How do you protect your belly button piercing when swimming?

How to Swim?

  1. Covering your body piercing with a waterproof bandage is one of the best ways to avoid an infection. …
  2. You need to clean the piercing daily using a sterile cotton bud or other disinfected material. …
  3. Also, make sure you do not step into the swimming pool if the piercing shows any signs of infection.

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Also question is, what can you not do after getting your bellybutton pierced?

After you’ve been pierced

  1. Avoid hot tubs, pools, and lakes. Your wound can come into contact with bacteria in the water.
  2. Opt for clean, loose-fitting clothing. Tight garments can irritate the area and trap bacteria.
  3. Protect the piercing. …
  4. Avoid the sun to prevent sunburns.
Then, can you swim in a lake after getting your belly button pierced? Avoid submerging the piercing in unhygenic bodies of water such as lakes, pools, hot tubs, etc. Or, protect your piercing using a waterproof wound-sealant bandage (such as 3M™ Nexcare™ Clean Seals).

Beside this, how long does it take for a belly button piercing to fully heal?

Belly Button Piercing Aftercare. Unlike pierced ears, which take 4-6 weeks to heal, your belly button may not fully heal for up to 1 year. You’ll go home with tips on how to keep your new piercing clean and prevent infection.

Can you shower with a new belly button piercing?

Showering with a New Belly Button Piercing

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.

Can I wear high waisted jeans with a belly button piercing?

It is recommended that you do not wear high waisted jeans to your piercing appointment. Unless you pull them down to a degree, they’ll obstruct the piercing site. After you have your belly button pierced, high waisted jeans would compress the new, sore site and potentially snag your jewelry.

Should you be able to feel the bar in a belly button piercing?

As long as you can’t see the bar through your skin and it doesn’t seem to have moved it’s probably ok. Not necessarily. It would be easier to judge if you posted a picture. I can feel the bar though my skin if I pinch it a little, and everyone’s anatomy is different.

Are belly button piercings trashy?

Really, it’s neither attractive nor trashy. Attractive girls are gonna be attractive and the ones that aren’t will stay that way with or without the piercing. But belly button piercings are at least a lot better than any “face rings” that aren’t on the ears, I’ll give it that.

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