Lip piercing
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| Lip piercing | |
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| Location | Upper or lower lip |
| Healing | 3 to 4 weeks |
A Lip piercing is a type of body piercing which penetrate the lips, or the area surrounding the lips. The lips and surrounding area can be pierced in a variety of ways.
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Types of lip piercings
Lip piercings can be placed anywhere around the mouth, but the surface of the lip is not typically pierced itself, except for horizontal lip piercings and canine bites. Piercings in specific positions have certain names:
- Monroe piercings are labret studs worn on the upper lip where Marilyn Monroe had her famous mole. This piercing is also known as the Madonna piercing in some circles.
- Medusa piercings go through the center of the upper lip (the philtrum), perpendicular to the tissue.
- Labrets are pierced with a labret stud. A flat disc sits between the back of the lip and the gums and a bead sits on the outside of the lip. Labrets can pierced in the center or off-center. A variation of this is the lowbret, a lower labret.
- Vertical labrets go through the center of the bottom lip, parallel to the tissue. The variation is called the vertical lowbret, which starts inside the mouth between the lower lip and the teeth (not behind the teeth as with a mandible piercing) and travels straight down, exiting on the lower edge of the jawline.
- Horizontal lip piercings are a horizontal bars on the lower lip that go through the lip surface. This is a very rare piercing.
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History and culture
Lip piercing continues to be practiced by many people, the most well-known of which are certain African tribes, who wear large decorative lip plates or discs, usually in the lower lip.
In contemporary society, lip piercings are relatively common piercings, especially amongst youths. In a study among Israeli young-adults, 4.3% had present or past body piercing (not included earlobe, lip or intra-oral piercing), and 5.7%, 6.2% and 15.7% had present or past lip piercing, body tattooing and intra-oral piercing, respectively.[1]
References
See also
- Body piercing
- Body piercing aftercare
- Body piercing jewelry
- Tongue frenulum piercing
- Tongue piercing