By Khianna from Georgia.
I had just recieved a package from http://www.belly-button-rings-guide.com/ for submitting a story. They give free jewelry if you submit a story like this one! Not only did I recieve a cute belly button ring but I got a tongue ring AND a nose ring. That made me want to get a nose ring! I know my mom wouldnt want me to get it so I knew I was going to have to do it myself. I ordered a nose piercing kit from Ebay the same day. I was very anxious to get it done I even thought about doing it with a safety pin because the package didnt look like it was coming anytime soon.. days felt like months to me!

I was checking the mail box everyday when I got home from school. About 6 days later, It was there! I was so excited . I did all my homework and other things that I had to do . Then I watched a few videos of people piercing their nose then I was ready! I cleaned my nose and getting the needle in was no trouble at all. It did not hurt AT ALL! I was shocked..

Then came the hard part. It took me a few tries to get the nose screw in and that is what hurted te most! But eventually .. it did go in . I was very excited! I had makeup on a band-aid to hide it from my mom but I felt it might get infected if I dont let it breathe and .. she came in my room and I had forgot all about it. She saw it and she wasnt even mad at all ! Long story short she just told me that I should ask before doing things like that or I should get it done professionally. I was very shocked I was surprise she didn’t snatch it right out of my nose. I always wanted this since I was 12 [ I can still remember the day when I was really stupid at 12 and tried piercing my nose with a safety pin then putting an earring in it but of course that failed, I couldn’t take no pain back then but with a professional needle it didn’t even hurt] and 2 years later I FINALLY got it !

By Melissa, from Canada.

Being a thirteen year old girl I saw a lot of other girls at school with nose piercings. I wanted one a lot, not to fit in but because I really love them. My mom wanted me to wait until my birthday. Waiting was never really my specialty. I was doing this with or without her permission; my main reason is because I believe since it is my body I have the right to do whatever I want to it.

I decided to do it on a Friday night; I was bored with nothing better to do. Oh yeah I know, jabbing something through your skin seems like a great plan. It did waste some time though. My methods weren’t very conventional either……In my bathroom I had an old piercing earring (of course I sterilized it….in boiling water). I used this because one….i couldn’t find anything better and two….i was extremely afraid of jabbing the middle part of my nose and this was just the right size. In my mind, at the time, this seemed like a great plan. I had earlier prepped myself with people piercing their own noses n YouTube, a website full of idiots who will do anything for views. Not the best place for examples=).

When I had finished “sterilizing” everything I grabbed a marker to place a dot. This part probably took the longest as I kept washing it off, well I didn’t want to pierce it in a bad spot for nothing. When I was happy with my placement I grabbed the earring and held it on the spot. I had already pierced my Monroe (which I have taken out now) so I had a tiny bit of experience (not really). Twisting, that’s what started it out making the first mark, well I guess hole. I decided to do this as quickly as I could; I’m not that good with pain. My method was breathe in, breathe out push in. There are around three layers in your nose…I think. That is at least what it feels like. The first layer, the top is sensitive but not very, just a little shove and you’re through. The middle or second layer for me at least did not hurt one bit. The last layer just about did me. It is the most sensitive part.

By Addis from Las Vegas.

Toward the end of eight grade I wanted to do somethign big to show more of my rock style attitude, and I wanted my nose pierced. My mother has one, and that inspired me even more to get one, but she said she wouldnt be able to untill summer break.
Disappointed…I waited. Knowing my mother and the fact that she spends alot of money on nothing she was probably going to hold it off. I even asked her and I was right. I probably wasn’t going to get it untill high school started
It was saturday morning, and my mom was really bubly despise the fact she was working all night. I went in her room to discuss what were going to do today and she said the mall.
I just ooked at her and said,” I thought you were broke?”
She laughed and said that she needed a nose ring from HOT TOPIC. I looked away trying not to look mad just when she said, “Let’s go get yours done at diversity”. Madly happy I jumped and screamed rushing the kids to get in the car so we can go to the mall then Diversity. Finally the ime comes!!!! Fourteen and proud to say that I’m going to a tatto and piercing parlor. O.o
Finally we made it, a bit nervous but I was getting antsy…and wanted the guy who was doing the job to hurry. LOL!!! sat in the chair with a smile..and he was very proffesional and nice, told me to breath in breath out and I was done. A little tear from the nervs, but I was smiling. Looked in the mirror more satisfied, grabbed a dum dum, tipped the guy, and ran to the car to show my sibilings.

By Sumz, from Brisbane, Australia.

I’ve always adored body piercings and when I was younger I couldn’t wait when I could get to the age of when I’d finally get a nose piercing, which was my ultimate favorite.

I started nagging my parents about it for a year until i was allowed to get one, and I was 14 and really excited when they finally gave in. So after getting it done and falling in love with it all over again (I loved the way it looked on my nose) I remember the time when I was led into the piercing salon and that adrenalin that I’d finally get what I was wanting all those years.

