3 Responses for "How do I take care of this kind of lip problem?"

1. justin bieber March 14th, 2010 at 8:17 am 1

   This is a very common problem with labret piercings. What's happening is the skin and gums are being irritated by the foreign object – the disc on the back of the labret bar – and so it is trying to protect itself by creating a layer of skin to cushion the contact points. You don't want to allow this skin to grow over, though, or removing the jewelry will require slicing the skin open.To get rid of the skin layer, you need sea salt soaks. But oral sea salt soaks are a bit different than those for external piercings. You need to soak more often, and really hot salt water in your mouth isn't going to be pleasant. So, here's what I did. I made a solution of sea salt water (Approximately 1 teaspoon sea salt to a cup of water) and put it in a sport bottle. I carried it with me everywhere and swished out with it numerous time throughout the day. After a few days, the layer of skin started to recede and it eventually went away.Once you've gotten rid of the growth, you want to keep it away. Sometimes, just getting a smaller disc for the back of the bar does the trick. Or maybe a silicone back, so it's not so irritating. But if that won't work, you may need to consider being re-pierced. It could be the angle that is causing the irritation. Or your body may just simply not accept that particular piercing – it sucks, but it happens.If you are forced to remove the piercing due to irritation/rejection, another option is the vertical labret, as seen to the left here. A vertical labret does not have any significant contact with the gums and does not rub against the inside of the lip like the disc on the labret bar. The vertical labret has been increasing in popularity because it is much more tooth-and-gum friendly. I'm sure our dentists appreciate them, too! Source(s): tattoo and piercing enthusiast

2. Vanessa Hudgens March 14th, 2010 at 8:17 am 2

   Your mouth is one of the fastest healing areas of your body so it will keep doing that but the skin over it should only be a bit. Get a sterilised needle and poke through it till you hit the stud and push it through. Make sure you wear a ring or a bigger flat surface for the labret stud.

3. justin bieber March 14th, 2010 at 8:17 am 3

   go to the person who pierced it.