do septum piercings hurt?

Actually, if you have the other piercings, you should be fine! The most important thing is to have a piercer that knows what they are doing... they will hit the area that is called the "sweet spot". I am sure you know allll about keeping it clean, not playing with it, etc...

Here is a bit more info I found:

Everyone has a "sweet spot," where the skin is soft and flexible and the piercing will be easiest to take and to heal. When the piercing is done in this spot, pain should be minimal and healing should be an easy 6 - 8 weeks.

The procedure varies with piercer. It is usually done lying down, with the piercer leaning over your head, although some piercers will leave you sitting up. Many piercers will simply clean the area and have you stretch your nose down to feel the sweet spot. They will then use a hollow receiving tube to put pressure against one side of the septum, and line up the needle on the other side. As you exhale, the needle will pierce your septum and go into the receiving tube. Jewelry is inserted on the back of the needle, and the piercing checked for perfection. Some piercers will use a specially designed septum clamp to hold the septum steady as they pierce. Other piercers have other tricks to ensure a straight piercing.

The exact method does not matter as much as the result. The piercing should appear straight and even to the face. It should not be through either the hard cartilage above the sweet spot, or through the thicker skin below. It also should not be back against the face, but rather closer to the tip of the nose, so it hangs at the front end of your nostrils.

Septum piercings are easy to clean--twice a day with either antibacterial soap or EarCare--but it is essential that you do so. For one thing, a dirty septum piercing will smell as the dead skin cells inside build up, and you will be in a perfect position to smell it all. Also, while infections here are very rare, they can be quite serious, requiring prompt medical attention. So avoid them at all costs with some simple daily hygiene. Keep dirty hands off the piercing! You don't need to play with it or turn it through all day. If you need to center the jewelry, do so by grabbing the ball, rather than the actual ring. And cut down on smoking! Just think how much tar and nasty smoke residue is going into your piercing from each inhale and exhale, let alone each cigarette.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Septums actually hurt me the worst, I'm used to getting piercings and I have a high pain tolerance. But I went to pierce mine and halfway through I HAD to quit. It hurt too bad.

I'm 15, and I tried that when I was 14. So I'd have her wait a couple years, cause by then she might not even want it anymore, and that would save pain, time and money!

Um mine didn't hurt too bad. But I got my tongue pierced long before I got my septum pierced and that was painful far far far more than my septum. It bled for a couple minutes after I got it pierced and my eyes started watering pretty bad but after that it wasn't too bad. It bled a couple times later in the day but it wasn't too bad at all. Piercings are a lot of work so I hope shes ready to take care of it and not neglect it. Ask your piercer lots of care questions before or after. And you might want to take some Tylenol in your purse just in case she starts to complain about pain.

It's a painful piercing, yes. I have mine pierced. I've had my navel (retired), tongue, monroe, nostril (retired) and my eyebrow done. The septum was the most painful. The healing process isn't awful or unbearable, but it will be tender and somewhat sore, especially if the "crusties" make their way into the piercing. The piercing itself does hurt and her eyes will water, but it's done quickly.

there is just as likely of a chace that it will hurt as there is that it won't.

it depends on how the cartilage of the septum is formed in her nose.

should a septum piercing hurt? no, not if it is done in the right place (the fleshy part between cartilage in the nose) however, this is where pain depends on anatomy.

because of the amount of nerves in the area, the only guarantee is that her eyes will water

mine did not hurt

piercings hurt period

i don't have one, but they look like they do. :O