Preparing To Remove Your Lip Ring
Disinfect your mouth. Disinfect your mouth with antiseptic mouthwash. This will help to clear out any bacteria, and disinfect the piercing site inside your mouth. Simply pour ½ a capful of mouthwash into your mouth, and swish it around for 30 seconds. Then spit out the mouthwash.
Disinfect your hands. Wash your hands with antibacterial soap to get rid of impurities on your hands and fingers. After you have thoroughly lathered your hands with soap and water, rinse the soap off with clean water. Then, lather your fingertips again with soap and water, and lather the skin around your piercing to clean it. Rinse your lip with water, and dry your hands and face with a paper towel. After washing your hands, apply a salt water solution (1 cup of water mixed with 1 tbsp of salt) to the area before touching. Most piercers recommend using a cotton swab to remove some of the crusty residue.
Removing Your Lip Ring
Hold the piercing in place. Bite down on the backing of your piercing using your front teeth to clamp down. You don’t have to bite down super hard, just with enough pressure to keep piercing in place while you work to remove it. Make sure to be careful as to not damage your teeth.
Twist off the end of the piercing. Use your thumb and pointer finger to twist off the bead that is on the outside of the piercing. Twist the bead to the left, loosening the bead until you can remove it completely. Once you have removed the bead, you can let go of the inside of the piercing with your teeth. Hoop piercings normally have a compression ball in between the two ends of the hoop. These can be difficult to remove, so it may be best to visit your local piercing to help with the removal. Some hoop piercings are pinched together for a close (rather than having a compression ball between the two ends of the hoop), and these piercings can be pulled apart by pulling the metal in opposite directions. You might want some help from a professional piercer to remove these kinds of lip rings.
Remove the piercing. Take out your lip ring by removing it from the inside of your mouth. Use your thumb and pointer finger to grip the backing of the lip ring and remover it from your pierced hole. Never twist a piercing while it is still in your skin.
Clean out the piercing site. Disinfect your mouth again by rinsing with some mouthwash. Make sure to thoroughly clean your lip piercing using antibacterial soap and water. Once you have cleaned and dried your lip jewelry with a paper towel, consider storing it in a small, sandwich baggie. That way, you will keep it clean from outside elements.
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