i play soccer & i cheer!
cheer season over & soccer about to start!
does not seem infected but i do apply anitbacterial
ointment that i feel helps!
2007-01-29 07:38:42 · 12 answers · asked by meli 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
You can't speed up healing, but there are things that can slow it down. Patience is key with piercings.
Skip the ointment, it helps, but it can be too harsh and irritate the piercing and maybe even slow healing. Also avoid peroxide, alcohol and other harsh cleaners because while they work for some, they tend to dry out piercings, dry and crack the skin and slow healing. Better safe than sorry, don't use them!
All you need to do is wash the area twice daily with a mild antibacterial soap (Dial) and rinse well with water. Use a sea salt soak 3-4 times a week
http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Salt_soaks
When you are active, tape gauze over the piercing do keep most dirt and sweat from getting on the area and it will reduce the risk of the piercing being pulled out. Excess movement can add to the risk for migration or rejection, just keep an eye on the placement of the piercing and how much of the jewelry is visible. Try to take it easy for the first month of the piercing.
When you are done working out or whatever, wash the piercing immediately.
You'll know if you get an infection because the surrounding skin will be red and cracked/dry, there will be bleeding and greenish colored pus and plenty of pain. If you ever become concerned, talk to your piercer.
After the piercing stops oozing and crusting up, you can reduce cleaning to daily and after you work out.
The piercing will take AT LEAST 6 months to heal but can take up to a year for some! Keep in mind the outside will look healed but the inside may not be. Be patient and at the first sight of problems or concerns you really should contact your piercer and show them the area.
2007-01-29 07:49:29 · answer #1 · answered by 4eyed zombie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't really make it heal any faster. Clean it morning and night with Dial antibacterial handsoap, and do sea salt soaks:
Take a cup and put a little bit of sea salt at the bottom, and then put some warm water in it. Then lean over the cup, and it'll suction to your stomach slighty, and you can lay down and watch TV or something. You only need to do it for about 10 minutes. You should rinse the salt out, but it won't hurt you.. It might only irritate it.
Ointment keeps the piercing moist, which will help breed bacteria. I would just stick to cleaning it every day, making sure you don't touch it, and when you have to, wash your hands with the Dial soap, first.
2007-01-29 07:44:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't get it and basically not teach them. have confidence me, that doesn't artwork. in any respect. I did that as quickly as i grew to become into way too youthful and that they observed it some month afterwards. And have self belief me, i grew to become into very careful - i did not positioned on clothing that confirmed my abdomen or something like that. I stretched at some point, and that they observed it seize the easy. It grew to become into surprisingly stupid, looking back on it. besides, you will desire to attend some years. in case you nonetheless choose it, then with the help of all skill, get it. yet i does not propose it. it is painful - not in basic terms on the time, yet afterwards additionally, lots of worry to maintain clean, and, to precise all of it off, I unquestionably have a hoop in mine and that i won't be able to take it out. I went for minor surgical treatment some years in the past and the nurses, docs, surgeons or maybe the dentist all had a bypass whilst i grew to become into under the anaesthetic, and that they could not the two. If i choose it got rid of, i'm going to could desire to get it minimize off, and that could minimize me internally. not something too severe, yet probably a scar. And specific, I went to a terrific, clean, authorized place - each little thing grew to become into ideal. extremely, wait some years and notice the type you experience approximately it then.
2016-12-17 05:15:40 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To keep it from getting infected, continue to use your antibacterial ointment. Also, change your bed sheets at least once a week, don't play with your peircing, don't use rubbing alcohol on it, and don't remove the piercing.
2007-01-29 07:44:39 · answer #4 · answered by meghanhappy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have my belly button pierced and i play basketball... softball... i run track.. and i cheer!! and the first few days it will be sore and i got some salt water spray stuff when i got mine pierced and so try puttin salt water on it and whenever u cheer put tape on it at all times!! anytime u playt a sport or it will get ripped out.. my friend got hers ripped out!
2007-02-02 05:37:13 · answer #5 · answered by Linsey M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure you keep the area clean,you can use neosporin ointment,and be sure you keeop turning the belly ring,every now and then.try not to let it rub against a zipper.Hope this helps
2007-01-29 07:44:57 · answer #6 · answered by nan51 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use water and sea salt with a q tip on it. Then try like Neosporin.
2007-01-29 07:44:06 · answer #7 · answered by sexxie_77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the best thing for it is dial liquid antibacterial soap in a squirt container, it makes it heal fast
2007-01-29 07:46:53 · answer #8 · answered by dark angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just keep it clean and dont let your clothes catch on it if you can help it (maybe a big bandage during a game). when you're done being sweaty, clean it.
have had mine for 7 years now, never a problem.
2007-01-29 07:42:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can go to the store and purchase Bactine....its a green and white bottle and u pour it over the peircing, it cleans it and u can carry it around to use it more often
2007-01-29 07:43:46 · answer #10 · answered by D.C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