# 13-year-old wanting a nose ring

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-year-old-wanting-a-nose-ring/646327>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 7, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-year-old-wanting-a-nose-ring/646327 "2013-01-07T07:12:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-year-old-wanting-a-nose-ring/646327/82 "2013-11-20T14:52:33Z")

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> [@eclectic\_wench](#):
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> What about a magnetic nose stud?

Just don’t let her have [two of them](http://www.cjem-online.ca/v5/n5/p356):

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> We identified 7 case reports of magnets adherent across the nasal septum, with the first published in 1998. Two of these cases resulted in nasal septum perforation; in both, removal was delayed several hours. McCormick and colleagues reported 24 cases of magnetic foreign bodies seen during an 8-week period in 2000. Eleven cases involved the nose, but only 1 clearly involved the nasal septum. These authors noted that areas of pressure necrosis became apparent around magnets, even if removal was delayed "only a few hours.

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-year-old-wanting-a-nose-ring/646327/83 "2013-11-20T16:45:09Z")

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> [@boytyperanma](#):
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> Talk her into a stud, rings look silly.

those little ones that [screw in](http://www.mspiercing.com/product/16258.aspx). And don’t let her [gauge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretching_%28body_piercing%29) in cartilage - that takes plastic surgery to hide if she changes her mind. And cartilage really never heals properly from what I understand.

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**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-year-old-wanting-a-nose-ring/646327/84 "2013-11-20T16:53:43Z")

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> [@drewtwo99](#):
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> Piercings on a zombie might tear the flesh and fall out. Magnetic nose studs, on the other hand, could work!

And then if you ever need a load of zombies, you just get a big magnet, hold it out in front of you and WHUMP!

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