Healing belly button piercing
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Wow there has been so much response to this topic, and a lot of good advice! :) I know I'm not supposed to change the jewelry when it's not healed yet, but I did change my jewelry to a small quartz retainer while I had to be around/in an MRI for a research study. I have since left in in and noticed that catching on things, bumping it, or getting tugged has decreased dramatically. So I just decided to leave it in and let it heal with the retainer for a while. That plus warm salt soaks with a shot glass is making it already look better a few days later! 🙂 The good news is, while it was crusty and bleeding (thanks to Runemist I will no longer be moving it around to see how it's doing...oops 😕), my belly button never got swollen, red, hot, or painful to touch, and so far it doesn't look like it's migrating or rejecting (but now I'm a little paranoid though! haha)
Annieloo! How do you do the warm salt soaks? I've heard it works great but i also heard that if you put too much salt in the water it can actually harm the piercing even more. Can you tell me your measurments, please? :)
Nicolette, the measurements the piercer gave me were 1/4 teaspoon of noniodized sea salt with warm (but not uncomfortably hot!) water with 1/2 cup of water. I cut it in half and estimated about 1/8 teaspoon with 1/4 cup of water so I could pour it into a shot glass :)
mine took about a year and I believe I did the salt soaks for at least 7 or 8 months. I did them twice a day for the first few months and I didnt go in pools/lakes/oceans til about 8 months
Another thing, make sure you keep top of the line metal in the piercing. I found a cool BB ring at the dollar store, put it in, and a few months later my body rejected it and my BB is now full of scar tissue and I can not get it redone.
It took about 3-4 months for mine to completely heal. DEFINITELY don't change the belly ring out until your are fully healed and when you do be quick about it because just a few hours with the belly ring out and it will start to close up that quick. Just keep following the after care instructions that your piercer gave you and it will heal just fine. I've had my belly ring about 6 years and still have to be careful what BB rings I buy. If you have sensitive skin (I do) make sure that the BB rings you buy are 100% surgical steel. I've had allegic reactions(hole gets infected, starts to scar and will start to close up) with any belly ring that is just plated with surgical steel or not a hypoallegenic material/metal. I had to have my belly button repierced once( it got super infected & closed up) because of using cheap belly rings and I won't make that mistake again. The piercer said if it happens again, I won't be able to get it repierced because i have scar tissue in that area now. As far as my pole dancing with it, it hasn't been an issue at all and even when I first got it, snagging wasnt an issue either. I love my belly ring :)
I had my belly button pierced twice and both times it grew out. My body just slowly rejected it. No redness or infection the skin just got thinner and thinner. Took about a year. I was really bummed about it. One of my daughter's did the same thing after 3 times. My ears are double pierced since I was 12 and no problems at all. I may try one more time. : )
Rejection is always a possibility. Some people are more prone to this than others. Definitely keep it clean, and don't move it around or tug on it too much - just a little right after you soak/clean it to make sure the healing tissue isn't adhering to the bar. Also, ALWAYS use high quality metals. SURGICAL stainless steel, titanium or gold. If you want to wear a cheap one that you don't know the metal, take it out at the end of the day, clean the piercing, and put your good one back in. Some people have reactions to different metals - I would suggest starting with a gold banana bar and experimenting from there with either titanium or surgical stainless steel. Gold is the least reactive, and most people can tolerate gold when their body will not tolerate other metals. Glad to hear your piercing is starting to do better, and I hope this helps!
Domzie ·
Im 13 nearly 14 and have mine done, you can change the bar after 8 weeks (thats what I did) just make sure youre not alergic to the metal, do salt and water soaks buy surgical spirit and also what I to is take my belly bar out heat it up soak it in surgical spirit, dry it, put it in some cream (prefrrably. The one you got given when you got it pierced) Ive had mine done for bout 5 months now, it looks healed but it's now, and also the peircer told me if it hurts just put an ice pack on it:3 Hope Ive helped.
Domzie ·
Im 13 nearly 14 and have mine done, you can change the bar after 8 weeks (thats what I did) just make sure youre not alergic to the metal, do salt and water soaks buy surgical spirit and also what I to is take my belly bar out heat it up soak it in surgical spirit, dry it, put it in some cream (prefrrably. The one you got given when you got it pierced) Ive had mine done for bout 5 months now, it looks healed but it's now, and also the peircer told me if it hurts just put an ice pack on it:3 Hope Ive helped.
Ive had mine done 3 times. First time it got infected and nevery really healed well, so i took it out and let it close. I did it again a year or 2 after that, but the little ball came off and the barbell fell out,i didnt notice until it was already healed. Had it done again in 09, and have had no issues with it since. I usually change the loop to a barbell after it stops hurting, i just like the barbells better than the loop they pierce it with, seems to heal faster for me and get less infected.
hi there i was wondering how long it will take to heal like i got my bellybutton done ages ago its still red and sore
