smiler13334 said:
I had my nose and upper ear pierced with a gun (mind you many years ago) why aren't you suppost to use it for the nose etc then?
I will try the best i can to explain this in english...
When you have a piercing done the professional way with a needle, the needle is sharpened with lazer, and it cuts out the skin where the jewellery is being placed. That way, the skin is not being pressed aside as it does when you have your skin pierced with a stud in a gun.
In the earlobe, the skin is soft, and not a problem, but in the nose and upper ear, it's harder.
This is where i lose it, don't know what you call that type of skin that is not only flesh, but not bone either, but something in between. Like chickenbone... Well, if you shoot a stud in this "chickenbone"-skin, this hard skin is being "pushed" aside, and will always make a pressure onto the jewellery, and when the jewellery moves (fraction?), it can easily cause bumbs that might never go away, called "keloids".
Another thing that can happen, is that this hard skin can break further up, and cause infections.
Did this make sense or...I know of a colleague who might be able to explain this better in english, but i think it can take some days before he can do it.