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Don't use Bactine. It just irritates the piercing. Use natural sea salt mixed into a shot glass of warm water to soak your piercing. Just use a pinch of salt. Do it for about 5 mins 2-3 times a day. You can use soap but make sure that it's really gentle and dont use it more than 2-3 times a week or it'll dry out the piercing and surrounding skin. Antimicrobial is much better than antibacterial for piercings.
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What do you do if belly button piercing get infected?
Go to your doctor.
How do you treat a infected belly button?
Wash the piercing with antibacterial liquid soap diluted and lathered up with water and rinse it under running water daily in the shower. If you have serious concerns see your professional body piercer for assistance or your family doctor.
Is it normal for the top of a belly button piercing to be black?
Not usually. It could either be infected or its just the belly button ring you are using.
What are the chances of dying from a infected belly button piercing?
There are no specific odds of getting your belly button piercing infected. The odds of getting your belly button piercing infected go way down if you wait until the piercing is healed before you go swimming. It is important it does get infected that you see medical treatment immediately.
What is some basic information about belly button piercing?
A belly button piercing can be a lot of fun, but it must be kept absolutely clean. It is a piercing that is easily infected, and when it does get infected, it's pretty bad. After getting pierced, clean the area twice a day (as well as after the shower, after swimming in the beach, etc). Also know that after the belly button ring is removed, there will be a small scar that can stretch (permanently) during pregnancy.
Your belly button is infected on the inside what can you use to get rid of infection?
Well you need to wash the piercing daily, this is what has caused your infection in the first place. Poor aftercare will lead to infections with any piercing. All piercings even healed piercings need to be washed daily when showering to ensure good piercing health. Diluted unscented liquid antibacterial soap lathered up and applied to the piercing and worked into the piercing by moving the jewellery, follow this by rinsing the piercing under warm running water (in the shower) daily will resolve 90% of piercing related infections.
What hapens if your belly button pirsed if it get infected?
Well that's what the aftercare instructions are intended to prevent, if you fail to maintain the piercing it will become infected and become sore, red and discharge green puss and be warm to the touch. Cleaning the piercing daily in the shower with diluted antibacterial soap and lots of warm running water will quickly resolve an infected piercing without the need for oral antibiotics and medical intervention. But you need to clean the piercing daily, that's every day without fail. If the infection is not treated by cleaning the piercing, the infection can go septic and become life threatening. So get it, clean it and stay on top of your piercing. Another thing that is a big problem is touching the piercing after it's been cleaned with dirty hands, once it's cleaned leave it alone and keep your dirty hands off it.
What do you do about a belly button ring infecton?
uhhh seriously? go to the doctor an infection is serious! that's why im extra careful with my lip piercing because i don't wanna end up in the hospital...my moms friends belly button piercing got infected from whereing sweaters i guess the thread stuff from the sweater kept getting in her piercing and eventually got it infected he belly button looked like a big huge lump n was nasty
Can you use neosporin for your belly button ring?
You really don't have too. If its infected and your doctor tells you to use an antibacerial cream, then you should. But otherwise, it'll heal just fine without it. Also, if you do have to use it in the case of infection, use the cream, not the ointment. The ointment is super thick so it essentially suffocates the piercing and it collects dirt/dust. The cream rubs in so its suitable for a piercing :) **The best thing to do for your piercing is a good saline soak (AKA, salt water). If your piercing is giving you difficulty, then you should soak it for 5-10 minutes in a hot salt water solution. Even better than salt water though is emu oil. It's basically the miracle "ointment" for body piercings. Though neosporin does have a history of being used on body piercings, I advise against it. It can cause even more irritation in your piercing.
Is it normal to have the site of your belly button piercing get infected years after removing the piercing?
Yes it isn't uncommon. The piercing may not have jewellery in it however dirt, bacteria and other nasty things can still enter the old piercing site and cause it to abscess Navel piercing sites need to be cleaned regardless of there being jewellery in the piercing or not.
If your belly button piercing is infected for quite a while is there any way to fix it without permanently removing it?
If your navel piercing has been infected for quite a while you should have seen a doctor by now. The real question is this, is you nave piercing really infected or is it a hypertrophic reaction? Both infections and reactions can be fixed without removing the jewellery, the methods for fixing both problems are different. Message me directly on this board for further help.
Can you use hand sanitizer or other common household item to clean your belly button piercing?
No You should be using mild liquid antibacterial soap (SoftSoap Aquarium) and washing the piercing daily in the shower. Hand sanitizers and other products can damage the tissue your body is trying to form. They are not to be used on any piercing.
