Tiny Belly Button Ring Simple Navel Hoop Handmade Opal Piercing Jewelry

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Be cautious of pools, hot tubs and lakes. Bacteria in water can lead to an infection. Plan accordingly when deciding when and where to take a dip. It’s a good rule of thumb to wait two or three months before swimming, depending upon healing.

The allure of belly button piercing is not just a modern fascination. History hints at ancient Egyptian royalty embracing this piercing to signify their status and strength. The number of people seeking belly button piercings increases significantly every summer at the piercing studio. Women want to flaunt their summer bodies after working out and eating healthy most of the time for months.

Such discharges often indicate the presence of pus, which is a collection of dead white blood cells, bacteria, and tissue debris. Pus is a sign that the body is trying to fight off an infection, but if it's present in significant amounts, professional intervention might be needed.

You should avoid immersing the piercing in any standing water, including baths, for a few months. Immersion in water increases the risk of infection and other problems because microorganisms are introduced to the piercing location. Harris explained that aftercare is actually quite easy for a new belly button piercing. He recommended cleaning it twice daily with some fragrance-free soap and water (I always go for Dr. Bronner's Unscented Baby Soap). Do your best to leave it alone, and don't overclean or touch it with dirty hands. Until it's fully healed, you want to be careful of snagging it on a towel or rubbing it with your clothes (tread lightly around high-waisted jeans!). "Try not to do anything that has you laying on it or putting a lot of pressure on it," Harris said. "Be careful with those loofahs in the shower, too." For people who don’t have enough of a flap of skin they can, depending on their anatomy, go with surface piercings, sometimes referred to as microdermals or surface anchors. These are single-point surface piercings with tiny posts implanted under the skin with a gem coming out of the top to give the illusion of a navel piercing,” says Dean Galgano, a New York-based professional piercer. “These require a little extra aftercare and take a bit longer to heal, unlike the standard navel piercing which is fairly easy to heal.” If you opt for this type of belly button piercing, Galgano says the typical aftercare would involve cleaning the area with a sterile saline solution once a day “for however long your body takes to heal.” One common concern is getting "the bump" near your navel area during the healing process. The main thing to know: don't freak out. "The bumps are usually temporary, cosmetic, and will eventually clear up with a little extra care and caution," Harris says. "Normally, I have clients start with a daily hot compress to the area, which helps draw out the irritation and shrink the bumps down. If that's not working, sometimes changing up the jewellery you have in can help." Before taking drastic steps like taking out the jewellery yourself, let your piercer take a look and give you a plan of action.Let’s start with the basics: Even when a belly button piercing goes well, you can expect some tenderness, redness and even crusting at the spot for 12 to 18 months. After all, you did just put a hole through your skin and into your body.