# Will stretching my nostril openings with sharpie accent caps work well? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557 "2014-07-19T21:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/21 "2014-07-19T23:22:23Z")
May I suggest TWIN BODY-POWERED DORRANCE #5X STAINLESS STEEL SHARPIE CAPS instead? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/22 "2014-07-19T23:27:09Z")
> [@TogoFan](#): > > When I have the fat caps in my nose I cannot taste worth anything. > > Should I buy some 3/4 inch glass ear gauge plugs to wear at night in my nostrils? Why the need for tasting food? Or fat caps? That is for idiots, seriously. Protein shakes, through a straw. At least three times per day. More if you are physically active. I think that 3/4 inch glass ear gauge plugs up your nostrils every night would be righteous and most fitting. ---
**Author:** ![TogoFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TogoFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TogoFan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/23 "2014-07-19T23:40:15Z")
I found that the other end of the sharpie accent pens have a much smaller in depth cap that pops out and fits in my nostrils very well and is pretty comfortable. They are a bit over 1/2 inch. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/24 "2014-07-19T23:47:41Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > May I suggest TWIN BODY-POWERED DORRANCE #5X STAINLESS STEEL SHARPIE CAPS instead? Dood, are you _insane?!_ Do you have any idea what kind of damage that sort of power and alloy can do in the hands of a novice? If he’s really serious about this, I’d start him out on a SINGLE-BODY TITANIUM before he works up to the hardcore nostril stretchers. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/25 "2014-07-19T23:55:13Z")
Heck, get yourself a speculum and call it a day. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/26 "2014-07-20T00:02:40Z")
Better try them out for size in your ass first. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/27 "2014-07-20T00:55:53Z")
Aw geez, I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time! I love you guys! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/28 "2014-07-20T00:58:18Z")
> [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#): > > Aw geez, I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time! I love you guys! 😃 Given your username I can’t believe you passed up the opportunity to suggest pickles instead of marker caps. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/29 "2014-07-20T00:58:20Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > He’s a rapper. I figured as much. Well, I live in Arizona so I don’t have a lawn to chase people off, so, get off my sand! ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/30 "2014-07-20T00:59:05Z")
> [@TogoFan](#): > > I am 22 years old. You sound like you are half that!!! ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/31 "2014-07-20T01:06:37Z")
> [@TogoFan](#): > > I found that the other end of the sharpie accent pens have a much smaller in depth cap that pops out and fits in my nostrils very well and is pretty comfortable. They are a bit over 1/2 inch. I’ve also heard that using safety pins to attach 10-lb weights to the end of your penis for 30 days will dramatically increase the size of your junk. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/32 "2014-07-20T01:28:21Z")
Moved from General Questions to IMHO. **samclem** moderator ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/33 "2014-07-20T01:36:18Z")
If [these guys](http://forums.bodyartforms.com/showthread.php?67931-Is-it-possible-to-stretch-the-nostril-holes-I-breathe-out-of-And-if-so-how) think it’s not possible without surgery, then it’s probably not possible without surgery. But I suspect using [tunnels](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesh_tunnel)would be a better choice than marker caps, if you’re truly committed to the idea. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/34 "2014-07-20T01:57:05Z")
OP, have you split your septum yet or are you still just dickin around? ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/35 "2014-07-20T02:10:08Z")
I don’t know, kid. I’m an old, fat, black guy. I already look too much like Rick Ross. How about you try to look more like you? If you don’t like you, no one else is going to like you either. Remember, M & M (he’s an old, skinny white guy) didn’t try to be anybody but himself. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/36 "2014-07-20T03:15:08Z")
There are plenty of better, more reliable sources than this forum. > **[Stretching (body piercing)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretching_%28body_piercing%29)** > > Stretching, in the context of body piercing, is the deliberate expansion of a healed piercing for the purpose of wearing certain types of jewelry. Ear piercings are the most commonly stretched piercings, with nasal septum piercings, tongue piercings and lip piercings/lip plates following close behind. While all piercings can be stretched to some degree, cartilage piercings are usually more difficult to stretch and more likely to form hypertrophic scars if stretched quickly. Dermal punching Stret... ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/37 "2014-07-20T03:29:38Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > You need a plastic surgeon, not sharpies stuck up your nose. Good grief. A plastic surgeon stuck up his nose! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/38 "2014-07-20T04:59:06Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Huh. > A 22 year old white kid who wants to look like a black “gangsta” rapper. > How…original… Careful before someone busts a cap in your nose. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/39 "2014-07-20T05:03:08Z")
If you’re a white kid with a typically caucasian nose, bigger nostrils won’t give you a nice nose like Rick Ross’s. Bigger nostrils will just give you a white-person nose with big giant flappy nostrils. If you want a nose that actually looks good with bigger nostrils, see a plastic surgeon. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557/40 "2014-07-20T05:08:57Z")
Just go find Michael Jackson’s former plastic surgeon, and tell him, “Whatever you did to Michael… I want the opposite.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-stretching-my-nostril-openings-with-sharpie-accent-caps-work-well/693557.md?page=3)