I'm getting my nose pierced and i have questions?

i%26#039;m getting it done for the second time because my 1st time i used a titaium stud and my body only really works well with gold. that peircing ended up in a keliod scar that came and went until i didnt want to care for it anymore. once i got rid of the rign it went away,


but that was on my right side





i wanna try it again but do it on the left (the usual spot) and i%26#039;m gunna use gold (not gold plated)





and i%26#039;m gunna try to do this right.





do you think it%26#039;ll work?





oh yeah. 3 weeks into my healing process i will eb exposed to quite a bit of sun because i%26#039;m an outdoor swin instructor 5 days a week when the sun is at its peak.





will that be too mcuh of an issue?
I%26#039;m getting my nose pierced and i have questions?
You do not want to use gold.








Gold can make your body sick on a new piercing, it has certain alloys in it that a new piercing wont react well with.








You also do not want to be in a pool/lake/ocean whilst the piercing is going through major healing.








The water holds tons and tons of bacteria, no matter how much chlorine they put in it. the bacterium can get into the piercing and cause infection.








wait until you are done swimming to get it done.
I%26#039;m getting my nose pierced and i have questions?
Don%26#039;t pierce any part of your face. This fad will pass and you%26#039;ll be stuck with an ugly hole in your nose. If you are a pretty girl, this will make you less pretty. If you are not pretty, it won%26#039;t help. Please don%26#039;t do this.
Reply:I would suggest speaking to a dermatologist just to be safe. I personally am concerned with you swimming so much with a fresh piercing that could cause an infection due to the moisture and chemicals which will not allow it to heal correctly.
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I don%26#039;t have my ear cartilage done, but everyone who has both has told me that cartilage hurts more, and I tend to believe that. Cartilage is simply a different kind of tissue, and you need more force to pierce it, which in turn causes more trauma to surrounding tissues. Additionally, cartilage doesn%26#039;t have as good a blood supply as regular skin does, so it doesn%26#039;t heal as quickly.





I do have my nose done, and I can tell you quite honestly that having your nose done by a professional piercer using a needle doesn%26#039;t hurt much at all. It hurt a lot less than having my ears done with a gun when I was young and foolish and didn%26#039;t know anything about getting pierced.





A good piercer will have you breathe deeply several times, and blow out really hard, and they will actually pierce on an exhale, which takes your mind away from the pain. I will say it%26#039;s the absolutely weirdest feeling in the world--I remember that very clearly. You feel pressure, and more pressure, and more pressure (but not pain), and then there%26#039;s this weird sensation as the skin breaks and the needle goes through. It doesn%26#039;t make a noise, but it feels like there should be a popping sound.





There is tenderness for a couple of days--I think mine lasted three or four, but it wasn%26#039;t pain by any means--it was just soreness. I did have the weepy crusties a bit during those first few days, but that%26#039;s easily taken care of. Since you are basically creating a flesh tunnel, and since that needs to heal all the way through, a nostril piercing takes a while to heal completely. Usually, they ask you not to change your jewelry for about six weeks, and you have better luck if you follow both the aftercare instructions and the injunction to not change jewelry too soon. Even after I was fairly fully healed, I did have some minimal discomfort when changing my jewelry for about the first year. That was, I found out, because the tissue in the very middle of the piercing, between both surfaces of the skin, was still not healed completely, and the jewelry irritated it as it went in. It also helped once I really learned how to insert the jewelry, so I didn%26#039;t take ten minutes trying to get the dang thing in there.





Just be sure to find a really good piercer (not some idiot with a piercing gun), and follow the directions to the letter, and you shouldn%26#039;t have any trouble.





Oh, I should add one thing--I strongly suggest you wear nostril screws or really tiny hoops that don%26#039;t hang over too much. In fact, I won%26#039;t wear a hoop because I know people who have caught theirs and torn their nostrils--not pretty at all. I also won%26#039;t wear a piece of jewelry that has a backing, or a bone, which is short but sticks out straight inside your nose. All of those hurt when they bump up against the inside of your nose, and they can cause bleeding and problems. A screw is just that--it has twists, and the inside lays flat against the inside of your nostril, so it doesn%26#039;t poke the inside of your nose a lot. They are extremely comfortable.
Reply:don%26#039;t do it until after youve finished the swimming thing...everytime i%26#039;ve had a piercing theyve said specificailly dont go swimming until its healed. if you could possibly teach swimming and keep your head overwater for most of it and clean it after each time i suppose it would be ok. and theres a waterproof bandage you can get but i guess youd look quite silly with a bandage on your nose :p





dont use gold tho. theres something about gold that irriates new piercings,i dont know whats best but there%26#039;s a type of metal most people work fine with. i was allergic to the stud they put in my nose originally and it wasnt healed after 6 months and then i changed it to something i wasnt allergic to and it healed in a month.





to %26#039;do it right%26#039; just remember, saline soaks 3 times a day, rinse out any shampoo/conditioner that gets in it, and if at all possible wait until you dont need to go into the sea. for the keloid, diluted tea tree oil really helped with me if you see one starting again, put it on the bump and not the piercing, it got rid of one on my ear helix in 2 weeks.