2
Using the cotton swab, dip the swab in rubbing alcohol and swab several times both the inside and outside of the nostril you plan to have pierced.
3
Carefully open the sterile-packed 18 gauge surgical needle and coat it with anti-bacterial ointment, being careful not to contaminate it by allowing it to be exposed to anything else in the environment.
4
Open the cork container and set the cork on a clean towel.
5
Using your gloved predominant hand, position the piercing needle to the outer side of the fold in your nostril, where your nostril transitions to its connecting cheek tissue. Position it so that you can picture it exiting inside your nose in an angled, slightly downward and outward position.
6
Place the cork in the natural opening of your nostril. Take a deep breath and quickly push the needle on the first try through your nostril tissue and into the waiting cork.
7
There might be some bleeding, but it should be slight. Swab the inside and outside of your nostril with rubbing alcohol then apply a thick layer of anti-bacterial ointment to the outside and the inside of the piercing.