Cheek Piercing

A cheek piercing is a facial piercing in the cheek. It is often engraved on the site of a dimple. As run in this region, are important arteries and nerves, it should only be performed by a professional piercer.

Jewellery

For use a labret plug is with a thickness of 1.6 millimeters, particularly during the first mission after the stabbing, because of the relatively strong swelling of the cheek, should have sufficient length. The healing takes about 6-8 weeks.

History

The cheek piercing is a rather unusual piercing and is conducted primarily at the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket and the Thaipusam in Malaysia, where the monks into a trance, and get different items, some with very large diameters.

Dangers

The Cheek-Piercing Piercing is one of the more dangerous species, since lost in this area important nerves. If these are taken unfavorable, can lead to reduced expression of the mouth, and numbness. It should therefore be stung by experienced piercers. is to illuminate the area of the piercing before reducing the risk