I completely trust everything he says. I’ve had two different piercings and the piercers gave me horrible instructions on cleaning the fresh piercing and I always had it become infected or irritated and both times I come to this guy to see what he says, and it always works
You gave more information than the person who pierced me gave me. He told me to move it and i can change it in 4-6 weeks. So I'm glad I'm glad that I watched this video
They told me 6 weeks I changed it after that and they told me to clean it with antibacterial soap and it got infected and healed over Saturday I’m going to get it repierced
@@kayleelake7874 I just got mine pierced and the guy told me to clean it twice a day ones with some solution he gave me and once with an anti bacterial soap
bruhhhhh i’m doing everything wrong 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ i been using bactine , anti bacterial soap , and i used a plastic cup to do a salt water soak omg 😂😭 i also been using Q tips 😭
I did what he said used a glass & a bit of saline water, pressed a glass against my belly… twice a day for 15 mins (I sit and scroll on my phone to make time go past) I stop half way and move my belly piercing so the whole bar gets cleaned & wipe dry with a tissue it’s been a week .. I’ve had the best results .. no puss, no crisping, painless, no redness 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I got mine pierced last night, so I've had it in a little over 24 hours- No redness, I don't think it's swollen at all. I did what my piercer instructed, and I'm kinda surprised it's not red or swollen at all. I may jinx myself and it'll be red and swollen tomorrow, but so far so good. I watched this video before I went in and just now again afterward. Thank you so much for your informative video. It really soothed my pre-piercing nerves and helped me understand the care I'd need to start as soon as I got it.
@Theforr411 three years on I’d had to get it redone since I had to have a cesarean for my son and in the 12 days it was out the holes closed lol second piercing was just as easy and no problems.
I did mine on the 4th day .. kept a eye mask on top of it just to reduce friction . Not all workouts will be good too . Then salt water soak after bath
Thank you sir. One thing I know for sure is that salt water is the shit! I’ve used it to clean all 20 of my piercings! And never had an issue with any!
I think to have a good hygiene routine helps any wound heal. I didn't do the salt water. I used saline solution and bactine to an extent in which it wasn't excessive 1ce or 2ce but my area was kept clean. Loose clothing no jeans. Not touching my peircing with dirty hands. No moving or touching my piercing unless it was by my own body movement. No body soaps or any type of cleaning solution that wasn't the wound wash went near my fresh navel peircing for the first 2 weeks ( I did miracles with those showers, shower ninja) no washing my body with anything that might hook onto my piercing and tug on it. It took my body 6-7 months to finally heal my navel. I think every piercer is different every body is different. I went to mine because of his 12 years exp
Necroing this comment because information is important, saline solution is literally salt water. The salt to water ratio is all that determines if it can go in your body or be used to clean wounds.
My local pierced told me to only use Qué tips and this saline solution spray and she said it only takes 4 months to heal. She said avoid pools and hotubs but said ocean is ok. She also didn’t clean the skin before piercings soooo I’m now worried lol. I’m just gonna do the salt water soaks like the video says
How’s your piercing now? Also, ocean, lakes, rivers, creeks ANY natural body of water is NEVER a good idea on a fresh piercing because the likely hood that bacteria or other harmful organisms could infect your piercing is VERY high, please be safe!
Thank youuuu for the advice. :) Everyone that i have previously talked to about me getting it pierced have all told me not to get it, because it was “trashy” or “gross” but i want it so i am getting it pierced tomorrow because it is my body and i can do whatever I want. 🤷🏻♀️😂
Shanea Kidd yeah i love mine too and i am a little bit chunky as well but i still think it looks great. i got a ring that says “fuck off” so that makes me love it even more even though nobody will be seeing it😂😂
I got my belly button pierced 4 days ago, the piercer told me showering was OK, so I took my shower on the third day. It then started to feel itchy and redness occurred, today morning I started to feel a pain and it became more severe. I asked my piercer and she told me to take the ring/bar off, rinse the belly surface with hydrogen peroxide solution, and clean the ring with medical alcohol and then put it back. I did this in in the afternoon, but the pain didn't soothe or go away. It is still swollen and with pus coming out, and still hurts really bad. I thought I got a fever in the afternoon. How can I tell if I'm experiencing infection or metal allergy ?
