldn’t waste a lot of time and energy on worrying about it rejecting. If it’s going to reject, there likely isn’t anything you can do about it anyway.

Kick back. Relax. Don’t stress. Enjoy the hell out of your new piercing!

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