Navel Piercing Aftercare That You Need to Follow!

• Normally, you’ll notice inflammation and redness in the field and it will feel uncomfortable and maybe hot to the touch. The swelling may grow into a boil or an ulcer.
• You may notice a release of pus (clear, white, yellow, brown, or green) that might drain into a crust.
• If you do not treat it or leave it unnoticed, you might develop flu-like symptoms that can cause fever or cough.
• Red lines spreading from your belly button.

To prevent any kind of infection, you must try to follow a great cleaning routine and an antibiotic treatment. If you feel that the infection is due to the kind of jewelry, then you might need to change your jewelry for a titanium or implant-grade surgical steel. However, the best option is to remove the jewelry and not to touch your infected area often especially with a dirty hand.

Scarring: Can I Dodge It?

Some kind of scarring is totally unavoidable to heal because the skin around the piercing never really goes back to look like before. The piercing is itself considered a scar. However, sometimes, depending on what the location is, the kind of person, and his hygiene qualities, scarring become more dramatic than others.

Hypertrophic scarring is a standard risk, and keloid scars can occur to anyone, but those with deeper skin pigmentation are extra sensitive. Keloid scars seem like large red-and-purple mounds of tough scar tissue that seem strong and soft to the touch and can seem at each end of the fistula. They are usually tender and can seldom be painful and too dull to improve.

Metal Reaction: What If My Body Is Allergic to the Jewelry?

Various kinds of people have experienced sensitivities to various types of materials. There are cheap but attractive metals all over the place but you have to make sure that it is not risky. A reaction to the jewelry can put your piercing at risk and which turns your irritation to rejection or migration and you might have to lose the piercing after all. If you are a little allergic, you might experience some common symptoms of itchiness and redness, but major sensitivity can lead to severe pain or the development of fever too. Your skin might want to pull back from the pain and might discharge pus too causing the piercing hole to widen.