Sunny_brat’s boyfriend is applying for work at a fast food chain which does not allow its employees to wear facial jewellery.
As he has a lip piercing, he would need to take it out during work hours. I just wondered whether removing the lip ring on a regular basis would create any problems (I presume he’d keep it in a sterile solution) that anyone can foresee. The piercing is about 18 months old.
Thanks in advance.
I’ve had my lip pierced for 14 months. I very rarely actually wear the jewelry in it anymore, just put it in for a few seconds every day or two to make sure the hole stays open. I don’t see why he’d have any problems.
Generally, you probably won’t have any problems. However, if your boyfriend has any major doubts, you might want to take a visit to www.bmezine.com, there is a wealth of information about all things piercing (etc.) related. Keep in mind though, some of the content is rather graphic.
Former body piercer here…
Your boyfriend is lucky enough to have a piercing that’s most likely healed before he has to start work, so taking it out probably won’t present too many problems so long as he keeps everything clean (although he probably wants to stop in a reputable piercing shop to let them look at it to make 100% sure, most if not all will look at it and advise for nothing).
However, it could mess up his jewlery. You say it’s a “ring”; what kind of ring, and where? I have to ask, a lot of people refer to tongue barbells and libret posts as rings.
If it really is a ring “ring”, like a continuous loop or captive ball type, continuously taking it out and putting it in involves bending that will eventually weaken the metal and cause it to break. I have a nostril ring in right now I’ve only had out once in over ten years; afraid I’ll have to retire the old girl once I start the "real " job in September as I won’t be able to take it out and put in back in daily like your average earring. Depending on where your boyfriend’s piercing is, he may want to consider replacing it with a libret post while he has the job, as they’re a lot easier to put in and take out.
You may already know this, but it can’t be stressed too much: never share jewelry even if totally healed!!! If he does take his jewelry out, never wear it yourself, and urge him not to wear any other jewelry unless it’s been properly sterilized, preferably in an autoclave.
Hope this helps-
Er, that should be “Sunny_brat’s” boyfriend throughout, I suppose. Don’t share jewelry anyway…
The lip ring is a complete ring fastened into a ball which has two socketholes.
If it’s mostly healed, a plastic spacer might do the job, and is fairly easy to hide. Hard to eat with, though…
We thought of a clear spacer, but I suspect they wouldn’t allow one of those to be worn at work either.
I’ll see how he feels about a post.