Lip piercing is another very popular type of piercing in Western Europe countries. Lip piercing is considered to be much more extraordinary in comparison with more common ear piercing and nose piercing as well as more complicated and even dangerous to some extend. Piercing history proves that even long ago Maya and Aztecs, as well as people who lived in the Central and Northern parts of America, used to practice lip penetration, women with pierced lips considered to be extremely attractive and sexual. Moreover very often this type of piercing is associated with Africans and their traditional wooden disks.
Basically not lips but the area around them is punctured. There are lots of variants of lip piercing as far as practically any place around the mouth can be penetrated. All types of lip piercing can be slightly divided into two broad categories: upper piercing and lower piercing.
The most popular upper piercing:
1) Madonna/Monroe. The skin above the upper lip is punctured as a rule in that very place where Monroe had her well-known to everyone birthmark.
2) Labret. This type of upper piercing is a penetrating of the central part of the skin above the lip, more rare off-center punctures are made.
3) Angelbites. It become clear from the name of this upper piercing that this is nothing else but double piercing which presupposes making two punctures near the mouth but on two opposite sides.
Basic lower piercing:
1) Lip ring. The most common piercing which is done right under the lower lip and also presupposes wearing a ring.
2) Spiderbites. Three punctures around the mouth, two on the opposite sides and one in the middle between these two.
3) Venombites. Two punctures are made on the left/right side of the lower lip next to each other.
Lip piercing care and healing
During four hours after lip piercing procedure, you are not to eat, smoke and drink alcohol. You must wear only proper jewelry in order not to cause damage to your gums and teeth. In case flat disk which is situated on inner side of the lip causes discomfort or even cut into the lip, you must change your jewelry to longer one. Keep to a diet which excludes hot, salt, spicy food. Lip piercing is extremely prone to various infections, that’s why it’s strictly recommended to avoid smoking, drinking alcohol and to forbear from kisses and oral sex during the hole healing period which can last from one week to a month or even more.
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