Septum Piercing

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Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:37 PM

Filed under: Nose

About two weeks ago I went and got my septum pierced professionally. I was told to clean the piercing with plain old soap and water or he suggested using some bactine on a q-tip. I went ahead with the bactine method because he seemed to favor that over soap and water. Also, if it makes any sort of difference, the jewelery I have in is a horse shoe that he widened for me to flip up when I have to work. The first day my piercing was done things were fine and dandy. Up until the third day I felt basically no pain, by then my nose felt almost as if it had been punched pretty hard. Now it’s been two weeks and my nose is in the WORST pain. I’ve seen no type of puss or anything like that but my piercing has a feeling like it is chapped. All the way up to the middle of the bridge of my nose is sore as if I were punched. If I accidentally touch the bottom of my nose or it gets brushed by putting on or taking off a shirt I feel enough pain to want to take some tylenol. I’ve also noticed within the past few days, if I have to blow my nose or when I go to clean it, it is bleeding. Not a lot, but there is blood. I haven’t experienced any type of blood from it up until now. Should I be worried? I can’t lift my nostrils enough to see the actual piercing itself and doubt that even if it weren’t this sore I could do so.

Ugh. I feel your pain!
It was a couple weeks after I had my septum pierced that it felt like I’d taken a good bop to the nose.
To the touch, it’s pretty normal for it to be sensitive.
As far as your aftercare goes, you’re probably overdoing it and drying the heck out of it. (Hence the chapped feeling) Soap and bactine in the mucous membrane inside your nostrils is going to be very very irritating. I wouldn’t suggest either.

I tell my clients to rinse their fresh septum piercings in warm running water to loosen any crusties that may slide through the piercing. I also tell them to keep the flipping up and down of the the jewelry to a minimum.

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