Any advice for a trumpet player with a hole in his lip!?!
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super_sop
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i would have thought it would depend on the amount of damage done to the muscles in your lip dude. dont want to put a downwer on things, but i knew a cornet player how once got beet up, did his lip some damage when they split it. he was never the same after.
i hope you havent caused as much damage as he did.
best of luck dude, and i hope you have a quick recovery
i hope you havent caused as much damage as he did.
best of luck dude, and i hope you have a quick recovery
stopher
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Have had a similar thing - crashed into a wall riding my bike when I was 12 and bit through my cheek, right on the edge of my embouchure - it looks like I have an extra dimple when I smile!
Don;t really have a problem with it apart from a small lump inside my cheek where they stitched it up and can somethimes feel it pulling if I'm out of practice (very often!) or have been playing a long time and havn't warmed up.
Could be awkward if it is where your mouthpiece sits on your face as you could have a a bit of scarring if they had to stitch it - just have to let it settle down and take it from there but if you can still buzz and it doesn;t hurt when your mouthpiece sits on it, can't see a problem!
Like Laura said, give it a few weeks because it will be as sore as hell. The worst bit was the dissolving stitches - I had to gargle some foul stuff to let it dissolve and keep it clean which was a hell of a lot worse that the injury!
Don;t really have a problem with it apart from a small lump inside my cheek where they stitched it up and can somethimes feel it pulling if I'm out of practice (very often!) or have been playing a long time and havn't warmed up.
Could be awkward if it is where your mouthpiece sits on your face as you could have a a bit of scarring if they had to stitch it - just have to let it settle down and take it from there but if you can still buzz and it doesn;t hurt when your mouthpiece sits on it, can't see a problem!
Like Laura said, give it a few weeks because it will be as sore as hell. The worst bit was the dissolving stitches - I had to gargle some foul stuff to let it dissolve and keep it clean which was a hell of a lot worse that the injury!
dave
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lip problem
Go to my webite: www.playwritemusic.com and look up dissertation -there you will find info about my lip problem - I bit through my lower lip - into the steering wheel when a tractor drove out in front of my car.
Please let me know what you think of the dissertation - used for my master's degree.
I had a good (Aussie) plastic surgeon but I still have a big scar.
Is the scar big and whereabouts is it?
Go to my webite: www.playwritemusic.com and look up dissertation -there you will find info about my lip problem - I bit through my lower lip - into the steering wheel when a tractor drove out in front of my car.
Please let me know what you think of the dissertation - used for my master's degree.
I had a good (Aussie) plastic surgeon but I still have a big scar.
Is the scar big and whereabouts is it?
Should be a problem when it heals. just let it heal!
I have my Labrett pierced (thats the bit under your bottom lip (not a lip ring though)), which I had done before I started playing (again - had 8 years off)
I get asked if it affects me, but it doesnt affect me at all - although I have knocked it on the odd occasion accidently with the mouthpiece which smarts a bit!
So if I can play with a stud in me bottom lip, you'll have no prob... just let it heal!
I have my Labrett pierced (thats the bit under your bottom lip (not a lip ring though)), which I had done before I started playing (again - had 8 years off)
I get asked if it affects me, but it doesnt affect me at all - although I have knocked it on the odd occasion accidently with the mouthpiece which smarts a bit!
So if I can play with a stud in me bottom lip, you'll have no prob... just let it heal!