Top Lip Piercing - The Modern Craze

Lip piercing as worn by people today is not much different from those used in pre-Columbian cultures and the communities found in South America who used to pierce their lips. It is also a culture that is found in some African tribes who have been wearing it as a lip decoration. They resembled lip discs or plates which were mainly worn on the lower lip. Now in the modern world, piercing has become a kind of craze which is mainly identified with the younger bolder generation. Top Lip Piercing is one of the styles preferred these days to allow the studs and rings to be worn on the upper lip area.

Lip piercings can generally be found anywhere around the region of the lip but not necessarily on the lip itself. The few that are actually positioned on the lip are known as horizontal piercings and canine bites. The rest are described by specific names depending on the particular position it takes on the face. Some of the popular Top Lip Piercings are; the Monroe piercing which is on the upper lip where Marilyn Monroe had her mole birthmark which was seen as a sign of beauty. It is found on the left side of the upper lip. Then, there is the Madonna Piercing which is found on the opposite side of the Monroe as that is the specific side that the famous Madonna has her birthmark.

Another very popular one which is seen as the best to be described as a top labret percing is the Medusa piercing. This is seen as the real top labret piercing as it appears to go through the very center of the upper lip which is called the philtrum. It then runs perpendicular to the tissue. The labret piercings are also upper lip ones and are pierced using a labret stud which can be done in the center or off the center. There is another one that can be done on the upper lip as well but is done by the crease of the mouth. It is called the Dahlia piercing.

Another type of piercing that can appear on the upper part of the lip as well are called ''bites''. These are sets of upper piercings that can be placed in particular ways on the upper part of the lip. The body modification jewelry which is placed as a set of piercings is not the same as the Medusa. They are a set of two most of the time where as the Medusa is just one. Top lip piercing is also referred to with names like the Philtrum Piercing. There is also the Cleft Piercing which refers to the area of the cleft which is the indent between the ridges of the upper lip.

Since the Medusa is the best description of an upper lip piercing, a closer look will show its similarities with a labret piercing. It is placed directly beneath what is called the septum of the nose. It is usually pierced using a labret stud and is the choice jewelry for this style. It is fixed into the piercing with its ball remaining on the outside of the mouth to sit in the dip above the top lip. It should sit properly as improperly set jewelry is capable of causing gum erosion and other dental issues.

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