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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I pierced my lip by myself in 3rd period,and it didnt hurt me.So I dont think it would hurt to get it done by a profesional.My advice is keep it in!DONT TAKE IT OUT!!!my lip got infected but I still kept mine in so I think if you take care of it and twist it and dont take it out youll be okay.

If you have a piercing that gets infected, DO NOT take it out. If you remove the jewelry from the piercing when it's infected it can cause an abscess, which is significantly more difficult to treat than a simple infection.

This from the APP's website on how to treat an infected piercing:
* Increased mild sea salt soaks (for minor infections)
* Oral/topical antibiotics, as prescribed by a physician
* Removal of jewelry in the presence of an infection may result in an abscess. In the event there is a localized, draining infection, quality jewelry should be left in place to allow for passage of matter to the surface

Sea salt really helps. As for how it feels it isn't bad at all. It depends on how much pain you can take. Of course. For me it was just a pinch. No pain. Theonly pain Ive had was when my ball fell off my labret and I had to push it back through the bleeding hole when it had tried to close up. I have spiders. My first lips piercing got extremely infected. It got so bad that I had a huge stinky bubble under my jewelry. I pushed it and put acohol on it often. It left a bit of a scar but my hole itself is fine now. My new hole, making my piercing a spider bite. Is about a day old. As I said above the ball fell off of it. as far as what type of jewelry you should ask your piercer to use, well, I'd say a labret. Ask for an extra ball incase yours falls off. A good piercer will give you some very good advice on taking care of your piercing before you leave. If they don't give you advice than just look it up on line. Bodycandy.com sells very pretty and cheap jewelry by the way. For when your hole heals. =)

my friend has her lip done and it got infected all she did was clean it with warm water and a little sea salt and it was good as new.

I pierced mine like to days ago and I think it is infected so I take it out and clean it an get all the pus out and stick it back in and its ok for awile and once I can feel the all the infection buliding up I do the same and hopely it will be fine..?

I pierced mine yesterday around 1am. There is still quite a bit of sweeling on that side of my lip. It doesnt really hurt all that much. I have been cleaning both the inside and outside of the piercing, as well as the earring itself. It does not look infescted but I cant tell. I am going to try and use the Sea Salt and Warm Water and hopefully that will work. =]

If you get an infection, which is unlikely if you take good care of it just leave it in and use sea salt soaks up to three times a day and rinse with mouthwash after eating, smoking or drinking anything other than water. It will sort itself out =]

I just got mine pierced two days ago and it got kinda infected cause I kept playing around witht he piercing and moving so what I did is I took out the piercing put it in hydrogen peroxide and squeezed out all the pus cleaned it with the peroxide salt and alcohol the swelling went down and its fine now after I just put neosporin on it (I also heard vicks helps)

A lot of these people don't know what they are talkin about. First of all if it gets infected don't take it out what so ever. Don't use alcohol or neosporin (how eva you spell it) but wash your hands b 4 touchin it. When you clean it anti-bacterial is the best thing to use. Bactine is also good. It prevents and stops infection I really hope this helps good luck love

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I just got a labret piercing a few weeks ago. didnt really hurt. to clean it I use h2ocean spray on both inside and outside few times a day,mouthwash after every meal (even after drinking water.), in tha shower use ONLY dial liquid soap its the best. and never ever take it out even if it is infected. because it will trap any bacteria inside your system causeing it to spread. I have 9 piercings and have been threw an absessed navel piercing that lasted 4monthes. so take my word on it. and oral piercings require a good amount of high hygeine and patience.

I peirced my lip about two weeks ago. it looks infected but if it is, it isnt bad. Everyone is saying sea salt and water, do I use a Q-tip, a cottonball? Do I take out the piercing and so the lip ring?

I got my lip pierced last year and I had no problems with it at all, but I got the other side done a week ago and I can't really tell if it's infected or not. It looks different from last time around the hole. Any suggestions??

I got an off centre labret a few days ago it is really sore has little crusties all over.
I know for sure if it is infected but im going to try the sea salt warm water just for safety
as for the pain of it, the pain of the actual piercing was just like a needle. if you've ever gotten a shot, you'll know what I mean. also its only sore now because it might be infected but the pain is definetly bareable.