Greetings all! Long time no see!
Here's my story ... I hope some of you cool folks can help me.
Back in 2006 I had my septum pierced (one of my first piercings) at 14g. It was HELL but I dealt *smile* At the time they put in a curved barbell which I liked. After a while I really didn't like worrying about how the barbell would shift in my nose sometimes so I think I might have even posted that here ... someone recommended o-rings on each side to keep it in place. I tried that but after a while the o-rings stretch and I had to replace them. This got annoying also. During this period I had stretched my ears to 4g myself and put in some beautiful segment rings. They look great and I don't have to worry about them spinning or looking lopsided cause well its one big circle. *smile* At that size too the seam is invisible and thats really what attracted me to it.
So I decided maybe a segment ring for my septum would be cool too.
I tried a 14g segment ring and that was hell. By the time I opened it and get the segment out ... I had opened it a bit too much. I got the segment back in but it was loose so it kinda flopped ... you know what I mean? I decided to go to a piercing place and have them do it. I also figured maybe 14g was just too small for a segment ring and that I'd have them stretch me up to 12g so that why I'd be able to wear a thicker jewelry. They ordered the new jewelry forme and told me they'd call when it came in and I could just come in and they'd do it for me.
I went in today.
The experience was really really bad. The 12g taper went through fine but the end of the jewelry for some reason was slightly larger than 12g. I think the way the segment rings are ... the outer edge is slightly larger? She shoved that taper through my nose like 3 times ... and then decided to use a 10g taper .. (my god) so that the jewelry would go through. That stretch was AWFUL and painful and I think I screamed so loud that patrons in the waiting room ran out. The jewelry went through ... no problem. She put the segment in and I just wanted to go home and soak my nose in some ice ... It looked fine when I checked it out in the mirror in my car.
It's been a few hours now and the pain has kinda stopped but when I looked in the mirror I noticed the segment is FLOPPY. Basically that the same thing happened when I tried it ... its hanging there ... and it looks really silly. There is no way I'm taking this jewelry out right now ... and I don't have anything to put in its place anyway. My septum needs a rest but at the same time this loose segment hanging looks really really dumb.
Is there a way to tighten or squeeze the jewelry closed so the segment stays in place seamlessly? Or is it impossible to do? I don't want to damage the jewelry by squeezing it ... I also don't want to cause anymore trauma to my nose right now.
What does anyone recommend? I could really use some advice. Thanks in advance.
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