What statement does a nose piercing make?

[HermioneGranger999]

At 26, after wanting it for years and never having the guts, I have just had my nose pierced with a very small, thin silver hoop. I really love it!

But asked DH for his honest opinion and he says he isn't keen. It just got me thinking what kind of statement a nose piercing makes? As in what assumptions would you make about someone with a nose piercing/what kind of look it goes with?

You can be honest, it won't upset me!

I’ve had a nose stud or ring for 20 years, hardly anybody notices, or if they do it’s after knowing me for ages. Of those that notice I imagine there’s a range of thoughts between “gross” and “cool”. Fortunately I am uninterested in other people’s opinions on it!

I also think the clothes you pair them with make much more of a statement than a nose piercing and people are more likely to make judgements on it if you also have alternative hair and clothing than if you dress conventionally but have one facial piercing.

I don't care that much personally but I would kind of assume you're a free spirit who dgaf what other people think (I work in a professional environment). I would also assume that some senior people would secretly look down on you. This would not affect my treatment of you in any way.

It says to me and I'm sure (and a few others here saying, 'Person with nose piercing!' with wide-eyed innocence) 'Punk' and 'a bit rough!'

Why do you think it's faux wide eyed innocence? Nose piercings have been mainstream for so long now. They probably seemed punk in the late 70s, but in the 90s it was all introverted shoegazey indie musicians who wouldn't say boo to a goose. And that was 30 years ago.

@prettyteapotsplease

'I am a rebel.'

But it doesn't, though. It hasn't for decades.

This one on the man might be saying he's a rebel, but the one on the woman couldn't be any less rebellious if it was a pear of prim pearl drop earrings worn with an Alice band and a nice twinset.

The first picture in @Stookeen 's post makes me feel a bit sick but the second of the tiny stud is the sort that makes me think it's a spot/whitehead from a distance.

Not got an issue, quite like them tbh but like tattoos there is an element of 'I'm cool and different' but so many people have them it's the opposite. Mainstream.

I think they're so beautiful. I'd love to get a nose piercing but I don't know, at 50... who knows? I love piercings in general.

It is your body and your choice, I don’t think it makes a statement apart from the fact you like piercings and in the nose.

Personally I only like ear piercings, it’s a good job we are all different.

@MistressoftheDarkSide I’m sorry for your loss

I think nose piercings look really nice and feminine tbh. A small stud or a small small
thin hoop look really pretty. I think it's one of the more subtle piercings so doesn't really make any huge impact or anything.

I’m 25. I have my nose pierced
But OP, it shouldn’t have been freshly pierced and had a hoop put in. It’s not the right now at to heal with a curved hoop

@TheVanguardSix

I think they're so beautiful. I'd love to get a nose piercing but I don't know, at 50... who knows? I love piercings in general.

Do it

@Batholemubrecht

Not got an issue, quite like them tbh but like tattoos there is an element of 'I'm cool and different' but so many people have them it's the opposite. Mainstream.

That's my point. No one now thinks that there's anything remotely 'cool and different' about having a nose stud or hoop, any more than there is in having your ears pierced.

@Sparklingbrook

The first picture in *@Stookeen* 's post makes me feel a bit sick but the second of the tiny stud is the sort that makes me think it's a spot/whitehead from a distance.

I've made the whitehead mistake before!

I think they're nice, the ring type being my favourite. I find with studs if they're too small I can mistake them for a whitehead as said by PP. My partner has his nose pierced and it suits him.

@RampantIvy

The ones who aren't complimenting it have noticed. They're just very polite.

That would be me. I wouldn't say to someone that their piercing spoiled their face, although I would think it. I would say nothing. I just don't find them attractive in any way.

This is me too. A relative has had it done and I think it looks awful, so I just haven't said anything. It would possibly be ok if it was a tiny little stud, but it's a slightly too big ring and just reminds me of a bull. But it's not my face so it's none of my business as long as she likes it!

I got mine done at 19 with a small silver hoop and it’s been there ever since - I’m now 35. I don’t think about it or what it means, because it doesn’t really mean anything beyond that it’s a part of me and I’ve no reason to take it out. I don’t think anything about anyone else’s piercings any more than I’d think anything about them wearing an ordinary watch or bracelet.

To me it says that you are trying to be cool. It works with some people and some it doesn't.

If it isn't part of your cultural heritage it says 'I want to appear alternative'.

That you’re a bit hippy dippy, a bit of a rebel, that you espouse a more alternative lifestyle.

One of my colleagues has a stud and I can see the back inside her nose. On first glance it looks like a bogey unfortunately.

@gelatodipistacchio

I don't care that much personally but I would kind of assume you're a free spirit who dgaf what other people think (I work in a professional environment). I would also assume that some senior people would secretly look down on you. This would not affect my treatment of you in any way.

I think this is really interesting. I’m a senior civil servant in one of the specialist and reserved pay grade departments, and my background is law and finance, so pretty traditional all round. Multiple ear piercings, nose piercings and tattoos (albeit not on hands and face!) are really commonplace, even in our really senior people who came to us from practice and magic circle law firms. They certainly aren’t considered unconventional or free spirits and whilst I suppose everyone notices the piercings and tattoos to some extent, it obviously hasn’t hindered their career prospects.

I wouldn't think anything but I am heavily tattooed.

They are pretty ubiquitous, I don't think they make a statement. I think they can look very pretty or a bit punky depending on the person and like them a lot.

I personally find piercings quite unpleasant to look at and just don’t get why anyone would want to make a deliberate hole in a body part and stick a metal object through it ......

But that’s just my opinion. Your body ... do what you want with it. It doesn’t make any kind of statement.