My piercer gave me a piercing solution to spray it with and I clean it 3-4 times a day, but how do I sleep in a comfortable position that won’t bother my piercing ? Should I put a small pillow under my stomach or something when I sleep ?
I will never f*cking know what to do, this is so frustrating. One professional says to do one thing and the other says that's wrong. How do I know who to believe??
bro i am freaking myself out. some places say redness means its infected/rejecting, some say its a sign of healing, some say not to use antibacterial soap some say do I DONT KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE
your instructions are always on point, i watched the video about nose piercing 9 months ago before getting mine pierced and i followed everything you said and its healing so well, im getting my belly pierced in a couple of days and im excited and very confident about it because you give good advice 👌 thank you
somebody pls give me advice pls 😭: i got my belly button pierced recently everything went well im super happy not painful at all. HOWEVER the bar he gave me is small. i know that there is supposed to be a little bit of metal sticking out in the bottom part but its like right on my belly button and i accidentally hit it today and its swollen and hurts but im scared that its gonna swell more and theres no room for it to swell. i dont want to change it but if thats the best thing to do pls help me.
Charizard Rules a different piercer @shawnpierce on youtube responded he told me it was pierced to deep and the bar was way to tight i agreed he said i should take it out let it close and get it repierced in a about a month. i took it out its been a month im gonna get it done soon
I Recommend Antibacterial soap when you shower and the Sea Salt soak throughout the healing period. A very important tip Matt mentioned was Do Not touch it, play, rotate it because that damages the healing cell tissues internally, be careful when dressing. I got my top naval pierced and its healing fine.. simple follow directions
They told me 9 to 12 months to fully heal, but they told me go back in 6 to 8 weeks to see if they need to down size. Im trying not to play with it or move it, but it kinda just moves by its self, when im doing my daily activities, like standing and sitting, also when i am cleaning it.
Pants over your piercing is a bad idea because it can get caught and also the pressure of the pants can irritate it and cause redness that can lead to an irritated skin and may cause an infected piercing
Question.. I’ve been doing sea salt soaks and making sure I dry it off completely afterwards with a paper towel even the cracks between the jewelry and swelled skin. Is this too invasive? Should I let the piercing/ jewelry air dry instead?? I am scared that leaving even a little bit of salt water around the piercing could cause issues with the healings process.
After being prego I took my piercing. After I was able to fit a standard eye brown piercing which I have left in for 5 years now. Can I gauge it back out or do I need to re pierce it?
My piercer told me to soak my piercing using warm water and salt solution but using regular table salt because she said sea salt is too harsh now I’m really confused and nervous because I don’t want my piercing to become infected and I have only had it for 3 days
Yo, I’ve literally been using Bactine spray! On each piercing! Antibacterial soap is what piercers have been telling me to use for the past 5 years. I just got pierced probably a week and a half ago. I don’t necessarily think it’s rejecting because there is no pain but it’s crusting and the area is a little hard like a sore. Idk
My guy told me to use neosporin 😭 no wonder it got infected! It started clearing up when I forgot to put neosporin on it but now I started doing it again and it's starting to look inflamed and shit like it wants to be infected
Thank you so much ♡♡♡ I appreciate this information a bunch! I just got mine done maybe 5 or 6 weeks ago and it's only been a little red around the holes, little bit of discharge but nothing that smells. I've cleaning out a small metal condiments container to put salt water in, I've just been using warm water, shaking some table salt in there and hanging out like you recommended. Ive been cleaning it with a q-tip as well and Ill accidentally hit it or move it around. (Which is probably bad for the table salt part? But no ones told me otherwise when doing so) So I'm doing it mostly right, just wrong supplies? It's been a little itchy lately but nothing uncomfortable. It only hurts when I hit it, which is a given. Yeah, that's about it, sorry for the ted talk. You seem like you know what you're talking about-
