Should I Remove My Nose Stud?

I'd take it out, sounds dodgy. If you want it redone, go to a piercer who knows what they're doing.

It almost certainly will close up if you take it out, but yeah, you can always get it redone (the other side would be better though, piercing over a closed up piercing hurts more, I know from experience.) And tbh, if it is causing blisters that often, it's probably a good idea to take it out anyway. Don't let your future career decide what piercings you can and can't have though - you can always take it out for work!

A similar thing has happened to my friend who had a nose stud, and is happening to me now as well. The first thing I would do is decide whether, blisters aside, you want to take the nose stud out and close the hole, because of your future career. This is a decision only you can make.
If you decide that you do want to keep the piercing, go see the GP. Tell them about your situation.In the mean time, keep the area around your stud clean. Heat up some water, dissolve sea salt in it, and use a cotton swab/Q tip to wipe the area around your nose piercing (both outside your nose and inside your nose).

What happened to my friend is that she went to the GP, and the GP gave her a few steroid shots which basically fixed the problem.

If you take the stud out now, I don't think that it'll close for at least a week, probably more.

I would try a bioplast stud like this before you retire the piercing: http://www.bodyjewelleryshop.com/online_store/nose_studs_781.cfm

They're very body and healing friendly and have always sorted my piercings out if they have become irritated with some other kind of jewelry, plus you can get clear or skin coloured studs so you can hide your piercing if you go into a profession where they dislike you having it.

If you're still having problems with a bioplast stud, then by all means, take it out and let it heal.

Thanks! Would the steroid shot be injected into the inside of my nose???



A clear nose stud would not be that helpful to be honest, concerning the blisters. I have looked at them but apparantly that website won't deliver when you order or something. Do you know any other websites?

Its not about it being clear, its about the material helping with healing and not irritating the piercing like metals do.

And I'm 99% certain that site does deliver, I've ordered from them pretty much exclusively. Its where I always get my studs and bars from.

My nose studs are platinum. I thought they weren't irritating.

Ahh ok. But since the blisters hurt, I think I'll be removing the piercing. But thanks!

My nose studs are platinum. I thought they weren't irritating.

Ahh ok. But since the blisters hurt, I think I'll be removing the piercing. But thanks!

bioplast is more flexible than any piercing safe metal, so its much easier on it

Just make sure it is only blisters and theres no infection present. If there is any sign of infection, its best to leave the jewelry in until its cleared.

Have you visited a professional piercer to ask for their advice at all?

Um no. Will they know what to do? I am going to go to a Dr appointment and ask my GP though. The pharmacist I spoke to told me that it would be best to see the GP about the blisters since they coincide with all the cold sores I get and that they might be able to give me a cream for it.

A professional piercer is probably the best person to go to with piercing problems. A registered professional works with them every day and will know more specialist information about looking after Pierceings. A go is just that, general, and most GPS will recommend that the jewellery is taken out of an infected piercing. Absolutely the wrong thing to do. Doctors generally tend to be biased against body modification.

The site I linked for the studs has a forum of its own as I remember, there will be a lot of people who have had a lit of piercings so a lot if experience in looking after them and also a few trained piercers. It might be worth making a thread over there for advice.

Why is it the wrong thing to do?

Thanks! Would the steroid shot be injected into the inside of my nose???

Because if you take the jewelry out of an infected piercing, the wound heals with the infection still under the skin, trapping the infection under the skin of the healed wound and potentially leaving the infection to spread which can cause, at best, further scarring, at worst, blood poisoning.

The shot was injected right into the blister for her. I'm not 100% sure that you have the same thing though, but your GP should know. If they don't seem sure, try to get them to refer you to a dermatologist. Hope this helps!

But the infection is nowhere near the piercing. It's on the other side of the nose. The actual hole is clean. :/

Would it really close up completely considering I've had it in for 4 years?