DJ Samantha Ronson is battered and bruised from a bike accident over the weekend. Lindsay Lohan’s former love was reportedly on her way home from a gig at The Brig in Venice, when she swerved to avoid a car. The resulting “faceplant” necessitated 12 stitches.

“9 on my eyebrow 1 on my forehead and 2 in my bottom lip. Not pretty,” Ronson explained, via Twitter.

Today, Ronson tweeted a photo of the aftermath bearing the caption, “Wear a helmet kids!” With it was the following message: “Let this be a lesson… if you have a driver’s license you probably don’t need to be on a bmx bike.”

Despite the pain and discomfort she’s in – in an account she posted on Tumblr, she said she had to eat through a straw because of the swelling – she’s kept her sense of humor, exchanging witting banter with friends and fans via Twitter.

“To the person who coined the phrase “it’s as easy as riding a bike” my face disagrees!” she Tweeted at one point, before joking about looking like the elephant man and needing a mask to hide her bruised and battered features.

She was also quick to correct TMZ,

who reported the DJ had been struck by a car. In response to another follower’s question about the incident, she joked that she was trying to recreate the video to Mark Ronson’s “The Bike Song.”

Her injuries forced her to cancel the gig she had scheduled for Saturday night at Downstairs in Park City, Utah. But other than going a bit stir crazy from being housebound (as she details in her aforementioned Tumblr post), she seems to be on the mend.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!