Nosering: What Happens When It Falls
Since nostril piercing happens in the cartilage of the nostril, it is considerably easy for the hole to close if the jewellery falls off or is taken out of place for some hours.
Wikipedia defines nostril piercing as follows:
Nose piercing is the piercing of the skin or cartilage which forms any part of the nose, normally for the purpose of wearing jewellery; among the different varieties of nose piercings, the nostril piercing is the most common. Nose piercing is one of the most common varieties of piercing after earlobe piercing.
I woke up yesterday to the grim discovery that my nose stud had fallen off. I searched for it, and I found it. I did not know how long my nose stud had been out of place, because it could have fallen off at any point during the night. When I tried to re-insert it in its place, I found considerable difficulty.
The “hole” was still visible, and the nose stud went almost halfway in, then stopped. I think the internal cartilage must have closed up. Do not be concerned though, I would never let any such thing cost me my precious nose piercing. I pushed it in and that was naturally a little painful (not very) and the deal was done.
If you find yourself in the same situation, expect some pain and some rather trivial/almost invisible swelling for two days or so. Nobody said beauty was painless. Enjoy your nose piercing!
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March 3rd, 2007 at 10:05 am
I used to wear a belly-button ring (from 1993 to 2006). In the summer of ‘94 I had come to Slovenia from Montreal to visit my grandmother and other relatives. One day, while using a public restroom the piercing fell off and fell into the toilet… I looked all over town to find a replacement, but unfortunately the piercing trend hadn’t really reached Slovenia yet, so I had to wait a few weeks before getting another one. By the time I got a new one, the hole had become so tiny, I was sure I was going to have to get it redone. Well, like you, I persisted…used earrings, gradually stretched it…and though painful, it was as good as new :)
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Thanks for the comment Beti. The good thing about belly piercings is that they’re done in flesh, which makes the closing-up process slower than cartilage. Yours lasted open (smaller, but still open) for some weeks… I can’t imagine that would have happened if your piercing was in another location in cartilage. Well then you would have had to go pierce it all.over.again. Bad.