No doubt – the nose piercing is very popular among girls as well as boys. Starting with a tiny little nose studs in nostril piercing and ending with crazy stretched septum piercings – people’s fantasy has no boundaries!
But now let’s look at how people actually came to an idea of piercing their nostrils, nose cartilages and all other areas around nose.
Historically nose piercing has been first mentioned even in the Bible and it supposedly dates back to around 4000 years ago. There’s a hint pointing to a nose piercing in an old Hebrew word “Shanf” which can be also interpreted as a “nose ring”.
But we don’t have to assume that this is the earliest occurrence of nose piercing, at least I don’t think so. As we all know the tribes all across the world starting from Indians in America and ending with Papuans had countless traditions involving body piercing and tattooing.
Therefore it shouldn’t be a surprise to find out that septum piercing, for instance, was very popular among Native Americans like Shawnees and in New Guinea and Australia as well.
Those guys from the warrior tribes usually would have huge stretched septum piercings carrying a wooden or bone-made nose shaft and therefore they’d look even fiercer in a battle. And when every day poses a possible threat to your life, you’d do everything that gives you an advantage, wouldn’t you? J
The Bedouin tribes of Middle East and Berber and Beja tribes in Africa also used to adorn women’s nostrils with jewelry and noticeably, the bigger the nose piercing was, the wealthier the respective family was.
However, if you were asked where the nose piercing most likely originates from, I bet you’d say it’s India. Well, it’s not far from truth! Nose piercing is indeed very popular in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and I’d say that is exactly where the hippies back in the 60ies got the idea of their nose piercings!
But if you would like to find out about more sophisticated and weird nose piercing types – check out these kinds of nose piercing – bridge piercing, rhino (or nasal tip) piercing, Austin bar, nasallang and septril nose piercing.
I’ve just had my nose done its not a stud its like a hook , they said they don’t use a gun and don’t recommend studs for the first piercing, were they giving me good advice, so far my nose is ok, I can see the tail in my nostril, I haven’t blown my nose yet, but I’m pain free so far.
i got my septum pierced on my own
That’s brave, please share some of your experiences with us by submitting a story about how you pierced your septum, and I’ll send you a free septum ring! Here’s where you have to submit it http://freebodypiercings.com/
i had my nose pieced with a piercing gun..it was a day later i found out you shouldnt get it done that way….it would always swell up around the piercing like a white all the way around it then it would go away be fine for a while and then swell up again…needless to say after 6 months of doing that i took it out
was it because of the piecing gun or do i just have really sencitive skin cause i really want my nose pierced again and if i do get it done again should i pierce the other side not the side that was allready done?
when i get my nose piericed can i get a clear nose ring?
Clear nose rings are acrylic. This means they are made from plastic and are safe to wear for first time piercings. But they are not very strong. The styles are limited but they are cheap. Check our selection of clear nose rings by clicking here.
The hebrew word in the bible is NEZEM, not shanf. See Wikipedia.
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