How do I know when my belly button piercing is healed?

How do I know when my belly button piercing is healed?

Pain and swelling right after a piercing are common. It is important to monitor how symptoms change. If symptoms, such as pain, steadily improve, the piercing is probably healing normally. If a person suddenly experiences new symptoms, especially after a period of few or no symptoms, this can signal an infection.

How do you take care of a new belly button piercing?

Cleaning Your Belly Button Piercing Before you get home (perhaps even before you get the piercing) make sure you have a cleaning solution available. You need to clean your piercing once or twice a day to prevent infection. Sterile saline in a spray can is the most recommended practice. It’s simple and affordable.

Can I change my belly ring after 6 weeks?

Most piercers recommend waiting at least three months before changing your belly ring for the first time. However, it can take much longer, depending on your skin type, aftercare, and hygiene. Changing jewelry will be quick and painless if you give the skin time to recover.

Should I twist my belly button piercing?

In the past, piercers used to tell people to turn their jewelry a couple of times a day to loosen up crusties, but that’s no longer considered a healthy practice. Moving your jewelry around to break up the crusties can invite bacteria into the healing fistula, which can lead to an infected navel piercing.

What does an infected navel piercing look like?

Signs of infection include: severe swelling with pain and redness. yellow, green, gray, or brown discharge that has an odor. red lines that radiate from the piercing site.

Why is my piercing hole black?

The cause of a gray or black piercing hole is usually jewelry made with improper or inferior metals that turn your skin black, gray, bluish-gray, or grayish-black in color. “Argyria” is the proper term for this condition caused by exposure to silver or silver compounds.

What does an infected belly button piercing look like?

Should I take out my belly button ring when pregnant?

Not only should you remove a recent belly button piercing after getting pregnant, you should hold off on getting any type of piercings during pregnancy. Pregnancy can weaken your immune system, putting you at risk of infection. So avoid puncturing any part of your body at this time.

How do you shower with a belly piercing?

Allow warm water to run over your piercing when you shower (but don’t scrub your navel piercing with soap; letting sudsy water run over the piercing is fine). During the day, you can spritz or rinse your navel piercing regularly with a saline wash, like Recovery Saline Solution.

How often should I soak my belly button piercing?

How to clean your belly button

1. Apply a small amount of soap on the new piercing and the area for about 30 seconds. Thoroughly rinse afterward.
2. Use a sterile saline solution to soak the area for 5 to 10 minutes daily.
3. Use disposable, soft paper products to pat dry.