Smiley piercing: piercing of the frenulum of the upper lip

What is a puncture smile

“Smile” is a piercing of the frenulum of the upper lip. It got its name because it is noticeable when a person smiles. There is an “anti-smile” - piercing the lower frenulum.

To make “smile” and “anti-smile”, circular rings, horseshoes with circles at the ends, barbells, rings with beads and stones, and bananas are used. Initially, jewelry is selected from hypoallergenic material: titanium, niobium, special plastic, glass. After the wound has healed, other materials can be used. Gold and silver are not recommended for use on mucous membranes; constant contact with saliva may cause them to oxidize.

Piercing is performed on adult patients. If you are under 18 years of age, the procedure is performed with parental consent.

Advantages and disadvantages

Pros:

• a way to transform your appearance, to complement your image in an unusual way;
• It’s easy to remove the piercing yourself: just take out the jewelry and wait 1-2 weeks for the puncture site to recover;
• there are no vital vessels in the mouth, piercing the frenulum is considered relatively safe;
• “Smile” and “Antismile” are suitable for dress code conditions;
• a large selection of jewelry that can be changed depending on your mood;
• heals quickly.

Minuses:

• allergic reactions to jewelry (initially it is better to use earrings made of titanium alloys, surgical steel, hypoallergenic plastic);
• the procedure cannot be performed if the frenulum is small;
• risk of wound infection;
• the likelihood of earring rejection;
• in case of injury, the healing process takes longer;
• damage to teeth and gums. To prevent these consequences, the jewelry is placed below the gum line;
• risk of keloid scars;
• Upper or lower lip frenulum piercings are not suitable for everyone.

Do not do Smile or Anti-Smile if the bridle is too small or thin. Possible rupture of the frenulum.

How does a frenulum pierce occur?

It is better not to perform the Smile piercing at home. The procedure should be entrusted to a beauty salon master; this measure will prevent the possibility of infection and other side effects.

“Smile” is contraindicated during pregnancy, lactation, disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome, infectious diseases, dermatitis, and a tendency to form keloid scars. It is not advisable for women to get piercings on their menstrual periods; the healing time will be longer. Before the procedure, inform the specialist about any allergic reactions to metal and medications.

Preparation:

• 2 days before the procedure, give up bad habits;
• rinse your mouth with Chlorhexidine after every meal;
• take medications that strengthen the immune system (as prescribed by a doctor);
• taking antiherpes medications (Fenistil Pantsivir, Acyclovir) will reduce the likelihood of relapses.

Each patient’s pain threshold is different, so you shouldn’t be negative in advance. To avoid unpleasant consequences, carry out the procedure not at home, but in a professional salon. Side effects in this case are minimal, and the healing time is much shorter. Procedure:

• disinfection of the puncture site with Chlorhexidine solution or other antiseptic;
• administration of a 2% lidocaine solution for pain relief (if necessary);
• the lip is fixed with a clamp;
• the master pierces the frenulum using a special disposable needle or catheter;
• putting on an earring;
• re-treatment with an antiseptic.

The technician must use sterile gloves and instruments. The piercing needle is opened in front of the client and is disposable.

How the procedure works at home and in the salon

It is allowed to pierce the frenulum under the upper lip with a needle yourself. The main thing is that home conditions comply with sanitary standards. The procedure is simple and easy to carry out if you have the necessary tools.

How to pierce a frenulum yourself:

1. Purchase the following instruments at a pharmacy or specialty store: needle with catheter, forceps.
2. Disinfect all accessories before the procedure: place them in a container filled with alcohol and sterilize. The disposable needle must be in sterile individual packaging.
3. Place all the necessary accessories on a clean cloth near the mirror, make sure there is good lighting.
4. Wash your hands with germicidal soap and wear disposable sterile gloves.
5. Take the forceps with your left hand and the needle with your right.
6. The upper lip is fixed with forceps and lifted towards the nose.
7. Pre-treat your mouth with a disinfectant solution.
8. With a sharp and confident movement of your hand, insert the needle into the frenulum. The end is cut off, an earring is inserted into the cavity, which is carefully inserted into the resulting hole and fixed.
9. The smiley-shaped puncture must be treated with an antiseptic again.

You can only make one puncture per procedure! If the frenulum is torn or the location is chosen incorrectly, you can pierce it again only after the wound has completely healed.

How to get a frenulum piercing under the upper lip done in a salon:

1. The master and the client choose jewelry for the future piercing.
2. The instruments and earring are placed in an autoclave for disinfection.
3. A consultation is held on how to provide care and speed up healing, and contraindications are discussed.
4. The oral cavity is treated with an antiseptic, and the frenulum is lubricated separately.
5. The lip is pinched with forceps and raised.
6. A hole is made with a sterile disposable needle.
7. Without pulling out the needle, the master inserts the earring into its cavity and fixes it in the canal.
8. After the procedure, repeated disinfection of the oral cavity and wound is performed.

Smile piercing at home should be done carefully. It is advisable to have an assistant. If in doubt, it is better to consult a specialist.

It is forbidden to treat damage with alcohol and hydrogen peroxide due to the high risk of burning the mucous membrane.

After eating, be sure to rinse and clean your mouth. Use a solution of salt or potassium permanganate. Repeat manipulations until complete healing - 3-4 weeks.

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In the first three days, smiling and eating will cause pain and discomfort. Anesthesia is not required, but if the discomfort is too severe, you can rinse with lidocaine solution or spray with a spray with a freezing effect.

Decoration selection

Materials: gold, silver, titanium, niobium, medical steel, plastic.