Anyways after the piercing was all done and 7 weeks or so had passed by I got a cold and during the night was a sniffly mess. I woke up in the morning and my piercing was gone, as well as the hole. I was devastated. I didn’t get it re-pierced again, until today, exactly a year later. It didn’t hurt at all, and after it was done my nose felt normal again, if that makes any sense.
I plan on keeping it forever and if you’re planning on gettingone, don’t hesitate! It’s worth whatever it takes

By Kaylie, From Tucson.

When I turned 18 I wanted to do something, anything that would challenge me. I wanted to travel or go skydiving, which led to my decision to get a piercing. I am/was deathly afraid of needles, I wouldn’t have my ears pierced either, but I was an infant at the time so no complaints there. As for my piercing it was a means to face my fears and I didn’t want a ‘vanilla’ nose piercing, but I was also trying to find a compromise between risqué and still able to hide it if I had to (say for work/future career plans) I have friends who’ve had to remove snake bites and dimples, and they left nasty scars, But a Septum Piercing’s is pretty much invisible, if I want to hide it I use a retainer and the only way you’d know I have the piercing is if you looked up my nose. But before I get ahead of myself, the experience prior to getting pierced was intense. You tube freaked me out, I wanted to be prepared so I watched videos, read stories and asked around, All I ended up doing is making myslf paranoid, nervous and regretting my plans. I watched people who had bad experiences, who went to their friends and inexperienced piercers. Luckily I found the PERFECT place to get the job done, “Straight to the Point”, The piercing studio was CLEAN, free of tattoo and hair salons, (I know the combo is convenient but when it comes to piercing STTP’s studio was a better choice) The studio had a doctor’s office style work space and friendly and knowledgeable piercers. Beforehand my piercer went through the logistics and picked out the jewelry (from quite the selection, though you could only start with a few options) then we went to a (cringe) dentist style chair. By this point I was pale and ready to pass out from the nerves, but my piercer was kind and very patient. He offered candy and water to help ease my nerves then sterilized EVERYTHING!!! I am all about the clean environment. As for the actually piercing it went by in a flash, but thanks to you tube it felt like an eternity.

By Nadia from Kansas.

When I turned 30 I got my third hole priced in my ear. Since most of my friends are much younger than me it seemed like the thing to do. Once I got that done I noticed a lot of people were getting there cartilage priced. Earlier this year I had that done as well?

Since I live in Kansas there are not too many places to get body piercings done so I went to the store and got the piercing gun and had my daughter-in-law do it for me. She told me it would hurt. I wanted it done so I didn’t care if it hurt. Once that was done I didn’t want to stop there. Most of my friends have their nose priced.

Now that I’m turning 34 this weekend I figured now is as good a time as any. I called several places to get prices and called all my friends who have had there’s done to find out where they got there’s and finally settled on having a good friend who does piercing do it for me. She did it for me as an early birthday gift.

I waited two weeks in anticipation for her to do this, (We had confliting schedules) so when the day finally came to have it done I was scared. Some people I talked to about getting it done said it would hurt a lot, while others said it would only bring a tear to my eye.
Now that the time was here she asked me to lie down and she would get everything ready. I lay down and she started to stick the needle into my nose and it hurt like crazy. I told her to stop and take out the needle. She laughed and did. Her sister who could not get hers done told me to man up. I told her too. An hour later I was ready to try again. My daughter-in-law held one had and my husband held the other and it was done. I thought I was going to die when she started to twist the needle but I lived through it and am very happy with having it done.
I’m proof that you’re never too old to feel young!

By Jordyn, from England.

The first time I had my nose done, I did it myself with a sterilised needle and a broken earring. It hurt like hell and I ended up having to take it out because the earring kept falling out and bleeding when I slept. After 9 nose bleeds in one day and severe sleep deprivation I decided enough was enough. I took it out, and suffered 3 more nose bleeds after, then everything was fine apart from a small black mark left inside my skin from the silver earring I used. Long story short- don’t let me pierce your nose.

The second time was yesterday, I went to the local tattoo and piercing shop with three friends and got my nose done again, with a gun this time. It really didn’t hurt, barely a scratch and it was done. The guy who did it was super nice and had it done in seconds. The stud looked so pretty and all my friends complimented how nice it looked. However, the curse of my unruly nose was sure to return. When I got home at about 11 last night I saw there was blood crusted all around the outsie of my stud, I simply cleaned it away with some antiseptic spray and thought nothing of it and went to bed. This morning I awoke at 6:20am to a sharp pain in my nostril. In my groggy state I lifted my head up, causing my nose stud (caught on my pillow I expect) to rip out of my new wound. I sat bolt upright, looking around, unable to see my stud with blood trickling down my face. I shook all of my pillows and eventually found the nose stud. I wiped my bloody nose with dirty fingers and pushed it through, spraying a little antiseptic after. However now it is 7:45 and my stud is still not all the way through the skin on the inside of my nose. I recommend sleeping with a plaster/bandaid over a new nose stud if you are a restless sleeper or have a lot of pillows on your bed. I really hope I can get my stud back through, but after the horror story I just told, I’m not sure if piercing number two was such a good idea…

By Erika from Molde, Norway.

