Nose Piercings on Dudes

[jkaminallen]

So I've been flirting with the idea of piercing my right nostrel with a loop earing.
Gay or neigh?


Oh and fo the ladies, if you think i'd look good with one...

[cora_ann]

I don't think it's a bad idea (I got mine pierced yesterday, haha). But a good piercer probably won't pierce it with a ring because it can tear easily/get infected if your nose swells.

[Hamlet]

Also consider the logistics of blowing your nose.

[burntheaction]

it might look alright. just make sure you don't try and pierce it yourself, haha.

[jkaminallen]

I never get colds. My immune systems off the chain.

Is it possible to get like a small ring really like close (in?) my nose so it doesn't stick out much.

[stacymichelle]

i like nose rings on most people.

[stacymichelle]

I never get colds. My immune systems off the chain.

Is it possible to get like a small ring really like close (in?) my nose so it doesn't stick out much.

likely no. its going to be red and swollen shortly after its done.
you do not want a ring right away.
studs look hot on dudes, too.

[cora_ann]

I never get colds. My immune systems off the chain.

Is it possible to get like a small ring really like close (in?) my nose so it doesn't stick out much.

That's what I want, but my piercer (who pierced my lip with a ring, wtf) said he wouldn't put a ring in until it's healed because it might rip right now. I think it just depends on who you go to.

Side note: small rings look way better imo.

[jkaminallen]

I don't know a stud kind of says gay. I'm looking more for neigh.

[Esrb99]

http://cdn-84.cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users11/crushmyheart/default/adam_lazzara--large-msg-114870013304-2.jpg

[jkaminallen]

Adam?

[Esrb99]

si

his is close in.

[cora_ann]

I don't know a stud kind of says gay. I'm looking more for neigh.

Studs on guys are kind of weird but if you try and get a ring, it will have to be a big one (in case your nose swells) and it will stick out.

[jkaminallen]

Studs on guys are kind of weird but if you try and get a ring, it will have to be a big one (in case your nose swells) and it will stick out.
I go to kind of a religious/close minded school (inner city) so if I had a stud I think I'd be beat up repeatedly (more so).

[Hamlet]

I say nay to a big ring. It will make you look like a boar.

[jkaminallen]

Agreed. I want a small one.
Though I'm already quite boarish.

[SaoMattie]

Has to be hoop, I had a big one and it was annoying, so I switched to a small one, much better

[burnsobright]

Mattie has one and he is s00000000 hawt!!1

[jkaminallen]

he is dreamy.

[cora_ann]

I go to kind of a religious/close minded school (inner city) so if I had a stud I think I'd be beat up repeatedly (more so).

Yeah, nose studs are not good on men. Sorry.

[SaoMattie]

I win

[TakingBackDowd]

stud in nose.

[PadraicPrincess]

Don't get a stud, I have yet to see a guy with one that looks good. The rings are alright, get a small one though. Or.. get a lip ring because they are hottt on guys.

[Siren Silently]

Neither, unless you want to attract all the grimy scenegirls your area has to offer.

[jkaminallen]

Neither, unless you want to attract all the grimy scenegirls your area has to offer.

Can't anyone keep my secret plans under lock?

[jkaminallen]

Now if I got a stud, how long would I have to have it in to get a small ring?

[cora_ann]

Now if I got a stud, how long would I have to have it in to get a small ring?

I think 8-12 weeks.

[xpunkyx]

do it do it do it.

[Siren Silently]

Can't anyone keep my secret plans under lock?

Oh dear.

[jkaminallen]

I think 8-12 weeks.

Not worth it.

[senatorlamb]

homosexual it is.

[airik625]

No to any kind of nose peircing

[thetrueblood]

after saying you're "flirting with the idea" of a NOSE PIERCING, I really don't understand why you said the picture was for the ladies...

[jkaminallen]

So the saying was gay or the picture?

[biodegradable]

i love all nose piercings in general, but that's just me.

[disco.tetris]

Don't do it.

[SubrosaSeductiv]

Septum piercings make me want to lasso people.

[Rock]

Gay as @#$%

[xvszero]

Don't nose rings always get filled up with a bunch of snot?

That'd be gross.

[xvszero]

Also... gay.

[aircourtneys]

Don't rock the studs, those look weird on guys. A ring is def good looking tho.

[SubrosaSeductiv]

MooooooOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[SaoMattie]

haha, didn't know there was this much hatred of nose rings.

[xvszero]

Hey, I don't HATE gay guys.

[llwilliamsll]

if you go to any respectable piercer they're going to have you wear a stud for a few months before you can wear a ring so it heals properly, i had my nose pierced and got a lot of compliments, especially from girls, but i realized it was stupid so i took mine out, you're young so you mine as well, worst case is people say you look like a moron and you take it out. not like it's a tattoo

[HelpMeSleep]

Also consider the logistics of blowing your nose.

there's actually no issue with blowing your nose haha. although, when sometimes when i put mine in, and i start sneezing lol.

i wear studs not a ring so i dont really know, but with the studs theres all different ones and some of them are really hard to put in and it sucks. like, i can only wear a certain kind, because i can't put the twist in ones in and they are probably shitty quality because i cant wear them for longer than a day, or my nose starts to hurt. haha

[girlslikeboys22]

Piercings are HOT on guys so go for it!!:-)

[secretemily]

I never really liked nose rings on guys. Go for the lip ring, that is an instant win in my books.

[sdbrown]

My stud kept getting caught on the loops of the towel when I dried my face after a shower. Careful if you do get it to avoid ripping it out as described- it really slows the healing process (i.e. it'll probably bleed and you'll have a hell of a time getting it back in. Especially if you have to spend 20 minutes trying to find the stud on the bathroom floor)

I sort of miss my nose piercing sometimes. It was my only real counter culture aesthetic.

