Nose piercing? Pros and Cons. Help me decide!

[ImMACnificent]

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Originally Posted by L1LMAMAJ That is a great idea! I don't really like my ears cuz they are strangely small but I still like ear piercings. I think I may get a cartilage piercing. It's hot.

Girl you are talking to the girl with the biggest lobes in American history. HAHA. I dislike my ears, too, but I truly love my ear piercings. It gives me a little "Edge" without being too obvious like a lip piercing or something. At 25, working as a "professional", having ears piercings helps me feel a LITTLE young

You should totally do it! Just google different kinds of ear piercings, there are SO many that are TOTALLY cute and feminine without looking insane!

I personally love the rook (I had mine done but it grew out

) and I love the tragus piercings!

 

[Hilly]

Thanks for this thread. I am debating getting my nose re-pierced. I had it done back in the day. It was cute- but it was impossible for me to get it back in if it came out. Also, the jewlery must have been cheap because the stones from the studs always fell out! It was annoying. The only thing stopping me is work. I wonder how they would re-act.

 

[juicygirl]

i got my nose pierced in the middle of february this year and i love it. i originally wanted to get my lower lip pierced but the doctors i worked for said they would make me take it out. they weren't too keen on the nose piercing but oh well. the piercing itself was pretty uncomplicated and i paid about 60.00 to get my left side pierced. i found that it was easier than my helix. anyway, cleaning and putting makeup really is not a problem. (i have a hook type which is the best!) only thing is that a month and a half into having it pierced, i got anxious and wanted to change the piercing. so i did it and that's when i developed a bump, or keloid, right next to the piercing which looked blah because it was right on my nose, like a huge white pimple, lol. but anyway, my dermo injected it with some cortisone which i think helped but honestly, the best thing to do in that situation and just in general to care for the piercing is SEA SALT SOAKS!! cannot stress it enough and now the bump is completely gone! also, invest in a can of H2O Ocean Spray (you can find it at hot topic) and to clean the area around the piercing, i use provon medicated lotion soap. anyway, hope this helps!

 

[CantAffordMAC]

If I take out the piercing, how long does it take to close up? Hmm...dont really know...mine has been out for some hours and hasnt closed up...Im not sure if ur asking because u might WANT to take it out, or because ur scared if itll fall out, and you'll have to get it repierced. A friend took hers out and its closed up...probably within a week? Everyone is probably different...?
Is it hard to apply makeup around the nose ring? No, I apply my makeup right over it, then wipe off the crystal so it shines again
Left or right side of nose? ....personal choice. Doesnt mean anything either way. I have my left side done, but wanted my right side, but listened to a friend when she told me the left side

whatever side u want
What price is decent? I paid $20 for mine, because its at the tattoo place me and my boyfriend go to, and because I got 2 tattoos the same day. I usually hear people say around $50
Any nose ring horror stories? ....no. Every once in awhile I get this pimple above my piercing and once it pops it bleeds a lot..but that happens like once or twice a month and its just annoying, not a horror.

I really say, that if u get it pierced u should use a nose screw. Those things stay inside ur nose and dont usually fall out. They arent easy to put in though, so id have the piercer pierce u with it, and then just keep it in there. Nose rings arent like belly rings, where u change them often for a new design....not IMO anyways....I dont want designs or stars or flowers in mynose, just a little sparkle. I took my screw out and couldnt get it back in, and Ive had just the regular straight ring in now, and its a pain in the ass. When u do anything it falls right out. In my opinion, the piercing hurt really bad, but only for a couple of minutes, and then it was worth it....itd be a lot less of a hassle if I had a nose ring that stayed put though.

Good luck

 

[stronqerx]

If I take out the piercing, how long does it take to close up? When ever I take mines out for about a couple of hours it doesn't close up.

Is it hard to apply makeup around the nose ring? For me this is the only thing that I dislike about my noses ring. I always have to take it out when I apply my foundation. I've tried applying foundation over it and then cleaning it but it still looks dirty.

Left or right side of nose? I've had both sides done twice lol. Right now I have it on my right side, idk doesn't really matter I guess.


What price is decent? The first time I got mines done I went to 'the village' here in NYC, aka piercing/tattoo town lol so it was pretty cheap I think $25?


Any nose ring horror stories?
Not really. I had my nose pierced all through out hs, and then took it off for about 3 yrs, this year my fiance asked me to re-pierce it because he said he thinks its sexy and very feminine. I get a lot of compliments on it

Also, do you guys know of a good place where I can buy better studs? Because I can never find any good rings, I always have to get the cheap ones and the lil stones fall off like hilly had mentioned.

 

[milamonster]

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Originally Posted by L1LMAMAJ Hi guys, For those who have nose piercings, can you please help me decide? I've been wanting one for a while now but I need to know the pros and cons. If I take out the piercing, how long does it take to close up? Is it hard to apply makeup around the nose ring? Left or right side of nose? What price is decent? Any nose ring horror stories? Thanks guys. Much appreciated. - Jen

i love my nose piercing! once it heals there's NO problemos! seriously...i kept messing iwth it before it healed and it did act up a bit...but im hard headed. now i can yank it ou t or whatever and its just plane fine. it fell out once when i slept after i got it done , had to have been a couple of hours. hurt abit to ge tback in bu ti did it!
i paid 50 for mine at the biggest tattoo shop in the small town of santa cruz, ca. so they can charge what they want haha. but i got the kind they bend to fit to your nose...i like it that way.
i have no horror stories other than what i mentioned. oh and if you want an actual ring sposedly youre sposed to tell them cuz theyre sposed to pierce it different...when i put in my nose ring it was a bit bigger than the one in my nose already. so it hurt a lil bit to get it in but thats it...

