so i got a vertical labret yesterday at 16g...
unfortunately it was slightly crooked (top was perfect, bottom was about 1mm-2mm off, enough to be annoying), and as it felt like being punched in the mouth (i think maybe this is because he went from the top down, i'd seen it done from the bottom up?), i didn't want to get it redone, so we decided i'd hold out until i got smaller jewelry to see if it'd be less noticeable.

the actual piercing made me freak out though -- it felt like blood was going everywhere. i could even taste it. as soon as he was done i asked about the bleeding, and there wasn't any.
psychosomatic, hooray.

then i go home, go to sleep, wake up, and show my mom.
she almost started crying, going "oh my poor baby!" of course i couldn't tell her that it actually did hurt....

my other piercings -- tongue and septum -- my mom just goes "eww, those looks gross." my ears she doesn't care about.
she didn't even want to look at me though.


and on top of that i have a chapstick addiction, and it was driving me CRAZY to not put chapstick on! (i dabbed cetaphil lotion around the edge of my lips, but i still couldn't rub my lips and that made me sad).

also, it was a bit too noticeable for my tastes.
i like subtle piercings...should've gone with a pyrex bar, meh.

so...
less than 12 hours of getting it done, i took it out.


i didn't want there to be scar tissue or problems if i got it redone (with a pyrex retainer, if i do, ugh, that kind of sucked), and, well, what i REALLY wanted was a labret but i was so worried about gum recession.
now i'm considering either
(a) vertical labret again with pyrex bar
or
(b) normal labret with an IS bar with a 3mm back, or a ptfe labret.

thoughts?

i know it's super long.
sorry

there is a way to avoid getting gum problems. I have mine pierced so that when I wear jewelry it never touches my gums(including my retainer). My ring doesnt touch em at all because its pierced slightly higher that most labrets. Something to consider

i would want my labret pretty high up -- right under my lip, so it would be less noticeable and i could wear a ring sometimes.

i haven't decided yet, not that i'll need to for a while, just wanting to get some other pros and cons from other people.
i like vertical labrets because they're more unique and no gum problems, but the more visible/can't wear chapstick (or else very very carefully) is annoying.
i like labrets, would be less visible and easier to pierce, but worried about oral problems.

hmmmmm....

I wear barbells (ie. 3mm balls on both ends) in my lip piercings as opposed to flatbacks and they don't even touch my teeth (mine are snakebites, one off to each side, mind.). I tried to wear a flatback and it ripped my gums up, I'd say give barbells a shot with a regulat labret.

if i got a normal labret, it'd either be with a ptfe bar, an IS labret stud with a 3mm back, or a pyrex retainer, i'm sure those have small ends.
leaning more towards a normal labret than a vertical one now, on the basis of severe chapstick addiction and i'd be able to wear a ring, but i might not be able to have it placed right.
if not, we're going to redo the vertical labret -- especially since half of the reason for doing it was that it could be in his portfolio--but we'd only want a well healed, good piercing in that of course.

thats pretty much where mine is pierced, maybe like 2mm or so down from my lip, never touches my gums or teeth

how long should i wait before getting it repierced?
seeing how i only had it in twelve hours (i already miss it, but it was crooked, and i didn't want to get repierced through scar tissue, blah)
til the scar disappears completely? that might take a while on me.
the ends have already closed up and are no longer sore.

I'd say like a month, maybe 3 weeks?

i tried to find something on the BME QOD and it said about a week, but i wasn't sure.
all soreness is already gone, so...

that sucks, man. I am sorry. I hope it works out better next time..

me too, looking back in the few pictures i took, it was adorable!

post a picture of it

 Should have waited til the 4 year anniversary of this post to bump it.

mosh:

 Should have waited til the 4 year anniversary of this post to bump it.

 

 

fuckin LOL

 Wow guys... POST DATES! This thread is from 2005