What should a healing belly piercing look like?

When a piercing is new, it’s normal to see some swelling, redness, or discoloration around the site. You may also have some clear discharge that dries and forms a crystal-like crust around the piercing. These symptoms should get better over time, not worse.

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Simply so, how do I know when my belly button piercing is healed?

Signs of a Healing Belly Button Piercing

1. The piercing is red or pink. …
2. There is some itchiness in the first few weeks.
3. Clear discharge or puss that dries and forms a crust around the holes.
4. Some discoloration.
5. You may be sore for up to a year. …
6. Swelling for up to a year.

Likewise, people ask, how can I make my belly button heal faster?

Daily Saline

1. A daily saline wash kills bacteria in and around your piercing and keeps it clean, helping the healing process 1.
2. The best way to do this is to soak your piercing in salt water for 10 minutes, typically by forming a suction seal between your belly and a cup of salt water.

What does a rejecting Belly piercing look like?

If your body is rejecting a piercing, you may experience the following symptoms: The jewelry has noticeably moved from its original place. The amount of tissue between the entrance and exit holes gets thinner (there should be at least a quarter inch of tissue between holes).

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Should I pick the crust off my piercing?

After the first few days your body will excrete lymph as it begins to form the fistula inside your piercing. This lymph ‘crust‘ will likely collect on the jewelry or around the piercing. Do not pick at it. Piercings do tend to swell slightly — some more than others — during healing.

How do you sit with a belly button piercing?

You can still do sit-ups and other exercises when your piercing is healing as long as you don’t experience too much discomfort from the movement. The best way to care for the piercing is to wash it with saline solution two times a day for at least the first month of healing.

Do you have to have a flat stomach to get a belly button piercing?

Do I need to have a “perfectly flat stomach” to get a belly button piercing? … No you don’t, in fact you‘ll like not having a perfectly flat stomach when getting it! One of my good friends from high school got hers done in between dance and softball seasons, and she is extremely thin and toned.

How should I clean my belly button?

How to clean your bellybutton

1. Dip a cotton swab in rubbing alcohol and gently rub the surfaces inside your bellybutton. …
2. Once the cotton swab comes out clean, use a fresh one dipped in water to rinse the alcohol out of your bellybutton so it doesn’t dry your skin.

Do guys like belly button piercings?

Originally Answered: Why do guys think belly button piercings are hot? Men are instinctively drawn to the belly and pelvis of women because it is our reproductive goal. A belly button piercing shows that she is willing to allow someone intimate access to that area. A genital piercing is even better.

How old do you have to be to get your belly button?

Piercing Age Restrictions