Thinking about getting a nose piercing? You're in the right place. Welcome to Nose Piercing 101: Cosmopolitan's handy guide to what to expect on your trip to the jewellery counter. Maybe you're trying ...

READ MORE: Ear Piercings: Your Definitive Guide A nose piercing can appear in various places, but the most common areas are the nostrils or septum. If you pierce the nostrils, it's likely you'll opt ...

The shape of the nostril screw also provides room for tissue expansion during the inflammatory process. Though piercings of the nares are cartilaginous, nasal septum piercings pass only through ...

Nostril piercings can take a while to feel fully ... I hesitated to get my septum pierced, as I had been told by many other people that it hurt, and they were absolutely right.

First my ear lobes, then my nostrils – like a magnetic piercing. "The problem was when I put magnets in my other nostril. They all pinched together, and the ones on my septum got stuck!" ...