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by glamorgirli on January 7th, 2007

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I can't seem to remove my nose piercing to change the stud? It's a straight stud from hot topic I've never had this problem with any other stud from anywhere else what could be causing this?

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  • by jenniferx on January 15th, 2007

    jenniferx

    try using a dab of vaseline. thats what piercers use to stretch piercings.

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  • by Sketchy Mess Jeoffory on January 7th, 2007

    Sketchy Mess Jeoffory

    Do you know if you might have gotten a larger gauge this time or if the stud has any small indentations on it?

    Sometimes when you put a larger gauge in your piercing might swell around the jewelry or even reopen a bit and then reheal around the new jewelry. When you try to remove it the jewelry can feel stuck.

    Also, some studs have a slight indentatioin on them which helps the back of the stud lock into place. Sometimes there are more than one of these indentations and they can produce the same feeling of being stuck.

    In either case your best course of action is to slowly loosen the piercing until the jewelry comes free. To do th is you should first wash your hands and your piercing with warm soapy water and rinse clean. (Some people say leaving the soap around the piercing can help it work loose, but it can also make the jewelry slippery. It's up to you really.) Washing it will not only prevent possible infections, but will remove any crusty materials which can form between your skin and the jewelry. While you're washing your piercing, be sure to slowly rotate the piercing in each direction.

    Gently pull the piercing in several directions... as if you were lightly tugging on an earring. This will help loosen the actual hole and detach the jewelry from the skin. You don't want to pull hard enough to cause pain or reinjure the piercing. It's better to do it very lightly over a long period of time. In between the pulling you should continue to rotate the jewelry. Eventually the studd will slip out.

    If you mean that you can't remove the backing from the stud, you should just go back into Hot Topic and ask someone with piercings who works there if they have any tips. There might be a little trick to it or more likely they will tell you just to carefully pull a bit more firmly.

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  • by babydoll1988 on March 31st, 2008

    babydoll1988

    I am having the same problem right now i have a little stud in my nose with a little ball on the end and cant seem to get it out all the way its like the ball end does not want to come out of my nose and it feels stuck. The best thing to do if you cant get it out yourself is to go to where you got it pierced (or any other piercing place) and have them remove and replace it for you

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  • by shelbybyaybybyay on July 28th, 2008

    shelbybyaybybyay

    same thing happend to me!!!
    i started panicking
    cuz in school we arnt aloud to have them
    and what if they tell me to take it out..what do i say...um soryr its stuck lol
    all i did was put warm water around it
    baby oil and then i kept twisting and pulling.it hurt like hell no lie
    but finally it came out
    i cleaned it and put a new piercing in it
    im gona try to find a better one tomrrow....one without the lil ball those lil bastards

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  • by Anonymous on January 10th, 2008

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    I have the same problem with the same stud. My only thought is to snip the head off the stud and use tweezers to pull the post out from inside your nose. And...don't buy hot topic studs anymore!

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  • by reimer on April 22nd, 2008

    reimer

    i have the sammmmmmmme problem thanks for all the tips ya'll! altough i've tried the soap, and soaking it...i'm gonna give it one more try, if it doesnt work i'm gonna clip off the top and pull it out...hopefully i'll be able to get another ball stud back in tehn!

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  • by Natter91 on April 22nd, 2008

    Natter91

    Try not getting studs in your nose.

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  • by Amber22 on April 10th, 2012

    Amber22

    I have the same issue what i do is use a q-tip ans either put water or peroxide on it and put it in the inside of the nose right by the ring and wet that really well and once its wet enough you should beable to pull it out. i wish you the best of luck.

