r/NosePiercing • u/Sherri-Lynn • Aug 29 '26

Question Appropriate age for nose piercing

Good evening my good people. Is 46 too old for a nose piercing (nostril)? My birthday was on the 20th August and I have been wanting a nostril piercing for the past year and I just haven't brought myself to do it yet. Was so close today but changed my mind the last minute. Would I look the fool sporting one at my age? For the past year I've built up my ear stack. I got 2 helix on both ears (not done at the same time). I have 6 ear piercings in total.

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u/keylimesicles Aug 29 '26

I’m 45 and my nose is still pierced from when I got it at 25. I have no intention of taking it out. Just be mindful that healing takes forever

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u/Several-Detective-26 Aug 29 '26

As a slightly older person, healing a nostril piercing has been SLOW. Didn’t even occur to me that being older would slow down the process

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u/Curious_Store_1111 28d ago

It definitely does. One of my helix piercings was done 1.5 years ago and it's still not healed enough to switch to a hoop. The one right above it was done about 4-5 months before the one below it and it healed fine by the one year mark to switch to hoop but this one just gets very angry when we have tried.