You can change it earlier (from around 4 weeks would be the recommended minimum) as long as you keep following your aftercare routine and make sure that the new belly ring or bar is sterilised before you insert it into the piercing.
Beside this, what happens if you change your belly button piercing too early?
Hence, if you change your belly piercing too early, you may reactivate bleeding and cause infections and not find a solid channel for insertion. This will result in several frustrated attempts for you, causing you even more pain, and the piercing may even close consequentially.
Likewise, people ask, is it bad to re pierce your belly button?
Re–piercing on a fresh piercing can cause further issues and complications, which can be dangerous for the belly button area. In some cases, the piercing may heal within a few hours, but it’s best to allow your piercing to heal for a few months. Then, choose to re–pierce it once it heals.
How can I make my belly piercing heal faster?
A sea salt solution is a natural way to keep the piercing clean, help it heal, and reduce any swelling that may be causing an unsightly bump. A person can dissolve ? to ¼ of a teaspoon of sea salt in 1 cup of warm distilled or bottled water, rinse the piercing with the solution, then gently pat it dry.
Should I move my belly button piercing while cleaning?
After about two days clean it with anti bacterial soap and a salt water solution. DO NOT move it around or play with it, doing this irritates the piercing.
What can you not do after getting your bellybutton pierced?
You should never soap up a new belly piercing directly, because soap can dry out your skin and irritate a new piercing. It’s okay if sudsy water runs over your belly button piercing when you’re showering, but you should wash it exclusively with sea salt solution.
How long after a belly piercing can I change it?
three months
What happens if you change your piercing too soon?
If you change the jewelry too early it may open up the piercing to infections and may become very irritated or can even reject the piercing. This is why piercers recommend that you don’t remove it until it’s absolutely healed.
Can I change my belly ring after 2 weeks?
Wait for Piercing to Heal
The process of skin healing itself goes through different stages. After a couple of weeks, the piercing may look like everything is fine. … If the skin around the jewelry has the same color as the rest of the belly and there are no changes for the next two weeks, you can try to remove the ring.
Can you take out a belly button piercing before it’s healed?
Your Hole Will Shrink
This is why piercers emphasize not removing newly-pierced jewelry from the hole. If your piercing hasn’t healed and you want to remove it, chances are the hole will shrink and close without a problem, leaving minimal scarring.
How do I know my belly piercing is healed?
If your piercing is healed, the skin should be the same color as the rest of the skin on your stomach surrounding the piercing. Red or pink skin indicates that your belly button piercing is still healing or is experiencing irritation. Check your navel ring for dried crusts.
Does re piercing hurt more?
Many people say getting re–pierced is less painful than the first time. Remember fleshy areas such as the lobes are less painful than areas with thicker cartilage like the helix.
Do you have to have a flat stomach to get a belly button piercing?
As the other commenter said, it’s just about anatomy, you don’t need a flat stomach. Go and get a consult with a good piercer and don’t go looking for someone that will do it if they say no. A migrating/migrated piercing can be very painful and dangerous to your health.
