My nose piercing hurts...?
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It depends on how long ago you had it.Again mustard oil/vaseline helps it heal.\nTry not to fiddle with it too muchand if in a week its not healing take it out.Somethings are not meant to be.
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does it happen mostly in the winter? after blowing your nose? do you sleep in a "dry-air" room?\n\nhere are some solutions:\n\n(drink a lot. it will hydrate your skin.)\n\nthe skin may be dry and/or cracked:\nput some Vaseline on a Q-tip (cotton swab) and gently apply it to the inside wall of your nose. (on the bone side)\n\nyou may have a bulging blood vessel - and/or chronic dry skin in your nose:\nyou can also go to an ENT (ear nose throat doctor) and have them cauterize the affected area - a virtually painless procedure where the doctor will "burn" the area, thus making a scar. hence, you will not bleed out of a scar.\n\nvisit your doctor. he/she may ask you if you are seeing blood in your stool, which would be an indication of thinning blood. (probably not your case, but you may want to ask the doctor)\n\nin any case... good luck! feel better!
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I'm a piercer, and almost everybody I've pierced has said that it dosent hurt. Its actuially one of the easiest piercings to get done. I got it done, and truthfully, my pain tolarance is very low.( I took it out a few years ago though).I scream when I get blood taken, or when I get a needle at a doctor.\n\nIf you look at the structure of the tongue, there is two muscles that run paralell beside eachother. The veins and most of the nerves are along the sides aswell(usuially-the piercer should check with a flashlight to check your tongue). \nWhen you clamp the tongue to pierce it, you clamp a bit of the sides, and thats why the clamp hurts a bit. The clamp is a good thing, because it keeps your tongue from moving around, and you get pierced at the right place. The needle part goes through the middle tissue, which dosent hurt that much.\nWhat does hurt is the after effects. The tongue is a quick healing piercing ( fully healed in about 2 weeks), but it tends to swell alot. It can be swollen for 5 to 7 days.Ice and popsicles can help.So can advil and anti-inflamatory medication.\n\nHeres a copy of the proper aftercare.From the APP website(Its a great website, you should check it out)\n\nCleaning Solutions\nUse either one or both of the following solutions for inside the mouth:\n\n- Antimicrobial or antibacterial alcohol-free mouth rinse* \n- Packaged sterile saline solution* with no additives (read the label!) or non-iodized sea salt mixture: Dissolve 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of non-iodized (iodine free) sea salt into one cup (8 oz) of warm distilled or bottled water. A stronger mixture is not better! Saline solution that is too strong can irritate the piercing. (If you have high blood pressure or a heart condition, please check with your doctor before using a saline product inside the mouth as your primary cleaning solution.)\n\nCLEANING INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSIDE THE MOUTH\nRinse mouth 4-5 times daily with cleaning solution for 30-60 seconds after meals and at bedtime during the entire healing period. If you over clean, it may cause discoloration or irritation of tongue. \n\nWHAT IS NORMAL?\n- For the first three to five days: significant swelling, light bleeding, bruising, and/or tenderness.\n- After that: Some swelling, light secretion of a whitish yellow fluid (not pus).\n- A piercing may seem healed before healing is complete. This is because piercings heal from the outside in, and although it feels healed the tissue remains fragile on the inside. BE PATIENT, and Keep cleaning throughout the entire healing period.\n- Even healed piercings can shrink or close in minutes after having been there for years! This varies from person to person; if you like your piercing, leave the jewelry in place.\n\nWHAT TO DO\nTo help reduce swelling\n- Allow small pieces of ice to dissolve in the mouth.\n- Take an over the counter, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory such as Ibuprofen or Naproxyn Sodium* according to package instructions.\n- Sleep with your head elevated above your heart during the first few nights.\n\nTo maintain good oral hygiene\n- Use a new soft-bristled toothbrush and keep it clean.\n- Brush your teeth, and use your chosen rinse (saline or mouthwash) after every meal.\n- During healing floss daily, and gently brush your teeth, tongue and jewelry. Once healed, brush the jewelry more thoroughly to avoid plaque build up.\n\nStay healthy\n- The healthier your lifestyle, the easier it will be for your piercing to heal.\n- Get enough sleep and eat a nutritious diet.\n\nWHAT TO AVOID\n- DO NOT PLAY WITH THE JEWELRY. Long term effects of playing with, and clicking the jewelry against the teeth can result in permanent damage to teeth and other oral structures. See the APP’s Brochure: “Oral Piercing Risks and Safety Measures” for more information.\n- Avoid undue trauma; excessive talking or playing with the jewelry during healing can cause the formation of unsightly and uncomfortable scar tissue, migration, and other complications
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because it hurts? if so, see a doctor. you could have an infection.\n\neither that, or you're just weird :)
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I hear it's pretty painful, but worth it, especially if you have breathing problems from it. I wouldn't do it if it's just a cosmetic thing.\n\nJust how big is your nose??????????
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it sorta sounds like it's just swollen from the piercing, cartiladge is painful to pierce and takes a long time to heal.  if it's just swollen and red I wouldn't worry too much but if it's leaking pus then you may have an infection.  whatever you do, don't take out the jewelry!  the hole will close up and seal the infection inside potentially causing you more pain and problems.  talk to the piercer about proper aftercare (I hope you went to a licensed professional) and call your doctor.  DO NOT USE ALCOHOL to try and disinfect, it will only irritate it more.  DO NOT TOUCH WITH BARE HANDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN THOUROUGHLY WASHED, that should be a no-brainer.  when you're in the shower and the crusties around the jewelry is soft enough make sure you rotate the ring but never attempt to do this dry, it'll hurt and you'll make it worse if it is infected
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i changed mine right after swelling went down but it hurt worse than the actual piercing did...changed it again after two months and it was fine, no pain...