[framebyframe]

Mine gets caught on the towel after I dry my face too, it's annoying as hell. I've never seen a stud look good on a guy, but the rings always look decent so I guess it's worth it.

[Rock]

I never really liked nose rings on guys. Go for the lip ring, that is an instant win in my books.
That is an instant look like a pussy.

[SubrosaSeductiv]

That is an instant look like a pussy.

Yeah but piercing your nose makes you look awesome...

[Rock]

Yeah but piercing your nose makes you look awesome...
It doesn't make you look like a pussy (unless you get a stud). It just...looks bad.

[secretemily]

It doesn't make you look like a pussy (unless you get a stud). It just...looks bad.

agreed. and perhaps about the lip ring too, but i still like it. what piercing are you for on guys then? none?

[Rock]

agreed. and perhaps about the lip ring too, but i still like it. what piercing are you for on guys then? none?
Yeah, pretty much. Earrings are kind of gay and eyebrow rings are disgusting, so all that leaves are the freak piercings. If I had to choose, I would get some diamond studs in my ears and go gangsta.

[notoaststereo]

my roommate has his septum pierced and he looks like a jackass.

[secretemily]

Yeah, pretty much. Earrings are kind of gay and eyebrow rings are disgusting, so all that leaves are the freak piercings. If I had to choose, I would get some diamond studs in my ears and go gangsta.


haha, go big or go home. Piercings on guys are really tricky- only a few can actually pull it off, most just end up looking like fools. Especially when it comes to the eyebrow- who the hell said that was "badass"?

[Rock]

haha, go big or go home. Piercings on guys are really tricky- only a few can actually pull it off, most just end up looking like fools. Especially when it comes to the eyebrow- who the hell said that was "badass"?
Haha, I have no idea. Whoever it was, they probably have one.

[secretemily]

my roommate has his septum pierced and he looks like a jackass.


ew, those are the worst.

[SPI]

I've got one. The piercer put a steel captive bead ring in, thank fuck, because I sure as hell did not want a stud. General regional consensus is that studs are gay, rings are fine, although nobody really gives a shit around here. I live in the gayest city north of San Fran, so there isn't a whole lot of the yer either with us football players or yer with the ass terrorists attitude that's found in middle America. There's lots of diverse expression to be found, and when you live in a city this gay (we're credited with at least partially originating homocore, just to give an example), they tend to go a bit beyond the norm to outwardly pronounce their sexuality. So all is well. I didn't want a stud because it might be seen as "gay," per se; when I decided I wanted a ring, well, there you go. I do kind of wonder sometimes what the reaction would be if I did end up in a place that had a hey, them nose things is fer sissies! type mentality, say if I ended up in a bar in Missouri or something, but I'm confident a simple I'm from the West coast would diffuse the situation given our liberal reputation.

I thought about it quite a bit (I've always wanted one from my mid-teens on, but I figured I'd go straight to a dead end job that wasn't piercing friendly when I hit 18 so I didn't bother) but now that I'm in college (late bloomer, heh) after going through several of those shitty dead end jobs and hoping I was done with anything that required wielding a rake or a spatula (hence now being in college), I went for it.

Before actually going to have it done, I read for several weeks on the different kinds of jewelry, what to look for in a quality piercing establishment, possible allergic side effects, aftercare, bumps, migration, infections, yadda yadda. I could write a book. I'm something of an unlucky pessimist, and I figured that if I got it done there would be some kind of eventual complication (more than that, it seemed most likely anyways, given all the possible yet relatively minor negative outcomes) - I decided to do it anyway, assuming whatever cropped up I could deal with.

It should be noted that depending on the source, they will say stud is bad, and you should get a nostril screw to avoid 'the bump'. Others will say nostril screws are prone to infection and you should get a ring. It's all highly subjective, and should tell any reasonable inquirer that the outcome of the piercing is relative to different people. Like I said, I was glad I got a CB ring, because that's what I wanted. To clarify, I didn't ask for it - that was the default jewelry. Should I decide to get a new piece of jewelry, it will most likely be another CBR. I'll probably end my freedom with this default steel one, though - my certification will be in banking/finance and I very much doubt whomever I end up working for will allow it. Kind of ironic, huh? I held out for years due to assuming my employer would make me take it out, I finally go for it and I'll have to take it out to be employed. Such is the circle of life...

Anyone who has read these different reviews/tutorials/whatever will know that almost all of them say choose a piercer who is friendly and you are comfortable with. I go to a piercing place downtown, and was greeted with a somewhat surly how can we help you? This was something of an immediate turn-off, but I'm not one to back down because someone isn't "friendly." Also, I imagine they expect a more... alternative looking crowd. I dress rather conservatively in my old work clothes - usually Georgia boots, Carhartt long sleeve, and jeans. I look at the price list - 35 bucks. So I say I want a nostril ring. He tells me the piercer will be with me shortly, again somewhat rudely. But whatever. I pay, and wait. The piercer is an ok guy, he calls me back. I sit down on the table and he asks me if I want right or left. I say left (no particular reason) and he sifts through some equipment. The room is as sterile as a hospital - they've got several autoclavers and plenty of rubber gloves, so I felt confident about the sanitary conditions. The piercer pulls out a needle and a receiving tube, sticks the latter up my nose, and jams the needle through.

You'll often read people asking does it hurt? with a response like it's like a little pinch in these reviews and tutorials. It's not a little pinch. It fuckin' hurts. It's a guy running a needle through your nostril, of course it hurts. It's not a searing, debilitating pain, but it's more than an uncomfortable little pinch. On the plus side, it only hurts for a few minutes afterwards. There's the tear, too. For whatever reason, the eye on the side you're getting pierced unleashes the floodgates and drools all over. That lasts a few seconds.

