is it infected?

Oh, I’m guessing you have bad images swirling in your head about “What if my lip IS infected? What would it look like? Would it be a giant hole of gross pus-filled mess??”

Well, I can answer that too, because 6 years ago, the first piercing I ever had (an eyebrow piercing), turned out to be infected because a badly trained piercer pierced me too deep and too wide. So it got infected in a week or two because the piercing bar just didnt sit well with my eyebrow’s anatomy. It was pretty much leaking yellowish liquid the whole time, and it got crusty bits surrounding the holes of the piercing. Yummy, huh?

So, my new (current and awesome) piercer said it had to be removed. He helped me remove it (better let a professional do it and give you good after-care advice), and a couple days after that it just looks like two tiny scabby dots on my eyebrow. I was told to rinse it in sea salt for a week and rub Vitamin E oil to help reduce scarring. I followed the instructions, and have healed 100% in a month or so. My eyebrow doesnt look like it’s been pierced before, but if you squint REALLY hard, you can maybe make out the tiniest ‘pothole’, like the ones you get after having chicken pox.