Can you pierce your nose with a ear piercer?

Answer 1

Listen carefully to what I am telling you, nostril, lip and navel or any other body piercing is NEVER to be done with a piercing gun. In fact in almost every place in North America it's against health regulations and the gun manufacturers instructions. Nostril piercing must be done by a professional body piercer in a licensed and inspected facility. Regardless of what the dizzy sales person tells you, nostril piercing is never done with a piercing gun and in the event you choose to do it any way don't ask professional body piercers to help you with your lack or common sense. Hundreds of people every year are seriously hurt and permanently scarred by some idiot with a piercing gun. Use you common sense and see a professional body piercer for all your body piercing needs, piercing guns are for ear lobes ONLY. Please read the RELATED LINKS article for more information.

This site will not provide "how To" information that can lead to serious personal injury due to information posted here. Body piercing is a regulated and controlled industry and there are lots of professional body piercers available to provide this service in a safe and professional manner using only the best materials and methods to prove the service. Doing it your self doesn't make it hurt less nor does it save you any money, you run a better than 70% chance of doing serious damage to the tissue and subjecting your self to needless pain and discomfort.

The reasons you should not attempt to pierce your self should be obvious, but for those who think it's a "DIY" project, here's some food for thought.

Infection and contraction of MRSA, HIV, Meningitis, Hepatitis and Tetanus are all very serious health issues, MRSA is an antibiotic resistant bacteria that can in most cases land the unlucky individual in the hospital (and has been responsible for serious deformities and deaths). These infections has been caused by using unsterilized equipment and materials. Sterilization is not achieved by pouring alcohol over needles and jewellery, or burning these items over a fire or exposed flame. Microorganisms live in the fine fissures and cracks in needles and jewellery and only the high temperature and pressure of a steam Autoclave can render these and many other bacteria harmless.

The above reasons alone should be enough to sway anyone from thinking they can do it themselves. Professional body piercers have years of hands on training and education to enable them to make any piercing "look simple", when in fact they are considering dozens of things when they lay out a piercing and actually do it. So consider your lack of knowledge, training and skills before you attempt to do any self piercing, once you pierce it, it's damaged tissue. This makes it even more difficult for a professional piercer to leave you with a great looking piercing when the area we have to work with is damaged by self inflicted attempts.