So it's done, I've got my long-awaited ring, and the guy tells me mild soap and water for at least 3 weeks as aftercare. Now, when you're reading about aftercare, you'll come across concepts like salt water soaks. There are lengthy debates about whether antibacterial soap (Dial) is helpful or harmful. As with the jewelry debate, there is no consensus on whether or not you should use antibacterial soap to clean your piercing. You really have to take these things as they come. So I'm driving home and I figure antibacterial soap would probably be for the best. It's liquid, it comes in a dispenser bottle, and it's antibacterial. My main goal was to avoid an infection at that point, so it seemed logical. I stop by the Rite Aid and grab a bottle, and head home. All is well for the first week or so - there is some crusty dry fluid and things on the ring which is wiped off easily with hot water and soap. No big deal, that is normal.

Perhaps I was cleaning it too much (twice a day is recommended, three times max generally), or I slept on it wrong - but the thing got irritated. I developed the bump. The bump looks like a big dull red zit or bug bite around your piercing. It's not painful or anything, but it looks bad. I'm wondering what to do to get rid of it, or if removing the ring is the only thing that will work. I didn't want to take my ring out after wanting one for so long, and I felt somewhat entitled given that things usually go badly for me and I deserved to at least have this. So I research it more and stew about having to go and get it removed, when I decided to try sea salt as a last resort (remember, it wasn't recommended to me at the piercer!). I go to the store, buy a jar, and start soaking three times a day or thereabouts. I noticed that my cotton ball (again, theres a "raging" debate over whether you should free-soak or use a cotton ball, but as i couldn't get a seal over my nose it was moot) would come out with some yellow fluid on it, so I figured it was doing something. It took about a week before I noticed that the bump was decreasing in size and no longer producing this yellow fluid when I soaked it. After another 5 days or so it dried up completely and went away. Then I noticed the inside.

The skin on the inside of my nostril had been growing around the ring, like a little volcano. This is why it's usually not recommended to get a ring at first, though I can see how the same thing would happen with a stud or screw. It was fleshy, painful, and quite large. More salt soaks (focusing on the inside) knocked this out, though it took a lot longer. A month maybe.

It's been four months since I got it done, and it's healed up just fine. Looks pretty good and the bead definitely adds some distinction - a plain ring wouldn't have the same effect, I think. I usually wear it with the bead down.

Are the ladies more attracted to me because I've got a nostril ring? No. Does it seem to be having the opposite effect? No. Are you being aggressively invited to the gay bar? No. Is it inviting fellow antisocial music lovers over to have a casual chat about what bands we like? No.

I'll admit, part of my motivation was to convey that I have other interests, given my previously mentioned mode of rather conservative dress that might give the wrong impression of what I'm about. I'm not going to convert you, I'm not going to chastise your taste in music (unless it sucks - buttrockers beware), I'm not a redneck looking to kick some ass - it's ok to ask me about punk rock, heavy metal, horror films, or beer swilling. Or even art, literature, or travel. There's more than what meets the eye.

Long story short:
Was it a gigantic pain in the ass to care for? Yes.
Any added advantages to having it? None that I can see.
Disadvantages? Low level of tolerance in the work place.
Do I still like it? Absolutely.

[pinkluv13]

Don't get a stud, I have yet to see a guy with one that looks good. The rings are alright, get a small one though. Or.. get a lip ring because they are hottt on guys.

double yes.

[pinkluv13]

I've got one. The piercer put a steel captive bead ring in, thank fuck, because I sure as hell did not want a stud. General regional consensus is that studs are gay, rings are fine, although nobody really gives a shit around here. I live in the gayest city north of San Fran, so there isn't a whole lot of the yer either with us football players or yer with the ass terrorists attitude that's found in middle America. There's lots of diverse expression to be found, and when you live in a city this gay (we're credited with at least partially originating homocore, just to give an example), they tend to go a bit beyond the norm to outwardly pronounce their sexuality. So all is well. I didn't want a stud because it might be seen as "gay," per se; when I decided I wanted a ring, well, there you go. I do kind of wonder sometimes what the reaction would be if I did end up in a place that had a hey, them nose things is fer sissies! type mentality, say if I ended up in a bar in Missouri or something, but I'm confident a simple I'm from the West coast would diffuse the situation given our liberal reputation.

I thought about it quite a bit (I've always wanted one from my mid-teens on, but I figured I'd go straight to a dead end job that wasn't piercing friendly when I hit 18 so I didn't bother) but now that I'm in college (late bloomer, heh) after going through several of those shitty dead end jobs and hoping I was done with anything that required wielding a rake or a spatula (hence now being in college), I went for it.

Before actually going to have it done, I read for several weeks on the different kinds of jewelry, what to look for in a quality piercing establishment, possible allergic side effects, aftercare, bumps, migration, infections, yadda yadda. I could write a book. I'm something of an unlucky pessimist, and I figured that if I got it done there would be some kind of eventual complication (more than that, it seemed most likely anyways, given all the possible yet relatively minor negative outcomes) - I decided to do it anyway, assuming whatever cropped up I could deal with.

It should be noted that depending on the source, they will say stud is bad, and you should get a nostril screw to avoid 'the bump'. Others will say nostril screws are prone to infection and you should get a ring. It's all highly subjective, and should tell any reasonable inquirer that the outcome of the piercing is relative to different people. Like I said, I was glad I got a CB ring, because that's what I wanted. To clarify, I didn't ask for it - that was the default jewelry. Should I decide to get a new piece of jewelry, it will most likely be another CBR. I'll probably end my freedom with this default steel one, though - my certification will be in banking/finance and I very much doubt whomever I end up working for will allow it. Kind of ironic, huh? I held out for years due to assuming my employer would make me take it out, I finally go for it and I'll have to take it out to be employed. Such is the circle of life...

