How do I Put in Nose Rings?

Good hygeine can prevent infection in your piercing.

After getting your nose pierced, it is essential that you sanitize your nose ring and follow established procedures to prevent infection. However, don't get carried away when it comes to cleaning your piercing. Clean a new nose piercing only twice daily, to avoid removing healthy cells, thereby slowing the healing process.

Things You'll Need

• Nail cleaner
• Antibacterial soap
• Clean towel
• Hydrogen peroxide, or rubbing alcohol
• Cotton ball
• Cotton swab

Instructions

1. Clean under your nails with a nail-cleaning tool. Bacteria can lodge here and spread to your nose jewelry when you handle it.

2. Wash your hands thoroughly with hot water and antibacterial soap. Unscented is preferred, since fragrance may irritate sensitive, or exposed skin around a new piercing. Dry your hands on a clean towel.

3. Clean your nose ring by dropping it in a small dish of hydrogen peroxide or another cleansing solution, such as rubbing alcohol. Allow it to sit in the solution for 30 seconds to kill bacteria.

4. Remove the nose ring from the cleaning solution and place it on a clean cotton ball that will absorb the extra liquid.

5. Gently insert the ring into the pierced hole in your nose.

6. Dip a cotton ball in cleaning solution and dab the area around the nose ring to remove final traces of bacteria.

7. Spin the nose ring gently to ensure that the solution comes in contact with all exposed skin.

Tips & Warnings

• Do not touch anything other than your jewelry during the process of sanitizing and inserting your nose ring. Even touching your hair of face could transfer bacteria to your open skin. If your skin is irritated by disinfectants, such as rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide, ask your piercing artist for a solution for sensitive skin.

• If you cannot insert the nose ring into the hole without applying pressure and feeling pain, do not force it. Allow the hole to close and heal completely, and then get a new piercing. Attempting to force a ring through re-grown skin could cause scarring.

References

• Nose Piercings: Nose Piercing FAQ
• Nose Piercings: Nose Piercing Aftercare
• Alluring Body: Nose Ring FAQ
• Body Jewelry Guide; How to Put in a Nose Ring Easily; William; Apr. 1, 2009
• UGAzine; 15 Piercing Myths Exposed; Amy Redd; 2005

Resources

• "The Piercing Bible: The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing"; Elayne Angel; 2009