BellaOnline Forums Beauty and Self Body Art HIding a nose piercing?

Ok, so I'm going through a period of major changes, and am doing several things new (getting my first tattoo is a hugs one). I also want to add a couple new piercings to my plain-jane earlobe piercings. The problem is, my job doesn't allow nose piercings. I love the look of a small stud, and would like to get that done. Is there an alternative while it heals, that isn't so visible? Or another way of hiding it without wearing a mask? Thanks.

You'll more than likely get every opinion possible on this subject. However there are clear studs you can wear to work so you can't see it. I have seen people wear them before and you can't even tell. You'd really have to look for it in order to see it. I have seen more than one and not all of them do as well as the others.

However...while it's healing?? I wouldn't change it. That is the last place on your body you want to have a piercing infection.

I would ask the person doing the piercing if they could change out the metal jewelry for one that won't be noticable until it heals. That way you know it's steril and done right. It might hurt a little more to do it that way but probably the safest way.

If your work does not allow a nose piercing, why are you risking losing your job over a teensy dot of metal?

That's the worse case scenario. The second worse one is that you wear really tiny jewlery and they make you take out the piercing, at which point you will most likely have shelled out about $50, and all you'll get for it is a tiny healed dimple on your nose. I'm not sure what the point of that would be. (and yes, many nose piercings do leave some sort of dent/mark on your nose for the rest of your life even if you take it out)

You cannot wear a nylon or acrylic nose retainer for healing a piercing as the material is inappropriate for raw piercings and can cause increased adverse reactions, which really wouldn't help hide it.

And nose piercings take about three months to heal.... Are the co-workers at your office, and your boss, really going to feel ok if you wear a mask for three months?

I've never known anyone who worked at a place that forbid face piercings who was able to get and heal one without either leaving their job or being made to abandon the piercing.

Some piercings can be done with retainers so that it remains hidden during the healing process. Your best bet is to contact different piercing studios and ask their opinion. Don't settle for one persons advice. Find e-mail addresses or phone numbers for various places and see what they have to say. Also, you could check with the association of professional piercers atBellaOnline ALERT: Raw URLs are not allowed in these forums for security reasons. Please use UBB code. If you don't know how to do UBB code just post here for help - we will help out!