Anyone who has read these different reviews/tutorials/whatever will know that almost all of them say choose a piercer who is friendly and you are comfortable with. I go to a piercing place downtown, and was greeted with a somewhat surly how can we help you? This was something of an immediate turn-off, but I'm not one to back down because someone isn't "friendly." Also, I imagine they expect a more... alternative looking crowd. I dress rather conservatively in my old work clothes - usually Georgia boots, Carhartt long sleeve, and jeans. I look at the price list - 35 bucks. So I say I want a nostril ring. He tells me the piercer will be with me shortly, again somewhat rudely. But whatever. I pay, and wait. The piercer is an ok guy, he calls me back. I sit down on the table and he asks me if I want right or left. I say left (no particular reason) and he sifts through some equipment. The room is as sterile as a hospital - they've got several autoclavers and plenty of rubber gloves, so I felt confident about the sanitary conditions. The piercer pulls out a needle and a receiving tube, sticks the latter up my nose, and jams the needle through.

You'll often read people asking does it hurt? with a response like it's like a little pinch in these reviews and tutorials. It's not a little pinch. It fuckin' hurts. It's a guy running a needle through your nostril, of course it hurts. It's not a searing, debilitating pain, but it's more than an uncomfortable little pinch. On the plus side, it only hurts for a few minutes afterwards. There's the tear, too. For whatever reason, the eye on the side you're getting pierced unleashes the floodgates and drools all over. That lasts a few seconds.

So it's done, I've got my long-awaited ring, and the guy tells me mild soap and water for at least 3 weeks as aftercare. Now, when you're reading about aftercare, you'll come across concepts like salt water soaks. There are lengthy debates about whether antibacterial soap (Dial) is helpful or harmful. As with the jewelry debate, there is no consensus on whether or not you should use antibacterial soap to clean your piercing. You really have to take these things as they come. So I'm driving home and I figure antibacterial soap would probably be for the best. It's liquid, it comes in a dispenser bottle, and it's antibacterial. My main goal was to avoid an infection at that point, so it seemed logical. I stop by the Rite Aid and grab a bottle, and head home. All is well for the first week or so - there is some crusty dry fluid and things on the ring which is wiped off easily with hot water and soap. No big deal, that is normal.

Perhaps I was cleaning it too much (twice a day is recommended, three times max generally), or I slept on it wrong - but the thing got irritated. I developed the bump. The bump looks like a big dull red zit or bug bite around your piercing. It's not painful or anything, but it looks bad. I'm wondering what to do to get rid of it, or if removing the ring is the only thing that will work. I didn't want to take my ring out after wanting one for so long, and I felt somewhat entitled given that things usually go badly for me and I deserved to at least have this. So I research it more and stew about having to go and get it removed, when I decided to try sea salt as a last resort (remember, it wasn't recommended to me at the piercer!). I go to the store, buy a jar, and start soaking three times a day or thereabouts. I noticed that my cotton ball (again, theres a "raging" debate over whether you should free-soak or use a cotton ball, but as i couldn't get a seal over my nose it was moot) would come out with some yellow fluid on it, so I figured it was doing something. It took about a week before I noticed that the bump was decreasing in size and no longer producing this yellow fluid when I soaked it. After another 5 days or so it dried up completely and went away. Then I noticed the inside.

The skin on the inside of my nostril had been growing around the ring, like a little volcano. This is why it's usually not recommended to get a ring at first, though I can see how the same thing would happen with a stud or screw. It was fleshy, painful, and quite large. More salt soaks (focusing on the inside) knocked this out, though it took a lot longer. A month maybe.

It's been four months since I got it done, and it's healed up just fine. Looks pretty good and the bead definitely adds some distinction - a plain ring wouldn't have the same effect, I think. I usually wear it with the bead down.

Are the ladies more attracted to me because I've got a nostril ring? No. Does it seem to be having the opposite effect? No. Are you being aggressively invited to the gay bar? No. Is it inviting fellow antisocial music lovers over to have a casual chat about what bands we like? No.

I'll admit, part of my motivation was to convey that I have other interests, given my previously mentioned mode of rather conservative dress that might give the wrong impression of what I'm about. I'm not going to convert you, I'm not going to chastise your taste in music (unless it sucks - buttrockers beware), I'm not a redneck looking to kick some ass - it's ok to ask me about punk rock, heavy metal, horror films, or beer swilling. Or even art, literature, or travel. There's more than what meets the eye.

Long story short:
Was it a gigantic pain in the ass to care for? Yes.
Any added advantages to having it? None that I can see.
Do I still like it? Absolutely.


dude...nice life story...

[SPI]

In the words of Rube Sofer (if you've ever seen Dead Like Me) - don't be an ass. Doesn't hurt to be comprehensive. :p

[feigningapology]

Aaron Marsh
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/211/494407237_808f4caec6.jpg

[meliisssaaaa]

go for it

[roxy]

I've got one. The piercer put a steel captive bead ring in, thank fuck, because I sure as hell did not want a stud. General regional consensus is that studs are gay, rings are fine, although nobody really gives a shit around here. I live in the gayest city north of San Fran, so there isn't a whole lot of the yer either with us football players or yer with the ass terrorists attitude that's found in middle America. There's lots of diverse expression to be found, and when you live in a city this gay (we're credited with at least partially originating homocore, just to give an example), they tend to go a bit beyond the norm to outwardly pronounce their sexuality. So all is well. I didn't want a stud because it might be seen as "gay," per se; when I decided I wanted a ring, well, there you go. I do kind of wonder sometimes what the reaction would be if I did end up in a place that had a hey, them nose things is fer sissies! type mentality, say if I ended up in a bar in Missouri or something, but I'm confident a simple I'm from the West coast would diffuse the situation given our liberal reputation.