Piercing Care

Rules of care:

• For 4 hours after the operation, it is forbidden to eat any food, avoid bad habits;
• in the first days after the procedure, avoid going to the bathhouse, sauna, or swimming pools;
• avoid overheating, hypothermia, drafts;
• do not cover the wound with a band-aid;
• avoid kissing;
• after each meal, rinse your mouth with Chlorhexidine or saline (or apply lotions for 2-3 minutes);
• Rinsing with decoctions of chamomile, lemon balm, and calendula will help relieve pain and swelling on the skin;
• do not touch the jewelry and the puncture site with your hands to avoid infection;
• do not brush your teeth for the first 24 hours;
• food should not be too hot and not too cold;
• drink liquids through a straw;
• exclude fried, salty, sweet foods from the diet. Consume porridge, fresh vegetables and fruits as much as possible;
• as prescribed by a doctor, conduct a course of vitamin therapy;
• treat the problem area with Miromistin or Levomekol ointments.

How to prepare for a piercing - smiley piercing?

If you decide to get a smiley piercing, then you need to first take care of the sterility of your mouth. For three days before the scheduled procedure, you must rinse your mouth after eating and after every snack (even if you only ate one sandwich or apple).

A highly diluted solution of hydrogen peroxide (2-3 drops for one tablespoon of water) is suitable for rinsing. Ordinary table salt diluted in warm water (1 teaspoon per glass of water) or potassium permanganate dissolved in liquid until pinkish in color is also suitable. Keep in mind that it is not advisable to rinse the oral cavity with a more saturated solution of potassium permanganate, as this can cause a burn to the mucous membrane.

Possible complications

The healing time of the piercing in the absence of complications is no more than 4 weeks. Smile piercing has consequences if you do not properly care for the puncture site or when performing the procedure at home.

• the main danger is wound infection, infection, HIV infection;
• increased body temperature (rare);
• the appearance of edema;
• formation of keloid scars;
• allergic reaction to jewelry and lidocaine.

Until healing, do not touch the jewelry inserted by the master. You can change the earring after the wound has healed.

Piercing is a bold and unusual decision to add individuality and uniqueness to an image. By choosing a qualified professional and salon, choosing the right jewelry, and taking proper care of the wound, the likelihood of complications will be minimized.

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Contraindications

Don’t forget that you can’t do a smiley piercing at home. It is very easy to damage your teeth if you choose the wrong jewelry, “play” with it, or try to remove it. The puncture can also become infected. And this leads to blood poisoning. And if you do not properly care for the puncture site, a fistula can form.

In general, before carrying out the procedure you should pay attention to existing contraindications. Smile piercing is contraindicated for people with poor blood clotting, chronic diseases in the acute stage, or with elevated body temperature.

Tongue frenulum piercing

is a type of oral piercing where a puncture is made in the area located under the tongue - through the frenulum tissue in order to wear jewelry in it. The procedure for this piercing is quite primitive and is carried out quickly, but in some cases the piercing may be rejected over time. This type of piercing is unrealistic for some people due to anatomical features.

You will need

• – hydrogen peroxide 3%
• – antiseptic (miramistin or alcohol 95%)
• – oval window clamp or tongue holder
• – catheter needle No. 16 or No. 18.
• – earring

Instructions

1.

Tongue
piercing is one of all the most famous types of piercing.
A lot of young people undergo this procedure. Why it’s cool: strange, erotic, shocking and easily fashionable. At the same time, this puncture site heals quite quickly - the channel can heal in one day, after which not even a trace of the piercing remains. Before piercing the frenulum of the tongue
, carry out the necessary treatment: rinse your mouth with a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide, dilute the solution with water in advance, proportions 1:1. Rinse your mouth for 5 minutes.

2.

After this, take the banana earring with the ball unscrewed and dip it in an antiseptic solution for 15-20 minutes (Miramistin or 95% alcohol).

3.

Determine the location of the puncture of the
lingual
: the main landmark is the center line on the
lingual
.
The injection point should be located in proportion to the midline of the frenulum under the tongue, passing through the frenulum
. Take the tongue in a clamp, insert a catheter needle into the puncture site,
the frenulum
under the tongue. Hold the tongue with the clamp towards the upper palate and withdraw the needle. This way the channel will be inclined. Perform the puncture from right to left. Insert the earring into the tube from the catheter from bottom to top. After this procedure, rinse your mouth thoroughly again with a solution of hydrogen peroxide, diluted in advance with water, in a 1:1 ratio.

4.

Caring for
a tongue
during the healing period is somewhat more difficult than, say, caring for other types of punctures (piercings). This is due to the fact that this type of puncture comes into contact with everything that enters the oral cavity, for example, food, drinks, cigarette smoke. This factor can contribute to irritation, but due to the very high degree of tissue regeneration in the oral cavity, with excellent care, the puncture will heal even faster than many other types of piercing. Treat the puncture site with hydrogen peroxide or miramistin 3-4 times a day.

This type of piercing (smile piercing) appeared in Europe and entered modern fashion relatively recently, but was very quickly popularized in youth circles. Nowadays, hundreds of young people around the world get this type of piercing.

But why has smiley piercing gained such crazy popularity? Perhaps the whole point is that fashion and convenience are combined here, as they say, “in one bottle.” Technically it's a facial piercing, but it's not on display for the world to see.

It is intended only for a circle of selected and dear people. After all, a smiley piercing can only be detected during a wide, friendly smile. In an educational institution or at work, no one will forbid you to wear it, since your “smile” is hidden from prying prying eyes.