Not sure whether to put this in Health&Wellbeing, or what...

Ok, so i'm off to get my nose pierced tomorrow (nostril), i'm a little scared though as I've heard it can damage the cartilage in your nose very badly, and apparently alot of people get left with whacking great scars. Now this is just according to friends..but has it happened to anyone here? Can scarring be prevented? Will there be a scar regardless? How big will it be?
Is there really a risk of my nose collapsing?
I would be very grateful if someone would give me some info, alot of sites i've tried just have ''how to take care of your piercing' guidelines.
Please and Thx! x

No matter where you get pierced you're gonna have a scare but I don't think that it damages the cartliage I have my nose pierced and not any problems. Scarring will happen regaurdless. and NO your nose will not collapse...that's just a big ol' myth to scare you from doing such.

some people get scars, some dont. i think it depends on the shape of your nose and where they put the hole. mines right in the crease of my nostril. also i've been wearing a ring, not a stud, and the bar that actually goes through your skin is much thinner than most studs so it doesn't stretch the skin. i have had a nosering for 5 yours now, and when the ring is out, you can't even see the hole. if it does scar, it will be a small round scar the size of the hole

i don't know about cartilage damage, i didn't think there was any cartilage in the nostril. i sincerely doubt your nose will collapse.

i would suggest you get it pierced by a professional piercer who uses a needle. i had mine shot through with an earpiercing gun (i was young, it was cheap) which was unpleasant. it costs more but it's worth it because the stud they put in is smaller etc.

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I have a scar from an old nose piercing. It just looks like a spot on the side of my nose. It isn't that huge

I've always had major problems with nose piercings, and now I've just given up forever. But that doesn't mean you necessarily will - my lip piercings have have never caused me any trouble. I must just have a stupid nose

my right ear cannot be pierced, it just keeps getting infected. whereas my left is fine.

i think it's all the luck of the draw

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