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Is dipping lip piercing in hydrogen peroxide safe?
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Hydrogen Peroxide: Hydrogen peroxide can be be used on your lips. Swallowing dilute (3%) hydrogen peroxide, however, has been reported to cause the following problems: nausea and vomiting, burns in the mouth, throat, esophagus, and stomach, bleeding in the stomach, inflammation of the intestines, stomach ulcer, rupture of the colon.
Answered 8/5/2013
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