lip piercing

Silent Grape · 27-11-2002 10:27pm #1

im getting my lip pierced on saturday and im INCREDIBLY scared of the utter pain that might occur. ive been saying im going to get it done for ages and ages so i have to do it. has anybody else had one done,and how painful was it??
thankyou for any replies : )

mia xx

Seraphina · 27-11-2002 10:34pm

i haven't got it done myself, but ive heard varying degrees of what its like from different people. depends on your own pain threshold and perception really.
it IS akward after having it done tho, moving it will sting and swells a little.

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eth0_ · 27-11-2002 10:56pm

Silent Grape - It won't be as sore as you imagine, trust me

Just don't drink alcohol for a day or so after you get it done, I went on the beer a few hours after getting my upper lip pierced and it swelled a lot.

Where are you getting pierced? BodyShock in Fownes St in Temple bar (bodyshock.ie) are the best in Dublin along with Snakiebite(.ie) in Middle Abbey St.

The rest (with the exception of celestial ring who I know are safe but have never had any piercings there) are to be avoided at all costs, especially Metal Morphosis in temple bar. You're asking for trouble if you go there.

porno · 28-11-2002 12:03am

it wasnt sore at all when i got it done
im thinkin of gettin the top of my nose done just in between my eyes

Kambika · 28-11-2002 12:48pm

Im having one myself and to be honest it wasnt that painful. Usualy they put a spray on the body part that numbs your skin so you almost dont feel anything. And mine didnt swell or anything.

Silent Grape · 29-11-2002 4:48pm

i got it done today:) im SO proud of myself. i got it done in celestial ring in stephen's green centre. it wasnt sore at all and the guy was really really nice . i got a ring and its very pretty. thanks for all your replies.

eeeeee! happy me!
mia xx

ThrAx · 30-11-2002 2:40am

OMG! I got mine done there too. It wasn't sore at all, it was like getting an injection. I didn't really plan mine, I was like hey maybe I should get my lip pierced and my girlfriend said "Hey get it done now or u'll be too afraid if u go next week" so I got it 10 mins later. I'm drunk.

exiztone · 30-11-2002 4:15am

Originally posted by Silent Grape
i got it done today:) im SO proud of myself. i got it done in celestial ring in stephen's green centre. it wasnt sore at all and the guy was really really nice . i got a ring and its very pretty. thanks for all your replies. eeeeee! happy me!
mia xx

Dunno about that place tbh.
You should go into Body Shock under Sè Sì in Temple Bar or Snake Bites... don't remember the street name.
Too late now though :P

exiztone · 30-11-2002 4:19am

Originally posted by eth0_

Where are you getting pierced? BodyShock in Fownes St in Temple bar (bodyshock.ie) are the best in Dublin

My brother works there and he gives me free piercings.
Say Eth0, did you goto the tattoo convention?
That was organised by Paddy from Bodyshock afaik.

Karl Hungus · 30-11-2002 6:50pm

I got my nose peirced about two years ago.
It hurt like ****.

Then it got ripped out.
I hurt like ****.

I got it when I was going to see Marduk.
Marduk are playing next year.

I'm going to get it done again to mark the occasion.
It's gonna hurt like ****.

eth0_ · 29-12-2002 7:09pm

Originally posted by exiztone
My brother works there and he gives me free piercings.
Say Eth0, did you goto the tattoo convention?
That was organised by Paddy from Bodyshock afaik.

I was at it yeah, it was pretty good i have to say

Who's your brother, Paul?

Victor · 29-12-2002 8:24pm

All that said, but I think Christina Aguilera's current additions do not do anything for her.

Silent Grape · 29-12-2002 8:27pm

i know its disguisting, i hate her nose piercing, and lip piercings only look good on certain people...not her. if she dressed differently and did her makeup better im sure it would look really nice. despite all that i still think she's sexier than Britney . they're bith idiots though.

xx

exiztone · 29-12-2002 8:48pm

Originally posted by eth0_
I was at it yeah, it was pretty good i have to say
Who's your brother, Paul?

