How long do lip piercings take to heal?

Question

My son has snake bites, how long do the piercings take to heal and what is the best form of care to promote healing?

Answer 1

It takes a different amount of time depending on the person; personally, mine took about six months to completely heal but then I'm a smoker and probably didn't look after it as well as I could have :-)

As for caring for it, I have found (after 15 or possibly more) peircings
that using a bottle of hydrogen peroxide (at 3% - your chemist or drugstore will sell it over the counter) dabbed on with cotton wool to be very effective for removing the "crustyness" then low concentration (3-5%) of tea tree oil is excellent for sterilising and lubricating the peircing.Tea tree is also very good at removing the infected scars that can sometimes appear on these peircings too. A word of warning though; both of these at too high a concentration will burn - although not terribly. Just be careful!

Failing all of that, a solution of sterile salt and warm, boiled water will do a pretty good job of cleaning it.

With care, I'm pretty sure that they can heal within a few weeks, at least to the point of not being sore anyway. If all else fails, find a reputable peircer, and go to them for advice - I've found that they're pretty much always helpful, and if they're not, go somewhere else!

Answer 2

Granted no infections, it can take up to 6 months to heal. If you smoke double the healing time. Follow the instructions your piercer gave you and make sure to do your salt gargles twice daily!

Answer 3

make sure they keep clean then it will heal faster. if it does not turn pinkish in 10-12 weeks it should be healed

Answer 4

healing time is depend on our body nature........in normal case llip piercing take 2 months to heal(complete healing).

Answer 5

It will just take like 2months to heal...but it won't hurt if you don't think about it...