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Is It Possible to Repair a Facial Piercing Hole?

I have a hole from a piercing on my upper lip. I hate it and regret it every time I look in a mirror! Can this be repaired? If so, what would it cost in Texas? Would it scar?

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4 Doctor Answers | Asked by Danielleamaria in Dallas, Tx

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Repair piercings - a frequent problem

Yes piercings can be repaired on the upper lip. It likely can be done in the office with a local anesthetic in a few minutes. I would guess a few hundred dollars total cost. You will have to be content with a very small vertical scar in place of the piercing. It will tend to fade over 6-9 months.

Piercings can be repaired

There are a couple of options to repair the scar left after removal of a lip piercing. One is excision which would leave a small vertical scar. The other is TCA inserted into the piercing which can often be quite successful without increasing the size of the scar you already have.

D.J. Verret, MD

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Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Scar revision of facial piercing.

Yes it is possible to remove the scar this requires excision of the tract of skin lining the piercing. This can be accomplished via a variety of techniques which are typiclally performed under local anestheia. Fees will vary from $300 up to $1000.

Is it possible to repair a facial piercing hole?

Dear Danielleamaria, Totally fixable if you are willing to accept a vertical scar where the hole is (like a smoker's line). As Plastic surgeons we often deal with lip injuries (cuts, dog bites etc) so your piercing should not be a challenge for a experienced Plastic surgeons. As far as cost, every area has its own costs, I would guess a few hundred dollars for everything. Good Luck. Peter A Aldea, MD, FACSwww.TheBeautyDoctors.com

Peter A. Aldea, MD

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BCA321
29 Dec 2012

Yes. I had surgery last year, where I had to removed (and lose) my belly button ring for the surgeon to cut it and put a tool through anyway, I had a very large hold left by my belly ring, but after the surgery the hole was completely gone where the Doctor made the incision, as skin usually does when it gets hurt/cut, it regrows new "skin", I didn't get any scar tissue, its not perfect, you can see a little bit of smudgy scar. I have a large hole under my lip where I had a piercing when I was a teenager and it kills me to look at it, I'm planning on getting that fixed, I'd rather have a tiny smudgy scar (nothing a little makeup won't cover) than an obvious HOLE on my face, I think $300-$1,000 is a bit ridiculous for the tiny size of a "cut/incision" that needs to be made in order to fix the hole, I'm looking into a scarification shop that could do it, and or if I was as crazy as I was when I was a teenager, I'd do it myself. Its not that serious, just a tiny cut to overlap the hole so new skin grows. I don't think the cut should go all the way through, just big/wide enough and deep enough to cover the hole.

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