Nah, Dara. I know Paul though, nice guy.

bombidol · 30-12-2002 9:09am

Bassist in the band and good mate of mine is a big peircing head, Even worked as a bodu piercer and he says that the only decent place around is the one at the back of Miss Fantasias. Dunno if thats any help to you, all his stuff was done in there, Septum (inside your nose), bridge (Between Your Eyes), Tongue, Lips, Ears, Neck, Nipples, Bellybutton, Knob and a few more:)

eth0_ · 30-12-2002 10:10am

Miss Fantasias is awful. They're just a step above going to Claires and getting gunned (who are just above that place in georges st arcade...that place should be shut down). They're looked down upon by the entire piercing/tattooing community in Dublin AFAIK

bombidol · 30-12-2002 10:49am

From what im told from most piercing heads its the other way around, Glenn (owner) is one of the most respected modifiers in Europe. The arcade doesnt even come into the equasion it should be burned to the ground, dirty kip

fisty · 30-12-2002 5:27pm

everyone argues about this ****.
im my opinion its the first place you get a piercing you really like is the place that you will go back to and will tell friends about.

eth0_ · 30-12-2002 5:32pm

Originally posted by bombidol
From what im told from most piercing heads its the other way around, Glenn (owner) is one of the most respected modifiers in Europe.

Maybe, but i'll stick with Paddy D for my ****

There's not much of a demand for transdermals and implants in Ireland if that's what you mean by 'modifiers', Glenn must be pretty bored

bombidol · 30-12-2002 6:21pm

Very true, everyone always has their favourites, usually the place they got their first or their regular place. Personally im not into it myself, (got my ear pierced once:rolleyes: ) Just going by what my mate said, kinda have to go with him seeing how he was a piercer for a while and knows his stuff

But id say most of the places around are top quality

exiztone · 30-12-2002 6:28pm

Miss Fantasia sucks, I'v heard alot of bad stories from them.
Still, I'm sure all the piercers/piercees of Ireland can all group together in a big hate against Lilac Lizzard :P
Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if they pierce babies in there :P

What's funny is, you know places like Metal Morphesis are bad, people come into Body Shock having just been in MM saying they said they couldn't do a certain piercing (it's usually genitals) and Paddy is like... of course we can do it.

seamus · 30-12-2002 6:43pm

Originally posted by exiztone

Still, I'm sure all the piercers/piercees of Ireland can all group together in a big hate against Lilac Lizzard :P
Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if they pierce babies in there :P

Is that the name of the kip in George's arcade? Guy in Snakebite was telling us about a girl that came into him one day after having her tongue done in that kip - with a gun!! He said her tongue had begun to grow around the stud, and he had to cut away the excess skin with a scalpel. Yummm.....

eth0_ · 30-12-2002 6:46pm

Originally posted by exiztone

What's funny is, you know places like Metal Morphesis are bad, people come into Body Shock having just been in MM saying they said they couldn't do a certain piercing (it's usually genitals) and Paddy is like... of course we can do it.

They're the McDonalds' of piercing. The piercers taken on by them get about 2 weeks training IIRC, and BOY does it show. They haven't a clue about customer care never mind piercing, that fat blonde woman who seems to be the manager is a f*cking DOPE and hasn't a clue, they f*cked up two of my piercings before I copped on and started going to Bodyshock, they pierced my navel ABOVE the navel so it rejected within 6 months.

They don't seem to know the difference between gauges and mm's, and my mate had a simple stretching done in there about 2 months ago and they jammed it in and tore his ear which bled a LOT the next day. They're lamers! grr.

Silent Grape · 30-12-2002 7:42pm

can you take out a lip piercing if its a ring. i have to take mine out because im in a play in a couple of weeks. i took it out this morning, just so id know how to do it, and ...i cant get it back in. do i have to gte a piercer to put it in for me?? ah the stress. also, if i got a stud piercing in my lip, if that removable? pleeeeease help me, thankyouuu

mia xx

seamus · 30-12-2002 7:51pm

Originally posted by Silent Grape
can you take out a lip piercing if its a ring. i have to take mine out because im in a play in a couple of weeks. i took it out this morning, just so id know how to do it, and ...i cant get it back in. do i have to gte a piercer to put it in for me?? ah the stress. also, if i got a stud piercing in my lip, if that removable? pleeeeease help me, thankyouuu

mia xx

Your piercing is dead

Live and Learn. Wait till after your play and get it done again.