I thought about it quite a bit (I've always wanted one from my mid-teens on, but I figured I'd go straight to a dead end job that wasn't piercing friendly when I hit 18 so I didn't bother) but now that I'm in college (late bloomer, heh) after going through several of those shitty dead end jobs and hoping I was done with anything that required wielding a rake or a spatula (hence now being in college), I went for it.

Before actually going to have it done, I read for several weeks on the different kinds of jewelry, what to look for in a quality piercing establishment, possible allergic side effects, aftercare, bumps, migration, infections, yadda yadda. I could write a book. I'm something of an unlucky pessimist, and I figured that if I got it done there would be some kind of eventual complication (more than that, it seemed most likely anyways, given all the possible yet relatively minor negative outcomes) - I decided to do it anyway, assuming whatever cropped up I could deal with.

It should be noted that depending on the source, they will say stud is bad, and you should get a nostril screw to avoid 'the bump'. Others will say nostril screws are prone to infection and you should get a ring. It's all highly subjective, and should tell any reasonable inquirer that the outcome of the piercing is relative to different people. Like I said, I was glad I got a CB ring, because that's what I wanted. To clarify, I didn't ask for it - that was the default jewelry. Should I decide to get a new piece of jewelry, it will most likely be another CBR. I'll probably end my freedom with this default steel one, though - my certification will be in banking/finance and I very much doubt whomever I end up working for will allow it. Kind of ironic, huh? I held out for years due to assuming my employer would make me take it out, I finally go for it and I'll have to take it out to be employed. Such is the circle of life...

Anyone who has read these different reviews/tutorials/whatever will know that almost all of them say choose a piercer who is friendly and you are comfortable with. I go to a piercing place downtown, and was greeted with a somewhat surly how can we help you? This was something of an immediate turn-off, but I'm not one to back down because someone isn't "friendly." Also, I imagine they expect a more... alternative looking crowd. I dress rather conservatively in my old work clothes - usually Georgia boots, Carhartt long sleeve, and jeans. I look at the price list - 35 bucks. So I say I want a nostril ring. He tells me the piercer will be with me shortly, again somewhat rudely. But whatever. I pay, and wait. The piercer is an ok guy, he calls me back. I sit down on the table and he asks me if I want right or left. I say left (no particular reason) and he sifts through some equipment. The room is as sterile as a hospital - they've got several autoclavers and plenty of rubber gloves, so I felt confident about the sanitary conditions. The piercer pulls out a needle and a receiving tube, sticks the latter up my nose, and jams the needle through.

You'll often read people asking does it hurt? with a response like it's like a little pinch in these reviews and tutorials. It's not a little pinch. It fuckin' hurts. It's a guy running a needle through your nostril, of course it hurts. It's not a searing, debilitating pain, but it's more than an uncomfortable little pinch. On the plus side, it only hurts for a few minutes afterwards. There's the tear, too. For whatever reason, the eye on the side you're getting pierced unleashes the floodgates and drools all over. That lasts a few seconds.

So it's done, I've got my long-awaited ring, and the guy tells me mild soap and water for at least 3 weeks as aftercare. Now, when you're reading about aftercare, you'll come across concepts like salt water soaks. There are lengthy debates about whether antibacterial soap (Dial) is helpful or harmful. As with the jewelry debate, there is no consensus on whether or not you should use antibacterial soap to clean your piercing. You really have to take these things as they come. So I'm driving home and I figure antibacterial soap would probably be for the best. It's liquid, it comes in a dispenser bottle, and it's antibacterial. My main goal was to avoid an infection at that point, so it seemed logical. I stop by the Rite Aid and grab a bottle, and head home. All is well for the first week or so - there is some crusty dry fluid and things on the ring which is wiped off easily with hot water and soap. No big deal, that is normal.

Perhaps I was cleaning it too much (twice a day is recommended, three times max generally), or I slept on it wrong - but the thing got irritated. I developed the bump. The bump looks like a big dull red zit or bug bite around your piercing. It's not painful or anything, but it looks bad. I'm wondering what to do to get rid of it, or if removing the ring is the only thing that will work. I didn't want to take my ring out after wanting one for so long, and I felt somewhat entitled given that things usually go badly for me and I deserved to at least have this. So I research it more and stew about having to go and get it removed, when I decided to try sea salt as a last resort (remember, it wasn't recommended to me at the piercer!). I go to the store, buy a jar, and start soaking three times a day or thereabouts. I noticed that my cotton ball (again, theres a "raging" debate over whether you should free-soak or use a cotton ball, but as i couldn't get a seal over my nose it was moot) would come out with some yellow fluid on it, so I figured it was doing something. It took about a week before I noticed that the bump was decreasing in size and no longer producing this yellow fluid when I soaked it. After another 5 days or so it dried up completely and went away. Then I noticed the inside.

The skin on the inside of my nostril had been growing around the ring, like a little volcano. This is why it's usually not recommended to get a ring at first, though I can see how the same thing would happen with a stud or screw. It was fleshy, painful, and quite large. More salt soaks (focusing on the inside) knocked this out, though it took a lot longer. A month maybe.

It's been four months since I got it done, and it's healed up just fine. Looks pretty good and the bead definitely adds some distinction - a plain ring wouldn't have the same effect, I think. I usually wear it with the bead down.

Are the ladies more attracted to me because I've got a nostril ring? No. Does it seem to be having the opposite effect? No. Are you being aggressively invited to the gay bar? No. Is it inviting fellow antisocial music lovers over to have a casual chat about what bands we like? No.

