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Can a belly piercing get infected after 2 months?
But unsanitary conditions and poor aftercare are the leading causes of bacterial infections after piercings. It can take from 9 months to 1 year for a belly button piercing to heal completely. During that time, you’re at risk for infection. Even an injury to an old piercing may lead to infection.
How do you know if your belly bar is rejecting?
Symptoms of piercing rejection
- The jewelry has noticeably moved from its original place.
- The amount of tissue between the entrance and exit holes gets thinner (there should be at least a quarter inch of tissue between holes).
- The entrance and exit holes increase in size.
- The jewelry starts to hang or droop differently.
When should I be worried about my belly button piercing?
Although many people don’t have any problems after they get a body piercing, you could have:
- Infection. A piercing on your belly button is more likely to get infected than other body parts because of its shape.
- Tearing.
- Allergic reaction .
- Scarring.
- Migration or rejection.
When a piercing is new, it’s normal to see some swelling, redness, or discoloration around the site. You may also have some clear discharge that dries and forms a crystal-like crust around the piercing. These symptoms should get better over time.
Is my belly button piercing infected or healing?
Pain and swelling right after a piercing are common. It is important to monitor how symptoms change. If symptoms, such as pain, steadily improve, the piercing is probably healing normally. If a person suddenly experiences new symptoms, especially after a period of few or no symptoms, this can signal an infection.
How do you know if your belly button piercing is healing properly?
Distinguishing between signs of infection and regular healing can be difficult. Pain and swelling right after a piercing are common. It is important to monitor how symptoms change. If symptoms, such as pain, steadily improve, the piercing is probably healing normally.
As such, an infected “outie” navel piercing can become dangerous quickly. With that said, some people with outies have regular lips of surface skin above or below them—sort of a combination “innie” navel with a little outie inside. Depending on the individual shape of the navel, this surface skin may be pierceable.
How long does it take for a navel piercing to heal?
In other words, a navel piercing may look healed after three to six weeks, but it can take 6 months to a year to fully heal, no matter how good it looks on the outside. Because it takes 6 to 12 months for a navel piercing to fully heal, it is very common to experience redness, soreness/pain, and swelling for up to a year.
What happens if you get your belly button pierced wrong?
Infection (the most common problem with belly button piercings). Excessive bleeding and nerve damage (which may be caused by an inexperienced body piercer that pierces the navel too close to a nerve). Allergic reactions to the jewelry. Stainless steel, niobium, and titanium are ideal for piercings.
Rather than passing through the skin just above the opening, a true navel piercing goes through the belly button itself. An inverse, or lower, navel piercing is a vertically placed piercing located on the bottom ridge. A double navel is a combination piercing that involves a standard belly button ring paired with an inverse.