You Want Nose Piercing – Which Side Should You Go For?
November 30, 2008 by William
Filed under Nose Piercing Information
So you’ve decided to get your nostril pierced. Very well! Nose piercing is one of the popular types of piercing these days and a tiny little nose ring will look very attractively indeed!
But when you get the nose piercing – which side will you go for? Are you going to pierce the left nostril? Or is it going to be the right one? Can’t decide? OK, I’ll give you some nose piercing information about what the pierced nostrils meant historically.
Although you can find many girls and guys these days having both their nostrils pierced and even having multiple piercings in one nostril, it hasn’t been always so. Hindu girls, for example, would wear the nose rings in one nostril only. And if you wonder – which side it is? – the answer is – the left one.
Yes, they pierced their left nostril often on the night before wedding and inserted a nose stud in the piercing. Indian women would wear also nose rings and sometimes would attach them to the earring using a nice, decorative chain.
But why the left nostril?
Well, the reason can be found in the Ayurvedic medicine. It is said that the left nostril of a woman coresponds to the reproductive organs and having it pierced can be actually helpful.
It allegedly may reduce the pain during childbirth and also have a positive effect on some medical conditions, for example, endomitriosis. Don’t believe it? Well, read this nose piercing story and see what the girl says!
So when it is between right nostril and left nostril nose piercing – which side should you go for? Yes! I recommend the left nostril. But, of course, you may pierce the right one as well. Just like the girl in the piercing story.
But you know, I recall a strange thing. I had a girlfriend once, a long time ago it was, and she had multiple nose piercings. She did them herself and all was fine. However, for a short time she had her eyelid constantly trembling. Obviously he’d hit a nerve when piercing.
You should certainly go to a piercing professional to avoid such situations!
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sofia on Wed, 19th Aug 2009 4:24 pm
yes please i would like to try pierce my nose please but my husband or my parents would not let me because in our islam the girls of our ages can piearce thier nose but not me but i like to pierce my nose please
CJ on Thu, 27th Aug 2009 8:26 pm
The info in the story above is not entirely correct. Which nostril Indian women pierce their noses depends on the region. In southern India it is on the right.
Soha on Tue, 19th Jan 2010 7:11 am
@ sofia there is nothing like that in our islam please dont use religion for your own or your family decisions.My sis did her piercing when she was 14 years old and unmarried.and there is no such thing
Amber on Wed, 3rd Feb 2010 5:23 am
Well since there are two Muslims here I have to ask. Is there anything at all in our Religion saying it is or is not ok to pierce the nose or which side to do it? I know at the Mosque many of our Indian and Pakistani Sisters have the left side pierced, so I think I will go with the left side. As far as I know, it is only bad if you do it to be more attractive. I wear Niqab, so that is not an issue. Anyone have any ideas?