What does it mean when the hole of a nose piercing is pink?

-My nose piercing is almost 3 weeks old and my nose screw had came out. I tried my best to put it back in but I couldn't. So I had saw how pink the hole of my nose was. Right now I got nose bone ring in. Will the pink go away by the time its healed?



I clean my piercing with Claire's Ear antiseptic.It means your piercing is still healing! 3 weeks isn't enough for a cartilage piercing to totally heal, and since there is cartilage in your nose, a cartilage piercing is what you've got! You need to be patient and take care of it, and the pink will eventually go away.



And don't use that crap Claire's cleaning solution, it's not meant for noses and can do more harm then good. I suggest a cup of warm water with about 1/8th teaspoon of non-iodized sea salt (you should be able to get this in the drug store). Make a nice warm solution, and either dip your nose into it, or saturate a clean cotton ball and hold it on the piercing for about 5 or so minutes. It feels good, it won't sting and it will support the healing.
It could just be the color of the hole, or it could be irritated.



and use either pure sea salt to clean it, or use antibacterial soap. ear antiseptic has stuff like alcohol and peroxide which will kill the new cells that you need.
first of all, just use plain salt water to clean it. it works the best.



i've had my nose piercing for almost a year now, and its not pink at all, unless i change my nose ring. then it stays pink for about an hour after i change it. no big deal. if it starts to ooze, or gets really crusty, then that could be an infection and you should get it checked out, but otherwise its fine