Mine has been in since August so 4 months, the discharge crystallises most times. The nose piercing video helped me for when I got mine. Im going to try this the correct way for my naval piercing
Thank you so much for this video. You provided me with more information than the local piercer who said you can change it after 3 weeks & i told her that I clean it with saline solution, she was like “no don’t use that, just use soap” ….. also my friend got hers changed once 3 weeks was up and hers got infected -.-
Aaliyah Mcmullen while this is sometimes true, in my experience there are some things that will make it more likely to reject. improper afercare, trauma to the area (getting snagged constantly) and inappropriate jewelry (not titanium or surgical steel) will increase chances of rejection. i had a belly button piercing that rejected after 6 months of healing relatively well because i changed fo jewelry to sterling silver, which i was allergic to
@@aubrianna8881 this!! rejection happens a lot with belly button piercings but making sure you take care of it well is going to decrease your chances by a lot, almost everyone i know whose belly button piercing rejected did something they shouldnt have (usually just changing the jewelry too early). belly buttons heal from the outside in so making sure you wait until you've hit that 6 - 12 month mark is important. my piercer told me that if i wanted to change the jewelry i could come in and have her look at it before to make sure its really healed and im pretty sure most piercers will do this if asked.
Hey I’m kinda confused, my piercer didn’t give me a normal ring like the one with a ball at each end, she gave me a full circle. And I don’t know if that’s normal. Everyone I see getting it pierced has a half circle thing
I just got my belly piercing and he told me to use Listerine original one to clean my belly piercing. He told me to stay away alcohol and sea salt and water. should I be very concern?
I think he pierced mine to deep. Like I have to sometimes put a band aid in between my ball and skin because after one day I almost loose the entire ball to a hole around the actual hole? It’s not gross looking or red in a large area just where the holes are on the top ball. Any suggestions?
So this is kinda embarrassing but I’ve got a rather hairy belly , if I want to get my belly button pierced would I need to wax it ? And will it cause issues with healing ?
Atmosphere Rose I shaved my belly before I got mine but I don't think it would be a problem so long as it's not a bush of hair around it. Just rinse very well after sea salt soaks and washings (if you choose to use antibacterial/microbial soap)
i feel like some of these things are slightly exaggerated. I was told antibacterial soaps were fine and to only avoid oceans, spas etc for the first couple of months. bacteria is everywhere. pretty difficult to avoid bacteria for 6-8 months or 8-12 months which i was told
I’m really nervous to do a salt soak with the shot glass because o don’t wanna submerge the piercing. I feel like it could mess something up. I’ve just been making a mixture of my sea salt and water in a shot glass and using q-tips to clean around it and dry it off. Is this okay? I got it pierced 5 days ago and it doesn’t hurt at all anymore and it’s just slightly pink. No swelling and no heat but it is slightly itchy sometimes.
it is good to submerge it with the sea salt water because it lets it completely clean the piercing. but do not submerge it with any other water like taking a bath because the germs in the water can cause infection.
i got my belly pierced may 2nd its now the 8th and i got dove anti bacterial and when i get out of the shower i use saline wound solution and i also clean it with the solution so thats twice a day is that ok???? p.s, I had and currently have my nose pierced twice } first time with the belly i am so worried i am doing something wrong..... someone please answer me...
