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[[File:MadonnaPiercing.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Monroe]]
</p><p><a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Sutures" title="Sutures">Skin sutures</a> generally are removed from five to eight days after application, with sutures on the neck or face generally being removed slightly sooner. Absorbable sutures lose enough strength in that period that they can often be removed without cutting, but non-absorbables will need to be cut out:
'''Upper lip beauty mark piercing'''
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1- Clean the area with an <a href="/index.php?title=Antiseptic" title="Antiseptic">antiseptic</a>, and, if required, use <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Hydrogen_peroxide&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Hydrogen peroxide (page does not exist)">hydrogen peroxide</a> to remove any <a href="/index.php?title=Crusties" title="Crusties">crusties</a>.
</p><p>2- Pick up one end of the suture, and make the cut as close to where the suture goes in the <a href="/index.php?title=Skin" title="Skin">skin</a> as possible.
</p><p>3- Gently pull the suture out.
</p><p>To reduce the risk of infection, make sure the cut is made where the suture goes in the skin (rather than just anywhere in the exposed area). If you draw a suture that's been in contact with the outside world, you risk drawing contamination into the <a href="/index.php?title=Wound" title="Wound">wound</a> and getting an <a href="/index.php?title=Infection" title="Infection">infection</a>.
</p><p><a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Doctor" title="Doctor">Doctors</a> use specialized <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Tools" title="Tools">tools</a> for suture removal, but if you find yourself in a bind, <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Tweezers&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Tweezers (page does not exist)">tweezers</a> and <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Nail_clippers&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Nail clippers (page does not exist)">nail clippers</a> do the job just fine.
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A '''Madonna''' is a [[Labret|labret]] placed in the upper lip, off-center, in the same place that a number of starlets have beauty marks (moles). [[Jewelry|Jewelry]] is often around 14 gauge [[Labret stud|labret studs]], or even jewelled [[Labret stud|labret studs]].


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== Alternative Names ==
[[File:Crayfish_Piercing-1.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Swirly Wanx Sinatra]]
:Monroe
:Chrome Crawford / Steel Crawford
;Crayfish piercing
::a [[Local term|local term]] for a paired high placement of '''Madonna piercings'''. This term was coined by Swirly Wanx Sinatra (yes, that's his real name) due to the longer initial bars making him look like a crayfish.

Latest revision as of 08:16, 17 September 2023

Monroe

Upper lip beauty mark piercing

A Madonna is a labret placed in the upper lip, off-center, in the same place that a number of starlets have beauty marks (moles). Jewelry is often around 14 gauge labret studs, or even jewelled labret studs.

Alternative Names

Swirly Wanx Sinatra
Monroe
Chrome Crawford / Steel Crawford
Crayfish piercing
a local term for a paired high placement of Madonna piercings. This term was coined by Swirly Wanx Sinatra (yes, that's his real name) due to the longer initial bars making him look like a crayfish.
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