For the purpose of this post I am refering to piercings on the side of the nose.  The small girly ones, and not the aptly named “bull rings” in the middle of the nose.  Those only look good on about 5 people in the world and my piercer once told me it’s the most painful piercing you can get (and this guy had a prince albert) so you may as well skip that one in my book.  Nose piercings, like all facial piercings, are very annoying at their essence because they are a facial piercing.  This one is more or less annoying dependent on a few variables. 

One thing to take into account is, how big is your nose? In general I think the bigger your nose is, the bigger the annoyance is.  I have a very large nose and this posed a big problem for me…I ran into a lot of things with it.  Again, the kissing issue comes into play with this one as well. 

But that is coupled with the jewelry issue.  I, again, am partial to spikes.  They just look so damn cool.  Again, this will probably impail the person you might want to kiss.  Also it may get caught in their nose.  Which leads my to the next thing to take into account…

 Placement.  Depending on where on the side of the nose it is pierced can either make the problem of getting in the way much better or much worse. 

I had mine done by a crazy rasta guy at a music festival (which is not to say that all rasta guys are crazy…but this one was).  Obviously that was my first mistake.  It was also a mistake to have it done with a plastic piercing gun.  I don’t believe I’ve mentioned it yet, but those things harbor germs and is generally not a good idea to get anything pierced with them.  (Those are the things commonly used in the mall, never get anything done with them for cleanliness alone…but they also crack your cartiledge and promote infection by not removing any skin, simply pushing it to the side.)  I would hope those of you smart enough to read this article would also be smart enough to get it done by a reputable professional (Bob’s Beer and Tattoos is not a reputable shop…do your research).  Having it done with the gun also left me with a sharp needle poking the inside of my nose…not good.  I should mention I only had the crazy guy do it because he didn’t ID and I was underage.  I know it sucks to be underage, but really don’t do it.  I’m lucky not to have hepatitis (one form of which will cause your liver to deterorate and is not curable). 

All in all I’d say it’s a fun piercing, just make sure you get it placed correctly and steer clear large jewelry if you do a lot of kissing.  ^_^  Also it’s the most acceptable facial piercing as far as corporations go, so getting a job isn’t terrible.