how dangerous is it to...

pierce your own nostril?


i understand its not a very painful piercing i have friends that have got it done, and ive done TONS of research and im gonna go to a body jewellery store and get a nose hook to put it in at first. im gonna use an IV needle, (my mom used to be a flabotomist) or a sewing needle, i think i might go with the sewing needle, i dont have much experience with hollow needles soooo yeah. im gonna try the sewing one i think.


what do yall think?

I think NOOOOOO!

Home piercing is generally a bad idea. And don't use a sewing needle. You need the hollow needle to remove the flesh in the hole so it can heal correctly. They're also sharper (like a scalpel), so less trauma to the skin.

I also think no. You're always better off going to a qualified professional. How come you wanna do it yourself anyway?

because my mom says yes but my dad says no, my mom wouldnt care and my dad would eventually get over it.

i know that i could do it and i know that i could handle aftercare and healing. ive pierced my ears multiple times, but had to let them heal up when i discovered i was allergic to nickel!

sorry, no you dont know that you could do it, unless you've been through training with a piercer and learned where all the nerves and bits to avoid are? aside from that, you wont be able to sterilise and stuff as well as a pro would.

im sorry but this annoys me...i dont get why anyone would think it's ok to pierce themselves. multiple things could go wrong or at the very least, you'd end up with a wonky piercing.

if your mum says yes and youd dad would get over it, where's your problem? get your mum to go with you and hey presto! clean, happy, safely done piercing.

yeh, what everyone else says..i know this sounds mean but im of the opinion if someone is immature enough to go behind their parents backs and pierce themselves instead of talking things through with them, then theyre not mature enough to have the piercing..

my dad is like yours..but when i was 15 and i wanted my belly button done i went off and did loads of research and printed it off and had discussions with my parents..i put their minds at rest and my mum took me to have it done..after they saw how well i looked after it, they just left me and my piercings alone, said i was mature enough to get what i wanted done. however im still not allowed facial piercings just cause my parents dont want to have to look at them..i'll be 18 in like a week, but i still wont go get any facial piercings cause i still live under their roof and they still pay for me..if you want it that badly you won't mind waiting for it..whats a few years out of your whole life?

oh and if your allergic to nickle, just make sure you get pierced with titanium from now on..

Strangely enough, I had an allergic reaction to titanium. Weird, eh?

But I agree with kiki and Gill...seriously, piercing yourself is a BAAAAAD idea! BAD BAD BAD!

I waited 'til I was 18 to get my cartiledge pierced, got my first tattoo at 21, and my ears finally pierced at 23. You won't DIE if you don't get to have a piercing. I don't know why people are always in a rush to get them done.

wow..thats so odd..your like one of the only people in the whole world to be allergic to titanium..its really rare..

lol i know this sounds really mean, but id seriously ban these posts

im with gill. i made my parents powerpoint presentations, i should them pics of different piercings, how it's done, how they sterilise the needle and stuff, how i would take care of it...everything.

Miss Wise Shauna is right...whats your rush?! geez i mean ok you might not have it when you're 30 but theres no need to run out...

and how come...everyone knows a whole bunch of friends who have pierced their own *insert piercing relevant to what poster wants piercer*?

i sound like a bitch but i just wonder...

but yeh...you wouldnt tattoo yourself, you would operate on yourself...why would you pierce yourself? extreme...but true.

i think im gonna do the powerpoint presentation thing. id ont know where i can get anything pierced because im 15 and you have to be 16 with a parents permis.

my cousin just told me about her recent experience with her trying to pierce her own labret and theres a chunk out of her lip now. beautiful.

thanks girls.

=]

if your mother is allowing you to get it done - you get her to go with you. she doesnt have to see it happen or whatever, just go to provide her consent.
im sure you can wait until you're 16. it's probably less than a year. it wont kill you, as Shauna said.

gill wrote:

wow..thats so odd..your like one of the only people in the whole world to be allergic to titanium..its really rare..

I know, eh? Just my luck...I can only use sterling silver or 10 karat gold in my ears, otherwise I get a rash and pus. Ew!

Kiki wrote:

lol i know this sounds really mean, but id seriously ban these posts

im with gill. i made my parents powerpoint presentations, i should them pics of different piercings, how it's done, how they sterilise the needle and stuff, how i would take care of it...everything.

Miss Wise Shauna is right...whats your rush?! geez i mean ok you might not have it when you're 30 but theres no need to run out...

and how come...everyone knows a whole bunch of friends who have pierced their own *insert piercing relevant to what poster wants piercer*?

i sound like a bitch but i just wonder...

but yeh...you wouldnt tattoo yourself, you would operate on yourself...why would you pierce yourself? extreme...but true.

I knew a guy who would pierce his own ears, eyebrows, nose and scrotum. NOT recommended...LOL! Lots of scar tissue to be had.

But yeah, I agree that these posts should be banned. It's just a bad, bad, bad idea! And maybe put up a sticky, closed thread talking about the dangers of self-piercing.

Kiki wrote:

if your mother is allowing you to get it done - you get her to go with you. she doesnt have to see it happen or whatever, just go to provide her consent.
im sure you can wait until you're 16. it's probably less than a year. it wont kill you, as Shauna said.

Yep, just wait 'til you're 16!

You have your WHOLE life ahead of you!

I pierced my own nostril, I'm a rebel lol. It turned out fine. =p

I've seen this sorta stuff go badly. I knew a girl about a year ago who did all her piecings, bar her tongue, herself. When I say did them herself, I'm talking shoving an earring through a bit of skin, and when i say all her piercings, i'm talking nose, lip, nipple...


It's just risky. Nose isn't as bad as nipple, I'll grant you that, but it's still right in the niddle of your face. What if it gets infected and you end up with a big red scar on your nose? I'd rather just wait a while and get it professionalyl done, myself.

Plus, I heard the your nose (septum or nostril) is like one of the most painful piercings? I want it done, and I could, but I'm a big fat wuss.

This is sorta off topic, but.. It really doesn't hurt at all, Hana! and for your nostril, my friend got that one done, and they numbed it for her, so you could always do that. : ] lol

Really? Loads of people told me it hurt loads! =O

Yeah. I think I'd get it numbed, although apparently they aren't meant to or something =S But the peircists near us numbs EVERYTHING.

i wouldnt bother getting anything numbed. your only taking the edge off it, its still about the same amount of pain. in my experience anyway. plus it can interfere with the healing..
its only gonna be sore for like 3 seconds anyway.

i've only gotten my ears/cartilage pierced, and honestly the worst pain came afterwards. it feels like a pinch, but then it gets sore. lol.

Kiki wrote:

but yeh...you wouldnt tattoo yourself, you would operate on yourself...why would you pierce yourself? extreme...but true.

bit off topic but did anyone hear in the newspaper about the man that tried to give himself a nose job with a chisel and a piece of chicken bone for cartilidge (sp?) BUT OMG lolol i was nearly sick but it kinda made me laugh too lol, like who'd be that desperate it must have been a really fucked up nose!

omg thats crazy.
you would have to be so desperate...and crazy.

and poor. ha ha.
ewwww.

and yeah, loads of people tell me it's only like a second of pain but i'm still a big wuss. i'm ashamed of myself lol
and anyway this is my last off topic post, sorry becky for sabotaging your thread! =)