Rhea's septum piercing/healing process!
~(!!DISCLAIMER!! this was such a bad idea, please do this professionally)~
hey guys!! 4 months ago i pierced my septum on the sidewalk at night with my friends, and because of how unprofessional that was, i've been very anxious of the healing process ;w; i've been scared of infections and how it will heal, so i looked up the healing process of a septum piercing and couldn't find anything?? i know a shit ton of you on here are edgy teens who wanna pierce themselves, so i'm writing this blog about my piercing and healing process in hopes that this will make some of you less anxious or consider getting it pierced :)) my friend got his piercing kit online and offered to do my septum :) i was very excited but also nervous, and it took a while for me to ready myself ;w; by then it was dark and we knew it was a bad idea but we went through with it lol.
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!THE PIERCING PROCESS! <3
- we started by finding a lit spot, and set everything up there.
- we had a friend run to his house quickly to get: rubbing alcohol, paper towels, gloves, and q-tips
- we soaked literally everything in rubbing alcohol because im terrified of germs and infections :"))
by then it was time to pierce :) i held the clamp on my nose for 5 mins to try and cut circulation and numb it, but that didn't work and just make it more sensitive lol rip. we played around with it for a bit to make sure we found my sweet spot, (the fleshy part under the cartilage) and we went for it. we were both a bit shakey and the needle went in angled down :( we noticed after sliding the ring in, so we took it out and re-pierced it. it went in wrong again so we made a new plan to angle it up and hope that works, and it did!! it was a very scary experience but also fun haha~
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!THE HEALING PROCESS! =D
[the first few days]
-whenever I lightly or firmly touched the tip of my nose there was an annoying dull pain
-i had to learn to be careful pulling shirts off, if they caught onto my piercing id scream in pain ;w;
-there was a little bit of a bump where the piercing hole was (this is usually normal with piercings, but not all of them)
-moving or flipping the piercing up and down hurt like a bitch :"))
-to clean i used rubbing alcohol, not saltwater like ur supposed to :( PLEASE use the saltwater mixture if you do this
[the first month]
-the area was still VERY tender and sensitive, and moving it around hurt so much :(
-sneezing was scary cause i didn't wanna have to deal with boogers ewww
-if you blow your nose at this stage you have to be very careful, scrunch your nose, and wipe around it to make sure it's dry
-the bump got a little bigger, which is once again normal. it looked a little white, but it was just the skin, not pus
-started to get crusties :(
[the second month]
-the pain went down a lot, and while if it was smooshed it still hurt, i didn't have to worry as much :)
-blowing my nose got a little easier cause of less pain and it was healing a bit more, but it's still icky :/
-i was able to finally start taking it out to deep clean! by now you can change the ring but i didnt.
-bump stayed the same, and the crusties kept coming ew :(
-itchy
[third month]
-same as the second month, pain is slowly going down still and its less itchy
[the fourth month (now)]
-the bump is starting to go down! finally!!
-the pain is almost gone and is only slightly there when i bop my nose
-cleaning it is so much easier since there's less pain and has healed more than month 2
-the hole is more prominent, yay :)
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CONCLUSION!! :)
by now, since everything is calming down and healing, i assume it's pretty much smooth sailing from here! but of course, ill update if anything happens or changes from month 4. if you guys have any questions or ideas please comment down below and ill be sure to make a follow up q&a