Piercing Woes

Man, this really sucks…. I love piercings and they hate me.

My piercing history:

• First year I was here I got my first nose piercing that refused to heal no matter how well I took care of it, had to be removed
• A year later I got my eyebrow pierced, it migrated out as if my body just spit it out
• Few months later had the eyebrow done again only deeper, again it migrated out
• Somewhere in the middle of it all I got my tongue pierced, which is still good *knock wood*
• Few months later had my nose redone, so far that is staying well *knocks wood again*
• About a year later I had my labret done (below my lip) and when I got home I realized it was off center, removed it
• Two weeks later, had it redone, still slightly off center but kept it anyway

That brings us to my latest disappointing piercing experience… losing my labret forever.

If you don’t know what a labret is, it’s the piercing below my lip in this pic.

A few nights ago I was cleaning my teeth before bed and looked really closely at my front teeth and noticed that the gum below my right front tooth on the bottom (left if you are looking at me) has been receding. The back disk on the piercing on the inside of my lip has been rubbing against it which has caused the gum to get a bit worn. I took it out immediately and it has already mostly grown over. *sigh*

I feel so naked without it… there isn’t really a way to explain to someone who doesn’t do the piercing thing other than to imagine looking at yourself in the mirror without eyebrows. After years with these piercings they are like a part of my face that I am used to and it’s wierd to see myself without it. I loved my labret and now it’s gone, BAH!!

I’m not sure what I want to do now, I really want to get a new piercing but I don’t want something that is going to be on the inside of my lip, so that leaves out a lip ring. There is only one other piercing I like but I’m not sure if I should go ahead and do it or give it some time and see if I can get used to this plain / boring feeling about the way I look without it. The one I am thinking of getting is a Vertical Labret, which I know to people who don’t get the piercing thing looks painful and ACK! … but I quite like it.

Decisions decisions …

Filed Under: Piercing & Tattoos