Too young for a nostril piercing?

[Diane Smith]

My experience is that the pain from a nostril piercing is almost exactly like an ear piercing. So that wouldn't be a reason to choose one over the other.

You should decide what you think will look better on your own body and which is more practical from the standpoint of day to day life (removing it for sports, etc.). Don't base your decision on the potential pain -- either one is pretty trivial in the scheme of things, and I have experienced some ear piercings that hurt worse than nostril piercings, anyway.

While I realize this may be hard to accept at your age, in the long run, you can have both, or as many or as few as you want at any given time, you know. Keep in mind that you're only deciding which one will come now, first, and that should help you have some perspective about it.

- Diane

[Guest]

I am 16 years old and I asked my mom if I was able to get my ear pierced. I already have double piercing on the ear lobes. So my mom suggested to get my nose pierced. I am still think about it and I don't know what to get. Cartilage piercing on the ear, or nostril piercing. Personally it doesn't matter to me but I am more worried about the pain. Then I play soccer, and your are not suppose to wear jewlry. Most people hide it.

I have no clue what to do! Personally I am swaying more towards the nose but like I said eaerly I am worried about the pain.

You are going to live the rest of your life with whatever you get pierced. If it doesn't matter to you whether you get your cartilage or your nose pierced I suggest you wait until you are sure what you do want to have pierced.

[Guest]

You are going to live the rest of your life with whatever you get pierced. If it doesn't matter to you whether you get your cartilage or your nose pierced I suggest you wait until you are sure what you do want to have pierced.

Oh, come off it. If you don't like a nose piercing, take it out and you won't even be able to tell that it was pierced.

But hell, if you're not sure how it'll look, get a fake nose ring and wear it for a few days.

[siany83]

just had mine doen and scared now as realising i cant use my steroid nose spray in it as rosks infection..had tiny stud in didnt hurt!! can i take it out some days and not wear it??? or will it heal and what happens if u get make up or lotion on it??/and what do u guys clean iit witjh xxx

[siany83]

also...lol!! can i no longer blow my nose?????!! as its statring to annoy me already and its only day one!!x

[lizzie C]

I am 16 years old and I asked my mom if I was able to get my ear pierced. I already have double piercing on the ear lobes. So my mom suggested to get my nose pierced. I am still think about it and I don't know what to get. Cartilage piercing on the ear, or nostril piercing. Personally it doesn't matter to me but I am more worried about the pain. Then I play soccer, and your are not suppose to wear jewlry. Most people hide it.

I have no clue what to do! Personally I am swaying more towards the nose but like I said eaerly I am worried about the pain.

when i had mi nose done it bareli hurt at ALL coz dey put dis special spray on ur nose nd like pierce it wiv like a stapler fing. like i sed it barely hurt at all!

[Henwood]

im 14 and i really want my nose pierced. its the summer holidays at the moment so now would be the perfect time to get it done. anyone have any advice on how to convince my parents
thanks

[ani]

im 14 and i really want my nose pierced. its the summer holidays at the moment so now would be the perfect time to get it done. anyone have any advice on how to convince my parents
thanks

Well, my parents had no clue that I was actually planning to get my nose pierced on the day I had decided to.
My dad was away, and my mom was at home. My friend was intending on getting her eyebrow pierced that day so I went with her to get it done, then I phoned my mom and asked her to give me consent to get my nose pierced, she refused, but after a lot of bribing, it paid off and she caved in. She gave her consent and I was able to get the piercing, piece of cake!

!!HELP PLEASE!!
I was soo happy with my piercing for the first month or so.. Then all of a sudden, the oh-so-common dreaded bump. I've tried everything I could on the squishy bump, but it just won't budge. It's a complete mystery. I went to the piercer who told me to use tea tree oil, which I did, with failure. I was told to use sea salt soaks, which I did, also failed. But they managed to make the bump atleast 5 times larger and full of puss, which luckily I managed to get rid of. But now I'm always left with a bump that looks like it's drying up, and then the dry layer on the top will peel off, leaving me with a shiny raw bump. This repeats itself over and over.
I haven't tried the "paste" method, can anyone actually tell me if this works?
I love my piercing and really don't want to remove it!

[mooooooo]

Oh my goodness I cannot believe how liberal all you parents are!! Im 22 and got my nose pierced when i was 21 and my dad was very mad!! I got a tattoo at 18, another at 20 and my nose at 21. Im now 22 and ive taken my piercing out after only a yr. I love it i really do but mine has never healed properly. I actially had to have it done twice. Both times i got the dreaded bump. Even after 6 months it would come and go and it was still really red. result? it looked sore and not attractive, I took it out for a day and its completely closed up - a yr after it was done!!

I would never let my children have it done so young. I dont think it looks nice, but im impressed that you are all so liberal and close to your children and i think thats lovely. I think it is important to remember that for some pople it doesn't heal properly and you will end up with what has happened to me.

