nose piercing question

mugsy · #1 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

so i just got it done today.
everything is peachy keen, not soreness unless if i enforce it, and i loving every bit of it.
i have to get into the pool on saturday, but i can avoid putting my face directly into the water, and am only in for about 45 minutes. the way i see it is that i get into the pool when i have cuts and scrapes and they dont get infected, so why would the piecing? plus the chlorine is there to kill most germs\bacteria.
im going to do epson salt before i jump in, and directly afterwards.
any other advice? i was thinking maybe a bandaid?

p.s. i loooooooooove it.

Bitchin · #2 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

the clorine will dry it out. that''s something you dont want.

I dont have my nose peirced.. so I can't really say.. but... best bet.. is do it.. and once you get outta the pool clean it, so theres not much clorine and put some polysporin on it.

my best friend, nicole, has had hers pirced many times and has been though you name it.. so I'm just basing it offa hers. :)
Plus that's what I did with my navel.... and it;s fine!

diva · #3 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

don't put a bandaid on it
it will trap any bacteria that gets under there
being in the pool shouldn't hurt it if you clean it afterwards

mugsy · #4 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

awesome thanks.
yeah i figured it was over-exaggeration on their part at the piecing place about staying out of chlorine.

jovi: so the epson salts are gonna be drying it out as well, is polysporn a good idea to be putting on? im gona be rinsing it after each salt treatment obviously, but as a precaution?

Bitchin · #5 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

the epson salt have minerals in it doesnt it?! I belive thats why ppl use it. I've never used it personally.

but yeh.. polysporin is like your BEST FRIEND when it comes to piercings. be it healing, streching, piercing, you name it.

I assume you got your nose pierced with a needle... you saw that cleary/white gel like stuff they used?! that was polysporin. they may have even put some on after they peirced you.

mugsy · #6 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

^ buddy had me close my eyes. i think he thought i was gonna freak out, and i wasnt\didnt. but afterwards there was shit in my nose so yeah it was polysporn.
talked to my brother about it too, he used polysporn like it was going outta style for his nipple rings.
alright. im off to clean it and see if it hurts today!

LLaaUUrrYYn · #7 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

I've had my nose pierced for almost 8 years and I have never had a problem with swimming! Get a clear band-aid and then cut the clear strip off and stick it on your nose. As for cleaning it.. Dont go crazy because in the end you are just smothering it. Out of all of my piercings, my nose was the easiest because I just left it alone.. I suggest you do the same!! =D

Bitchin · #8 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

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Originally Posted by mugsy

^ buddy had me close my eyes. i think he thought i was gonna freak out, and i wasnt\didnt. but afterwards there was shit in my nose so yeah it was polysporn.
talked to my brother about it too, he used polysporn like it was going outta style for his nipple rings.
alright. im off to clean it and see if it hurts today!

Most piercer have you close your eyes so you don't know when the needle goes in... Casue you may tense up. And tensing up during a piercing is a very bad thing. It maykes the skin tougher and more difficult to get the needle through. My skins tough enought o peirce cause I'm tanned, and they couldnt get the needle through this one time, so it started to hurt.. so I started to tense up. oi. bad bad bad.

But yeh.. make poly sporin your best friend megan. When Daves nipple ring ripped... I made him use polysporin so it would heal better. worked like a charm!

.:kinkster:. · #9 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

Generally, if your piercer told you to avoid doing something, its for a good reason. Ive had alot of piercings, and the one that I have never had any trouble with whatsoever is the one where I followed all the annoying time constraints and rules about them. Plus, getting it through your nose isnt like getting an ear piercings. Lots of people get little ear infections on their earings and its not a big deal. Your nose is alot diffrent. Not to mention the health issues (for some reason health is never a huge incentive to anyone), if you manage to infect that you will end up with a nice big puspual that could grow over your piercing, and will remain for a time even after you get the piercing removed. So.. I would phone the place you got it done at and ask the person who pierced you, but generally, I wouldnt want to go into a public pool , chlorine or not, right after getting a nose piercing.

IntakE · #10 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

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Originally Posted by Bitchin

polysporin is like your BEST FRIEND when it comes to piercings.

This girl gives good advise!
polysporin helps!
I used it on my belly button and there have been no problums.

mugsy · #11 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

yeah im not gonna worry about the pool. i was talkin to another coach about it and they pointed out that at one game they got a hit in the nose that not only gave htem a nose bleed but there was alose a gash in the nose, that they jumped back into the water when the bleeding stopped. and also that they had no problem practicing everyday with the cut.
i figure to just relax is the best idea.
and not touching it.

veN · #12 (**permalink**) Mar 14, 05

Just do an extra cleaning after the pool. I have a lifeguard friend who's nose pircing got infected. I never had any probs and got mine pierced in june a couple years aog, went swimming atleast once a week etc. I would just do an extra cleaning after to be safe. thats all. no band-aid req'd!