Stud in your lip? Do you mean between the lower lip and chin? That's called a labrette(sp?) piercing. It's similar to most other oral piercings in that you need to take good care of it to prevent infection, and it heals relatively quickly.

From my mates' experiences though, it can be taken out for a little longer than tongue or lip piercings, both of which can close up within 12 hours.

We all **** up piercings at one point or another. I have a considerable scar in my eyebrow (although that was their fault for giving me a bar that was too long :P)

eth0_ · 30-12-2002 8:26pm

Originally posted by Silent Grape
can you take out a lip piercing if its a ring. i have to take mine out because im in a play in a couple of weeks.

Eep! Not if it's as new as yours no! If you have one for at least six months or so you can leave it out for a few hours. Yours is probably lost. You could try going back to your piercer and see if they can taper it open again (don't worry it doesn't hurt).

A labret stud is ten times easier to take out and put in than a ring yeah. Don't forget you can get clear acrylic retainers to hide the piercing, although I wouldn't recommend putting one in till the piercings is healed up...about 3 months anyway.

Silent Grape · 30-12-2002 8:33pm

thanks for all your replies. im really sad now, i really loved the little thing. and i just got it changed two days ago for a smaller one : ( anyway at least i know more about it. i think ill get a stud next time. it really takes three months to heal?? christ thats deppressing, i gotta be able to take it out. anyway, im warbling on now. thanks again for your kind replies

x

eth0_ · 30-12-2002 8:35pm

Originally posted by Silent Grape
it really takes three months to heal?? christ thats deppressing, i gotta be able to take it out. anyway, im warbling on now. thanks again for your kind replies

x

Well yes, it's an open puncture wound, it'll take that long to heal completely. You won't keep ANY piercings if you need to take it out a lot.

BTW, try putting the ring in from the outside of your lip? Surely you can see the hole?

Silent Grape · 30-12-2002 8:39pm

of course i can see the hole...but whatever way im doing it..it hurts alot.

eth0_ · 30-12-2002 8:49pm

Originally posted by Silent Grape
of course i can see the hole...but whatever way im doing it..it hurts alot.

Yeah it will...try soaking your lip in hot water for 10 mins to open it up, and then lubricate the hole with something like olive oil and it should go through if it's only been without jewellery for a couple of hours

Victor · 30-12-2002 8:53pm

Originally posted by eth0_
Yeah it will...try soaking your lip in hot water for 10 mins to open it up, and then lubricate the hole with something like olive oil and it should go through if it's only been without jewellery for a couple of hours

:rolleyes:

eth0_ · 30-12-2002 8:58pm

What's that for Victor? Trust me, i've done this before.

Victor · 30-12-2002 9:00pm

Originally posted by eth0_
What's that for Victor? Trust me, i've done this before.

Just sounds like very poor surgical precedure, thats all. Olive oil and raw flesh.

exiztone · 30-12-2002 9:14pm

Originally posted by Silent Grape
can you take out a lip piercing if its a ring. i have to take mine out because im in a play in a couple of weeks. i took it out this morning, just so id know how to do it, and ...i cant get it back in. do i have to gte a piercer to put it in for me?? ah the stress. also, if i got a stud piercing in my lip, if that removable? pleeeeease help me, thankyouuu

mia xx

Get a normal stud and just leave out the ball, it's hard to tell if it's there, just put it on again before you goto sleep.

eth0_ · 30-12-2002 9:18pm

Originally posted by Victor
Just sounds like very poor surgical precedure, thats all. Olive oil and raw flesh.

I never claimed to be a surgeon :P
Just giving her an option if she wants it back. There's nothing wrong with using olive oil on skin, in fact it's very beneficial in breaking up scar tissue, altho vitamin E oil is the best.

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