Snake Bites Piercing is a most famous type of body piercing, which can be performed on the lip, eye brows, tongue, or cheeks. The most common area of preforming snake bites piercing is lip. It is mostly popular in young men and women to look more beautiful and attractive.
The piercing is performed on two places one on either side of lower lips. The origin of snake bite piercing is from some aboriginal tribes of Australia and African cultures. Snake bite piercing is also associated with bisexual or lesbians. There are many types of jewelries that people can use to look beautiful.
Generally, lip piercing takes around 1-3 months to heal completely but snake bite piercing heals faster than other type of piercing. However, it requires extensive care as mouth contains many bacteria and they can develop any type of infection in the mouth.
It is recommended to visit a professional piercer for snake bite body piercing as it needs a person who has experience, knowledge and skills to perform body piercing. The piercer should use infection free environment to reduce the chances of infection and has a certificate to perform body piercing.
Snake Bites Piercing Procedure
The procedure of Snake bites piercing include
- Firstly, the professional mark the location on which piercing to be done. It is important to keep in mind that marks covers the same distance from the center of the lip and should be on the same line.
- Before the starting, the professional piercer will clean the inner and outer surface of the lip with an antiseptic solution.
- The entire piercing instrument used in the procedure should be washed and sterilized properly.
- The professional piercer uses gloves in whole process to prevent from any bacterial infection.
- A clamp is used to hold the lip into position and to help in reducing the pain.
- The professional piercer inserts the needle on the marked area and then place relevant jewelry.
- Same procedure is followed for other marked area.
- Any kind of bleeding will be wiped away and put an anti-bacterial ointment on it.
The swelling on the piercing is normal and goes down within the first week of the procedure. Ice cubes, ice cream, and frozen food such as yoghurt are helpful in reliving the swelling. Alternatively, medicines such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen are also useful in relieving pain and swelling.