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Mexican TikToker Urges Caution After Surgery for Nose Ring

4/10/2026

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Monica Deyanira Cabrera Barajas, a TikTok creator in Mexico, said her chronic cough came from a nose ring lodged in her lungs.
After a month, she sought medical help and underwent a complex surgery to remove the ring near her aorta.
Cabrera later needed a second surgery and feared for her life.
She now urges against septum piercings, saying she wouldn't get one again because of the terror she experienced.

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Monica Deyanira Cabrera Barajas, a TikTok creator in Mexico, said her chronic cough came from a nose ring lodged in her lungs.
After a month, she sought medical help and underwent a complex surgery to remove the ring near her aorta.
Cabrera later needed a second surgery and feared for her life.
She now urges against septum piercings, saying she wouldn't get one again because of the terror she experienced.