 

[MissAlly]

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Originally Posted by stronqerx Also, do you guys know of a good place where I can buy better studs? Because I can never find any good rings, I always have to get the cheap ones and the lil stones fall off like hilly had mentioned.

Body jewelry Bodyartforms plugs, barbells, captives, nosescrews, labrets, and more...


It has a great selection of jewlery.

 

[Mp1627]

I'm getting mine done Thursday for $20

 

[dyingforyou]

- Jen

1. i very rarely take mine out. once it came out while i was sleeping and it was very hard to put back in. i had to have my mom put the ring in backwards just to get it in and so it wouldn't close up. then a couple months ago i had an MRI and i bought some clear plastic retainers and i only had it out for a couple hours and it was still really hard to put my normal ring back in. the common answer is anywhere from a couple hours to a day, i would assume.

2. no, it's not. just make sure while it's healing you don't get any around the hole. it'll just irritate it and get it infected. once it's healed it's fine and you can apply like normal.

3. i have mine on my right side.

4. i believe mine was $30 then i gave a tip so it was probably around $35, including jewelry. i would say anything over $45 is too much but that's just imo.

5. nah they're relatively easy to manage once healed. i got mine done in march of 2011 and i was told it had, at maximum, a 6 month heal time. the first few times i tried to change it i got really queasy [i'm a whimp when it comes to pain lol so] but now that it's been over a year it's fine. i never change it from my ring to a stud but if i had to it's really no big deal. i do have this bump next to it though that's just a bump of skin... it's not a keloid because sometimes it'll get larger and really red and then it'll just go away on it's own. it also goes away whenever i'm on antibiotic so... i really have no idea what it is haha. it doesn't bother me because it's not that noticeable [to others]. but i really love my piercing so i'm gonna be :[ if i have to take it out for a job.

 

[megancadwell]

[h=4] hello my name is Megan Cadwell [/h] i want my nose to be done but i do not know how old you have to be to get it done.i have my up eare pierced that hurt about 10 mins and then my mom had it done and she cryed and i had my up eare prerced i was 13 years old i am 15 years old i want my nose do to how old do you have to be.And my up eare is still open and i would

=love to get my nose done.

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[GabbyD611]

I got my nose pierced on my 14th birthday, I originally went to a tattoo parlor to get it done but they REFUSED to pierce or tattoo me. It all depends on where you go. I had to go to the piercing pagoda and they did it with a gun, and I then found out afterwards that guns aren't good for piercings (besides earlobes). I don't have any problems with my nose piercing though, just gotta get used to having to take it out when I blow my nose and when I put on makeup. A lot of people like it and says it looks cute, so I think it's worth it.

 

[Madeleine Mills]

if you live in Australia don't go to cosmetics plus they are not hygienic and not properly qualified.

 

[SammieJo13]

i have my nose done. It didn't hurt at all for me. But they did numb it. And idk if it will close up I've had mine for about 6-8 months . I never had to clean mine because I never get my piecings infected idk y lol

 

[Taylaa Rose]

I have had my nose pierced 2 times now. It takes about a day to close up. As me being a teenager, you can imagine I would forever be doing my make up lol. Applying make up to the nose is not hard at all. When you first get it pierced be gentle with the force you put the make up on, but as you get used to it then apply normally. I got my nose done twice on my left side. I chose my left side because its the opposite side to my fringe. My nose piercing cost me £15. And as far as I know no there is no horror stories.

 

[Countingstars13]

I want to get an nose piercing but I don't know who I should go to the only piercing shop I know of is the under ground in olean newyork. I don't know anybody that works there nor I don't know if they are good with they're work. People who know the under ground shop in olean newyork please tell me if they are good or not. I'm 12 and I just pierced my second hole for my ears by my self don't worry I did my research. Can someone please help I also want my belly button pierced. If you help your amazing. :eyelove: :bigstar: :bump:

 

[Silverwolf]

The hard bump on your friends nose is probably just scar tissue, when I take my piercings out (I've had them for 9 years) I can feel the scar tissue

 

[Taggyms]

I got my nose pierced 4 months ago i had no probs i wanted the last year of my 40's to go out with a bang. Ive had it pierced 3 times but the stud fell out had a friend do it we laughed so hard i ended up getting sick i hav sec progressive M.S this lat time i had it done professionaly. I just had brain MRI so i had to take the piggyback out n put in plastic one they did it for free. Now i went and bought sterling silver studs with tiny ball at the end the plastic one just slid right in. Been hearing horror stories abt silver but my piercing is healed so can i now put silver stud in for a few days i dont want permant black mark the silver studs r awesome i have stainless steel ones too if they dont wrk i can always put back the cork screw its weird cuz the plastic 20g is a lot longer than the other 20 g studs that came in a pack.i dnt want the shorter studs to fall out but cant stand this pink plastic one looks like a big zit umm what to do?

 

[NYoungPR]

I had my nose pierced and I absolutely loved it! They removed it during my c-section and it closed over before I could get a new one in BUT I will be getting it re-done lol

 

[Kayla Renee]

this is exactly how I feel about my nostril piercing . Got the right side done on saturday , hardly hurt, healing amazing. THE PERFECT DREAM PIERCING

 

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