I'll admit, part of my motivation was to convey that I have other interests, given my previously mentioned mode of rather conservative dress that might give the wrong impression of what I'm about. I'm not going to convert you, I'm not going to chastise your taste in music (unless it sucks - buttrockers beware), I'm not a redneck looking to kick some ass - it's ok to ask me about punk rock, heavy metal, horror films, or beer swilling. Or even art, literature, or travel. There's more than what meets the eye.

Long story short:
Was it a gigantic pain in the ass to care for? Yes.
Any added advantages to having it? None that I can see.
Disadvantages? Low level of tolerance in the work place.
Do I still like it? Absolutely.

I didn't read all of this but from what I skimmed at least you are educated on the topic.

You can get your nose pierced with a stud or a ring, depends on what you want. Rings are easier to clean, more likely to get bumped while studs are harder to clean. Where are you thinking about going? I don't have a piercer in Boston because I always go home to get my stuff done.

[kwsqd]

Spend the money on a gun instead and kill yourself for even thinking of such a dumb idea.

Long story short:
No

[SubrosaSeductiv]

Yeah, pretty much. Earrings are kind of gay and eyebrow rings are disgusting, so all that leaves are the freak piercings. If I had to choose, I would get some diamond studs in my ears and go gangsta.

When I was little I was obsessed with Tom from Blink, so the lip piercing for some reason is the only thing is my book that passes as OK. Not sure why though...

[Rock]

When I was little I was obsessed with Tom from Blink, so the lip piercing for some reason is the only thing is my book that passes as OK. Not sure why though...
The single lip piercing doesn't look "bad," per se. Like I said, it makes you look like a pussy. Tom looks like a pussy, and my roommate who got one in college looks like (and is) a pussy.

[Rock]

dude...nice life story...
Haha, seriously. That was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OO long.

[SPI]

I get the feeling nobody on this site reads or writes much. :-p

[pinkluv13]

I get the feeling nobody on this site reads or writes much. :-p

yep.

[Thug_Nasty]

So I've been flirting with the idea of piercing my right nostrel with a loop earing.
Gay or neigh?


Oh and fo the ladies, if you think i'd look good with one...
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa3/password1_011/DSCN0230.jpg
well you couldnt look any gayer than you do now. so go for it!

[atticus1492]

I've got one. The piercer put a steel captive bead ring in, thank fuck, because I sure as hell did not want a stud. General regional consensus is that studs are gay, rings are fine, although nobody really gives a shit around here. I live in the gayest city north of San Fran, so there isn't a whole lot of the yer either with us football players or yer with the ass terrorists attitude that's found in middle America. There's lots of diverse expression to be found, and when you live in a city this gay (we're credited with at least partially originating homocore, just to give an example), they tend to go a bit beyond the norm to outwardly pronounce their sexuality. So all is well. I didn't want a stud because it might be seen as "gay," per se; when I decided I wanted a ring, well, there you go. I do kind of wonder sometimes what the reaction would be if I did end up in a place that had a hey, them nose things is fer sissies! type mentality, say if I ended up in a bar in Missouri or something, but I'm confident a simple I'm from the West coast would diffuse the situation given our liberal reputation.

I thought about it quite a bit (I've always wanted one from my mid-teens on, but I figured I'd go straight to a dead end job that wasn't piercing friendly when I hit 18 so I didn't bother) but now that I'm in college (late bloomer, heh) after going through several of those shitty dead end jobs and hoping I was done with anything that required wielding a rake or a spatula (hence now being in college), I went for it.

Before actually going to have it done, I read for several weeks on the different kinds of jewelry, what to look for in a quality piercing establishment, possible allergic side effects, aftercare, bumps, migration, infections, yadda yadda. I could write a book. I'm something of an unlucky pessimist, and I figured that if I got it done there would be some kind of eventual complication (more than that, it seemed most likely anyways, given all the possible yet relatively minor negative outcomes) - I decided to do it anyway, assuming whatever cropped up I could deal with.

It should be noted that depending on the source, they will say stud is bad, and you should get a nostril screw to avoid 'the bump'. Others will say nostril screws are prone to infection and you should get a ring. It's all highly subjective, and should tell any reasonable inquirer that the outcome of the piercing is relative to different people. Like I said, I was glad I got a CB ring, because that's what I wanted. To clarify, I didn't ask for it - that was the default jewelry. Should I decide to get a new piece of jewelry, it will most likely be another CBR. I'll probably end my freedom with this default steel one, though - my certification will be in banking/finance and I very much doubt whomever I end up working for will allow it. Kind of ironic, huh? I held out for years due to assuming my employer would make me take it out, I finally go for it and I'll have to take it out to be employed. Such is the circle of life...

Anyone who has read these different reviews/tutorials/whatever will know that almost all of them say choose a piercer who is friendly and you are comfortable with. I go to a piercing place downtown, and was greeted with a somewhat surly how can we help you? This was something of an immediate turn-off, but I'm not one to back down because someone isn't "friendly." Also, I imagine they expect a more... alternative looking crowd. I dress rather conservatively in my old work clothes - usually Georgia boots, Carhartt long sleeve, and jeans. I look at the price list - 35 bucks. So I say I want a nostril ring. He tells me the piercer will be with me shortly, again somewhat rudely. But whatever. I pay, and wait. The piercer is an ok guy, he calls me back. I sit down on the table and he asks me if I want right or left. I say left (no particular reason) and he sifts through some equipment. The room is as sterile as a hospital - they've got several autoclavers and plenty of rubber gloves, so I felt confident about the sanitary conditions. The piercer pulls out a needle and a receiving tube, sticks the latter up my nose, and jams the needle through.

