What is the horizontal lip piercing called?

Standard (Horizontal) Labret Piercings
A standard labret piercing is placed immediately below your central lower lip. The hole is placed horizontally to the ground roughly 1/4"-1/2" below the bottom of your lower lip, as shown in the photo of the man next to the "Cyber Bites Piercings " heading below.
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What is horizontal lip piercing?

Medusa Piercing – A horizontal upper lip piercing placed through the central upper lip tissue, called the philtrum. Labret studs are the only ideal jewelry for Medusa piercings. Monroe Piercing – A horizontal upper lip piercing placed through the skin above the right or left side of the upper lip.
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What is a side lip piercing called?

A side lip piercing is a labret piercing placed towards the left or right side of the lip. The term "side lip piercing" usually refers to piercings on the lower lip - upper side lip piercings are called Madonna or Monroe piercings.
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What are the different lip piercings called?

Types of Lip Piercings
  • Angel Bites Piercing.
  • Ashley Piercing.
  • Canine Bites Piercing.
  • Cyber Bites Piercing.
  • Dahlia Piercing.
  • Dolphin Bites Piercing.
  • Horizontal Lip Piercing.
  • Jestrum Piercing.
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What is an angel kiss piercing?

The angel kiss piercing is a surface piercing that goes through the middle of the bottom lip and out the bottom of the lip.
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How long does a horizontal lip piercing last?

Healing and care:

A horizontal labret piercing can take between 24 days and 2 months to heal completely, rarely longer. This type of piercing can be seen as both an external and an oral piercing, and should be cared for accordingly.
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What is the Ashley piercing?

“An Ashley piercing is a single piercing that goes directly through the center of the bottom lip, exiting through the back of the lip,” says Kynzi Gamble, a professional piercer at Ink'd Up Tattoo Parlor in Boaz, AL. An Ashley piercing is a bit more involved, as they're pierced according to your anatomy.
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What are spider bite piercings?

What is a spider bites lip piercing? The spider bites lip piercing consists of two piercings placed right next to each other on either side of the lower lip near the corner of the mouth. Because of their proximity to each other, they resemble a spider bite.
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What is the Medusa piercing?

What is a medusa piercing? A medusa or philtrum piercing positions a stud in the center groove above the cupid's-bow of the lip. A piercer usually fits the piercing with a long labret stud. Once the piercing heals, a person can exchange the stud for a shorter stud to avoid causing damage to their teeth and gums.
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Why is it called an Ashley piercing?

Most people assume that it is called an Ashley piercing after someone called Ashley who either was the first person to get this piercing or perform this piercing. There is no traceable source for the Ashley piercing so this story is unconfirmed but seems the most likely. Its technical name is inverse vertical labret.
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What is a side labret?

As the name implies, the side labret piercing is still located below the lip, but the puncture is located to the right or left of the center. People often choose the side labret piercing when they're planning on transforming their labret into another piercing like dolphin bites or snake bites.
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What is a rook piercing?

A rook piercing goes though the inner edge of the uppermost ridge in your ear. It's one step above a daith piercing, which is the smaller ridge above the ear canal, and two steps above the tagus, the curved bulb covering your inner ear.
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What are snake bite piercings?

A snake bites piercing is a double lip piercing that sits near the outer corners of the lower lip's edge. As the name suggests, the placement of the piercing resembles a snake bite.
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What are snake eyes piercing?

The snake eye piercing is a curved barbell placed horizontally towards the tip at the end. Two ball ends give the appearance of eyes, making your tongue look like a snake. Turning your tongue into a snake may sound awesome to some of us, but not everyone's a fan.
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What is a venom piercing?

A venom piercing is a double tongue piercing — one on each side of the tongue. Though not quite as tough-sounding, it's sometimes called a frog eye piercing because the balls on the jewelry resemble frog eyes when you open your mouth.
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What is a single snake bite piercing called?

There are actually two types of snake bite piercings: ring piercings and labret studs. These categories are exactly what they sound like: The ring piercings are snake bites pierced with jewelry that fully wraps around the lip, while labret studs are two piercings directly from the outside of the mouth to the inside.
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How can I hide my lip piercing?

Three Ways to Hide a Labret Piercing
  1. Clear or Flesh Colored Retainer. A labret retainer is an acrylic jewelry piece with a flat end, rather than a stud. ...
  2. Facial Makeup. If you only need to hide your labret piercing for a short time, consider turning the stud around. ...
  3. Bandages.
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How painful is a Christina piercing?

The Christina piercing is more of a surface piercing than an actual genital piercing. As such, you'll feel a similar pinch to any other surface piercing, which most find to be very slight. Of course, the amount of pain you feel will depend upon your personal pain tolerance and the expertise of the piercer.
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What is the Cupid's bow piercing called?

It's a piercing that sits in the philtrum, also called the Cupid's bow. It's the little divot just above the lip. In the industry, this type of piercing is called a philtrum piercing.
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How long does a clitoral hood piercing heal?

VCH piercing healing process

The vertical clitoral hood piercing actually has a relatively easy healing process. You should expect to spend only 4 - 8 weeks on healing.
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Is lip piercing painful?

Most people don't report a ton of pain with the vertical lip piercing. Some have rated it around a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10. It may hurt more than ear, nose, or other piercings because the tissue around your mouth is sensitive and dense with nerve endings.
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Who pierced Cardib?

"So after ten years, I gave my peacock tattoo a makeover. This whole week I have been takin hours of pain getting tatted," she captioned the photo. The artist behind the needle is Jamie Schene, who was also responsible for the new back art Cardi just got.
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How long does a lip piercing take to heal?

Brace yourself, because the healing time for a lip piercing is around 2 to 3 months, depending on your body and how you heal. 1 "With your mouth, you're talking, eating, and drinking all day long, so it can be a tough one," Thompson says.
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