a little info...

Zombienosh

eh
just got a new piercing under my lip.

i was told no smoking for a few weeks and no drinking........
this is doin my nut in
has anyone else had this?

and do i really have to be that strict....

Zombienosh

i pay alot of attention to what im told when getting all my piercings its just
the nephews christianing on sunday im thinking a few pints cudnt hurt they?

I am MAN

Admit it you're going to get pissed at the Christianing.

A responsible and 100% sensible opinion - no don't it's very bad.

Personal experience - Go for it, it's grand i'd be nore weary of what I ate.

Malice

-AlcoholicA- wrote:

eh
just got a new piercing under my lip.

i was told no smoking for a few weeks and no drinking........
this is doin my nut in
has anyone else had this?

and do i really have to be that strict....

When you say you got pierced "under your lip" do you mean in the centre like a labret (I think that's what it's called) or something else? I'm just curious as when I got my lip pierced I wasn't warned off the booze or the cigs at all. I was just told the area was going to be a little bit tender (which it was).

Going by my own experience, I was out on the tear the same day I got mine done without any ill effects. It is probably more important to keep it clean i.e. cotton pads with salty water that's been boiled and let cool slightly than to worry about a few drinks having some terrible effect on it.

Regarding "strictness", I'd say the most important thing is to try to avoid playing with the piercing with your hands unless you have scrubbed them beforehand

Oh yeah, enjoy the Christening!

Zombienosh

cheers man

yeah its a labret thingy

i think ill go boozing as people have said its alright.....

as for the cigs im using patches now anyway so meh might as well try quit

Malice

Something I forgot to mention in my previous post was about eating. You might find this a bit difficult for the first few days, I know I did Everything I ate was in tiny portions and chewed right over the side of my mouth. I was afraid of catching the flat back disc bit (gotta love the technical terms)between my teeth and biting down on it. This wasn't helped by a story from a friend of mine who had her cheek pierced (think Cindy Crawford's mole) who somehow managed to tear it while eating a roll. Cue a day spent in Casualty and a lot of slagging from friends and family

But then again maybe I was just being a big girl's blouse over the whole thing.... I guess just watch out, you don't want to spoil a good day's drinking by injuring yourself unintentionally. All bets are off once you get drunk though

garthv

I was eating,smoking and drinking the night I got my lip pierced and it didnt bother me at all