By Jade Greene

A belly button piercing is a fun accessory and it’s exciting to get it done. Especially if you spend months convincing your parents that it was okay, or if you were waiting to turn a certain age so you could get it pierced without parental consent.

But when you get home and a little of the excitement has worn off, what then? It looks great, right? But it’s also a little sore. And you bought tons of cute belly button rings online, but the piercer said you had to wait to change it. So what do you do? You wait.

The single worst thing you can do after piercing your belly button ring is to ruin it forever by improper care or changing the belly button ring too early. It will be especially detrimental because you’ll have to both take away your current belly ring AND run the risk of serious illness due to infection. Not to mention the pain or discomfort you will feel.

Properly licensed piercers will always provide you with detailed directions on how to take care of your new belly button ring. Most will recommend that you use warm water and antibacterial soap to clean the piercing once per day. On the other hand, some of them will recommend that you use a sea salt/water combination and will sell the products in the salon. All piercers will recommend that you clean your piercing only once per day to prevent drying, and they will all tell you to NEVER use Neosporin or rubbing alcohol to clean the piercing.

Neosporin is known to trap any germs against the piercing, which will only cause infection and pain in the future. Rubbing alcohol will do nothing but dry out the belly button piercing and cause itching.

In addition, you should wait at least six months before even attempting to change your belly button ring. In fact, many people wait up to a year before attempting to remove or replace the navel ring. This is vitally important because if you change it too soon, you run the serious risk of causing dangerous infections, as well as ruining the piercing and allowing it to close. It’s such a waste of money when people take out their current ring and then are unable to replace it because the hole has closed or it is too painful. It’s not worth the risk, just be patient.

Some piercers will recommend that you twist the belly button ring once per day, and others will tell you not to. It really depends on who you ask and the industry has not yet come to a consensus of which is best. It’s necessary to avoid touching the piercing as much as possible. Even if you wash your hands, you’ll still have natural oils on your fingers that could transfer gems and cause painful infections. It’s also important that you try not to wear tight shirts because they may bother the new piercing by rubbing or pulling on the ring. It’s really only necessary to wear loose clothing for a few weeks or until the healing process is underway.

Belly button rings are a safe and desirable piercing, and if you care for them properly, they’ll be a great fashion accessory for many years to come.

About the Author: Jade Greene is an expert author who writes about belly button rings.

Source: isnare.com

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