I got my septum pierced in November. I started thinking about getting it in October, and some of my friends had some piercing and streatched lobes. I googled septum piercings alot, and i became more and more obsessed on getting one.

My friend had pierced her lip before, and I decided to make her do it, because all the piercing studios near me had a 16 year age limit on all piercing.

So, that cold day in November we went to her place with all the stuff we needed, included a propper gauged piercing needle. We got all this at the drug store.

She had made the dot on my septum, and i was so nervous i thought i was dying, i was really shaky and afraid, but when she pushed the needle through it felt so good! I had the piercing needle in for a few seconds, and then she inserted a tiny horseshoe ring made of surgica steel. My friend was very patient and gave me loads of tips how to take care of my new septum.

On the bus home, i was so happy that i finally got my septum done! my parents were a litte grumpy but they said it was okay! I took about 4 weeks to heal, and i had no infections what so ever!

Today, i have a normal “bullring” with one ball. My jewerly is 1.6 mm and around 9 mm in diameter. Im waiting to get a 2mm septum pincher, because i would like to try septum streatching.

I have orded the septum pincher on a website called crazyfactory, but im not so “good” at shopping piercing stuff at the internet, i just googled it and that site popped up!

I reccomand getting a septum piercing!!

By Mandy, from Pittsburgh.

Hi, I’m Mandy from Pittsburgh! I got my nose pierced for my 17th birthday!!! I wanted a nose piercing so bad so I asked for one for my birthday.

When I asked, my folks were totally cool with it! I was so excited!
Me, my mom, and my brother went to South Side Tattoo. It’s a great tattoo/piercing place! The guy who pierced my nose lived upstairs, and came down special on his day off to do my nose!

My mom signed for me and we went into the room, where everything was all giraffes! That was awesome, because I love giraffes!
They were real clean and professional. He told me to keep it CLEAN with Betadine, and to use it twice a day. He said to be careful to not catch it on anything and rip it out (ouch!). Plus I had to twist it so it wouldn’t stick in my nose.

First, he cleaned my nose, and marked my nose with a little dot where he’d pierce it. He said it’d be over real quick..then I got nervous! But he was soo nice, I calmed down. He used a needle and then pierced it!

Honestly, it didn’ hurt at all, just a small pinch, but it was barely anything. Then he inserted the 20G starter nose screw, and I was done. I LOVED IT! It cost $40 and I got my own bottle of Betadine. My mom and bro loved it too!

Don’t use the straight (bend-to-fit ones) studs, because they tear up the inside of your nose and hurt alot. Nose bones are fine, though. Always get the right gauge & size nose ring for you! The best are the nose screws and nose hoops with the stopper. The captive nose rings w/balls are horrible!

The first time I changed my nose ring was exactly 6 weeks from when I got it pierced. 6 weeks is the minimum time to keep it in before you change it. Just don’t leave it out for long periods of time…ever!

I hope you enjoyed my story xD and that it inspires you to get one, because they’re amazing and will make you even more beautiful! Hopefully you’re more comfortable with the idea of getting it pierced now that you know how it works! GOOD LUCK and happy piercing!

Feel free to comment on, or rate this story below.

Visit Nose Rings Guide Shop.

By Senne, from Netherlands.

I was familiar with piercings when i hit 16 years of age. My friends all had stretched lobes and various piercings in the ears. My friend went for a tongue piercing and we all made fun of her while it was looking like the mount everest.

Someone else was thinking about also getting one. Her friends were also in for an eye brow piercing and a skin diver. We decided that we could all go together. So this one girl found a shop where we could get it done for 20 euro’s because they were open for 15 years. We decided on a date and took off first eating french fries and then heading for the shop.

So we came in and they were surprised about our number, 5 people. The shop looked pretty good and the piercing room was in a sterile room in the basement. When it was my turn for my nose i went down and talked a bit with the lady about the reasearch i had done. She said that it would 1.2 mm and i was a bit hestitant because i hadn’t found much jewelry for 1.2 mm. But alas body’s must be pierced so she said were do you want it?

So i got the pen and made a dot on my nostril. First she showed me what jewelry would go in my nose it was a ball closure ring of 9 mm diameter. She told me to lie on my back. My big docter martens tore up all the paper that was put on the bench. She told what she was gonna do and i had to close my eyes because she said they would water really much.

She put the needle in and it hurt a bit and my eyes DID water. I accidently opened them and cried all over myself. She had to push a little harder because my nostril was bigger then she thought. It was time for the BCR and that did hurt a bit. But then it was in and she put the ball in with a little bit a hassle. She then cleaned the blood i had spilled maybe about one drop total with a cotton swab and told me i should do the same when it happened.

I was done crying over myself and walked up the stairs to meet the eyes of my friends. Now i really enjoy it! Thinking about a septum though.. Oh the joy of addiction!