I had my lip pierced... twice. My gums on the tooth near the piercing has worn away and that was 13 years ago. The first time I had to take it out because my Mum convinced me too, then the second one I took out because my gums keep bleeding around it. I still have the hole.
My good friend is a head chef and he has his eyebrow pierced.... My other best friend has had nose piercings and they have healed up.
My brother has eyebrow, ears, nose - one side and bull, and both his nipples pierced. He hasn't had problems with work, he was a professor of jazz history though.
