Ukubhoboza impumulo ukubhobozwa kwesikhumba noma i-cartilage eyakha noma iyiphi ingxenye yempumulo, imvamisa ngenhloso yokugqoka ubucwebe, obubizwa ngokuthi i-nose-jewelry. Kwezinhlobonhlobo ezihlukene zokubhoboza impumulo, ukubhoboza impumulo yikhona okuvame kakhulu. Ukubhoboza impumulo kunguhlobo lwesithathu oluvame kakhulu lokubhobozwa ngemuva kokubhobozwa kwe-earlobe nokubhoboza izilimi. [Kucashunwa edingekayo] Ukubhoboza uNostril kuwumkhuba wokubhoboza umzimba ngenhloso yokugqoka ubucwebe, kufana nokubhoboza impumulo, okuyiwona ngokuyinhloko ohlotshaniswa kakhulu namasiko nemfashini yamaNdiya kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, futhi kutholakala kakhulu eNdiya, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, futhi kulo lonke elaseNingizimu ngisho naseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Ukubhobozwa kukaNostril kubuye kube yingxenye yesiko lendabuko lase-Australia lase-Australia namasiko ama-Ilocano, isizwe ePhilippines. Ngokuvela, ukuvezwa, kanye nokusakazeka kwemfashini namasiko amaNdiya, ukubhoboza okungenamsoco emashumini eminyaka amuva nje sekuthandwa kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele, njengoba kunezinye izindlela zokubhoboza umzimba, ngemuva kwezinkomba namasiko wentsha alandelayo 'ngeminyaka yama-80s' nama-90s okwamukele lokhu uhlobo lokubhoboza. Namuhla, ukubhoboza kwempumulo kudumile emhlabeni obanzi kufaka phakathi iNingizimu Melika, i-United States of America, iCanada, iCaribbean, i-Australia, i-Afrika, iJapan kanye ne-Europe, kanti ukubhoboza kwenziwa ngakwesokunxele noma kwesokunxele.