"Apply a saline wipe to both the inside and outside of the piercing. After five minutes, gently wipe away any visual discharge or softened crusting with the edge of the saline wipe or a piece of gauze," Tash adds. Clean your nose piercing twice a day, every day, until the healing process is complete.
Here's the good news: Even though a nose piercing takes a while to heal (more on that in a sec), you really only need to clean it a few times each day. “I recommend doing a saline rinse twice a day—on the inside and the outside of your nose,” says Ava Lorusso, professional piercer at Studs in NYC.
A nose piercing can take three to six months to heal and it's important that you clean it regularly and properly for that entire period. Otherwise, you risk a longer healing time, or worse, an uncomfortable infection. Clean your piercing at least twice a day with a saline solution labeled for wound wash.
Harsh antiseptic products such as Bactine, bacitracin, hydrogen peroxide, alcohol or tea tree oil should not be used to clean nose piercings, as these can irritate and/or damage the skin, and prolong healing.
Avoid getting the piercing wet for at least one to two weeks. So, when you shower, try to avoid putting your face directly under the shower head. You might want to consider taking a bath instead.
Being too rough on the skin around your piercings can cause irritation. Washing your face with a gentle cleanser, like the La Roche-Posay Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Facial Cleanser, is a great way to ensure that the skin around your piercing is clean after using a micellar water.
Daily Cleaning and Care Instructions
Wash your new nose piercing on the outside of the nose twice a day. Do not remove the piercing stud when cleaning. When showering and washing your hair, use liquid soap on your nose and rinse thoroughly and gently with running water. Dry gently with a facial tissue or a cotton swab.
Practicing piercing aftercare using saline water from the first day helps speed up the healing process. Nose piercing aftercare is vital to reduce the risk of infection and other potential complications, such as nasal trauma and changes in nose shape.
After the first 4 weeks, you are allowed to change your piercing and wear a ring or a different stud, but make sure that once you have taken out the old one, you put the new one in asap! At least for the first year the hole is going to start closing up super fast, in a couple of minutes it will already be smaller.
There is no right or wrong side of the nose to get a piercing, it is up to you. A good idea is to pick your best 'selfie side' of your face whether that be the left or right side!
Pain Scale: 5 on a scale of 1-10. The pain scale is 100% subjective and based on clients' feedback. Nostril piercings are said to be a bit more painful than lip or ear lobe piercings, but not as painful as septum piercings. Aftercare: Keep the area clean to avoid infection.
Symptoms of piercing rejection
more of the jewelry becoming visible on the outside of the piercing. the piercing remaining sore, red, irritated, or dry after the first few days. the jewelry becoming visible under the skin. the piercing hole appearing to be getting larger.
Your sweat is sterile to you, so shower like you normally do and clean the piercing afterwards with saline or sterile wound wash. Do not swim in rivers, lakes, hot tubs, pools, or oceans until your piercing is healed.
Nose piercings are healed when they're no longer red, swollen, painful to the touch, or leaking discharge. Nostril piercings heal in about 3–6 months, while bridge and septum piercings take about 2–4 months.
Brooks says going with a stud for your initial piercing is your best bet. "This typically causes less immediate stress and is a bit harder to play with for those who may be inclined to rotate a ring." Look for studs with a gemstone between 1.5 mm (sparkle) and 3 mm (bling).
Wearing a stud will help you to not catch the jewelry on any clothing, bedsheets, towels etc. which will make the healing process go by quicker. Stud style jewelry also tends to move around less, which will also help the area heal quicker!
The most common side effects of a nose piercing are swelling, tenderness, and bleeding. These can last for several months. The side effects depend on your body's immune system and allergies. With a new nose piercing there's always a risk of infection.
Your piercing might be infected if: the area around it is swollen, painful, hot, very red or dark (depending on your skin colour) there's blood or pus coming out of it – pus can be white, green or yellow. you feel hot or shivery or generally unwell.
Mild Liquid Soap
While sea salt soaks and/or saline rinses are the preferred aftercare for most piercings, soap effectively removes the residue of sweat, dirt, skin oils, cosmetics, cigarette smoke, and natural discharge that can sometimes remain after a salt water soak or saline rinse.
You can even put an adhesive bandage over the nose jewellery while sleeping. You have a sharp point inside the nostril, so it is important that you avoid any activities where there might be impact to your nose.
Sleep either on your back or on the side opposite your piercing. Sleeping on the same side as your piercing may result in it becoming dislodged.
Final Note: You might feel a small amount of irritation after changing a piercing. This is pretty normal since you have been roughing it up a little. It can also happen if you are gauging up a size. Try rinsing your piercing with a saline solution or soak to soothe the irritation.
It is possible to get pierced with a ring in your cartilage or nose straight away so the answer is yes, we can pierce you with a ring! Other popular areas to have pierced with rings are the helix, nipple, conch, lip, eyebrow and navel/belly.