Month help: i had my belly ring for a month now.. - Help.com

hmmmm swab it with antiseptic stuff

what do you mean you have used ‘dial’ twice daily? I am confused? What have you done to keep the bacteria from growing at the site of the wound?

You might be allergic to the ring.
Your clothes might be agitating the piercing.
Your piercist might have hit an oil duct.
Your body might just be upset—continue to do what the piercist advised, and call them and tell them it looks infected and see if they have any other advice.

What you need to do is keep it CLEAN and as much as possible keep it exposed to air.

Your belly button is a harbor of bacteria and bacteria thrive in dark, warm, moist places. Which BTW is what makes belly button piercing notoriously difficult to heal.

You must wash it with soap and water regularly and rinse it thoroughly. Then, use alcohol around and at the site …. gently twist and move the ring through the piercing hole so that the alcohol works its way into where the wound is raw.

Don’t fiddle with the peircing often … the bacteria from your hands will be transfered to the ring and promote infection.

FYI: recently ‘piercing professionals’ told a young girl I know not to clean her peircing with alcohol. ???? (this techniqe has worked for years and years) She acquired a horrible infection and needed to remove the ring.

Understand how bacteria grow and then inhibit the bacteria growth. Do not promote it.

that happened to my sister, did you try changing the ring?
sometimes its just the belly ring itself that causes the infection

Sometimes the metal of the ring causes a chemical reaction that really irriates the wound. Call a dermatologist and find out the best type of metal … or call around and ask lots of peircing places … ususally the less irritating rings are more expensive.

But, still the advice I gave above is CRITICAL in it healing.

Just for the record … whenever deciding to get a peircing … go to the MOST reputable place!! It may be more expensive … but well worth the care.

you could be allergic to the anti sanitizer… try to use a bit of peroxide… maybe 4 times a day.. it will help to dry it up.. and take the infection away…

uh … actually lil … peroxide is not good … unless it is rinsed away with sterile water. Peroxide actually breaks down the cells that are attempting to grow and seal off the open wound. (granulation tissue)

So, if you choose to use peroxide. Boil water and let it cool off without putting it into anything else. Dip sterile gauze - can be purchase at the drug store - into the pan of sterile water and rinse the peroxide off the wound.

The sterile water in the pan is only sterile for a brief time after it is boiled. Unless it is placed in a sterile container and cared for quite carefully.

Alcohol is just less work.

brightshine wrote:
uh … actually lil … peroxide is not good … unless it is rinsed away with sterile water. Peroxide actually breaks down the cells that are attempting to grow and seal off the open wound. (granulation tissue)

So, if you choose to use peroxide. Boil water and let it cool off without putting it into anything else. Dip sterile gauze - can be purchase at the drug store - into the pan of sterile water and rinse the peroxide off the wound.

The sterile water in the pan is only sterile for a brief time after it is boiled. Unless it is placed in a sterile container and cared for quite carefully.

Alcohol is just less work.

really? i have my nose and other places pierced and i used peroxide and never had an issue… i did not know that…

Yep, it is the truth. When we do wound care in the hospital we can not use peroxide without rinsing it off. I am glad you have never had a problem.

brightshine wrote:
Yep, it is the truth. When we do wound care in the hospital we can not use peroxide without rinsing it off. I am glad you have never had a problem.

good thing those parts didnt fall off…. man…. lmfao… hahahahahhahaha

lol … oh my, I have way too much of an imagination for that one!!!

brightshine wrote:
lol … oh my, I have way too much of an imagination for that one!!!

hahahahaha…. you are probably right then….. lol…. let me just say.. the last two that i got.. hurt like hell… lmfao.. but are very pretty.. hehehehehehehhe

lol … I want to get one of those very tiny piercings on the side of my nose. Maybe I shall do that tomorrow.

brightshine wrote:
lol … I want to get one of those very tiny piercings on the side of my nose. Maybe I shall do that tomorrow.

i have one… it was actually my first piercing.. my first anniversary present to myself… as my husband was cheating.. .lol..

i have my tongue done too.. that was the least painful one that i have.. because where they pierce it.. there are no nerves…

ugh … I think I will draw a dot on the side of my nose and see if I can tolerate it. I want to get my ears peirced again also. So that they have a triange appearance … three points … on the lobe does that makes sense? I had my belly pierced once … done it myself …. let it heal.

i did all my holes in my ears myself… just pushed the earring through… it was a way of easing my pain like a cutter would… i guess you can say.. i have 9 in my ears… 4 on each side.. and one on top in the cartilage… use to have my lip done.. that one was the day i left my ex husband.. but it wouldnt heal at all… so after about 3 months.. i took it out..

well, i drew the dot on my nose … glad i did that … i dont like it. wow. interesting.

brightshine wrote:
well, i drew the dot on my nose … glad i did that … i dont like it. wow. interesting.

i can invision that… hahahahahahaha… actually… the nose rings they had … 12 years ago… sucked… they were huge.. and ugly… but now adays.. the one that i have in now.. is very petite… you can barely see it… its a tiny little diamond stud.. and looks very nice on people…

Keep your clothes from rubbing it and keep it clean. When you can switch the stud do so in case your allergic to the one you have. That’s all you can do.