Oh man, last week right before I took my last final on campus for the semester one of the balls off my lip ring fell off, I lost it! so I had to hold the ring in place while taking a final (I passed!) and then I had to drive to the tattoo place and while I was there, lucky me, the reason why my lip was still not healing was because the skin was attaching itself to the jewelry. It was SO painful! Things like that ALWAYS happen to me. But now my lip is all better and I love it. Even though i had to pay another pretty penny for an extra ball, new lip ring, and a plastic retainer when I take it out for work.