Is my belly button piercing infected?
That's all completely normal. It will be sore for a few weeks. Redness and a clear/yellow discharge is normal and lasts the entire 6-12 month healing process. The discharge is not pus by the way, its lymph secretions and is a sign your body is healing properly, its often referred to as "crusties". Keep it clean using sea salt soaks until its fully healed. Mix 1teaspoon non-iodized sea salt to 8oz warm water, submerge your piercing in this solution using a very clean or disposable shot glass by bending over and placing the shot glass over the piercing and leaning back or laying down so its completely submerged. Soak for 5-10 minutes 2-3 times a day. Do not move or rotate jewelry for cleaning, it drags in lymph and bacteria causing irritation and can cause infection. Do not remove or change your jewelry until its fully healed. Signs of infection are a dark/green/thick/cloudy discharge with a strong putrid odor accompanied by EXTREME redness and swelling and will become hot to the touch.
Is my belly button piercing infected?
i got my belly button re-pierced back in january & i'm unable to determine if it's infected or still healing. There was a small bump underneath the top of the piercing that's seemed to flatten out but now it's kind of hard and it looks a little bit like it's scabbing. I'm unable to move the piercing unless it's wet. Is there something wrong?
Is my belly button piercing infected?
okay so i got my belly button pierced like 4 months ago, then last month i went swimming for like 3 days in a row and my piercing got all swelled up, and then a week later this white stuff kept coming out of it and the more it came out the more the swelling went down then it was fine and back to normal. but since the other day it got swelled up again and now the stuff that comes out smells really bad. so is infected or something?
How do belly button piercings get infected?
Infection is caused by bacteria and you can get bacteria in a piercing any number of ways.. The piercer may have not washed his hands well, or his gloves may have touched something. The BB ring may have had some bacteria on it and not have been cleaned well enough. The piercing needle may not have been sterilized. If you make it out of the shop clean, then you have your pants, shirt and hands touching it, and it's impossible to have a new piercing without showing it off, and you are not going to be next to a sink all the time. The surprising thing is that any piercings escape getting infected and while I haven't pierced my belly button, I have 13 holes in my ears. I had one get infected just last month. Just clean it, clean it, clean it. And WASH Your Hands!! If you forget to do that it's just like injecting the piercing with germs. Eeuwww. If it's your piercing you're asking about, good luck with it!
What is the best way to treat an infected belly button piercing?
Best advice is to consult your piercer, they typically will take care of you until the piercing has fully healed. If you can move your torso around, touch or bump the jewelry and not scream in awful pain, it is likely that it is not infected but instead, irritated. Without seeing the piercing and discharge, I am unable to give a more clear answer. I can tell you from my personal experience, though, that I had a genital piercing which took 9 months to fully heal. During the healing period, I followed all after-care procedures to the letter and it became irritated three times. It was slightly red and irritated and oozing a ton of clear/whiteish lymph. Each of those three times, I consulted my piercer who took one look at it and immeidately said, "It's not infected, it's irritated, just continue with your aftercare and leave it alone until it heals." On my third visit, he volunteered the information above, that if you can touch or move the jewelry without doubling over in pain, it's likely not infected. Here is another resource for you: How to Tell if a Piercing Is Infected
My belly button ring is SO infected.?
Even if after all your care, your belly button ring still gets infected then you should treat it immediately and very seriously. - The first thing you might think of doing is removing the belly ring. But if the navel is discharging pus, DO NOT remove the belly button ring. If the ring is removed, the hole of the piercing will shut and the pus will not be able to drain out properly. This can result in a very painful abscess. An abscess is a type of infection caught under the skin. Symptoms of an abscess include pain, swelling, and darkening and hardening of the tissue surrounding the piercing. An abscess can generally be treated by oral antibiotics, but in some cases it may need surgical removal. Sometimes an abscess may form even if the infected belly button ring is not taken out, mainly if the piercing is very swollen or the belly ring is very tight around the piercing. In such a case it may be advisable to change your belly ring and use one with a thinner gauge. - To increase blood circulation to the pierced navel and allow the infection to drain, a hot compress should be used. Soaking the piercing in hot salt water is also very beneficial. Use � teaspoon table salt in 8 ounces of water. (Epsom salts cannot be used as they are not the same as sea or table salts). The container used for the soaking should be thoroughly disinfected. Hot compresses should be disposable and preferably made from clean disposable materials such as cotton balls and gauge bandages. - Over-the-counter antiseptic creams can be used in treating mild infection. But these should not be used for an extensive period of time or for any puncture wound. - Hydrogen peroxide can be used for draining pus and clearing the infection around the belly button ring. Not to be used for aftercare though. - In case of a systemic infection (when bacteria and toxins spread throughout the body via the bloodstream) treatment should be immediate as this type of infection can be fatal. Standard treatment requires oral and intravenous antibiotics.
Is Belly Button piercing infected after 4 months?
I've had my belly button pierced for about 4 months now and I have not taken it out since til it completely heals..which they said would be 6 months. I used to clean it everyday with dial antibacterial soap and then just recently I haven't been cleaning it as often because I thought it wasn't necessary...but lately it has been hurting a little bit when I move it or when I bend down....it hurt at first when I got it done but then I got used to it and it got better...also when I push the belly button ring up and down, there's a little blood around the bottom of it...not a lot, just a little bit around it and it looks like it's starting to ooze blood sometimes....is it ok just to take it out for like a few seconds and then put it back in? What should I do??
Is my belly button piercing infected or just irritated?
Signs of infection are a dark/green/thick/cloudy discharge with a strong foul odor, it will also be accompanied by extreme redness, swelling, pain, and be hot to the touch, but if it doesn't have dark discharge with an odor, its not infected. Some redness and a clear/light yellow discharge is normal and is called lymph secretions (crusties), a sign your body is healing properly. Some bleeding is also normal in the first few weeks, especially if it gets knocked. Do not listen to the other answerer, the only thing that should ever come into contact with a healing piercing is a sea salt soak. Antibacterial ointment and antiseptics are too harsh and irritating for a new piercing and prolong the healing process. Your piercer is wrong, you really shouldn't return to them. 6 months is the absolute minimum navel piercings take to heal, they can take up to a year or even more depending on aftercare. Wait until its fully healed to change it, this may be more than 6 months though.
What are the signs of an infected belly piercing?
The #1 give away that any piercing or tattoo is actually infected and not just irritated is the smell. If there is no god-awful stench, chances are it is simply irritated and you should return to the piercer ask discuss why it might be irritated. Most doctors are not experienced in body piercings and will treat everything as an infection, regardless if it is or isn't. A trained body piercer will tell you if you are infected and then suggest a visit to the doctor.