Ok at first it seemed like a really good idea.. usually how every bad idea starts. I begged my mom to let me get my lip pierced, something I've been trying for, for about 2 years now. I lied and said I had done my research for 3 days which really was done in half an hour before I asked. My mom told me I could as long as I don't tell her when I'm doing it, don't do it in front of her, don't tell her what I'm doing it with and if I have to go to the hospital I pay my own bill. So I boiled a sewing needle in some water to clean it up, then I soaked the lip ring in rubbing alcohol. I made sure everything was as sterile as I could get it and I went into the bathroom to proceed. I grabbed a towel from the cupboard and some toilet paper and Q-tips to help me. (you never know when you'll need Q-tips ;] ) I took a laundry marker and marked a hole on the right side of my lip to show where I would put it and shoved the needle through my lip with no problem, it was quick and painless. Th e needle was too small and I put it through a second time moving it to hopefully stretch the hole. The lip ring wouldn't go through because the hole was still way too small. I resorted to just sticking the lip ring through my lip. This lip ring had a flat top to it like a screw which hurt like hell. I shoved it through my lip, flinching and cussing a little bit. but I had some loud screamo music blasting through my ipod so it got me in a mind setting of no pain. I didn't cry with this one because it didn't hurt as bad as I had expected it too, I kind of liked the pain I was feeling from it and it didn't bother me. For the time...
At A Glance Author Britt When A month ago I was using the hole from the needle as a guideline of where to put the lip ring. I got it through to where I could see it through my skin, I just had to finish. I took a deep breath and told myself "you got this far, you're not leaving this bathroom until you have a lip Britt!!" I closed my eyes and pushed on it as hard as I could and it popped through after an hour of trying. I was so proud of myself despite the pain I was in because I had done it myself and thought it looked very good for a self piercing. I came out of the bathroom and showed my mom and she had me call the family to tell everyone what I had "done to my face." They thought it was stupid and wanted me to take it out but I was happy with my new prize. My boyfriend wasn't too crazy about it though.
I went to bed that night with it feeling a little tender but nothing I couldn't handle. I was excited to see what my friends at school would think about it. The next day it swelled up so bad it looked like someone had punched me in the face. It was a big hit at school and inspired a couple of my friends to go get their's pierced too. It hurt really bad and I could hardly talk to them though, I tried to warn them about it and asked a friend if she could help me because I didn't know anything about it. The lip ring felt like it was sinking into my lip and it bothered me. She told me it was normal and was healing and doing that from the swelling. I got home and I had to take a lot of ibuprofen for it and Tylenol to stop the throbbing pain but I looked online and saw that I had done it "right" or rather "the best I could" it didn't bleed and everything seemed normal just as it would have if it were done professionally (hah! Yeah right!). They said it would stay swelled for a few days so I
just kept cleaning it with salt water and alcohol and hoped it would be fine, which turned out that I was wrong. It started hurting really bad, getting stuck, staying sore, and swelling up constantly. It started to get oozy and crusted over and it felt like my lip had 50 zits on it in that place and it was grubby and greasy. I couldn't eat and the only thing I could drink was water because anything else hurt too bad.
It had gotten infected really bad and I couldn't take it out because it would seal the infection inside. It got so bad I had tears in my eyes when I smiled or even opened my mouth. I had to take a couple ibuprofen and a nap to get away from the pain of it. Mom bought peroxide for it and mouth wash and it started to heal up really good and really quickly. It's still a little sore and touchy but the infection is nearly gone. I don't like my lip ring as much as I thought I would but my mind constantly debates about it, it looks ugly because it's a big stud, and what's worse is I had to take pictures with my boyfriend at his graduation with it in because I couldn't remove it! I'm so scared to see what those look like when they come back, hopefully they can do photo touch up on my blimp lip. I don't know what size of lip ring I used for it so finding one to replace it with will be a challenge. I don't recommend piercing it by yourself