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You should probably go to the doctor.\n\nIt could be just allergies or sinus, or it could be more serious.
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Its rejecting. I'm a body piercer. I see this all the time.\nRejection is basically the way that your body pushes out a foreign object, the same way it would push out a sliver.Your skin, dies in front of the object so it can push it out.\nRejection can happen for a number of reasons.\n\n-changing the piercing too early ( within the first 4 to 6 months)\n-changing the piercing to a heavy dangely barbell\n-wearing dangely jewlery that gets caught on things.\n-wearing cheaply made jewlery that is not surgical stainless steel, and is only stainless steel, it is not implant grade, and causes irritation.\n-wearing jewlery that is made wrong, the bar is too short.\n-getting a newly pierced piercing caight on something, or hit, or bumped on something. ( you also can it it in your sleep)\n-cleaning it wrong.\n-playing with it too much\n-rotating it \n-getting pierced with small or large jewlery\n-allergy\n-your body could just not want the piercing for no reason.\n\nIt could be anything. It could also be something that isnt on the list. \nThe only thing you can do is take it out, wait until it heals over and re pierce. The longer you wait, the worse the scar tissue will be. I've seen people wait so long, that the scar tissue is un pierceable.You must make sure that there is no infection firts. The best thing to do is to see a doctor, or your piercer first.\n\nI found a picture from a random website I'm not affiliated with) of a badly rejected navel piercing)
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This happened to me but I got mine back in within the hour. Go to the place you got it pierced and have them look at it or try to put it back in they might even not charge you to re-pierce it if that is what it needs. Good Luck
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NO THE ACTUAL PIERCING DOESNT HURT BECAUSE ITS OVER SO QUICK BUT SOMETIMES THE HEALING CAN BE A B***H TAKE IT FROM ME I HAVE 7 PEIRCINGS
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Well I would think that if the thought makes you queasy that would be enough to make your decision for you. It's really not that bad. I have a high threshold for pain as well.\n\nFirst they of course sterilize the jewelry and clean that area. Then they place marker dots on the exact spot where the curved hollow needle will go though. A clamp is attached to your nipple to hold it still. The actual piercing part goes very quickly. \n\nYou may bleed a little bit through out the first day and you nipple will be very tender for about the first week. After that It shouldn't bother you, unless of course someone or something accidentally bumps it. That always happens at least once but it only hurts for a few minutes.\n\nJust follow the piercer's care instructions and you shouldn't have any difficulties keeping it clean and healthy. Also it helps to carry a small kit with q-pits, neosporin, and anti-bacterial soap. You need to turn your jewelry through the piercing several times through out the day. Make sure that you clean off any debris before you do that.\n\nGood luck. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. I've had mine for five and a half years.
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The cleaning may be causing the problem! Once a piercing is healed your normal daily bath or shower is enough.Extra cleaning may irritate the skin. You say sea salt and saline solution-saline IS a salt solution,so you are using an irritating hypertonic solution as well. With no discharge, redness or tenderness I can positively say it's not infected.
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Sinus specific or just a simple Upper Respiratory Infection (AKA "Cold")?  If you tap just below and above your eyes on the bony pominences, does it cause excruciating pain, what if you just apply a small amount of pressure to those same areas?  HAve you been suffering bloody noses?  How are your ears?  Pain in your teeth?  If you take simple over the counter cold medications, does it help?  If you have pain, frequent bloody noses and cold med.s just don't seem to help.  If you have fever chills and or night sweats, you should consider seeking professional medical help.  I'd send you my bill, but I'm retired.
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Swollen lymph nodes indicate an infection.  If I had to guess, I'd suspect the nose piercing caused a sinus infection.  Further, I'd check into the rash being an allergic reaction to the metal in the jewelry.  Just a thought.\n\nIn the meantime, to relieve your suffering with the ear pain, try applying heat to the area.  Dampen a towel and heat it in the microwave, then lay your sore ear on the warmed towel.  Nasal decongestants may also help relieve sinus pressure. Take Tylenol for fever and body aches.  Go to see the doctor this time and tell him your condition has worsened.  The LNP might have missed something or else you have a combination of ailments.\n\nFYI: Herpes outbreaks occur either on or surrounding the mouth or in the genital region.  Shingles occur most often around the waist, but have also been known to appear on the head and neck.  They are normally red in color and quite painful.  For more information, be sure to check out this site.
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Talk to a doctor.Your nose is probably ok!
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I'm not sure about which would be recommended you should ask your piercer about that but as for healing time it varies. As long as you follow all the post-pierce care instructions (cleaning, rotating etc) it really doesn't take that long. They'll tell you about 6 weeks, but mine felt fine after about 2. However my husband had his done for a few years and they never healed. My suggestion is if they still are sore and oozing after the 6 weeks call the piercer (get a card so you know who did it) and find out whether you should just take them out. It sucks to have to do that since they aren't cheap, but some people's bodies won't deal with a foreign body like that well.