Monday October 5th, 2009 @ 10:09 AM
i got my lip pierced over about a month ago and the healing process has been ok.. but i have developed this small bump by my lip piercing its painless and it does not seem to be infected..also i clean it corectly sometimes it would shrink down to a smaller size but then get bigger when its irritated. i think its because one time my freind accidently hit my lip piercing and after that the bump developed..what is it and what should i do? also my lip piercin seems to be healing alot slower than my freinds
i just hope its nothing bad i really love my lip piercing and dont plan on taking it out:)
From the picture I’d say that the ring is too small. You can see the indentation in the top pf your lip. I am not a fan of piercing with rings from the onset. Initial piercings should be done with an oversized labret stud and downsized between two to three weeks later. If a ring is desired I would advise not having one fitted until four months after the initial piercing. Lip piercings take an average of four to six months to fully heal.
I would suggest you switch out your ring for a sterile labret stud as I’m pretty sure the hypertrophic scarring you are experiencing is a result of inappropriate jewellery perpetuated by the knock you recieved. Don’t use your friends as a benchmark for healing as there are alot of factors that influence the nature of such a process. Healing is a very individual thing.
+4 / 6 votes 
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Friday September 25th, 2009 @ 6:35 PM
I got a labret piecing a few months ago with a 14g stud, and let it heal completely. A few days ago I replaced it with a closed ring that fit nicely to my lip. However, I think my lip has swollen since changing the piercing, and now the ring is digging into the inside of my lip/pulling the hole up slightly. Should I be worried? Does the swelling tend to go down, or should I switch back to the stud?
Thanks.
I would switch back to the stud until the swelling subsides. Usually, I advise my clients to leave the bar in for around four months before switching to a ring. It is also important to get the correct size. Your piercer should be able to measure your lip. The length of the piercing and the distance from the hole to the top of the lip are what is needed and then the greatest of the two measurements should match the diameter of the jewellery. If your lip has been acting up, have the bar reprocessed before popping it in to avoid introducing nasties into the fistula.
0 / 0 votes 
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Tuesday August 11th, 2009 @ 7:58 PM
Alright, I tend to be a little bit paranoid so please bear with me. I’ve waited for my lip piercing for the past 5 years and I just don’t want anything to go wrong. Alright I got my lip peirced five days ago now and the area around the peircing was a slightly red circle and it’s been a bit sore but I figured thats normal. The area around the peircing today seemed a bit darker red and very irritated. A friend of mine and my mom (who have no knowledge of peircings) said it looks like the beginning of an infection and it isn’t normal for the area still to be enflamed five days later. It really hasn’t been hurting me much but I have been touching it a lot so now it feels even more sore.. still nothing excruciating. I’ve been washing my mouth out with H2ocean and have been rubbing the same stuff Claire’s gave me when I got my ears pierced years ago (probably not the best idea). After being told that was a bad idea I’m now using antibacterial soap (Dial I believe). I probably wouldn’t have this concern but Im starting to get a low grade fever and feel naucous and I’m worrying they could be related… If someone could just help me out and tell me what they think it would be appreciated
Sounds to me more like irritation caused by two things. Primarily the stuff you have been cleaning your piercing with (switch to twice daily seasalt soaks - how to correctly do this can be found on this site with a quick search) and also touching the piercing. This is a total no-no as the potential to introduce bacteria from dirty fingers is there (other than the fact that touching the piercing will disturb the jewellery and irritate the wound). Other symptoms of infection include pain (an infected wound is really painful), discharge that can be a yellowy-brown colour sometimes streaked with blood and often foul-smelling and swelling. I believe it is always better to err on the side of caution so if you are concerned, a quick trip to the docs won’t kill you. If they do diagnose infection and prescribe antibiotics, be sure to leave the jewellery in, at least until the infect has cleared (should you decide to retire it).
+14 / 14 votes 
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Monday August 10th, 2009 @ 7:03 PM
I got my monroe pierced last Thursday. I know the swelling and redness and pain are normal, but today, I noticed that the actual ball on my stud was sinking into my lip. I can pop it out, but it quickly sinks back into the nice little hole it has made. It’s in there so far that when I run my hand across it, the ball is flush against my lip. Is the bar too short for my swollen lip? I’m planning on calling my piercer tomorrow and getting his advice, but until then, I am uncomfortable to the point where I can’t sleep. I’ve been icing it and cleaning it frequently, all of which provide immediate but brief comfort.
Sounds like the jewelry is definitely too short.
While we do pierce with longer jewelry in most oral piercings, it’s impossible to know exactly how much a client will swell up.
See your piercer and they should be able to fit you with a longer post until the swelling comes back down.
In the meantime, remember to keep yourself well hydrated as that will help decrease the swelling a bit.
+5 / 11 votes
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Monday August 10th, 2009 @ 4:56 PM
I saw a picture of someone with a volcano on their madonna BUT it was because they were taking it out and putting it back in. I want to get one but I wanted to know if you can get that even with providing proper aftercare. Can you also get a keloid even with providing proper aftercare?
Can someone translate this for me?
A Volcano on your Madonna?
