When Your Nose Stud Is Stuck In Your Nose

Unfortunately, nose studs are known for this sort of thing, particularly with newer piercings. Because switching the jewelry piece requires "popping" it in and out of the piercing hole, the delicate skin in and around a newer piercing has a tendency to become irritated or even damaged in the process. The area is also more likely to be tender in the first several months (or longer, depending on your body and how you care for the piercing), making it painful to switch the jewelry.

How to get it out: Take a warm shower, soak the piercing site in the water, and try to pull the stud free then. You may wish to plug the drain to assure you don't lose the jewelry down it and have your new piece clean and ready to put in as soon as you get your current stud out. It will hurt a bit and may make your eyes water but you should be able to get it out. Be sure to clean the entire piercing site after the switch as well.

If the jewelry still will NOT come out, you'll want to visit your piercer to have him/her remove it for you.

One last option is that you can have the jewelry professionally cut from your nose using metal cutters. I do NOT recommend trying this yourself as you don't want to risk cutting or damaging your nose but use it as a last resort if you find a piercer or professional who can help you with it and nothing else will work.