getting my belly button pierced

Reply 20

coni

I swam with mine two weeks after it was done, I didnt really have a choice though as its my job but it was fine.

Reply 21

The Referee

11

Ilora-Danon

You're more than welcome to test out the theory of swimming with a fresh wound - that's your prerogative.

I've had my navel pierced and there's no way in hell I'd swim with it until it's fully healed. Mine took over 6 months to heal. They can be extremely temperamental piercings because they're effectively surface piercings.

I've always waited ~ 6 weeks, never had a problem with any piercing (not even as a teenager and being dumb enough to change earrings a week after having them done...not my smartest move!)

Maybe I'm just lucky.

Reply 22

fizzylemon

OP

Thanks for all the helpful info and advice guys :smile:

Reply 23

chloepeters

just be very careful where you get it done! i'm usually fine with piercings, tattoos etc, but when i got my bellybutton done, within a month or so it became very infected and sore, so unfortunatly i had to take it out! mine cost £27 pounds to get done, i had a bar put in straight away!
i think where i went wrong was changing my bar toooo soon! plus i went onholiday to a hot country soon after, so prob didn't help! :frown:

Boots own anti bac wipes are really good for cleaning it tho!
good luck!!

Reply 24

xhelen1989x

11

Nooo, they look so tacky :/ I was going to have mine done when i was about 16, so glad i didn't now!

Reply 25

silver_oranges

Ilora-Danon

You're more than welcome to test out the theory of swimming with a fresh wound - that's your prerogative.

I've had my navel pierced and there's no way in hell I'd swim with it until it's fully healed. Mine took over 6 months to heal. They can be extremely temperamental piercings because they're effectively surface piercings.

completely agree with this, i didnt swim for over 6 months and i've had mine for 5 years with no problems.

listen to this persons advice op!

Reply 26

Ilora-Danon

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chloepeters

Boots own anti bac wipes are really good for cleaning it tho! good luck!!

Erm, no they're not. Anything that has an 'anti-bacterial' agent in it will be too strong for a fresh piercing. Always ALWAYS stick to salt water for cleaning piercings. You do not need anything else, nothing is better than a saline soak.

Reply 27

nikki

9

When I had mine done, it was a ring (it was like 10 years ago... healed no problem though). I actually find that I catch bars a lot more because things just slip over a ring whereas things can get caught on the top ball of a bar and pull it down, but I wouldn't personally recommend using rings while it heals because clothes always flattened it to one side. I was always worried that it wouldn't heal straight... I might just have been paranoid though. :p:

Reply 28

ElectricIcon

1) Umm...I'm sure mine was £30 including the bar.

2)I got a belly bar straight away.

3) I would wait a couple of months before you go near the pool and even after that I would wear a plaster over it -wait about 8 months before going without a plaster - public pools are bad for giving you infections and stuff.

I would clean it with savlon spray - I've never had an infection and it doesn't hurt one bit or even nip! :cool: