downsizing a nostril piercing

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Tuesday January 27th, 2009 @ 9:39 PM

Filed under: Nose

Hi there,

I recently got my left nostril pierced at my favorite shop by a guy that knows what he is doing, and it is a little large for my liking.

When I initialy got it done, I requested that the smallest guage jewelry possible was used. I’ve seen my friends with nostrils done at what looks like ether 20 or 18 guage, thats all I wanted. My piercer told me that they use standard size nostril jewelry, and that it would be a tiny hole.

Just today, about two weeks later, I popped the nostril screw out to change it with a ring, just to find that the jewelry is much larger than I thought. I compaired it to my other piercings, and it appears to be ether a 14 or a 16, ether way, much larger than I had hoped.

I wanted a dainty little hole, not this, and I have no clue how hard or posible it is to downsize cartalage piercings such as this.

Many thanks!

If you’d like to wear smaller guage jewelry in your nostril piercing (I personally find 18g to be a nice size to keep the piercing stable and safe but not too chunky) simply put smaller guage jewelry in and allow your piercing to shrink up around it.
Be afore warned that switching back to your old jewelry will be a bit of a stretch and could be both uncomfortable and irritating to your piercing.

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