Thank you so much really loved this can't wait to get mine. Thanks for the soak info. Btw is it okay to like swim in your friends pool or like at family pools or something like that you know is clean?🌈
hopefully i should be getting my belly button pierced soon but i don’t really like the regular boring piercings they use. if i buy my own can i get mine pierced with a dangle one? ive never seen it done before
Hi guys if someone can help me that’s great . I got mine done last week and I had it numbed with a spray so I didn’t feel a thing my piercer did say it would be red for a little bit due to the numbing. And then I have a bruise around it the piercing I was skeptical and scared as it was tender too so I was watching a bunch of videos and phones a few piercing places they said it’s fine could take up to some months before it goes away. And itchy ness is normal etc. my piercer said it’s up to six weeks for the bruise to heal. I also have this clear sort of bump forming on the side I can’t tell whether that’s a keloid or not. Is this all normal during healing process? I’ve been told to clean with either saline solution or salt water
I’m using wound wash to clean mine now I was using bactine and dial anti-bacteria soap . I stoped using it , this is my 3rd time getting my belly button pierced CAsue my other two rejected
i just got mine done a couple days ago. what’s your exact routine? my piercer said anti bacterial soap only and when i asked about saline/salt soaks she said only if it’s really irritated but my friend pierced told her wound wash so i’ve been doing soap around the area not touching the piercing and wound wash with qtips at the openings (which i will now stop bc you’re not supposed to move it oops )
Megan Ouellette you can use the sea salt solution but it would be best if you use antibacterial soap in the shower when you are cleaning it and it's also best to wash your hands with antibacterial soap before you use the sea salt soak
Mine said to use saline solution, salt water soaks, and dial Gold antibacterial soap. He’s been piercing for 20 years and I trust his judgement. He just did my daith today with the same instructions
I thought using hydrogen peroxide wasn’t bad .. I used it for my nose piercing and it healed awesome. Also is dove soap good to shower with because that’s all I use
every piercer and video says something else DO YOU USE ONLY SALT WATER SOAK TWICE A DAY or do u get the h2o whatever its called and anti bacterial soap or with a q tip 😭. somebody that did something that actually works lmk plss
I asked my piercer how to clean mine properly and he pointed at the bottle of dial gold on his table and said use that. Literally all I got for info😂. Thank you for this video!
Im scared now, so can you not change it till its fully healed? Im confused, they told me to go back in 6 to 8 weeks to see if they need to down size. Then how long after that can i start changing it myself? Im only on week 3 of having it done.
Rachel Clarke I watched lulu’s piercing video before this one and he said push it up clean the top then push it down and clean the bottom. Right after that it started swelling and the bar was too small (even though it’s the starter bar MADE for swelling) and it got red and irritated. I went to my piercer she said it was fine I just got an EVEN bigger bar so idk. It looked and felt really bad though but I also just overreact bc of my anxiety so idk.
I completely trust everything he says. I’ve had two different piercings and the piercers gave me horrible instructions on cleaning the fresh piercing and I always had it become infected or irritated and both times I come to this guy to see what he says, and it always works
THIS haha this is why we have Matt come on to give us the info. He has 20+ years experience and knows his stuff! Glad this was helpful :)
you look like you could be a character from the walking dead i love it
You gave more information than the person who pierced me gave me. He told me to move it and i can change it in 4-6 weeks. So I'm glad I'm glad that I watched this video
Jennifer Julien yeah I was also told 6 weeks
He told me 6 months
Really? I was told 3 weeks, and she told me to use anti bacterial soap, which is not good. I decided to double check behind her. I’m glad that I did
They told me 6 weeks I changed it after that and they told me to clean it with antibacterial soap and it got infected and healed over Saturday I’m going to get it repierced
@@kayleelake7874 I just got mine pierced and the guy told me to clean it twice a day ones with some solution he gave me and once with an anti bacterial soap
Play a drinking game
One shot for every time he says okay
Jenny Ethereal I didn't even notice he kept saying "okay" till I read your comment. Now it's bothering me 😂😭
Jenny Ethereal alcohol poisoning
He does it every single video
Jenny Ethereal 32-33 shots then laugh out loud if I counted right
😂😂😂😂 mkay
5:20 I was deadass touching my piercing and I was sitting here like 👁👄👁 when he said not to touch it 💀💀
Sameee💀
Mine got infected like that well almost did
😂 😂 😂
bruhhhhh i’m doing everything wrong 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ i been using bactine , anti bacterial soap , and i used a plastic cup to do a salt water soak omg 😂😭 i also been using Q tips 😭
keirra lopez that's my what piercer said to do
Exactllyy but q tips should be cool tho
Right my guy told me get bactine spray and don’t use soap
My piercer has me doing listerine!!!! I got a virus yesterday, just getting over it but it’s like it made my piercing flare up.
