After undergoing nose surgery, many patients wonder when they can safely re-pierce their nose. Often, individuals initially choose to pierce their nose as a way to draw attention away from asymmetries in their nostrils or overall nasal shape. Piercings can create a sense of balance, helping to mask these irregularities. Once surgery is complete, however, it’s essential to give the nose time to fully heal before considering a re-piercing.
In this video, Dr. Shah explains why many patients choose not to re-pierce their nose after surgery and how many weeks/months it is recommended to wait before getting a nose piercing again.
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So when can I re-pierce my nose after surgery? So first of all, a lot of patients will pierce their nose, sometimes as a means of distracting from their nose. Lots of us have asymmetries in our nostril, asymmetry in our nose. If you have a piercing there it kind of throws things off and it can create balance. So I tell my patients, first of all, after we're done, unless you really, really want that piercing back in. Yeah. Let's try to avoid it for a little bit and usually wait about six months or so. Most of my patients actually end up not re-piercing their nose because balance has been restored. Their nose is breathing better, their nose is more symmetrical and perhaps there is a divot or nostril asymmetry. And hopefully all of that feels like its own kind of symmetry to improve. So many of my patients will not re-pierce their nose, but if they did want to do it six months, sometimes even a year, depending on how complex their nose is, is when they can redo it.
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