Labret piercing help - problem with disc

Gazza22 · 12-07-2008 7:11pm #1

Hi,

I got a labret piercing last week. The swelling and pain have completely gone but i find that often, the disc is embedding itself slightly on the inside. Is this normal? Do i need a bigger disc?

As far as i can see, it's not that the hole is wider on the inside but i have a small flap of healing tissue still there from the actual piercing and maybe this is the cause? The disc is tending to slide under this and i have to keep pushing it back out.

This is my first piercing so i have no idea of normal healing procedures etc...I'll attach some pics, the third one shows the problem - it looks like infected skin it's not, just a dead flap of skin and it's this flap the disc is slipping under. I had pretty bad swelling the first 2 days so that's probably where it came from.

Thanks

Will · 13-07-2008 2:12am

Simple answer - get a longer labret post. that will stop all the problems dead in their tracks. Same thing happened to me. Go to your piercer. Show them the issue and they will give you a longer piece of jewelry. Happy days

Gazza22 · 13-07-2008 6:33pm

Cheers Wilburt, i'll look into that. I got the piercing done in Belgium so i will drop into a studio in the Dublin and let one of the guys look at it.

Raze_them_all · 13-07-2008 10:47pm

Try using a straight nipple bar, thats what I did when i had it done

Will · 13-07-2008 10:53pm

the barbell will rub off the teeth though, standard labret posts are flat at the end for exactly that reason, to avoid rubbing off gums

Raze_them_all · 13-07-2008 10:55pm

weren't a bar bell, was a straight one, no curve, plus the inside ball was 3mm i think. I never had a problem with it rubbing off my gums at all

Captain Ginger · 13-07-2008 11:05pm

Just don't get one too long or you will end up hooking it on your teeth.

jenizzle · 14-07-2008 7:53am

Raze_them_all wrote: »

weren't a bar bell, was a straight one, no curve, plus the inside ball was 3mm i think. I never had a problem with it rubbing off my gums at all

There are two different types of barbell - straight and curved!

to the OP - I've found that the labret post will make a li'l bed if you will for the itself, only a teeny indent though. Head to a piercing studio and they should be able to sort you out

Gazza22 · 14-07-2008 5:48pm

Cheers for the replys. Yeah i'm going to try make it to a studio during the week. I thin i will stick with a flat back because i wouldn't risk the gum/tooth damage.

rannerap · 14-07-2008 6:23pm

i had a float back and it still rubbed off a nice big chunk of my gum.had to take it out in the end:(

Labret piercing help - problem with disc

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