I cant tell if my belly button ring is infected or

[ScarletAnn]

Hey, so i got my belly button pierced like 2 weeks ago. It was fine for the first week but now my top ball has like a ring around it, like my top ball is going in my stomach and i just dont know if its infected or something.
And i got it done with 3 of my friends and theirs is doing fine. When i first got it i was cleaning it with dial soap three times and day and then i got sea salt because i saw the ring around my ball. But it doesnt look like its going away or anything. It doesnt hurt and it dont bleed or really puss. its just red around my top ball and that ring. Im going to go to the doctors asap, but i was wondering if anyone could help me? please and thank you! i really dont wanna take it out. ):

Don't worrry. It's normal. If it's normal skin colour it's from where the ball is pressing into the skin. I've had mine pierced for 8 years, and I've recently got one again from the bar being changed to a slightly shorter one. Just make sure you bathe it and it should go. There's nothing wrong with it though. The redness is from it being different. It will go. xx

[dkennoi]

I've had my belly pierce d since I was eighteen I am not twenty it jus startted to puss up.I've noticed if I take my belly ring out for a few days my hole gets tight n I basically feel like I'm repiercing it.its real sore now I took the belly ring out.any one knw wats the problem?

[cheyenne!]

okay I have had my belly button done for 5 months now and it does not puss or anything it just gets a little crusty around it but other then that the first 2 weeks it was done healing!

[Guest]

I got my belly button pierced 2 weeks ago, its a little red on the top , but my main worry is that piercing is looser and my skin is trying to grow over it, I dont know what to do I don't want to take it out how can I prevent this. it only does it over night but im aboe to push it back out. what should I do. This is my first navel piercing and I want to keep it. I clean it everyday, not much puss or irritation. please help me out with some ideas

[Mr Dave]

I don't understand why women want to turn a naturally sexy part of their body into an area of repulsive grossness?

[Jessi319]

Mine has like a bubble looking thing on the bottom part..i've had it pierced for a few months now, i just don't know if it's normal or if it's infected O.o

[ratsass18]

Okay everybody. calm down. I have had mine pierced for some time now, puss is normal for your skin has a hole with a foreign metal in it so your body is just trying to figure this out. If its just puss, youre fine. If it starts to turn green or anything crazy, then it IS infected and you should go to your piercer for help. Redness is also normal for a few months. It takes 4-6 months to heal, so until then its gonna be itchy and crazy. Do not itch it. Do not play with it. If you do play with it or it gets infected, odds are it will take 6-12 months to fully heal. If youre still worried, call your piercer and make sure youre cleaning it correctly. Good luck.

[Kayleyy]

Some one help me please so I pierced my belly button 5 days ago. It it swollen in the middle and red. It has yellowish clear liquid comming out. I take a shower every day with hot water and try to clean it. Idk If it's infected or just normal. Please no stupid answers just the truth

[meghannn]

i've had my belly button pierced for 4 months now and t's kinda pussy and red around the top... but according to people i know, it's semi-normal. but what can i do to reduce the redness..? D:

[Tamara_minix]

Okay I've got mine done about a week ago, there is like a puffy red ring at the top of the ball. It itches and white puss comes out. Some times my skin will get stuck onthe bar. My friend has bad it done sence 7th grade she said hers healed in like 2 weeks. My peircer said it will take 2MONTHS to heal. The question I'm trying to ask is. Tell me how can I keep it clean. What do I clean it with. Tell me all I need to know. The peircer didn't tell me a whole lot. Thx =•.•=

[Jen0880]

I have been reading through some of these posts/responses and am amazed and appalled at some of them. I've had my naval pierced since I was 13; I am 22 now. Everybody is different, and everyone's body will react differently to a piercing. However, you should NOT put Neosporin or a band-aid on your piercing! You should also NOT use peroxide; peroxide kills germs along with Living tissue! Like I said, everyone is different, but my regimen consisted of; cleaning it morning and night, sometimes in the afternoon if it was hurting. I used sea salt, and sometimes Dial, occasionally alcohol. I'm pretty sure I washed it in the shower too. I never had any major issues. It was definitely sore and red for a few weeks afterwards. I think I changed it after a month to six weeks. It was still tender when I changed it. In my opinion, its a wound with a foreign object in it; it is not supposed to be there, therefore it will take a while to heal. Seems to me its better to start off with a good piercer and make sure to voice any questions or concerns with him/her.

[PurpleLollipop]

Heyy i got my belly button pierced in 2010 and its doing fine and everything but now its red and it hurts when i move my belly button ring it sorta hurts and the top is just red what should i do

[laraxx]

kaay... well i got my navel piercing about a week ago.. and i ask my piercer if it was okay to go swimming. and he replyed yes. well , my navel piercing is rele red around the top ball. and i have a bruise. the skin inbetween the two balls is hard. and i've only seen puss once and that was after i went swimming yesterday. it really hurts.. im not sure if its infected or not.
Also. i hear everyone is cleaning theres with sea salt (ect.) . well when i was getting my navel pierced , my piercer told me to not use any salts because that will dry out the piercing. and he told me to only clean it twice a day. is this correct?!

anyways, plz help guys.. thx : )

your not meant to go swimming or have a bath for atleast 2 weeks.

[lmd1993]

Everyones different! They take awhile to heal, i got mine done 2 weeks ago and it looks like all of yours. Never change it for the first time by yourself, go to the peircing place so they can sanitiize the ring, it takes about a year to heal, sometimes longer

[Kaity]

Ive had mine peirced for a few weeks. The top of mine is still red and oozing from the bottom. Its because my body is trying to reject it. How ever mine stopped hurting like 4 days after i got it. As long as you keep cleaning it you should be fine. This is the second time ive had mine peirced and each time did the same thing. As long as the puss isnt a yellowish color with blood you should be good.