How can you tell if a Monroe piercing is infected?

Answer 1

Well I would have started with reading the written aftercare instructions you were provided with by your professional body piercer. It should outline any possible issues and what to do in the event of thereoccurrence. Your piercer should have covered swelling in his/her aftercare speech and what to do to avoid this from happening.

Now the reason I am going into this is so other readers will know what to look for when they are selecting a piercer and considering a piercing. If this wasn't covered by your piercer or discussed in detail, you didn't find a professional body piercer. For that I am sorry. Now to fix your problem, ibuprofen Advil or Midol will help to ease swelling, ice chips or crushed ice can also be used to ease swelling. The piercing needs to be flushed daily with running water (the shower is the best place for this) while moving the jewellery back and forth under the water stream. This will flush discharge matter out of the piercing and ease swelling.

The simple cleaning using diluted and lathered antibacterial liquid soap like Soft Soap washing the outside of the piercing then flushing with plenty of running water will help speed the healing and keep the swelling down. No other products or solutions are needed to clean and heal the piercing (soap and water and leave it alone). If the swelling has become bad enough that the jewellery is pulling inside the tissue you need to get a longer stud put in and resume the cleaning as outlined above.

Answer 2

Removing a monroe can be a little tricky, I’ve had some funny experiences trying to remove mine at times! I usually place my thumb and index finger on the ball and then slip my other thumb and index finger inside my mouth and place them on the back of the disc. I then turn each side in opposite directions and can usually undo it. However, if it has been done up too tightly you may need to seek assistance. In this case, I recommend going to a piercing parlour and ask for help there. They will usually do it without any charge!

Answer 3

With any piercings I have had, I use sea salt to get rid of the infections. My belly button ring and nose ring had gotten pretty infected, and this seemed to work. You can buy sea salt at pretty much any grocery store, and its not expensive at all... Good luck with that!!

But you have to make sure the sea salt is non-iodized sea salt. Iodized sea salt may have other added chemicals or materials that may be harmful to an open wound.

Answer 4

ok, when your monroe is infected, you need to make sure and keep it clean! clean it with liquid antibacterial soap once a day. if you have bad swelling ice it. the ice will make it not hurt so bad, and if the ball is impeded into your lip, it will help kinda getting it you. yes...the pus is normal, dont freak out, its your body's way of fighting off infection. hope this helps :)

Answer 5

Redness
Swelling
Discomfort
Lumps or bumps both inside or outside of the upper lip
Any pus, fluids or crusts that appear after the first month or so (They are relatively normal during the beginning of the healing process)

Answer 6

you need to wash it with antibactiral non-cented soap twice a day and swish with salt water once a day. after a month you make take out your peorcing to clean it :) trynot to twist touch or play with it

Answer 7

I'm not a piercer or a wiz on this kind of stuff, ButI've had more than a few lip piercings in my day. Number one rule. WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE TOUCHING IT. I cannot stress that enough. Dont play with it with your tongue, and use a saline soak once a week. That's what I did, and I work at Mcdonalds, so I had to heal it up quick. Btw, I'm only 17. ah.

But yeah, do that and you should be good

Answer 8

need a bit more info...keep the jewellery in and wash it with salt water only!