Risky Piercing

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Tuesday July 29th, 2008 @ 9:52 AM

Filed under: Lip/Cheek

Ok now I know this is probably going to make me sound like an idiot but im willing to wear that label at this point. I had my lip pierced on the bottom side for about 2 years and recently was told to take it out because apparently it was offensive working at a bank… go figure!!! so i took it out and it closed up. now the only way I cant get away with having it in at work is to leave the ball off it. so I approached a couple ogf piercers told them my situation and all of them said basically its a NO-GO, I understand duty of care etc and their own risk. so I decided to pierce it myself for about the third time. It was fine doesnt seem to have a problem however when I when to the piercing shop to get a longer bar story comes out and the guy pretty much told me, maybe not in these words but your a f!@# wit and tols me all the infections i would get!!! so now its out and here is my question to you. is it really that much of a risk to have a new piercing left without the ball on during the day?? I realise that its prob not the best idea but I see more people playing with new ones which i cant see would be any better. please give me a up front answer or help me out.

Cheers

I guess it would be possible to remove the ball off your lip piercing for work during the day as long as you’re putting the ball on when you leave work so it doesn’t fall out otherwise. You’re not going to want to be putting your fingers on your piercing that often though as you’re putting yourself at risk of infection. Nor will you want to be manipulating the jewelry to get the ball back on as that could irritate it a lot.

What I don’t understand is why you had trouble having it re-pierced professionally. Did you ask the piercer to pierce you and leave the ball off? I wouldn’t have done that, but you’d be able to remove the ball later on. I don’t know the whole story in that aspect, but I let people know the danger they’ve put themselves in when they come in for help with piercings they’ve done at home. Especially after I’ve turned them away for said piercing.

For the most part, I tell people that they sometimes just have to make a decision between their work and their piercings. Some piercings don’t fare well to being switched in and out at least twice a day - nor do they look very good after all that either.

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