Re: nostril piercing

Interesting.  I had no idea that there could be phases of leakage and
healing and all that.  Pierced neophyte that I am...  Well, hence forth I
will leave it alone until after Xmas and perhaps order that barbed wire
motif ring I've had my eye on...  thanks.

-john

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"Sunlight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> 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...
>
> NJM's answered this quite comprehensively.  I just wanted to add my
> experience:
>
> I've got a 3-week old nostril piercing.  I went for a bigger piercing in
the
> first place (1.6mm / 14ga) on the principle that it gives me more options;
> if I want to wear a small stud later, I can, if I want to stretch, I'm
> already better off.  (I wonder what makes people choose to have their
> nostril pierced with such fine jewellery?  Why go tiny wee rather than
just
> small?  I think even on some females, those tiny nostril studs can look
too
> little and out of proportion, on a male they can look downright dinky and
> daft.)
>
> Anyway, I found from about day three to day 14 or so, it was very settled;
> no leakage to speak of, no pain, no redness, very settled, very pretty.
It
> hasn't been knocked about or abused, but after a couple of weeks or so it
> started to leak a little and is now nice and crusty.  No pain or
infection,
> so I see it as part of the healing process and am not worried, but don't
> assume your piercing is always going to be so neat and tidy.  In my
limited
> experience, I've found that my nipples and my lobes gave me the same false
> sense of security.  Change jewellery now and you could fuck it up big
> stylee.
>
> Got a nice steel nostril screw at 1.6mm, with a 4mm ball set with a dark
> blue crystal, on order.  I will probably be ready to change jewellery by
> about Christmas, all things going well.
>
>