Piercing lip has a certain number of fans who are willing to do anything to stand out with a ring on his lips. You can treat this differently. For those who are particularly interested in views similar punctures will be useful information about the kinds of lip piercing and care.

General information

• Healing time: typically 2 months to 6 months
• Avoid getting dirt in his mouth, and refrain from kissing and oral sex until the piercing is healed
• After piercing procedure is useful to eat cold food (ice cream)
• Do not touch the piercing until it is healed
• Never remove the jewelry more than a few hours, as the puncture site may close
• Take vitamin C and zinc, to accelerate healing
• In order to minimize swelling in the first few days, can suck ice cubes and anti throat lozenges. Do not talk too much
• Wait 2 months before their own to change the decoration

Care lip piercing

Day 1

• Hemorrhage

Mouth well supplied with blood, so that during and after the procedure there will be blood in the mouth

• Pain

In the first day or two you will be hurt. Take paracetamol but not aspirin, as it will increase the bleeding.

• Edema

To quickly swelling sleep, suck ice cubes in the next few days after a puncture

Days 2-7

• Food

At this stage it would be difficult to talk and eat. It is important to eat well during healing. Cold food is better tolerated than hot. High-calorie foods (ice cream, milk shakes) will help maintain energy. If you eat enough, the healing process may be delayed. Do not eat hot and spicy food.

• Rinsing the mouth

1. Rinse your mouth with salt water as often as you want. Right proportions - ¼ teaspoon of sea salt per 250 ml of water.
2. Try to resolve inflammatory throat lozenges to reduce swelling.
3. After eating, rinse your mouth with a disinfectant solution (Biotin, Listerine, Oral B, Rembrandt, Tech 2000).
4. If your tongue or the inside of the puncture site has become brown or green, it is a sign that you need to reduce the number of rinses.
5. Do not use mouthwash or toothpaste containing hydrogen peroxide.

• Pain

After the first day, you should no longer need pain medication.

• Edema

The strongest swelling appears after 2-5 days. Try to dissolve the ice cubes and eat cold food. Keep drinks in the fridge and drink them often.

Week 2-8

• Change decorations

Decorations that you put in after a puncture, a longer rod because of the initial swelling. After 2 weeks, most people find that it is possible to insert the decoration with a shorter rod. Do not do it yourself.

• Healing

Typically lip piercing heals completely within 2 months. Do not play with him, and did not bite down piercing, as it can lead to the formation of scar tissue.

• Health

In place healing may penetrate bacterial or viral infection. During healing, avoid falling into the mouth of something dirty, such as coins, pens and refrain from kissing and oral sex.

• Security check

About once a week you need to check whether the hard curled the ball on the bar. Wash your hands with antibacterial soap before touching your piercing.

• Caution

Even healed piercings can close for the night. Never leave without piercing jewelry for more than a few hours.

Types of lip piercing and jewelry

Location piercing on the face - a matter of taste. Important internal situation: decoration must not touch the teeth or gums next to the teeth, and should not be able to bite a decoration.

Types of jewelry:

• Earring Labret

Earrings easier to use than the rings, because in order to replace them, do not need special equipment.

• Ring with bead

The rings are inserted at a different angle than earrings. Choose one or the other. To open the ring, you need special pliers.

Dimensions:

Caliber

• Earrings should be 14 gauge.
• Ear smaller gauge will move and can be uncomfortable to wear.
• The rings may be 14 or 16 gauge.

The initial length of the earring

• 11-16 mm

The length of the earrings in the future

• 10-14 mm

The diameter of the ring

• Typically, 3 mm or more thick lips.

Suitable materials

• Surgical Stainless Steel
• 18 carat gold
• Titan
• Niobium

Change decorations:

You can change the decoration in the first 8 weeks, but it must make a professional pirsingist. Then you can easily change the jewelry yourself.

Other issues

• Alcohol

If you drink, choose light alcoholic beverages such as beer. Any drink with an alcohol content of more than 10% are likely to damage the tissue healing.

• Bacterial infections

Infections are rare. Saliva and enzymes contained therein, promote healing. Avoid getting dirt in his mouth. Do not chew stick and biting his nails.

Symptoms of bacterial infections include efforts pain, erythema, and increase the number and density of separated liquid. Usually, infected discharge is yellow, green or gray What color goes gray: a diverse and versatile And may have an unusual odor. Check with your doctor or pirsingistom, and do not remove the jewelry until you get their recommendations.

• Spike oil

This essential oil lubricates the piercing reduces the scars and prevents hardening. It should be used in diluted form, a drop applied to the outside of the piercing to remove excess, and then move the jewelery in different directions. The correct proportion - 10 drops of lavender oil to 15 ml of grape seed oil or almond oil.

• Smoking

1. Smoking - the most common cause of cancer lips.
2. Smoke slow healing by suppressing the immune system and the blood circulation in the skin.
3. Smoking contributes to infection by killing the tissue, which adjoins.
4. If you can not quit smoking, it is better not to do lip piercing.

• Viral infections

Viruses such as hepatitis A, B and C and HIV, can penetrate any piercing, if it has not healed.

These viruses can be present in blood, saliva, semen, sweat and vaginal secretions of an infected person.

For risky are:

1. Kissing
2. Oral
3. Total cigarettes, pipes, hookah, drinking bottles, whistles, horns.
4. Always practice safe sex.

• Vitamins

Vitamin C and zinc speeds healing. Try to eat every day about 2000-3000 mg of vitamin C and 100 mg of zinc. Note that multivitamins such doses do not occur. Talk to your pharmacist about suitable additives. If you are taking any medication, make sure they do not interact with the vitamin Vitamins for everyone   C or zinc, that you will take. For example, vitamin C can slow the absorption of contraceptive pills Birth control pills - how effective are they? And can not be taken simultaneously.

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