Belly - Navel Piercing

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The navel/belly piercing is one of the most common piercings there is. It is stylish and there are lots of stylish jewelry you can have. With this in mind, most people are surprised when they find out that this is one of the piercings that takes the longest time to heal. Unfortunately, the healing time can be from 3 months up to a year and infections and scar tissue from improper care are common. This does not in any way mean that you will have problems. Most problems with navel piercings have one of two causes: a navel that is not suitable for piercing; and improper care.

Keep in mind: Not all navels are suitable for piercings. To be a candidate for navel piercing, your navel needs to have a protruding skin edge at the top (or bottom) of your navel, with enough space behind the edge for the jewelry to sit comfortably.
If your navel has a more rounded slope that bends underneath, your piercing may change direction and grow over time and you should not have it done. If there is not enough space behind the edge for the jewelry to hang properly, it can result in scar tissue. Furthermore, if your navel collapses when you sit down (like an eye being closed), the chances that you can heal it without scar tissue and difficulty are very small. You should not get it done.

Very many get red or purple skin bumps around the upper or lower end around the hole. This is a type of scar tissue caused by the jewelry that cuts into the surrounding tissue as it moves in the hole. The body then adds extra skin cells to try to protect itself from the irritation, much like a mussel forms a bead of mucus around a grain of sand.
Such scar tissue is usually the result of playing / peeling / doing your piercing, wearing heavy clothing, hanging or lying on it. Leave your piercing alone!

Once healed, your jewelry needs to protrude from the body at all times. It must not be pressed in, pressed or held against either side.
You should also avoid sleeping on your stomach and try to sit straight enough so that the piercing is not compressed. Having the waistband above the piercing is not always a good alternative, as it can still create a print on the jewelry.

Another major problem people have with navel piercings is keeping them clean and most important of all: Keep your hands away from it! It's not a toy! We know you want to touch it and play with it, but leave it at that. Even if you just washed your hands in a public restroom and then grabbed the door handle, can you be absolutely sure that everyone else before you also washed your hands before they grabbed the handle? Multiply that by everything else you take in in one day (phones, money, etc.).

The most common ways to take care of a new piercing are:

The most common is to use an antiseptic/bactericidal solution, we have an antiseptic spray that you can use. Pegacare, it has Panhenol as an active ingredient, which accelerates cell renewal and helps your nose piercing to heal quickly and smoothly.

Or you can use Saline solution that you can mix yourself and soak the piercing with, you can also buy ready-made saline solution in spray form a Recovery in our webshop, which speeds up healing with the help of natural sea salt and minerals. The spray gently removes any pus and scabs.

It is extremely important that you leave the jewelry in during the entire healing period. If you are unsure if / when you can change jewelry, contact our piercing studio and they will help you.