When it comes to the lip piercing, there are some potential hazards to realize prior to undergoing the piercing aside from the standard complications associated with piercings. With the lip piercing, there is the potential of damage occurring to both the teeth and the gums. The biggest issues of course have to deal with the potential of damage to the teeth. All too often lip piercing results in chipped teeth as a result of the natural inclination to play with the jewelry with your teeth. This is usually more or less a subconscious reaction to the foreign object inside of the mouth.
There may be the possibility of drying out the pierced area as a result of swimming and the piercing’s interaction with the chlorine in the pool. While this may not seem very important at first, in the end it can result in the tissue surrounding the piercing to become weakened allowing the jewelry to be torn out easier. No one wants to have a piercing torn out so take precautions prior to jumping in the pool while the piercing is still healing
Assuming that you are visiting a creditable and professional piercing technician, the chances of a bacterial infection can be greatly reduced, but is still a potential risk associated with the piercing. Also make sure that during the healing process you keep away from swimming in natural lakes, rivers, ponds and the ocean as a means of preventing a possible parasitic infection.
There will also be the possibility of excessive scar tissue forming around the piercing as well as the potential of keloids. Keloids are basically scars that form deep beneath the layers of skin and do not always have to appear directly at the piercing location but can occur anywhere within the general location of the piercing.
On of the bigger risks associated with lip piercings are those surrounding the potential of damage to the gums. In some cases a lip piercing has be attributed to the erosion of the gum line and in very rare occasions this gum line erosion has resulted in teeth simply falling out because they are lacking the gum tissue to hold them in place.
Above all, just make sure that the piercing technician is qualified and that everything has been well cleaned between uses or even better that everything is disposable. After all of this, make sure that during the entire recovery process you make sure to keep the piercing locations clean with antiseptics and saline solutions.
There may be the possibility of drying out the pierced area as a result of swimming and the piercing’s interaction with the chlorine in the pool. While this may not seem very important at first, in the end it can result in the tissue surrounding the piercing to become weakened allowing the jewelry to be torn out easier. No one wants to have a piercing torn out so take precautions prior to jumping in the pool while the piercing is still healing
Assuming that you are visiting a creditable and professional piercing technician, the chances of a bacterial infection can be greatly reduced, but is still a potential risk associated with the piercing. Also make sure that during the healing process you keep away from swimming in natural lakes, rivers, ponds and the ocean as a means of preventing a possible parasitic infection.
There will also be the possibility of excessive scar tissue forming around the piercing as well as the potential of keloids. Keloids are basically scars that form deep beneath the layers of skin and do not always have to appear directly at the piercing location but can occur anywhere within the general location of the piercing.
On of the bigger risks associated with lip piercings are those surrounding the potential of damage to the gums. In some cases a lip piercing has be attributed to the erosion of the gum line and in very rare occasions this gum line erosion has resulted in teeth simply falling out because they are lacking the gum tissue to hold them in place.
Above all, just make sure that the piercing technician is qualified and that everything has been well cleaned between uses or even better that everything is disposable. After all of this, make sure that during the entire recovery process you make sure to keep the piercing locations clean with antiseptics and saline solutions.
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