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Septum piercing
Coverage of Septum piercing in the Nexus archive.
- Woman discovers missing nose ring traveled to her lungs, causing month-long cough
Monica Deyanira Cabrera Barajas, a 26-year-old Mexican TikToker, discovered her missing nose ring had migrated to her lungs, causing a month-long cough. The jewelry was dangerously close to her aorta, requiring a complex medical procedure to remove after initial attempts failed.