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This site will not provide "how To" information that can lead to serious personal injury due to information posted here. Body piercing is a regulated and controlled industry and there are lots of professional body piercers available to provide this service in a safe and professional manner using only the best materials and methods to prove the service. Doing it your self doesn't make it hurt less nor does it save you any money, you run a better than 70% chance of doing serious damage to the tissue and subjecting your self to needless pain and discomfort.
The reasons you should not attempt to pierce your self should be obvious, but for those who think it's a "DIY" project, here's some food for thought.
Infection and contraction of MRSA, HIV, Meningitis, Hepatitis and Tetanus are all very serious health issues, MRSA is an antibiotic resistant bacteria that can in most cases land the unlucky individual in the hospital (and has been responsible for serious deformities and deaths). These infections has been caused by using unsterilized equipment and materials. Sterilization is not achieved by pouring alcohol over needles and jewellery, or burning these items over a fire or exposed flame. Microorganisms live in the fine fissures and cracks in needles and jewellery and only the high temperature and pressure of a steam Autoclave can render these and many other bacteria harmless.
The above reasons alone should be enough to sway anyone from thinking they can do it themselves. Professional body piercers have years of hands on training and education to enable them to make any piercing "look simple", when in fact they are considering dozens of things when they lay out a piercing and actually do it. So consider your lack of knowledge, training and skills before you attempt to do any self piercing, once you pierce it, it's damaged tissue. This makes it even more difficult for a professional piercer to leave you with a great looking piercing when the area we have to work with is damaged by self inflicted attempts.
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What gauge needle is used for a lip piercing?
Most piercings can be done with any size needle, but most common for a lip is anywhere between 18g and 10g. Most common is 16g or 14g, depending on the piercers preference.
Is it safe to pierce your lip with a needle that your friend used but then you leave the needle in alcohol before piercing it?
I'd say so :) #SelfPiercer
Is it better to get your lip pierced with a needle or a gun?
Needle. Guns aren't suitable for any piercing
Can you use the needle twice after piercing your lip?
Yes if you still need the needle to pierce yourself it is cool but not someone else because it is you needle now that it went through your lip.
What happens if you don't sterilize a needle before piercing your lip?
you will lose alot of blood.and lip will become swollen and infected.
What size labret must be used in initial lip piercing?
The size varies from person to person and is based on position and lip size of the person getting the piercing. Your professional body piercer will size the jewellery accordingly to allow for swelling and proper cleaning of the piercing. Incidents of MRSA infections are on the rise, please leave body piercing to an experienced professional body piercer working in a licensed and inspected facility.
What is the regular size for a round lip ring?
There is no "regular size" for a lip piercing each piercing is of varying size depending on the client. The jewellery is measured to fit that client's piercing. The standard gauges are 16g for women and 14g for men but as for diameter it's all dependant on the client's piercing.
Is it possible that a lip piercing can be a labret to?
Labret can be used to describe any lip piercing but it's most commonly used to reer to center lower lip piercings. Labret post jewelry can be worn in any lip piercing and even ear piercings.
Are Lip Needles 16 Gauge?
It really depends on the person some people get it piereced by larger needled and some by smaller you should of asked yor piercer the size of needle he used most commonly 18G~16G for a regullar piercing.
Is it normal for your lip piercing to bleed heavy hours after getting it?
Were you playing with it? You might have irritated it and opened the wound pretty badly, causing it to bleed heavily, either that, or they used a piercing needle gauge fairly too large for your lip piercing. I've experience piercing people with a piercing needle that's 2 gauges bigger, (For example, a lip piercing is 16g, I've pierce it with a 12gauge once) and it didn't bleed too bad, it bled for about 5-10 minutes. It shouldnt be bleeding heavily at all. Especially not for hours after getting it pierced. Go see a doctor as soon as possible before you lose too much blood
What kind of gauges do you use when piercing a lip?
Generally the size is 18g~16g for female lip piercing, this depends on the jewellery type and style desired. 16g~14g for male lip piercing, this can again vary depending on the style and design of the jewellery.
What is it called if you have one lip piercing on the left side?
For your upper lip, Left is a monroe piercing. The bottom lip could just be a lip piercing, or labret piercing.
