What do you do about an infected lip piercing?

Ok, I want to get my lip pierced (please don't tell me about the risks I already know.) and I was just wonder, if it ends up getting infected is there a way to fix it and still keep the piercing in? How bad does it hurt and what will happen?

Well, if you get it done by a professional and look after it... you shouldn't need to worry about it getting infected. Just make sure you are cleaning it properly and do it as much as you are supposed to. If it does get infected, I'm sure theres something you could put on it... depends how bad the infection is though, if its really bad it will probley need to be taken out. I used to have mine done, it was a bit painful I'm not going to lie. My lip was swelled for a couple of days, kinda sucked. I got bored of it after a few months and took it out.

Antibiotics will kill the infection. But I suggest you don't put a whole in your lip in the first place. "You can't quit stupid cold turkey" (Anonymous Comdedian)

if it gets infected you can soak it in a cup of warmwater with a bit of sea salt in it...this helps. do it for about 10 minutes a day. dont over-clean the peircing as well, as this can cause an infection.
for pain, expect a needle to poke a hole through your lip, then a ring going through it
if it gets infected really bad then take it out, wait about 3 months or untill it has fully healred and try again.
all peircings cause the area to swell up for about 2 days so expect tha too
hope this helped

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