Heavy redness, swelling, distension, pain, warm to the touch, discharge of green puss and blood.
If you want to wear a regular navel ring in your inverse piercing, turn the navel ring upside-down, so that the larger gem is in the navel, and the smaller gem is below.
take the navel ring out immediately
it is a plastic piece you put in to retain your navel piercing
Nope.
My navel ring is pink and studded with diamonds. So not cool to say, but that's a sentence for you.
It sounds like you have an infection.
An infection with no apparent signs and symptoms would be an asymptomatic infection.
no its an infection dummy
Every person is different. A month is not long at all, and especially since it's a navel piercing, it will start to knit shut immediately. You could probably still get the jewelry in (after an hour or a few hours), but you'd be causing damage and asking for an infection.
With tweezers or something that can grip the piercing.
Well it looks like a navel piercing with a navel gem barbell or a captive bead ring in it.
Irregular cleaning cycle if it smells at all or possible infection.