Lip piercing is a puncture of the skin around the lip and the introduction of a quality decoration. This type of piercing was born a long time ago. A couple of millennia ago, lip piercing was an adornment of high society. To date, he has become very popular with young people.
In general, the area of the lips for carrying out this procedure is the most safe, since there is a small number of blood vessels and nerve endings, besides, the puncture site can be easily treated with antiseptics.
Technique of puncturing the lips.
Lip piercing should be performed by a specialized surgeon who knows the location of the blood vessels and nerves in the puncture area. Another of the main conditions for the procedure is the sterility of the instruments. Therefore, lip piercing should be done either in a special sterile room or in the operating room. The use of such a tool as a needle should be one-off. You should also sterilize the jewelry.
After having a lip piercing, it is not allowed to take off the jewelry for about a month. During this time, the wound must completely heal. About three days of swelling and redness of the tissues. The wound before its healing must be treated with antiseptics.
For 4 hours after the procedure, it is forbidden to eat, alcohol, or smoke. The effect of nicotine will affect the duration of wound healing, since it has the property of narrowing the blood vessels. During the healing of the wound, you should refuse to take salty, spicy, hot food in large quantities.
If desired, there can be two punctures at a time. It is not recommended to do more, since with a large number of simultaneous punctures, there is a risk of deformation of the tissues of the lip.
Types of puncture:
- When the upper lip is punctured on the right, the puncture is called "Madonna";
- When punctured to the left, the same upper lip - "Monroe";
- At piercings on different sides of a mouth - "Dahlia". This results in the effect of a "torn mouth";
- If the puncture is on the upper lip and is located between the nose and the center of the lip, it is called "Medusa".
Ornaments.
Labret - this is the name for the piercing of the lip. It consists of a bar, a ball (ring) and a cap. The material for manufacturing is plastic or titanium.
Contraindications.
When piercing the lip, there are a number of contraindications. Like the usual surgical procedure has contraindications, and lip piercing - is no exception. Puncture should be performed by a surgeon.
- If there are diseases of the internal organs, it is not allowed to pierce the lip. These are diseases such as cardiovascular and renal failure. Excess infection can complicate the course of the disease.
- In the presence of acute diseases, it is also not recommended to perform this procedure in order to avoid complications.
- With allergies of different types - the reaction of the organism to the metal is not known.
- If there are diseases of the circulatory system, including low blood clotting. In this case, there is a risk of bleeding and other complications.
- Also, you should pay attention to skin diseases - irritation after the procedure will increase.
- When using hormonal medications, including, and contraceptives. When they are used, immunity decreases. And this is the risk of a different infection.
Possible complications .
- Infection. May cause inflammation of the facial tissues with further formation of scars and scars. In the worst case, inflammation from the soft tissues will pass to other internal organs. Perhaps, in the brain - meningitis, encephalitis.
- Bleeding or nerve damage. When performing a puncture by a surgeon, this type of complication is extremely rare. But sometimes there is a place to be, so you can not leave it without attention.
- Keloid scars. From the usual scar, it differs in that it is covered with a thin delicate skin, sometimes protrudes above the level of the skin. It creates an unpleasant appearance. Sometimes it is almost impossible to remove such scars. There is a possibility of their increase. Cause pain, burning, itching. This type of complication is primarily determined by the individuality of the patient.
- Growth of ornaments from the inner mucous part of the lip. This type of complication occurs when the labret is too short. In this case it is necessary to resort to the help of a surgeon and replace it. Growth can only be when decorating from poor-quality material, or with poor care.
Lip piercing - a beautiful and modern decoration of your face, but with a high quality of its execution.