# I bit my lip for the 3rd time today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413 "2010-02-18T00:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/1 "2010-02-18T00:27:31Z")
3 times, you guys! In the same day! ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGH!!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/2 "2010-02-18T01:40:00Z")
I have a silly theory- that if you bite your lip twice in the same spot, the swelling WILL cause you to bite your lip at least one more time. The only way you can stop it is to realize this, and be SUPER careful after that first bite. You gotta go the 24 hours w/o biting it again to delay that 3rd bite… ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/3 "2010-02-18T01:44:45Z")
I feel for you. Really, I do. Yesterday, I had the honor of being headbutted by one of our cats. He split the inside of my bottom lip. My husband and daughter were there to see it happen this time. They didn’t believe me the last time something like this happened, but now they believe. The last time this very same cat headbutted me like this, he gave me a nosebleed. Good thing he’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/4 "2010-02-18T03:09:53Z")
Is your cat actually a mountain lion? ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/5 "2010-02-18T03:19:04Z")
Nope. Here’s a pic of him. [http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/GinaHendrixson/FurBabies/Buck.jpg](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/GinaHendrixson/FurBabies/Buck.jpg) Mr. Brandybuck is his name. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/6 "2010-02-18T05:06:27Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > I have a silly theory- that if you bite your lip twice in the same spot, the swelling WILL cause you to bite your lip at least one more time. > > The only way you can stop it is to realize this, and be SUPER careful after that first bite. You gotta go the 24 hours w/o biting it again to delay that 3rd bite… I’m with you here - I bit my lip twice in about 30 seconds at dinner last night and chewed in slow motion for the rest of the meal. Luckily, no third bite. Of course, now I have this…thing…on the inside of my lip for the next two weeks. Arrrghhh, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/7 "2010-02-18T15:55:33Z")
I’ve been going through this for weeks now. One bite and _ow!_, damn, that hurt! Ok, move on. But like **ToeJam** said, swelling set in and two hours later, _chomp_, I bit nearly clean through it, a slice of the inside of my mouth hanging on by a flap. I’ll go a day or two without biting it, and it’ll fade from my awareness, and then once again, I bite down on that same damn spot. Of course, now it’s a huge mass of scar tissue bulging right into the path of my oncoming teeth, so I really have no idea how this particular little vicious cycle is going to be broken. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/8 "2010-02-18T16:15:36Z")
I may just hold my lip out when I eat. Assuming I can avoid biting it again when I’m drinking a glass of water, which I did last night inexplicably. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/9 "2010-02-18T16:29:27Z")
> [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](#): > > Of course, now I have this…thing…on the inside of my lip for the next two weeks. Just wait… heh, let us know when the 3rd bite comes along. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/10 "2010-02-19T15:04:09Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I’ve been going through this for weeks now. One bite and _ow!_, damn, that hurt! Ok, move on. But like **ToeJam** said, swelling set in and two hours later, _chomp_, I bit nearly clean through it, a slice of the inside of my mouth hanging on by a flap. > > I’ll go a day or two without biting it, and it’ll fade from my awareness, and then once again, I bite down on that same damn spot. Of course, now it’s a huge mass of scar tissue bulging right into the path of my oncoming teeth, so I really have no idea how this particular little vicious cycle is going to be broken. With a biopsy and maybe a wisdom tooth being pulled out. Under local. Personal experience. Si ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/11 "2010-02-19T15:18:55Z")
> [@nonacetone](#): > > Nope. Here’s a pic of him. > [http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/GinaHendrixson/FurBabies/Buck.jpg](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/GinaHendrixson/FurBabies/Buck.jpg) > Mr. Brandybuck is his name. He does actually look mean (well, taking into account that he’s also Basement Cat). I go through cycles of mouth woes - sore tongue, sore cheek, sides or centre of my lip splits, just one thing after the next. You have reminded me that nothing actually hurts in my mouth at the moment - think I’ll just bask for a second or two. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-lip-for-the-3rd-time-today/529413/12 "2026-08-20T03:44:04Z")
I know this is a zombie, but I’ve got an area behind my lower lip that has been bitten enough times, it’s starting to form a callus, and I really can’t enjoy food because I don’t know if I’ll Do It Again With This Bite. In the past, I actually wiped off a pair of scissors with alcohol and cut it off. I may do this again (which horrified my dentist when I told him, but the alternative is worse).