I pierced my own labret last night. Now I've heard stories about people taking hours to shove a bloody needle through, and going really slowly. If you ask me thats pretty stupid. Me and my friend tom were at my house and got bored so we decided to pierce my ear, (i already had 3 ear piercings i just wanted to add 1 more on my left ear for symetry) which was simple enough. I then decided that i would do my labret. I first got 2 pieces of ice and numbed the out of it on both sides for 10 minutes and sterelised the needle and piercing with vodka. I marked where i wanted the piercing. I got a cork that was attatched to a liud (like an old bottle of scotch) and stuck the blunt end of the needle into it so tom could get some pressure on the needle with out hurting his hand or risk slipping and cutting my ear off. I pulled my lip out and he pushed the needle in from my chin until it popped up in my lip. It wasnt very painful, i guess the ice helped that. The next part was difficult, u have to get the piercing and put it through and this is always hard when piercing things by yourself. We couldnt line it up with the 2nd hole so we just pushed the piercing until it popped through my lip nd attatched the back. This part was quite painful, as the piercing wasnt as sharp as the needle, but nothing to scream and cry about. It felt quite akward afterwards but luckily there was minimal swelling. Im always one for doing things professionaly but now id pierce anything by myself! (excluding my bell end )