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  • by creezybaby on September 27th, 2009

    creezybaby

    I read , and Everyone's responses were well ; but no one mentioned the AFTER WARDS instructions . Just about 5 minutes ago , i had this same problem . My nose stud would NOT come out . I thought it was because it was infected (i have the tendency to stoop cleaning it after every couple weeks .) So i cleaned it last Thursday (today being Sunday) and it still would come out yesterday . So i did what an anonymous person said "I have the same problem with the same stud. My only thought is to snip the head off the stud and use tweezers to pull the post out from inside your nose. And...don't buy hot topic studs anymore!" I snipped my ball of with toenail clippers , then it came right out so the ball was really the problem . Honestly i don't know what size i got pierced with , soooo yeah I went around that little problem . I but in the biggest stud i had , about now 7 minutes ago . No one said it was going to hurt like getting hit with a sack of coal . but that's alright , lol . (: It worked and it gave me a chance to completely clean it . THANKS . (:

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  • by Amber22 on April 10th, 2012

    Amber22

    i have that issue to. what i do every time i want to change it i take peroxide or even just water to the inside of the nose my the stud. once its wet enough you should be able to pull it out. the best way to wet it would be a q-tip. i wish you the best of luck.

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  • by Skyler16 on June 13th, 2010

    Skyler16

    did you check for boogers? seriously i couldn't get mine out and my mom looked and it was a huge booger that had dried & clung around the post, we cleaned it with a pair of tweezers and it came right out.

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  • by EmM1982 on April 8th, 2010

    EmM1982

    Yay! I am screwed huh?!? I was using screws but they were such a pain getting in and out so a friend of mine suggested the bone...I changed it once about a month after I put it in and it hurt but not too bad...now the new one I have in has been in for about 5 months =( Now I can't get it out for nothin...and it hurts like hell when I try. GRRR.... I love my nose piercing but...this one is pissing me off =(

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  • by Loglan on January 17th, 2010

    Loglan

    I'm havin the same problem and honestly the pain makes me almost throw up! i've tried pulling, pushing its not budgin further than the little pionty arrow thing at the back!

    my local piercing place told me to go in and see them but will it not hurt just the same in there....?

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  • by mrshelpout on January 3rd, 2011

    mrshelpout

    well i had that same problem dab a Qtip with proxide on it around ur piercing this loosens it up and it will eventually come right out

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  • by zarbizarre - smakkin framma lammas from b on January 3rd, 2011

    zarbizarre - smakkin framma lammas from b

    the problem is the fact you have a nose piercing in the first place. "hey look at me, I am so unique with my nose piercing, just like everyone else with one!"

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  • by dazed on January 27th, 2012

    dazed

    I went to the doctor in the past and they got it out put special lotion round it haha.

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  • by Phineen_C on January 27th, 2012

    Phineen_C

    It generally sounds like you've got something clogging it, because the same happened to me. Even if you do wash it properly through out the healing process, the hole will still become slightly swollen, because its your body's way of fighting the peircing, (if we were meant to have nose studs we'd be born with them, but who cares?!) so it's either clogged with some kind of dirt of discharge, or the healing process has unleashed an ugly can of woop-ass on you. Keep trying daily, to loosen the skin around it, but be sure you wash it before and after, and make sure your hands are clean too! The stud should come out in no time :) and in the future, smaller studs with the hooked end are the best to use, they're easy to take out when you want, but they don't fall out! I hope this helped (Y)

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  • by Lola17 on February 7th, 2011

    Lola17

    mehhh, I am having troubles removing my nose piercing as well. It is the piercing with the ball at the end. The ball can't fit back through my nose, because i guess the skin or whatever healed around the bar of my nose ring, so the ball can't fit through that space. I am going to have a job interview soon and I'm not allowed to have facial piercings, I need a solution trying to get it out, but I really don't want to have to cut it :/ Help a sista out with suggestions please! Thanks

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  • by Sam1872 on January 4th, 2010

    Sam1872

    Okay, what your describing is a Bone. Don't buy these there just a hassel. Do some research if your curious of what I'm tralking about. Basically the ball on the end forces your nose to reheal around it, and it wont allow you to take it out without some REAL pain. It's easier to just buy Studs and Screws. A lot less painful. If you do wanna wear a bone then take it out 2 or 3 times a day to keep it from hurting. If you leave a Bone in for more than a few days your nose will start rehealing, and no matter what you do it's gonna hurt. If you want to take it out after a few weeks, then go to a local peircing Place[A.K.A. Most Tatoo Artists] and ask them to remove it for you. If you try to remove it at home your seriously risking an infection! Hope I helped (:

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