Nose piercings Update post 1!

[moosmom]

I often thought of having my nose pierced. Then I pictured myself years down the road looking like Maxine (the Shoebox card lady) with a gaping hole in my nose. Um, no thanks. I'll stick with my tattoos.

[jennielynn1970]

See, I'd rather have my lip or my nipples pierced than my nose, but that's me.

I think the little sparkly nose piercings are cute, and I think you have a great nose for it Missy. You definitely gotta post pics!

[sirrahved]

Nose doesn't swell a lot like a tongue or lip. It feels like when you pull a nosehair out, if you've ever tried that lol.

Afterwards there isn't much pain at all, not at all like my snug piercing. I always tell everyone to NOT DO that piercing! It sucked big time.

I can't wait to see the pictures!

[jennielynn1970]

what's a snug piercing?? is that a certain body part??

I've wanted to do more cartilage piercings, but the one I had got infected after almost 2yrs of having it, so I dunno. There are some that are so cool, but the recovery time on them is supposed to be really long. Bah.

[Sirrahsim]

Also known as the antihelix
http://www.bmezine.com/pierce/01-ear/snug001.html
It looks VERY painful

[jennielynn1970]

Also known as the antihelix
http://www.bmezine.com/pierce/01-ear/snug001.html
It looks VERY painful

OOH! Those are so cool!! I had a boyfriend who had so many different parts of his ears pierced, I don't know what was left. He had buddies who were nurses, and they had a tat and piercing shop.

[Karen]

Having any piercing through cartilage is always going to take far longer to heal than through soft tissue. It is also more prone to infections, so only use good-quality earring in it, even after it heals, nothing with the cheap nickel posts, because one it gets infected it take a long time to clear out.

No, I have no piercings myself. But I did work at an Earring Tree a while ago - just wore magnetic earrings when I had my hair up.

I have too many skin sensitivities and grandma tried having her ears pierced as a young woman and got a very, very bad infection and reaction, and they almost removed half of her ear lobe. So I decided as a child not to risk it!