First my ear lobes, then my nostrils – like a magnetic piercing. "The problem was when I put magnets in my other nostril. They all pinched together, and the ones on my septum got stuck!" ...
Turns out, I had a deviated septum, which meant that the airflow through my nose was obstructed on one side. These are fairly common and can be congenital or caused by a traumatic face injury ...