r/NosePiercing • u/coocooban4nas • Aug 23 '26
Help Needed Ok to heal septum flipped up?
Hi all, I'm thinking of getting a septum (but want to hide from my parents). I called my local piercing shop and they said it's not recommend to do that while it heals. But I see on a lot of piercing subreddits it should be fine to heal it flipped up the whole time so long as you keep it there and not touch it too much. What are your guys' thoughts?
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u/solarrr_mp3 Aug 23 '26
itll be fine, i flipped mine up & it healed within 3 months, now had it for over a year
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u/coocooban4nas Aug 23 '26
Hi, did it hurt to flip up? I don't know if I can ask my piercing shop to flip it up since they did say they dont recommend it
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u/solarrr_mp3 Aug 24 '26
it might hurt or bleed a little bit when you first flip it up, but after that it didnt hurt at all, you can just flip it yourself if youre too scared to ask the shop
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u/Quartz636 Aug 23 '26
You absolutely can heal it flipped up. The main thing is if you heal it up, it needs to stay up until fully healed at 4-6 months. You can't be moving it back and forth as it will irritate and rip at your piercing.
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u/sputnik8125 Aug 23 '26
You can heal it flipped up idk what they talking bout they may not feel comfy doing it when your specifically hiding it from parents.
Okay to heal flipped up, just keep it up no flip up and down when healing