This Nose Knows
When I was sixteen, I did something so bold, so in-your-face, so completely out of character that I hardly recognized myself after the fact. I got my nose pierced. That was eight years ago, mere moments before nose piercings were all the rage for teens and twenties alike. I’ve never been overly trendy but yowzah! was I on top of that one. It was three whole months before I went back to boarding school and had to take it out. Something about a dress code or something. Pfft.
Like any gal, I’ve had my fair share of heartbreak. But my brief tryst with a nose piercing was the one affair I never really got over. For eight long years, I waited for the right time to rekindle this old flame. I finally went for it this past weekend, when I woke up feeling particularly ballsy. A few hours and a lot of hand-holding on behalf of my BFF Lucy later, and the deed was done. It hurt like hell but hey, that’s love baby.
I’m pretty sure that nose piercings are so Out, they’re not even on anyone’s radar anymore. So I’d like to take this opportunity to say I don’t give a rat’s ass. I happen to think my nose was made to be pierced: You gotta rock what you got.
The whole deal - piercing, pale blue crystal stud, Studex After-Piercing Lotion - cost a total of $46 at Andromeda Tattoo on Saint Marks. It also reminded me of the awesomeness of the big, bad city in which I live. There aren’t many places where you can wake up feeling bold and - two hours later - have a hole in your face to show for it. I really do heart New York.
Tagged: Calculated Risks
Kvelling and Kvetching
looks good!
@ 8:30 pm on November 17th, 2008ive been wanting to get mine done, but my mom keeps trying to talk me out of it. granted, im 18 and can do it, i just dont know yet if i really want it haha.
question though, on a scale of 1-10, ten being the most horrible pain, how much did it hurt?
Me too, 8 year old nose piercing! I got mine when I was staffing a summer camp, I had a day off and went to a tattoo place and got it pierced (ummmm granted I had to make my mom come with me because I wasn’t 18). Apparently I was the trend setter because when I came back to camp with my nose pierced, half the counselors used their next days off to get piercings - nose, eyebrow, belly button, nipple, etc. Camp isn’t exactly the best time to get a piercing, though … try keeping the area clean when on a 3-day hiking trip!
@ 8:52 pm on November 17th, 2008Leave a Reply