Lip Piercings

History: the Labret are piercings done by many tribes in South America, Africa and the Inuit and Pacific Northwestern Indian Tribes . One case is the women of the Sara tribe of Central Africa use saucer-shaped plugs to spread or stretch the lip after slitting.
ADVANTAGES: Other then adornment the piercings really have no other advantage or use.
DISADVANTAGES & CONCERNS: Due to the location of the piercings they are prone to causing damage to teeth and gums. Though Lip piercings are the lowest risk of all oral piercings.

MAIN HASSLES:The piercing must be cleaned twice daily during healing which is on an average 2-3 months. For the first 2-4 weeks the Aftercare for Oral Piercings must be followed. Also a change of diet is called for up to 2 weeks. The worst part of the lip piercing is the swelling in the first 1-5 days which can eating and speech difficult. A change in diet Is need to reduce swelling. We suggest cutting down on your intake of Alcohol, tobacco, spicy foods and ingesting other harass items. Also cross contamination prevention is needed(such as no deep mouth kissing for 8 weeks).

Healing Time is 8-12 weeks. Oral aftercare must be followed for first 2-4 weeks & Above the Neck aftercare for the first 8-12 weeks.

Common Jewelry 16g to 10g 3/8 to 1/2 inch ring.
Axiom base with 14g surgical steel ring- DaVo=$45.00.
Pain level on a scale of 1-10 is between 2-3

Aftercare Instructions for Above the Neck Piercings
Aftercare Instruction for Oral Piercings