Re: nostril piercing

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:05:28 -0500, "John Wesley Mullennix"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>Just received a nostril piercing with 18 ga. nostril screw stud 1 week ago.
>No pain, no swelling, no redness, from all appearances it has healed very
>quickly.  I've already decided I want to change the jewelry to a ring or
>another item, but the people at the shop suggested I wait 4-6 weeks before
>changing it.  Is there a particular reason I should wait this long, given
>the condition of the piercing?  Also, if I want to go to a larger gauge, do
>I need to get re-pierced with a large needle? Thanks for any info...

Yes, there is a particular reason why you should wait longer before
changing the jewelry, it's likely that your nostril piercing hasn't
healed, it's just healing /well/ at the moment.  

If nothing untoward happens, it should continue to heal nicely with no
irritation.  I suspect that changing jewelry around at this point
would qualify as untoward.

Keep doing whatever it is that makes your piercing happy, and let it
heal completely before you fool around with it.  In my experience,
many piercings sort of sit there and look good for the first week or
two before they start complaining a bit.  I don't know if that's a
natural part of some healing processes or if it's because we get
complacent and start tormenting them after a couple of weeks.

If you want to go to a larger gauge, it's likely you can stretch the
piercing if you do it sensibly, assuming it's not hugely larger that
you want to go to.  I think that many piercings heal easier if they
are pierced with a larger needle than the jewelry, so personally I
wouldn't stretch up a nostril piercing until it's very well healed.

You've got a piercing that's healing really well, have patience and
let it continue to do so, you've lots of time to put all sorts of
jewelry in it.

nj"good luck"m

"Then she beat it to death and stuffed it unceremoniously
 in an empty coffee can. It was left out on the street for
 the garbage truck driver to haul away. Ah, the messianic
 garbage man who taketh away the sins of the world."