My parents let me have my ears pierced when I was 4 (because her parents would never let my mum, so she did it behind their backs!!) But anything else my mum has always said to me that it will be my decision as an adult and living in their house. I repect my parents for that decision. It is interesting to see the generation differences. My dad hates my additions but i always tell him to just not look at them!! If my nose didnt look so awful when it was sore, or it wasnt so difficult to put my peircing in after a clean and to be honest i found it bloody difficult to look after my skin properly with it in and at least once a wk i would rip it ou in my sleep! If it wasnt for all that I'd still have mine done. But im warying about getting it re-done and going thru all teh healing and lumps again.

I wanted my tattoo from the age of 14. I never told my mum or dad. I consciously made the decision to do it when i turned 18 - i look at it now and its a symbol of me becoming an adult

Now im thinking about another piercing or tattoo!! No doubt my dad will be mad and i'll act a smart arse. But i'm proud to know that when i have kids and they point at my tattoos and piercings and say "but mummy, YOU have one" i'll be able to say....when you turn 18 the decision is yours. SO take the time to think about it before you get it done. They stay with you forever (well tattoos do) and its important you really want it done.

Whilst i do not agree with your decision to let a child have such a piercing I do indeed respect your relationship and level headedness. There are many parents that could take a lesson from you all!

[Guest]

I guess it depends on the people concerned. Just as some teenagers are more grown up than others so some parents are more understanding than others.
I worked on the basis that if I was a good daughter then my parents were more likely to agree to anything I wanted to do while if I was bolshy they were more likely to say NO.
I got my ears pierced a 4 and second piercings when I was 8.
By 14 I had 4 piercings in each ear and a nose stud and then asked for a tattoo. Once they realised that I had thought it through, realised that it was for life and wanted to get it somewhere where it was easily hidden they agreed. They afterwards admitted that by letting me get one they thought that the pain involved would put me off getting more. WRONG! I loved getting tattooed.
At 16 I was allowed nipple rings and from then on virtually anything I wanted body wise.
I am now 18 with 10 piercings in each ear, both nostrils, nipples and navel pierced. Tattoo wise both arms are fully sleeved and I have extensive work on my chest and back. I am happy, my parents are happy and we get on famously.

[Alf Huckham]

I guess it depends on the people concerned. Just as some teenagers are more grown up than others so some parents are more understanding than others.
I worked on the basis that if I was a good daughter then my parents were more likely to agree to anything I wanted to do while if I was bolshy they were more likely to say NO.
I got my ears pierced a 4 and second piercings when I was 8.
By 14 I had 4 piercings in each ear and a nose stud and then asked for a tattoo. Once they realised that I had thought it through, realised that it was for life and wanted to get it somewhere where it was easily hidden they agreed. They afterwards admitted that by letting me get one they thought that the pain involved would put me off getting more. WRONG! I loved getting tattooed.
At 16 I was allowed nipple rings and from then on virtually anything I wanted body wise.
I am now 18 with 10 piercings in each ear, both nostrils, nipples and navel pierced. Tattoo wise both arms are fully sleeved and I have extensive work on my chest and back. I am happy, my parents are happy and we get on famously.

load of shite

FACT

[Lizzie C]

I am 16 years old and I asked my mom if I was able to get my ear pierced. I already have double piercing on the ear lobes. So my mom suggested to get my nose pierced. I am still think about it and I don't know what to get. Cartilage piercing on the ear, or nostril piercing. Personally it doesn't matter to me but I am more worried about the pain. Then I play soccer, and your are not suppose to wear jewlry. Most people hide it.

I have no clue what to do! Personally I am swaying more towards the nose but like I said eaerly I am worried about the pain.

hi erm i had mine done and they spray something on your nose and it goes numb it doesnt hurt at all and just tingles a bit
Luv Lizzie x x x

[ani]

Well.. Doesn't this suck.
The bump on my nose piercing got to such an annoying point that I ended up removing my piercing.
A month or two after I removed it, the bump has just gotten worse since I removed it.
Great.

Any advice?

[Guest]

I had my nostril pierced in my late teens much to my parents disgust.
My young daughter pestered me from an early age to get her nose pierced 'like Mum'.
Eventually I told her that she could but only if she showed some responsibility by doing things like keeping her room completely tidy, helping me with some little chores etc., all things she never normally did. After six months I realised that she has won as her room was always so tidy you wouldn't believe a child lived there and I looked for somewhere to get her nose pierced. As she was only 6 years old I couldn't find a piercing studio which would do it and told her that I was sorry she would have to wait until she was older. Next day she told me where there was an Indian jeweller who would do it. She had asked an Indian girl in her class at school. She had it done the next day and has worn it ever since. Now she has a 6 year old daughter of her own who also has a pierced nostril.

[Piercedmomdau]

My girls got their noses done at age 10. It is a very cute look for all girls to have and I am glad that I encouraged them to do it. Have never seen a 6 year old with it done, but I bet it looks very cute as well.