Re: nostril piercing

Thanks a lot for your thoughtful comments.  Yes, I will rein in my
enthusiasm for upgrading until enough time has passed by to be safe.  I did
get pierced with a needle size larger than the 20 ga screw put in, so when
the time comes to go a bit larger that should help?  Thanks....

-john

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"N Jill Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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."