So I got my lip pierced a few days ago


I've following what my piercer said about after care:


Clean two times a day with Citrile soap and saline solution

Soak in between cleaning in sea salt mixture

Clean mouth with Listerine after every meal.




So far its doing ok, the swelling has gone down, and there is no pain or redness.

However, there is some clear/white liquid secreting from the hole, and I was wondering if that was normal, and what I can do to make it stop.

Also, The skin around the piercing has become extremely dry already, after only 5 days, and I was wondering what I could do to rememdy that.


Can anyone help, or offer some useful advice?

Sanjay Persad

Firstly you don't need this kinds of piercings to look good. But anyway use vasoline over the dry area. The white stuff probably meant that it got a little infected-nothing to worry about though. Just clean the area. Use anti-septics or antibiotics-gels, etc... Also this might sting but i would recommend using a guage and putting some rubbing alcohol on it. Good luck.

J_9

Is the fluid white or is it clear?

If it is clear this is normal serous fluid and nothing to worry about.

If there is any color to it then it may be an infection.

Sanjay Persad

Yes J_9 is exactly correct. The two main colour it can be is white or yellow. I wonder if yor have an ulcer. Mouth ulcers are lesions resulting from the destruction of the epithelium and part of the adjacent connective tissue. This basically means the conncetive tissue on the lip might get slightly damaged hence the reason it appear dry.

Then again it can be a Cold sores (fever blisters) are small red blisters that usually appear on the lips and outer edges of the mouth. They often weep a clear liquid and form scabs after a few days. They are sometimes confused with impetigo, which usually develops between the nose and upper lip. Fluid that weeps from impetigo is cloudy and honey-colored.(yellow)

However i think that this is just a natural part of the process for the healing any wound and this includes the secretion of a white-yellow fluid (containing dead cells and blood plasma). This fluid will dry and form crust on your jewelry.