Why is skin growing over the back of my lip piercing? on the inside of my lip.
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birdhouse18
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It's just something that can happen with all piercings once in a while, though it is pretty rare. You can either take the piercing out, let it heal and try piercing it again in the future or keep moving the piercing every hour or so to keep the skin from growing over it. I recommend the first suggestion though.
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its just your body trying to heal the "wound"
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i got my monroe about 6 weeks ago, and last week it became infected and swollen, i went to the doctor and got on antibiotics, the swelling went down and i realized that skin had grown over the back of my piercing. i now have to go to the doctor and he has to cut the inside of my mouth to get it out.
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The Jewerly you were pierced with was to short ...The piercer did not allow for swelling...
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It is recommended that you get a longer bar. That should stop the skin from growing over. A girl on the forums I frequent had the same issue. This might be worth a look at. http://www.bodyjewelleryshop.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31447 Good Luck!
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This happened to me and I went back to my piercer to get it looked at. I was informed that the skin trying to grow over the back of your lip ring is completely normal and common. It’s called “pocketing”. You can either choose to let it continue to cover the back, creating a casing over it, and preventing the ring from catching on food etc. OR you can stop the process from continuing by popping the back out of the pocket regularly, in order to separate it from the skin once in a while, which will discourage any growth. Either way, you can still remove the ring or stud normally.
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Get a longer bar and don't take the piercing out.
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Ok, the answer that said a piercer told them you can choose to let the skin grow over it if you want... that piercer should be shot. Anyway, the tissue on the inside of you lips is very soft . When a piercer doesn't use jewelry that allows for enough room for your lip to swell it can begin to push into your lip and it can grow completely over it. The problem with allowing this to happen is that your body can continue to reject the piercing and slowly (and painfully) push the jewelry out of the front of your lip. I would go to see your piercer as soon as possible and explain to them what is going on with it, and ask that it be changed to a longer bar. Until you get it changed keep a close eye on it, make sure you are not playing with the inside with your tongue (pushing on it, moving it, etc) and if it looks like it is sinking in on the back, very gently (with clean hands) press on the front of the jewelry and make sure you can still see the full back of the stud. I hope this helped.
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