You'll often read people asking does it hurt? with a response like it's like a little pinch in these reviews and tutorials. It's not a little pinch. It fuckin' hurts. It's a guy running a needle through your nostril, of course it hurts. It's not a searing, debilitating pain, but it's more than an uncomfortable little pinch. On the plus side, it only hurts for a few minutes afterwards. There's the tear, too. For whatever reason, the eye on the side you're getting pierced unleashes the floodgates and drools all over. That lasts a few seconds.

So it's done, I've got my long-awaited ring, and the guy tells me mild soap and water for at least 3 weeks as aftercare. Now, when you're reading about aftercare, you'll come across concepts like salt water soaks. There are lengthy debates about whether antibacterial soap (Dial) is helpful or harmful. As with the jewelry debate, there is no consensus on whether or not you should use antibacterial soap to clean your piercing. You really have to take these things as they come. So I'm driving home and I figure antibacterial soap would probably be for the best. It's liquid, it comes in a dispenser bottle, and it's antibacterial. My main goal was to avoid an infection at that point, so it seemed logical. I stop by the Rite Aid and grab a bottle, and head home. All is well for the first week or so - there is some crusty dry fluid and things on the ring which is wiped off easily with hot water and soap. No big deal, that is normal.

Perhaps I was cleaning it too much (twice a day is recommended, three times max generally), or I slept on it wrong - but the thing got irritated. I developed the bump. The bump looks like a big dull red zit or bug bite around your piercing. It's not painful or anything, but it looks bad. I'm wondering what to do to get rid of it, or if removing the ring is the only thing that will work. I didn't want to take my ring out after wanting one for so long, and I felt somewhat entitled given that things usually go badly for me and I deserved to at least have this. So I research it more and stew about having to go and get it removed, when I decided to try sea salt as a last resort (remember, it wasn't recommended to me at the piercer!). I go to the store, buy a jar, and start soaking three times a day or thereabouts. I noticed that my cotton ball (again, theres a "raging" debate over whether you should free-soak or use a cotton ball, but as i couldn't get a seal over my nose it was moot) would come out with some yellow fluid on it, so I figured it was doing something. It took about a week before I noticed that the bump was decreasing in size and no longer producing this yellow fluid when I soaked it. After another 5 days or so it dried up completely and went away. Then I noticed the inside.

The skin on the inside of my nostril had been growing around the ring, like a little volcano. This is why it's usually not recommended to get a ring at first, though I can see how the same thing would happen with a stud or screw. It was fleshy, painful, and quite large. More salt soaks (focusing on the inside) knocked this out, though it took a lot longer. A month maybe.

It's been four months since I got it done, and it's healed up just fine. Looks pretty good and the bead definitely adds some distinction - a plain ring wouldn't have the same effect, I think. I usually wear it with the bead down.

Are the ladies more attracted to me because I've got a nostril ring? No. Does it seem to be having the opposite effect? No. Are you being aggressively invited to the gay bar? No. Is it inviting fellow antisocial music lovers over to have a casual chat about what bands we like? No.

I'll admit, part of my motivation was to convey that I have other interests, given my previously mentioned mode of rather conservative dress that might give the wrong impression of what I'm about. I'm not going to convert you, I'm not going to chastise your taste in music (unless it sucks - buttrockers beware), I'm not a redneck looking to kick some ass - it's ok to ask me about punk rock, heavy metal, horror films, or beer swilling. Or even art, literature, or travel. There's more than what meets the eye.

Long story short:
Was it a gigantic pain in the ass to care for? Yes.
Any added advantages to having it? None that I can see.
Disadvantages? Low level of tolerance in the work place.
Do I still like it? Absolutely.

What the fuck is this shit?

[SPI]

:wave:

[SaoMattie]

if you go to any respectable piercer they're going to have you wear a stud for a few months before you can wear a ring so it heals properly, i had my nose pierced and got a lot of compliments, especially from girls, but i realized it was stupid so i took mine out, you're young so you mine as well, worst case is people say you look like a moron and you take it out. not like it's a tattoo

People called you a moron so you took it out, interesting

[llwilliamsll]

People called you a moron so you took it out, interesting
nah, you read it wrong, i was saying worst case scenario for him, i took it out because i didn't want it anymore

[LV03]

i think theyre sexy

[PadraicPrincess]

I've got one. The piercer put a steel captive bead ring in, thank fuck, because I sure as hell did not want a stud. General regional consensus is that studs are gay, rings are fine, although nobody really gives a shit around here. I live in the gayest city north of San Fran, so there isn't a whole lot of the yer either with us football players or yer with the ass terrorists attitude that's found in middle America. There's lots of diverse expression to be found, and when you live in a city this gay (we're credited with at least partially originating homocore, just to give an example), they tend to go a bit beyond the norm to outwardly pronounce their sexuality. So all is well. I didn't want a stud because it might be seen as "gay," per se; when I decided I wanted a ring, well, there you go. I do kind of wonder sometimes what the reaction would be if I did end up in a place that had a hey, them nose things is fer sissies! type mentality, say if I ended up in a bar in Missouri or something, but I'm confident a simple I'm from the West coast would diffuse the situation given our liberal reputation.

I thought about it quite a bit (I've always wanted one from my mid-teens on, but I figured I'd go straight to a dead end job that wasn't piercing friendly when I hit 18 so I didn't bother) but now that I'm in college (late bloomer, heh) after going through several of those shitty dead end jobs and hoping I was done with anything that required wielding a rake or a spatula (hence now being in college), I went for it.

Before actually going to have it done, I read for several weeks on the different kinds of jewelry, what to look for in a quality piercing establishment, possible allergic side effects, aftercare, bumps, migration, infections, yadda yadda. I could write a book. I'm something of an unlucky pessimist, and I figured that if I got it done there would be some kind of eventual complication (more than that, it seemed most likely anyways, given all the possible yet relatively minor negative outcomes) - I decided to do it anyway, assuming whatever cropped up I could deal with.

It should be noted that depending on the source, they will say stud is bad, and you should get a nostril screw to avoid 'the bump'. Others will say nostril screws are prone to infection and you should get a ring. It's all highly subjective, and should tell any reasonable inquirer that the outcome of the piercing is relative to different people. Like I said, I was glad I got a CB ring, because that's what I wanted. To clarify, I didn't ask for it - that was the default jewelry. Should I decide to get a new piece of jewelry, it will most likely be another CBR. I'll probably end my freedom with this default steel one, though - my certification will be in banking/finance and I very much doubt whomever I end up working for will allow it. Kind of ironic, huh? I held out for years due to assuming my employer would make me take it out, I finally go for it and I'll have to take it out to be employed. Such is the circle of life...

Anyone who has read these different reviews/tutorials/whatever will know that almost all of them say choose a piercer who is friendly and you are comfortable with. I go to a piercing place downtown, and was greeted with a somewhat surly how can we help you? This was something of an immediate turn-off, but I'm not one to back down because someone isn't "friendly." Also, I imagine they expect a more... alternative looking crowd. I dress rather conservatively in my old work clothes - usually Georgia boots, Carhartt long sleeve, and jeans. I look at the price list - 35 bucks. So I say I want a nostril ring. He tells me the piercer will be with me shortly, again somewhat rudely. But whatever. I pay, and wait. The piercer is an ok guy, he calls me back. I sit down on the table and he asks me if I want right or left. I say left (no particular reason) and he sifts through some equipment. The room is as sterile as a hospital - they've got several autoclavers and plenty of rubber gloves, so I felt confident about the sanitary conditions. The piercer pulls out a needle and a receiving tube, sticks the latter up my nose, and jams the needle through.

You'll often read people asking does it hurt? with a response like it's like a little pinch in these reviews and tutorials. It's not a little pinch. It fuckin' hurts. It's a guy running a needle through your nostril, of course it hurts. It's not a searing, debilitating pain, but it's more than an uncomfortable little pinch. On the plus side, it only hurts for a few minutes afterwards. There's the tear, too. For whatever reason, the eye on the side you're getting pierced unleashes the floodgates and drools all over. That lasts a few seconds.

So it's done, I've got my long-awaited ring, and the guy tells me mild soap and water for at least 3 weeks as aftercare. Now, when you're reading about aftercare, you'll come across concepts like salt water soaks. There are lengthy debates about whether antibacterial soap (Dial) is helpful or harmful. As with the jewelry debate, there is no consensus on whether or not you should use antibacterial soap to clean your piercing. You really have to take these things as they come. So I'm driving home and I figure antibacterial soap would probably be for the best. It's liquid, it comes in a dispenser bottle, and it's antibacterial. My main goal was to avoid an infection at that point, so it seemed logical. I stop by the Rite Aid and grab a bottle, and head home. All is well for the first week or so - there is some crusty dry fluid and things on the ring which is wiped off easily with hot water and soap. No big deal, that is normal.

Perhaps I was cleaning it too much (twice a day is recommended, three times max generally), or I slept on it wrong - but the thing got irritated. I developed the bump. The bump looks like a big dull red zit or bug bite around your piercing. It's not painful or anything, but it looks bad. I'm wondering what to do to get rid of it, or if removing the ring is the only thing that will work. I didn't want to take my ring out after wanting one for so long, and I felt somewhat entitled given that things usually go badly for me and I deserved to at least have this. So I research it more and stew about having to go and get it removed, when I decided to try sea salt as a last resort (remember, it wasn't recommended to me at the piercer!). I go to the store, buy a jar, and start soaking three times a day or thereabouts. I noticed that my cotton ball (again, theres a "raging" debate over whether you should free-soak or use a cotton ball, but as i couldn't get a seal over my nose it was moot) would come out with some yellow fluid on it, so I figured it was doing something. It took about a week before I noticed that the bump was decreasing in size and no longer producing this yellow fluid when I soaked it. After another 5 days or so it dried up completely and went away. Then I noticed the inside.

The skin on the inside of my nostril had been growing around the ring, like a little volcano. This is why it's usually not recommended to get a ring at first, though I can see how the same thing would happen with a stud or screw. It was fleshy, painful, and quite large. More salt soaks (focusing on the inside) knocked this out, though it took a lot longer. A month maybe.

It's been four months since I got it done, and it's healed up just fine. Looks pretty good and the bead definitely adds some distinction - a plain ring wouldn't have the same effect, I think. I usually wear it with the bead down.

Are the ladies more attracted to me because I've got a nostril ring? No. Does it seem to be having the opposite effect? No. Are you being aggressively invited to the gay bar? No. Is it inviting fellow antisocial music lovers over to have a casual chat about what bands we like? No.

I'll admit, part of my motivation was to convey that I have other interests, given my previously mentioned mode of rather conservative dress that might give the wrong impression of what I'm about. I'm not going to convert you, I'm not going to chastise your taste in music (unless it sucks - buttrockers beware), I'm not a redneck looking to kick some ass - it's ok to ask me about punk rock, heavy metal, horror films, or beer swilling. Or even art, literature, or travel. There's more than what meets the eye.

Long story short:
Was it a gigantic pain in the ass to care for? Yes.
Any added advantages to having it? None that I can see.
Disadvantages? Low level of tolerance in the work place.
Do I still like it? Absolutely.

Yeah my sister had the same exact red bump form on her nose when she got a stut. Apparently it was the skin trying to grow over, and it just doesnt stop growing. But she actually went back to the people who pierced it and they recommended an antibiotic that I think she may have gotten prescribed from a dcotor.. anyways then it was gone, so you could have skipped all the volcanoe nonsense.