Tuesday, July 13, 2010

I lost my nose stud last night while I was asleep! This has been my worst fear since I got the piercing; every morning, the first thing I do when I wake up is check to see that the stud is still there. This morning, I checked and it was totally gone, without a trace. I poked an earring through it- bad idea, I know- so I know it's still open. The problem is that I've lost the stud, so I don't know what to put in it now. I'm down at work with my dad, so I'll probably check some of the jewelry places here for a stud I can buy really quick and hopefully the hole hasn't made any more steps toward closing up. I'm also going to try chamomile tea bags to heal it up more quickly. Hopefully this works, I'd love to have a nice, healed piercing soon.

Also, my yoga muscles have left me for dead. My back is killing me today and I have no shame in admitting that. It's going to take some serious commitment to get back in to a routine with all of this.

I just performed minor surgery on my nose in the bathroom. For anyone who has had a similar problem, I'm sorry. I remembered that I had a pair of earrings in my wallet, luckily, so I headed over to the bathroom to put one in as a temporary retainer. I washed my hands, pair of earrings, and nose with antibacterial soap and warm water. Next, I gently blotted my nose dry with a paper towel. I took a deep breath and slowly pushed the first earring through my nose from the outside. At this point, I was extremely glad that I remembered having the earrings in my wallet as I had some difficulty getting the earring all the way through. Next, I took the other earring and threaded it through from the inside, pushing the other one out. Now I have a pretty discrete retainer that'll hopefully do the trick until I can buy something more sufficient.

I'm effin' MacGyver.

Shopping list for tonight?

1. Plastic L stud. (Like one of the bio-flex ones.) I just feel like I'll have a smaller risk for infection this way, I'm allergic to a lot of metal.

2. Chamomile tea bags. I read today that boiling water, soaking a chamomile tea bag in it for about five minutes and then placing the tea bag on the piercing can help to aid the healing process.

3. Dial Foaming Anti-Bacterial Soap. I don't have any with me, and this seems to be just about the most gentle thing I can find as far as cleansing is concerned, so I'll have to try that.

I didn't find a plastic L stud, so I got a plastic "nose bone". Yeah, look that one up on Google Images. Ow. I like it though, once it's in. Going in, though, not totally painless. I got some tea bags as well, and some soap. Nose piercing, prepare to be healed.