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When will the swelling go down on my lip piercing?
I pierced my lip Monday night, it is now Wednesday morning, and I think the swelling is getting worse. I suck on ice 1-4 times a day, I take Aleve, I sleep with my head elevated so that it is above my heart, and I clean the inside with Crest alcohol free mouthwash, and the outside with Bactine spray. Yet the swelling seems to be getting worse, I look like someone punched an lambret through my lip, instead of me piercing it. I know that swelling is always worse in the morning, but there has to be something you can do to get the swelling down more. I've heard of ice compressions, when you basically just ice it with an icepack or a bag of veggies for 15-20mins, although I haven't tried that. Any help?
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- ♠ Merlin ♠Lv 76 years ago
an ice pack will only help for a very short space of time
i have a labret and medusa
my labret was swollen ever so slightly for 2 days and be day 3 it was significantly better
my medusa pretty much the same
so really its still early days for you too
a piercing is trauma to the body, even though we meant it, it IS still trauma and it needs time and care to heal