Is it okay to put numbing cream inside my nose before a nose piercing?

by Jen
(USA)

I wouldn't advise it! Numbing cream doesn't really work, because it only affects the first layer of skin - a piercing needle has to go through several. Any reputable piercer will clean the inside and outside of your nose (including any cream that you might have put up there), before they introduce any metal implements. I honestly think the needle and then the jewelry will be through so fast you won’t need it.

Your piercer makes bank on navels, tongues, and yes: nostrils. This is a very common (but lovely!) piercing. I’m contemplating one myself. Anyway, you have no idea how many noses have been beautified by your piercer before you meet them. Expect your eye on that side to water. That’s not crying, it’s because human facial nerves are weird.

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Apr 25, 2021
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by: Vijendran

I have my septum pierced, and no they did not numb it. Several of my ex girlfriends had their nose (nostril) pierced, and there’s were not numbed either. Does it hurt? Of course. But not as bad as you’d think. It’s so swift and over so quickly that it barely registers in your mind. I honestly would pierce my septum and tongue again before I’d ever tattoo my ribs again lol.

So yes, it’ll be sore afterwards. And it won’t feel good to get it caught on a bath towel or in someone’s hair. But if properly cared for, it heals quick enough and the pain subsides fairly quickly.

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