Belly Button Piercing

Re: Belly Button Piercing

Stella Skelton RVN — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:48:51 GMT

Just a little bit -

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Vicky RVN — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:28:13 GMT

[quote user="Stella Skelton"] nipple ring [/quote]

Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww that must have hurt

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Stella Skelton RVN — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:25:39 GMT

In my case - my body rejects piercings - it pushed out my navel and nipple ring after becoming really sore. However, i do have a piercing at the top of my ear that is 11 years old and it still gets iffy - i autoclave my jewellery to really clean it and use spirit to clean the skin. good luck!! x

Re: Belly Button Piercing

chanel clydesdale — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:05:55 GMT

I have had belly piercing for 7years and for about the first year i cleaned it 3 times daily with sterile saline which seemed to do the trick. I also used to use the spray savlon on it daily. I tore it half out after about three whilst on a ride at alton towers so had to start the whole process again with dilute hydrogen peroxide but after that it hasnt been a problem since. The only time it gets a little sore is if my green work trousers rub on it at all.

Re: Belly Button Piercing

Royalsuper_fairy — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:52:10 GMT

Any piercing in the cartilage can take up to a year to begin to heal. I use dilute hibi to clean mine, and occasionally take them out to give them a good clean and as others have said put them back in wet to help to clean the actual wound!

Re: Belly Button Piercing

PHA86 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:57:45 GMT

I didn't really have any problems when I had my navel done, but my tragus took a while. I found not messing about with it too much helped best!

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Nicola Smith — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:41:21 GMT

Mine went very manky and doc wanted to take it out. I got an irrigating cannula - like you use for rabbit tear ducts, to flush the hole through. Can't rememebre what I used to flush though as such a long time ago!!

Re: Belly Button Piercing

Dippy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:58:04 GMT

When I left it alone it went septic! Mine is better having a good clean. When I say gummed up, I don't mean infected, I just mean that the hole still tries to heal itself. When I had a gynae op a couple of years ago and had to leave it out of the hole for a few days, it had almost healed up completely - took a bit of brute force to get the damn thing back in!

Re: Belly Button Piercing

emmRAR — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:33:27 GMT

[quote user="Dippy"]

Sounds really gross but I agree with previous comment about cleaning and getting the liquid (I used salt water as many times a day as practical when mine went yucky early on) inside the holes. If you wear a bar rather than a hoop, it's not as easy to keep it clean as no air gets inside the "wound" bit so you need to try and squirt it inside from the top with a small syringe and let it trickle through. Failing this, once it's healed, take the bar out every couple of days and wash that well with peroxide or salt water and leave wet when putting back in so it cleans the inside of the hole, if that makes sense. if you wear a hoop, turn it round through the wound and clean the whole thing as you go which will naturally get the liquid inside the hole. I still do mine every so often even now, 7yrs on as it doesn't take much for it to get gummed up, being hiddne under clothes. Also, avoid belts/clothing which sits right over it when you sit down as that also aggravates it (if you wear the standard sexy green high waisted trousers at work, leave the button undone and fold the top over if you don't already!)

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Ouch... no wonder it still gets gummed up after 7 years...

Of all the 40-odd piercings I've had, the ones that did best are the ones that were left alone, I hardly even bothered cleaning them at all. The ones that went bad were the ones that I cleaned and faffed about with a lot... Seriously, left alone, they do much better.

Re: Belly Button Piercing

Doolally — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:41:56 GMT

i'd try a titanium bar like others have said - i got mine done about 11 years ago and it never seemed to heal completely it was always a bit sore, it was worse with gold bars rather than stainless steel but would still sometimes be sore with stainless steel, i didnt want to take it out though. About a year ago i got a titanium bar - and ta daaaahhh - i dont have any problems at all now, about blimmin time!

Re: Belly Button Piercing

dinkyd — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:14:00 GMT

Surgical spirit-OUCH!lol you must be brave heehee.Mine took ages to heal too must have been at least a year and then eventually settled down on its own.

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Dippy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:29:39 GMT

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Kerry Spain — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:29:06 GMT

sorry forgot to say obviously the spirit stings like a biiiatch but just grit your teeth and bear it. I used to fill up a bottle cap or a shot glass and swish it around (just be careful it doesn't drip down below!! It KILLS!!!)

Re: Belly Button Piercing

Kerry Spain — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:25:23 GMT

[quote user="Susannah Mackenzie"]

This is a rather random question but here goes ...

I had my belly button pierced over a year ago, but it hasnt healed well at all, it bleeds a bit and is scabby and just generally infected!! I dont want to take it out as it hurt so much getting it done, what is the best way to clear the infection???

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I'm no stranger to body piercing, I think the best thing to use is salt water and surgical spirit. I've found mine sometimes gets a bit sore round the 'time of the month'

Re: Belly Button Piercing

Susannah Carrigan SVN — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:19:03 GMT

Hehe yeah she's a cutie

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:49:24 GMT

Nothing to do with peircings...... But Susannah that dog in your pic is waaaaaaay to cute!

Re: Belly Button Piercing

Susannah Carrigan SVN — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:08:20 GMT

What about salt water in a shot glass? Would that help?

Re: Belly Button Piercing

emmRAR — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:13:59 GMT

Definitely put in a titanium bar to start with, and then leave it completely alone. In my experience lots of cleaning can aggrivate it more, it will be cleaned anyway when you have showers so anything extra isn't really necessary. I've had three bellybutton piercings and they behave much better when left alone. And try really hard not to catch it!

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Susannah Carrigan SVN — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:22:42 GMT

Thanks for all your help guys! Ill definately try some of these!!!

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Fiona Leathers — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:33:04 GMT

bleurgh!!!! to any body piercings that are not ears!!!

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Vikki Moran — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:29:10 GMT

Allergy is probably most likely, i had my tragus pierced (the little bit of skin between ur face and ur ear) got it pierced 3 times and all three times kept getting infected and wouldnt heal, so asked the piercer what she thought it was, she said probably an allergy to the metals in the bar type jewellery, i had tried plastic bars and everything but in the in the piercing just wouldnt take to that part of my ear. My helix is pierced 4 times and had no trouble with any of them but my lobe piercing i can only wear earrings in them for about 2 hours before they swellin and itch like hell! so it seems every bit of skin is different!!

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Sally Howe — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:54:30 GMT

Ouch, making my eyes water just thinking about it

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A Little TLC — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:58:32 GMT

I put salt water in an egg cup, hold it over and wiggle!!! lol!!

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christinam — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:17:09 GMT

When I originally got mine done many, many years ago, I cleaned it daily with tea tree oil. Healed really well and quickly.

Oddly it became infected about 10 -12 years later, had a massive infection, and had to cut the ring out using tubeze and emla cream to numb first and then the wire cutters from work!

Think it was because my cat had a wire/ jewellery obsession and used to try and bite the ring!!

Re: Belly Button Piercing

littlehays — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:12:29 GMT

hmmm, i used to soak a cotton ear bud in dettol antiseptic spray and wipe this over the bar, then move the bar up and down so the solution got into the piercing if that makes sense?! (obviously with clean hands) i found that if i soaked it too much it seemed to get all clogged up and sore.