How to make my nose piercing stop smelling

Piercings and tattoos… These are two things that once you have one you want more… a bit like a chocolate bar, or sushi. It’s addictive. However, these are also two things that need a lot of care when you have them. 

Tattoosand piercings alike puncture your skin, which opens up the area to bacteria, dirt, and all sorts. So, keeping things clean is imperative. Tattoosare a little easier, the skin is broken, but it heals pretty quickly, a couple of weeks and you’re good. 

Piercings are another thing. Since it goes right through the skin, these usually take a bit longer to heal, and since they go through flesh too, sometimes muscle or cartilage, they can take months in some cases. 

So, when you notice, crust, discoloration, or smell, you are right to worry. Keeping an eye open for infection is a big part of having a piercing. But, what do you do if you have a nose piercing and it starts to smell?

How Do I Stop My Nose Ring From Smelling?

Having bad smells in your nose is never pleasant, but when it is coming from something that is inside your nose anyway, it is worse. So, how do you stop it?

You need to wet the area, get some antibacterial product, or even some warm salt water to rub on it. Saltwater is great for killing bacteria and preventing infections. But, you can get some cleaning products that will help. 

Your nose piercing might smell bad because of sebum, which is the oily secretion that comes from your skin to lubricate it. This plus dead skin equals smelly piercings, so it is important to keep them clean. 

Why Does My Nose Piercing Smell After 2 Years

Piercings can get funky for a whole manner of reasons. Our go-to is usually infections, simply because we are so wary of the area getting infected since it is broken skin after all. However, it is not always an infection. 

We do not understand our bodies as well as we should. 

One reason your piercing may be a bit too potent in your nostrils is that it just is not getting enough oxygen. Metal, acrylic, and silicone are not porous, so when your body is trying to heal up around it, it starts to smell. 

Then our dead skin cells mix with that sebum from our skin and create quite the funk. 

Want to stop it? 

Just keep cleaning, just keep cleaning, just keep cleaning!

Do Piercing Smells Go Away?

If you are tired of your piercings being a bit smelly, do not worry too much. If you look after your piercings as you should, it can just be skin oils or a lack of oxygen. 

Piercing smells will go away with enough good cleaning and positive hygiene. 

If it comes with other things such as redness, soreness, or pus, see a doctor, or your piercer to analyze the situation and find out what is causing it. 

Why Does My Nose Piercing Smell Even After I Clean It?

Perhaps you are not cleaning enough, or with enough verve. 

Piercings often smell due to a rather gross mix of dead skin cells, bacteria, and oils. If the smells linger, make sure you are more thorough in your cleaning. If you do not use salt water in your routine, start doing so, it should give you cleans that extra oomph! 

Are Piercing Supposed To Smell?

Yes. As gross as it sounds. Our bodies naturally produce oils, and our skin dies and sheds naturally. It is just part of being human. It shouldn’t smell bad, but it will have some odor. 

If it smells foul, this is a warning sign. Keep the smell away with good cleaning and hygiene, and soon enough the smell will be unnoticeable.

Why Is My Piercing Hole Black

This will usually be due to the use of jewelry made with inferior or improper metals. It can turn your skin black, blue-gray, gray, or otherwise, this is technically a condition that is caused by being exposed to silver/ compounds of silver. 

Why Do Piercings Get Crusty?

The crust is just your body healing itself, it is a mix of dead blood cells, epithelial debris, and lymphatic fluids. It dries when exposed to air and is totally normal! 

Nose Piercing Smells But Not Infected

If your piercing smells but isn’t infected this is just the smell of dead tissue, sweat, and sebum. All piercings will get it, a good clean will help to reduce the smell. 

If your piercing hurts and it healed a long time ago, it could be caused by a few things: 

• It got caught on something. 
• Infection. 
• Nerve damage. 
• Allergy to the jewelry.
• Picking your nose. 
• Sleeping on it. 
• Fiddling with it. 

FAQs

Why Does My Nose Piercing Smell Like Cheese?

If your piercing smells a bit cheesy this is actually a mixture of dead skin, bacteria, and sebum. It is natural, and a good clean will do it well and help to reduce the smell. 

Why Does My Nose Piercing Smell Like Fish?

You may be experiencing a build-up of sebum and dead cells making bacteria thrive in this area. Give it a clean!

Why Does My Nose Piercing Smell Like Metal?

This is likely because your piercing is not receiving oxygen. Just after a piercing though you may just be smelling the iron in your blood.

Summary:

Proper hygiene practices for your piercing are really important. If you don’t want your nose piercing to smell, make sure you clean them regularly.
However, if you clean your piercings regularly and still experience smell and other side effects, it’s best to check in with your doctor.

I am the owner of Vegevega, and I am passionate about everything wellness and veganism. I have been in the wellness and veganism space for over 4 years now. It's my purpose to provide helpful guides to all my readers.

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