【How-to】How to Clean Navel Piercings

Are you supposed to clean your belly button piercing?

What do you clean belly button jewelry with?

It’s very important to clean your belly button piercing while it’s healing. That means cleaning it one to two times a day for four to six weeks. You should also make sure you clean your piercing after sweating. Sweat can irritate the wound, as well as washing in other dirt, so clean it away promptly.

What can I spray on my belly button piercing?

Can I put Vaseline on my belly piercing?

How to Clean Belly Button Rings and Jewelry. When you first get your belly button pierced, it’s essential you clean the area and the jewelry daily until it is fully healed. A simple saline solution of distilled water and non-iodized sea salt should be used to rinse your piercing.

Can I use regular salt to clean my belly button piercing?

We recommend using H2Ocean’s Piercing Aftercare Spray. We are well aware that sea salt helps in stimulation the body’s healing process. The best way to use H2Ocean’s Piercing Aftercare Spray is just spray it around your piercing 3-6 times a day and you’re good to go, but do not wipe it off.

How can I make my belly button piercing heal faster?

Don’t use hydrogen peroxide or alcohol, which can slow healing. You may cover the area with a thin layer of petroleum jelly, such as Vaseline, and a non-stick bandage. Apply more petroleum jelly and replace the bandage as needed.

Can you shower with a new belly button piercing?

A new navel piercing needs to be cleaned thoroughly at least once, and preferably twice a day. Do not use iodized salt, kosher salt or Epsom salts, as these can irritate the piercing. However, you can use a store-bought saline solution instead of the sea salt.

Should I clean my belly button piercing the first day?

Daily Saline

A daily saline wash kills bacteria in and around your piercing and keeps it clean, helping the healing process 1.
The best way to do this is to soak your piercing in salt water for 10 minutes, typically by forming a suction seal between your belly and a cup of salt water.

Should I cover my belly button piercing overnight?

Showering with a New Belly Button Piercing

You should never soap up a new belly piercing directly, because soap can dry out your skin and irritate a new piercing. It’s okay if sudsy water runs over your belly button piercing when you’re showering, but you should wash it exclusively with sea salt solution.

When can I take a bath after navel piercing?

How can you speed up the healing of a piercing?

You should do it once that first day. After that, aim for twice a day – once in the morning and once in the evening before bed. The saltwater will help break down the crust that may form over the area that has been pierced. Plus, it’s a great cleanser and natural healer.

Can you wear high waisted pants with a belly button piercing?

You may think that a band-aid will be good for protecting the piercing site while you sleep, but it may be worse. The area needs to be able to breathe, and putting anything over it like a gauze can aggravate it. It may also stick to the wound, which would cause pain when removing.

What can I use to clean my piercing if I don’t have sea salt?

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You should ideally not have a soaking bath until the piercing is through the initial healing stages, and oozing, bleeding and scabbing have all stopped.

How do I know if my piercing is healing correctly?

Soaking your piercing with a warm, mild sea salt water solution will not only feel good, it will also help prevent infection, reduce the risk of scarring, and speed the healing of your piercing. Do not touch your piercing without first washing your hands; and leave your jewelry in at all times!

Does coconut oil heal piercings?

What vitamins help piercings heal?

It should be fine. Most high waisted jeans only go up to right below your belly button. If your jeans do cover it, having a peircing probably won’t cause problems, as long as the jeans aren’t super tight in that area and they don’t press the piercing into your skin in an uncomfortable way.

Should I pick the crust off my piercing?

You can use warm water and soap. Just keep it clean. Alcohol is ok too. If you want to use salt water that’s fine but not necessary.

Should you twist new piercings?

During Healing: You may note some itching at the site. You may note whitish-yellow fluid that is not pus. This fluid coats jewelry and forms a crust when it dries. After Healing: Sometimes jewelry will not move freely within the piercing tract.