All of the above options that have been discussed here allow you to keep your piercings during your pregnancy days and once it is over, you can rearrange your previous jewelry back by reattaching the charm for your initial surgical steel barbell that you got it screwing the ends that you bought on a new bent barbell. You can even cut down the shaft in a PTFE belly rings to shorten its length so that it fits you perfectly!

The Bottom Belly Button Piercing Recovery Process

The recovery process for each person varies widely when it comes to the belly button. There is a lot of movement in this area of your body and so you must take care of this perpetual friction which might be harmful to your piercing. Besides the pants, and other tight clothing might interrupt the piercing by rubbing against it and further irritating the area around your belly button. It is a pretty sensitive area initially and must not be disturbed much.

Belly buttons also tend to trap a lot of dirt inside which makes caring for your belly button extremely important. If you decide to keep your belly button clean and wear loose-fitting clothing, it might help a lot to heal it properly and better. You might feel that the piercing has been healed within a matter of 4 to 6weeks but it can sometimes take about 6 months to heal completely. In some cases, it has even taken a year for the navel piercing to heal entirely.

During the healing stages, you must make sure to follow some of this process and some guidelines which might be provided by your piercer to minimize the chances of developing an infection or so that you can evade any chances of migration or rejection, and promote a successful healing process.

1. Keep your belly button clean! Allow warm water to run all over your body especially your navel area when you take a shower. However, do not scrub the pierced part of your navel. Let the sudsy water run over it. YOu can then wash your piercing with sea salt water by creating one of your own or by buying it. You can similarly perform soaks with cotton balls. You must do these soak at least 3 times a day to make sure that the gatherings around your navel have been properly cleaned which will help avoid any kind of infections and bacterias to spur in that area.
2. Be gentle when removing “crusties.” Your body’s natural reaction to any kind of foreign object is to produce discharge which is a clear fluid that dries up to form some kind of crust but it is no longer consider healthy just to neglect it. Before, the piercers used to tell people to clear the crustie by removing or moving the jewels a couple of times in the day which is no longer recommended. It can cause the bacteria around it to enter the navel which can lead to many problems. You can use cotton balls dipped in sea saltwater solution to remove these crusties which will help soften them and then they can easily come off with a gentle wipe.
3. Don’t change your jewelry prematurely. With so many kinds of belly buttons that are available in the market, it is quite impossible to feel tempted. But try to resist it a much as you can. The belly button jewel that has been inserted should be extra long in the first place and must not be removed before it has healed completely. Even if you have little to no swelling, chances are that if you try to fiddle with it, it will swell up immensely. This is also the time when dirt and bacteria can enter your system causing various kinds of infections so you should stick with the same jewelry that was attached to your piercing until your wound has healed 100 percent. Also, just the method of changing jewelry can irritate a healing navel piercing, especially if you’re employing externally-threaded belly button jewelry, which is not really advisable to use because it will scrape off the delicate healing skin over the navel.
4. Do switch your jewelry if you’re having an allergic reaction. Some people might develop some kind of allergic reaction to the material of the piercing. A lot of cheap body jewels has a lot of nickel init to which most people are allergic. Thus it is highly recommended that you only use surgical steel belly jewels or titanium navel jewels. Titanium is the most recommended jewelry option that anyone will suggest. It also gives the best results when it comes to healing and aftercare. If you do not have these kinds of jewels and suffer from an allergic reaction, you might immediately want to switch your belly piercing jewel to these metals even if it has been a few days to piercing. You must not try to do it yourself and instead go to your piercer to let them do the process of removing the same. Not only is it difficult for a fresh piercing but also dangerous.
5. Avoid oils, balms, and creams! Oils, balms, and creams are strict to be avoided. There are more methods to nourish and moisturize your skin but using oils and creams isn’t one of them. In fact, oils and creams can also trap bacterias and infections inside. If you feel that your skin is dry then you can probably add tea tree oil to your sea salt solution mix which would help moisturize your skin. It also has amazing antibacterial properties which will help moisturize your skin and nourish it. Do not apply the tea tree oil to your skin directly. It must always be diluted with some kind of carrier like the sea salt solution ad then used. You must not use more than 2 to 3 drops per cup of the sea salt solution.

Dos and Don’ts During Bottom Belly Button Healing

Let us face the fact: The internet is full of advice that might or might not be true. Thus, if you want to experience something, make sure you ask your doctor or your piercer first before experimenting on yourself. Here are some general Dos and Donts that you must follow: