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All Saints is also offering a $31 piercing special, plus the cost of the jewelry, for lobe, helix, conch, rook, tragus, flat, nostril, eyebrow, lip, Medusa, labret, Ashley, Monroe, tongue and nipple.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026 Your allies probably have LGBTQ+ coworkers, cousins or that person from their yoga class who has a labret piercing and a rainbow carabiner.—
Anna Pulley,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025 The labrets themselves, likely made of perishable materials like wood or leather, have long since vanished, leaving only their unintended signature on skeletal remains.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
3 Feb. 2025 Septum and labret piercings decorated the models’ faces, complementing the subtle, glowy makeup.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
3 Oct. 2024 Specific dental wear patterns revealed that the people buried at the site had piercings likely below their lower lips, similar to an ornament known as a labret.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2024 Knecht recognized it as a labret, a traditional face piercing.—
Zachariah Hughes,
Anchorage Daily News,
16 Sep. 2023 Back in June, celebrity piercer Brian Keith Thompson paid a house visit to the rapper to re-pierce her labret and add two new dermal pieces to her chest.—
Aimee Simeon,
refinery29.com,
12 Aug. 2020