Lip piercing problem
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Monday October 5th, 2009 @ 8:48 PM
Filed under: Lip/Cheek
I got my lip pierced about, 4 days ago. I had a stud put in because I was going back home and if I showed up with a ring I knew I would never stop hearing about it from my parents. Everything has been going fine, except that the inside of my lip seems to be growing around the back plate of the stud. Also, when I push it inward there is a sore red circle on the inside where the plate is sitting. I’ve been using salt soaks about 3-4 times a day and washing the outside of the piercing with a anti-bacterial soap. There is no weird discharge, smells or heat coming from the piercing so I don’t think it’s infected. However, my lip is still a little swollen and if I run my tongue along the inside of it, there is stinging (obviously). I’m trying not to get paranoid but I’ve never had a piercing react like this. (I have my tongue and eyebrow also pierced.) Any idea what’s going on?
The obvious answer is that the bar is too short. In my opinion, it shouldn’t have been pierced with a ring to start with but faffing around with jewellery in a four day piercing is going to create excess swelling and irritation. If you keep it up, you will have the gnarliest piercing ever which will be certain to attract attention from your parents. Go to a piercer, have them fit an oversized labret stud in it, leave it in situ for a couple of weeks, go back to the piercer and have them switch it for a shorter, sterile stud and then give it another three to four months before fitting the ring.
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4 Responses to “Lip piercing problem”
A1 advice but she did’nt say it was a ring from the start!!!
Jayme on October 6th, 2009 at 7:17 pmi don’t believe it was pierced with a ring to begin with. the wording is a little confusing but i’m pretty sure it was pierced with the labret stud and hasn’t been changed.
fireship on October 7th, 2009 at 12:28 pmAh gotchya. In which case it does sound like the initial bar is too short so it’s definately worth going to a piercers and having them pop a longer, sterilised labret stud in.
Tiff Badhairdo on October 7th, 2009 at 4:58 pmI have the same problem. Do you think not switching to a longer post will cause any significant damage?
Ray on October 27th, 2009 at 2:57 amLeave a Comment