+1 / 7 votes
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Tuesday April 28th, 2009 @ 4:00 PM
my girlfriend got a Labret Piercing about a week ago and now it looks like the inside of her lip is trying to grow over the flat back plating of the barbell she got. Is this good or bad and if bad what should we do?
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+5 / 5 votes
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Posted by Russ Foxx | Permalink | 1 Comment
Tuesday April 28th, 2009 @ 3:07 PM
I got snakebites over a year ago and i was told by the piercer when asked about the skin growing over the back of the disc: “That’s normal, the skin will fall away after a week or so and leave a depression in your lip where the disc will be flush with your lip”
Flash forward a year later, my snake bites are still embedded in my lip. I have tried a few times, different methods of removing them from forcefully pushing on them, cutting my lip, pushing them back and tonguing them for a few days to try and weaken the skin. Nothing has worked.
I want them out. I can’t get a decent job, and frankly they are uneven from being different depths in the back of my lip and it looks ridiculous. I have heard surgery being the only option. Any had this and know how much it costs? What about rejection, is there a way to force rejection out the front without leaving a huge scar on my face?
I am relatively clueless about piercing things, this was my first (And last >:I) piercing ever and i just did what the piercer told me too. If anyone has any ideas on how to remove them (Preferably with as little pain as possible) That would be great.
Freshly pierced labrets (center or off-center alike) can be safely pierced with studs that have extra length to accommodate excess swelling. This will minimize over-swelling and the chance of your disk(s) embedding on the inside of your mouth.
If it got to the point that your jewelry was completely embedded on the inside, it’s unlikely that “the skin [would] fall away after a week”. It sounds as though your labrets have been transformed into a couple deep oral dermal anchors.
At this point you will likely have to have the inside of each piercing lanced to pop the disks out. A surgeon or doctor can do this, but you can also go to a piercer who is experienced with this sort of thing. Cosmetic surgery is expensive, emergency surgery by a doctor may be cheaper. An experienced piercer will likely be even cheaper than that. The procedure should be pretty quick and easy though, regardless of who does it.
Rejection is not a route I would recommend choosing. This would likely do more damage than good.
+11 / 13 votes
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Tuesday April 28th, 2009 @ 9:13 AM
Quick question: My labret is stretched to half inch and it smells pretty awful. I brush twice daily so that isn’t it. It’s like nothing i’ve ever smelled before and it is driving my wife and I crazy. Is there anything that I can do to try and get rid of it? It has gotten to the point that I’m considering removing the jewelry and letting it close. Please help as I love this piercing and would rather not have to resort to that.
There are a couple of things you could try:
If you aren’t currently removing the jewelry regularly and cleaning it and the hole, you should do that. The skin cells die and slough off the skin of healed piercing holes just like they do on the rest of your skin. When those cells die and get trapped in the piercing by your jewelry, you start to get da funk. The larger the hole, usually the worse the smell, since there is more surface area of skin to produce the dead skin cells. Typically removing the jewelry once per day to clean it and the hole will take care of the problem.
You could try switching jewelry. If you are currently wearing a non-porous material such as steel, titanium or glass, you could try switching to something a little more porous like wood, bone or horn. These materials will help absorbe the oils and some of the skin cells, which tend to reduce the funk.
+14 / 14 votes
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Friday March 20th, 2009 @ 6:04 PM
I’ve had my medusa pierced for about 1 1/2 years and its never really healed all the way and just lately (the past month) its gotten really bad with scar tissue growing on the inside and swelling. I am doing everything to try and get the swelling down and get it back to normal (sea salt soaks and alchohol free mouthwash) but it doesnt get better.
Is there anything else i can do to get it to calm down?
Also i read somewhere it could be my toothpaste i use one that is cinnimon flavored from crest… also heard from a piercer that it might be getting irrated from drinking from straws (which i cant drink anything without one its like a crazy habit). I LOVE my medusa and i dont wanna lose it im just afraid it will get irrated enough to get infected or swell to the point i have to take it out.
Please help lol
A year and a half with an open wound in your mouth isn’t normal nor is it healthy.
What kind of jewelry are you wearing in it? Is it plastic? Is it implant grade steel or titanium? Jewelry quality and size will greatly affect the healing of your piercing. It might not be placed on your lip in an optimal spot.
Toothpastes, mouthwashes and common compulsive movements CAN cause irritation to new piercings. A year and a half later? Not as likely.
If you’re finding a scar tissue buildup, I’d check out placement as the main culprit.
+9 / 9 votes
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Posted by Lexci Million | Permalink | 2 Comments
Friday March 20th, 2009 @ 5:59 PM
Hey, I was wondering if migration in vertical labrets is very common and if it stops or will continue. I’ve had my vertical labret for about 11 days now and just noticed today it’s migrated towards the right about 1mm and though it doesn’t bother me, I am wondering whether it will continue to or if it will heal and settle more or less where it is now?
Migration in vertical labret piercings is quite common, unfortunately.
The risk of this can be greatly reduced with several precautions that can be taken starting with finding a reputable piercer who knows how to actually do these piercings properly.
Chances are that if it’s on it’s way out, it will continue to move.
Be sure that you’re wearing appropriately fitted, implant grade body jewelry. That will help. If you have a big long dangly barbell weighing on the piercing itself, it will move out even faster.
+2 / 4 votes
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