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Hi. I'm Tristan McCauley, from Lucky Seven Tattoo. And I'm going to show you how to change
a Labret piercing. The first thing you want to make sure of is that your Labret is fully
healed before you try to change out the jewelry. Being that it's not healed, you could have
some kind of trauma from the actual changing of the jewelry. The second thing you want
to make sure of is that the jewelry is prepackaged and pre-sterilized. This makes sure that you're
free from any kind of infection due to dirty jewelry. It can cause any kind of infections
or cross-contamination problems. First thing you do is just open up the jewelry. Take it
out of the pre-sterilized pack. And remove the ball. Then you unscrew the ball from the
jewelry that's already in. This sometimes can be a little difficult if the lip is a
bit thicker. All right. And just remove it straight out. Take the new jewelry and put
it right through the existing hole. Holding it with your thumb and forefinger, just to
keep it in place. Then you screw the bead on, turning it clockwise. All right. And you're
good to go. Just make sure that when you go to an artist to have your jewelry changed
out, make sure that they're licensed by the local health department. That's the biggest
thing about it. Just make sure they have some kind of monitoring system. And make sure that
all their stuff is sterilized, they are clean, and they are a reputable shop. And be sure
to ask for a portfolio to look through, just so you can get an idea of what they've done
and what they're capable of doing. And that's how you change a Labret piercing.