Is it dangerous to pierce your septum?

Is it dangerous to pierce your septum?

Risks. Septum piercings have the same risks as most piercings, but some are more serious than others. Septums are not as likely to get infected as most piercings as there is plenty of mucous membranes (yuck) to fight off infections in your nose. Really the only risk is if putting in low-quality jewellery.

How long does a septum take to heal?

Septum piercings take about 2 to 3 months to heal. The septum is a thin layer of skin, nerves, and blood vessels between your two nostrils. It’s delicate and usually hurts more than a nostril piercing. However, it heals quickly because there’s less tissue for your body to reconstruct.

Can I let my septum heal flipped up?

Although it’s okay to flip the jewelry up or down occasionally, you should avoid doing this as much as possible. It’s the same as twisting and will irritate your new septum piercing.

Why do septum piercings stink?

Being known as “septum funk” or “septum stench” that smell is very common with other body piercings as well. Taking them out for cleaning or changing, you can notice that they’d smell a little something too. A mixture of dead skin cells, probably boogers as well, even old soap is what gives it the rotten odor.

Can I hide a septum piercing from my parents?

If you wear a septum retainer, all you need to do to hide it is flip it up inside your nostrils. Septum piercings are the easiest facial piercing to hide. If you wear a septum retainer, all you need to do to hide it is flip it up inside your nostrils.

Can you get pierced with a septum retainer?

The septum piercing has the distinction of being the only facial piercing you can easily hide while it’s healing; this can be done by wearing a septum retainer (or sometimes a circular barbell) and flipping it up inside the nose where it can’t show.

How soon can you flip up your septum piercing?

You should leave a new septum piercing alone for 6-8 weeks before changing or flipping up the jewelry. If you have to hide your piercing before then, we recommend visiting your piercer to have them help you move it or change to a retainer to help avoid irritation and infection.

Does it hurt to sneeze with a septum piercing?

It’s going to hurt. But it’s not agonizing. “It’s pretty much similar to a regular nose piercing,” Tiny Tatz, a piercer with several years of experience at Addicted to Ink in White Plains, New York, says. “It feels like you have to sneeze or like when you get hit in the nose and your eyes water for a split second.”

Can you pick your nose with a septum piercing?

While healing you can’t blow your nose or pick it. If you do you’ll irritate your piercing. If you have hard boogers or build up dip your nose in saline wound wash to help break it up/it’ll drain. After it is healed you can pick your nose and blow your nose.

Is it hard to change septum jewelry?

Changing out your own septum jewelry is simple, and once you have the hang of it, you won’t usually need assistance with jewelry changeouts.

How do I know my septum is healed?

I’ve found with all my piercings they are healed when there is no more crusties,pain or swelling. And no redness either. When I was researching the septum piercing, alot of people said it could take 6 months to a year to heal.

What happens if you change your septum piercing too soon?

If you change the jewelry too early it may open up the piercing to infections and may become very irritated or can even reject the piercing. This is why piercers recommend that you don’t remove it until it’s absolutely healed.

Does it hurt to change your septum ring?

Does changing your septum piercing hurt? No, it is not painful at all until and unless you notice that your piercing has been completely healed. If it is not healed and still you are making an effort to change it, then definitely it can be a lot painful and damaging for your nostrils.

Does a septum piercing hurt more than a nostril piercing?

“There’s not a lot of nerve endings in that part of your septum, so a nostril piercing is going to hurt ten times more than a septum piercing.” On a scale of one to ten, ten being extremely painful, Thompson rates the pain of a septum piercing at a two or three.

Can I put a 14g in a 16g septum piercing?

Most septums are pierced at a 14g or a 16g more commonly. Say you got pierced at a 16g, once it’s healed. Putting a 14g ring in wouldn’t be hard at all, same as putting a 12g ring in. Once it gets to around there it’s better to start using tapered jewelry.

Is it better to pierce with a needle or gun?

The process of using a needle to do a piercing in an area of the body other than the ear lobe is much safer, and our customers say, less painful than using a piercing gun. Yet when the two methods are directly compared, needles are far safer, and less painful for body piercings.