Why is skin growing over the back of my lip piercing?
by 
birdhouse18
ANSWERS: 3
-
On the inside of your mouth or out? Sometimes the body rejects piercings. I suggest trying to rotate the ring a bit with alcohol.
-
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. ALSO In response to the previous answer, Alchohol should never be used with a lip piercing, (That's why Listerine mouthwash is not supposed to be used), and the less you move the lip ring or stud, the faster it will heal.
-
I have snakebites that are healing up now and doing the same thing.. the pocketing answer is a really good one.. and sometimes it happens if your jewelry is a little small during the swelling period..
RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC