Things You'll Need:
- Rubber gloves
- Bowl
- Rubbing alcohol
- Sterile cotton balls
- Nose stud
- Needle
- Sharpie
- Thimble
- Ice cube
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Step 1
Take a clean, brand-new and unused needle, thimble and nose stud and place them in a bowl filled with rubbing alcohol. Just rubbing the needle in rubbing alcohol is not enough to sterilize it. You must soak both the stud and the needle in alcohol in order to clean it properly.
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Step 2
Put new, sterile rubber gloves on both hands. This way, you can guarantee that everything that touches your nose will be sterile from this moment until the piercing is completed.
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Step 3
Draw a dot with sharpie on the part of the nostril where you would like to pierce your nose. Look at pictures and other nose piercings for reference.
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Step 4
Use an ice cube to numb the outside of your nose. Hold on the outside of the nostril you wish to pierce for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
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Step 5
Submerge a sterile, brand-new cotton ball in rubbing alcohol and rub against the outside surface of your nose to sterilize the surface.
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Step 6
Take the needle and thimble out of the rubbing alcohol. Put the thimble inside your nose, and press the needle against the thimble. The hard surface of the thimble should allow the needle to pass through your nose with some effort. This step will be painful.
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Step 7
Remove the thimble, leaving the needle in your nose. With rubber gloves still on, remove the stud from the rubbing alcohol and replace the needle with the stud quickly, so the hole doesn't close up.
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Step 8
Dip a cotton ball in rubbing alcohol and gently rub the pierced area to further sterilize it.
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Step 9
Throw away the needle and thimble. You will need to keep the stud in for at least 6 weeks, removing it daily only to clean it after the first month. See further aftercare instructions in the Resources section below.
