From an idiot
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Thursday December 11th, 2008 @ 5:26 PM
Filed under: Lip/Cheek
Alrightyyy
well I pierced my lip yesterday(like an idiot) because my mom didn’t want to take me to get it pierced, because she doesn’t approve. So my plan (at the time) was to buy a stud for it (which I’m going to do today if I don’t change my mind) and simply take it out when I’m with her. Though I know constantly removing it and putting it back in will cause it to not heal correctly. Last night (since I don’t have the correct jewelery, I simply put an earring in it) it fell out and I figured , eh whatever I’ll just put it back in tomorrow. Btu when I woke up my lip was ridiculously swollen (as pictured). I was sure to continuously clean it and stuff, but i’m still worried about infection. So yeah now to the question… If I were to just not put anything in it, would it heal over without any issues? And if I were to buy the correct jewelery, would there be any way (while it’s healing) to hide it from my mother?
You cannot remove jewellery for any length of time during the healing process or it will close and the wound will start to heal. The healing time for a lip is around four to six months. You cannot just put anything in your piercing. You have already risked infection by not using sterile jewellery (I don’t know what you used to pierce yourself with). If you continue dow this route you will at the very least end up with scarring which may affect the appearance of any future, professionally done piercings. My advice - don’t put anything in your lip. Do twice daily seasalt soaks until the wound closes off and wait until you are old enough to legally consent to a professional piercing.
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8 Responses to “From an idiot”
1. Why would you improperly pierce yourself?
2. Why would you pierce yourself with the intention of taking the jewlery out within days?
3. Why would you pierce yourself without proper jewlery?
4. Why would you pierce yourself if you knew it made your parent unhappy?
All kinds of epic fails up in here.
Jay on December 12th, 2008 at 12:33 amWell, what does you mom have to say about your swollen lip, good luck hiding that!! I’m with the above, epic fail XD
Almaxaquotal on December 12th, 2008 at 10:36 amBetter question is why would you pierce yourself if you knew it was a bad idea?
Kim on December 12th, 2008 at 3:08 pmYou may pierce yourself.
BUT
Do it in an as professional way as possible.
Do it when you are living alone, and mature, but not when living with your parents, who hate it, and beeing immature.
Do it using proper jewelry.
Do it when you want to keep it.
You may remove a well healed piercing for a while to reinsert it later on, but you will still see the small hole.
Youi can not remove a freh piercing, that will lead to fast closing of the hole, and even if you could reinsert the jewelry, prevent the piercign from healing. Worse, that would greatly enhance the risk of infections.
As Jay said: You did every single thing wrong whichyou can do wrong. Chances of healing what you want in the way you want are not 0,01, but simply ZERO percent.
Stormchaser on December 12th, 2008 at 4:55 pmone thing that really gets me is when parents say no they go and do it in an unprofessional manner ANYWAY! if they say no go with it until you’re old enough to get it done without any issues from the parents.
Deadly Poison on December 14th, 2008 at 8:48 am#5 I agree, they somehow feel that if they do it themselves with the intention of ‘keeping it a secret’, its ok. Not thinking that not only is it a health risk, but having a constantly swolen and gaping hole on your lip due to constant jewlery changes will be pretty much impossable to hide. Harder then just placing a retainer in the lip to let it heal.
Jay on December 15th, 2008 at 12:19 pmlolololol.
AmiiMetalFace on December 15th, 2008 at 5:01 pmAll I can say is at least they got the title right.
Sounds like something I did when I was 13 (earring and all).
I really wanted a side labret but of course my parents wouldn’t hear of it and I was too young to get them done professionally so I took matters into my own hands. So I soaked a safety pin and a cheap earring stud in boiling water, rinsed with mouthwash, cleaned my lower lip, and stuck the pin through. It took me a while to get the “jewellery” in but fifteen minutes later I was ecstatic. Whenever I was around my parents I simply took the earring out and put it back in as soon as I could. The next day at school I showed off my first non-ear piercing with glory BUT it began to get really irritated. For one, my lip was nasty-beesting-size and the tiny earring couldn’t accommodate the swelling. As well, taking the earring out so much really pissed my lip off. By the end of the day I faced the fact that I couldn’t keep it and took it out. But at least I got that out of my system until I was able to get it done when I turned 18.
I got my tongue pierced when I was staying at my boyfriend’s house for a couple of weeks (long story) right before my 18th birthday. Since I wouldn’t be around my parents until I could talk normally again I figured I could get away with it. For the first couple months they didn’t notice but then I opened my mouth too wide at dinner one night and they saw. They weren’t too happy. But I was 18 so it wasn’t that bad.
A couple months later I got my nose pierced. It’s pretty unnoticeable so they didn’t freak out too bad with that either. I started piercing and stretching my ears. It got to the point when my sister told my Dad I got my nipples pierced he just laughed. LAUGHED. My most recent one was my lip…again. But this time done right (and down the centre this time which looks so much better). And my parents don’t mind it that much (they just say “no more metal in your pretty little face”).
So I guess the point of that boringly long anecdote was: JUST WAIT. It’ll be worth it when you can get it done in a nice, clean, sterile environment with a cute piercer (like the one that did 3 of my 10 piercings). I can’t imagine what my lip would look like if I kept the earring in; I was lucky to come away with a tiny unnoticeable scar, not regret.
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