Is 6 weeks long enough to change your belly ring?

Answer 1

No doubt your professional body piercer covered what you can and cant do with your new piercing. Changing the jewellery too soon was one of the points. So I will explain this to you again so you understand why we want you to leave it alone. Navel piercing is a piercing done through the surface tissue above the navel, this tissue has very little blood circulation on it's own (skin doesn't need a lot of circulation to stay health). Piercing this tissue invokes a reaction in the body to the trauma of being cut or pierced. The surrounding tissue *hardens (* feels like a little lump around the piercing entry and exit points) as a guarding maneuver to protect the other tissue. Light redness at the top point of the piercing is due to normal clothing irritation and will pass as the healing progresses. The jewellery used for the piercing (bent barbell, navel gem or captive bead ring) is made from biocompatible material (* materials tested to be acceptable for use in the body and will not cause an adverse reaction) and designed to allow the body to heal the piercing without causing excessive irritation. The body will generate lymphatic matter (* whitish yellow matter) as it start to heal the piercing, this discharge will ease off as the piercing starts to heal and toughen up or as we say "season". Healing times vary from person to person but ultimately no piercing is considered truly "seasoned" until it's a year old. Jewellery changing causes undue stress to a new piercing, in some cases actually damaging the fine new tissue the body is trying to form. This is why we tell you to wait 3 to 6 months for the piercing to heal enough where it can handle the stresses of being changed. As I noted before the navel takes a long time to heal and a week just doesn't cover it. You need to know that not all body jewellery is the same, almost every mall store selling body jewellery is selling garbage material from Asia. Made from substandard materials this can cause allergic reactions, infections and serious complications can result from putting the junk in a good piercing.

Answer 2

Sure, if you want to have trouble with it go ahead. Chances are really good that you have some little bobble jewellery thingy that you really like and you want to wear it before the piercing is healed properly. Look at it this way if your navel is healing fine and there isn't any problems,"leave it alone", wait until you have passed the 3 month marker before you go hanging anything that may be of lesser quality than the material you were pierced with. Navel piercings are some of the longest healing period piercings next to ear cartilage. Seriously if you have no trouble with the piercing leave it alone, if you want to change it sooner see your piercer first and have them tell you if you can or not.

Answer 3

No. Navel rings take a year to heal because the navel is in one of your body's hinge points, and the tissue around the jewelry is always in motion.