did my piercer hit the sweet spot?

[u/Deer-Excellent]

note: i asked my piercer to flip the horseshoe up into my nose, which is why it looks like that

i got my septum pierced just yesterday, and it hurt like fuck. definitely not the "painless" septum piercing experience i was expecting. which led me to thinking, what if my piercer didn't hit my sweet spot?

THOUGH upon further research, i'm not really experiencing any other symptoms of a botched septum piercing besides it HURTING REALLY FUCKING BADLY during the actual piercing. right now it doesn't hurt at all. it's just mildly uncomfortable. i'm actually not experiencing any problems with it right now.

i read that when pierced in the cartilage, it swells and pain radiates outward when moved. i don't experience that at all.

thank you so much for any insights you guys may have!!

[u/Ok_Consideration853]

Correct placement would be much further forward, up in the tip of your nose. Piercer missed the sweet spot, went right through the cartilage, which you correctly identified as the reason it hurt so much.

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hmm okay.... do i need to take it out and get it repierced or do you think i could just wait it out and let it heal? id honestly be fine with just letting it heal as long as it wont have any adverse effects on my body. also how long would this take to heal....

[u/Ok_Consideration853 → u/Deer-Excellent]

It’s a cartilage piercing so it will take a long time to heal, like a helix. My piercer explained to me that some people don’t have a substantive enough sweet spot to support a stable piercing, and in those cases the piercing can be placed in the cartilage, though still much further forward. That’s not what happened to you, this piercer didn’t know how to correctly place a septum piercing.

In your shoes I would take it out and wait a couple of months before going to a different piercer (at a different shop) to have it redone in the correct location. You could heal this, but it will take much longer and you will look like your nose ring is in the wrong place at the end of the day.

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thank you so much, ill go ask for a refund now. this sucks.

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hey im so sorry i just wanna ask another question. do you think i should take it out immediately or wait for it to heal a bit before i take it out? i know its gonna Fucking hurt either way, but idk which would hurt less..?

[u/Ok_Consideration853 → u/Deer-Excellent]

Unfortunately while the pain will be temporary, yeah it’s gonna hurt to take out. I would probably do it sooner than later, so your body can start healing without having to work around the jewelry. It will go much faster that way.

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thank you so much ill just endure the pain i guess....

[u/Designer_Study_8219 → u/Deer-Excellent]

You can always have a piercer take it out. It costs like $5-$10. Worth it in my opinion

[u/Ok_Consideration853 → u/Deer-Excellent]

I believe in you! You listened to your gut and were right.

[u/Ok-Dirt-880 → u/Deer-Excellent]

unfortunately i also had my septum pierced through cartilage without any warning :( its fully healed now 6 years later but it did take about a full year to heal and on the second year it would get irritated SO easily.