Maybe this isn´t the right place to ask, but, are piercing forbidden by DIR?
Labret Piercing and scuba.
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I would think that it would make getting your mask to seal difficult... more so than with a mustache anyway.
you use a hood that covers your lower lip??
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Our board has a DIR forum at http://www.scubaboard.com/f166.html.
You might get a better answer to your DIR inquiry at that site.
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DocVikingo
You might get a better answer to your DIR inquiry at that site.
Best regards.
DocVikingo
thanks, that´s what I thought.DocVikingo:
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hambleto:
This is the one in the centre of the lower lip, right? On the outside there's usually a small sphere. On the inside it's situated in the little pouch between the lip and the gums.
I believe there have been a few problems with these when they're removed. Although the stud is taken out, the hole (fistula) sometimes doesn't seal up. The disconcerting result is a constant trickle of drool going down the chin.
IMO, not a good look. But each to his own. :monkeydan
I can't say that it's never happened, but I've never seen this. Even if the hole doesn't seal up, which is unlikely due to the fast healing properties of moist tissues like that inside the mouth, the hole will shrink to a size where drool won't be trickling out. The only exception I can think of would be if the hole was stretched to accomodate a disk and I don't think this is what we're talking about.
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ummm.... if this ever happens it is rare, I assure you.
The mouth is a high priority area of your body when it comes to healing... though I only had my labret for about 7or 8 months when I took it out for good it took less than a day for the hole to close. I have earring holes that are used maybe a few times a year that will never close.
Besides that, when I had my labret (umm... it was a 16 or a 14 gauge, I can't recall now) I tried, unsuccessfully to propel fluid through the hole. So a trickle of drool would never have occured.
Like, biscuit said, it seems that the only likely cases in which the scenerio you described would occur would be in those that stretched their labret to quite a large gauge (actually a smaller gauge, resulting in a larger hole....)
ummm.... if this ever happens it is rare, I assure you.
The mouth is a high priority area of your body when it comes to healing... though I only had my labret for about 7or 8 months when I took it out for good it took less than a day for the hole to close. I have earring holes that are used maybe a few times a year that will never close.
Besides that, when I had my labret (umm... it was a 16 or a 14 gauge, I can't recall now) I tried, unsuccessfully to propel fluid through the hole. So a trickle of drool would never have occured.
Like, biscuit said, it seems that the only likely cases in which the scenerio you described would occur would be in those that stretched their labret to quite a large gauge (actually a smaller gauge, resulting in a larger hole....)
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