Lip Piercing

People have today become more fashion conscious. There is a steep climb in the sale of fashion goods and accessories. Many avant garde forms of fashion are also catching big with the society. First came the tattoos. They created a revolution on their own. Butterfly tattoos or devil tattoos were enough to form a big impact on the fashion crazy western society. With time came various forms of body piercing. The more conventional among them were eyebrow piercing and naval piercing. Lip piercing and tongue piercing came later. Today, they have their own retinue of followers and it's a giant procession.

Lip piercing is a kind of piercing used for breaking into the lip area or the areas juxtaposed to it. In about 3 weeks to 3 months, the lips are completely healed and then the fashion statement becomes devoid of any associated pain. After lip piercing is being done, saline soaks of various kinds are being asked for, two to three times a day.

The jewelry used for piercing the lip is a labret stud made from captive bead ring. Lip piercing is only performed with highly surgical stainless steel. Often titanium of implant usage is used. The idea is to bring a foreign element into the main system of the body. It is hence advisable to get lip piercing done only with the most through professionals.

While undertaking lip piercing, there is instant inflammation of the lip and hence the diameter and the length of the jewelry used is deliberately bigger. It allows for the initial bout of expansion. Once the technique is being undertaken, and the swelling is minimized, closer fitting rings are being used.

Lip piercing techniques can be used in many ways. These ways are called bites. A few of these patterns or orientations are Angelbites, Cyberbites and Viperbites. Cyberbite combine a medusa with a labret. Snakebite bestows a piercing on the lower lip one on each lateral side. Monroe piercing is done on the sides of upper lip. Marilyn Monroe had this mole on the sides. This is why it is known as Monroe piercing.

Lip piercing has emerged from Latin America. It was used by pre-Columbians. Today, mass craze for it has converted it into a fashion statement. The fads keep changing in today's times but lip piercing shall stay if its multidimensional craze is anything to go by. Here is wishing lip piercing a successful future with the frenzied youth of today.