@@Ilikelasagna Wtf listerine?!
Me watching this after just using antibacterial soap😳
I did what he said used a glass & a bit of saline water, pressed a glass against my belly… twice a day for 15 mins (I sit and scroll on my phone to make time go past)
I stop half way and move my belly piercing so the whole bar gets cleaned & wipe dry with a tissue
it’s been a week .. I’ve had the best results .. no puss, no crisping, painless, no redness
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Hi I have a question, so is the sea salt soak the only thing you do? Or do you use soap or any sort of spray after?
I got mine pierced last night, so I've had it in a little over 24 hours- No redness, I don't think it's swollen at all. I did what my piercer instructed, and I'm kinda surprised it's not red or swollen at all. I may jinx myself and it'll be red and swollen tomorrow, but so far so good. I watched this video before I went in and just now again afterward. Thank you so much for your informative video. It really soothed my pre-piercing nerves and helped me understand the care I'd need to start as soon as I got it.
@Theforr411 three years on I’d had to get it redone since I had to have a cesarean for my son and in the 12 days it was out the holes closed lol second piercing was just as easy and no problems.
For cleaning your just did the salt water soaks
i got mine pierced a few hours ago and so far so good just sore and hopefuly no infections along the way
@@eyedr3show’s it doing now?
“Don’t touch it, don’t play with it”
Me after I changed it a million times before the healing period is done: 👁👄👁
FR 💀
is it healed now?
How soon until I get back to working out? I do HIIT routines and I just got my piercing 3 days ago
When did you go back to working out?
A week at least
i went a day or 2 after i got my pierced
I did mine on the 4th day .. kept a eye mask on top of it just to reduce friction . Not all workouts will be good too . Then salt water soak after bath
ur tattoos r epic
HELL YES! I just got pierced by this guy today and he is fucking AWESOME!! Thanks for my naval piercing!! 🙌🏼
I justed got mine done and the instructions the piercer gave me were really unclear so this realllyyy helped me out
that's always so disappointing 😔 especially when you're entrusting a professional, glad this video was able to help you out!
Thank you sir. One thing I know for sure is that salt water is the shit! I’ve used it to clean all 20 of my piercings! And never had an issue with any!
I think to have a good hygiene routine helps any wound heal. I didn't do the salt water. I used saline solution and bactine to an extent in which it wasn't excessive 1ce or 2ce but my area was kept clean. Loose clothing no jeans. Not touching my peircing with dirty hands. No moving or touching my piercing unless it was by my own body movement. No body soaps or any type of cleaning solution that wasn't the wound wash went near my fresh navel peircing for the first 2 weeks ( I did miracles with those showers, shower ninja) no washing my body with anything that might hook onto my piercing and tug on it.
It took my body 6-7 months to finally heal my navel.
I think every piercer is different every body is different. I went to mine because of his 12 years exp
Necroing this comment because information is important, saline solution is literally salt water. The salt to water ratio is all that determines if it can go in your body or be used to clean wounds.
does dove bar soap work?
Just a quick question how do know when your piercing is healed?
So when I clean it, I don't want to move it either??
But what if i want to clean it ? Today was my first day and i moved it just a little bit to clean it because i bleed when i pierced
Such a reassuring dude. Awesome.
LOVE the way you explained everything so well and repeated to emphasize
i wish i watched this before my belly piercing smh
My local pierced told me to only use Qué tips and this saline solution spray and she said it only takes 4 months to heal. She said avoid pools and hotubs but said ocean is ok. She also didn’t clean the skin before piercings soooo I’m now worried lol. I’m just gonna do the salt water soaks like the video says
How’s your piercing now? Also, ocean, lakes, rivers, creeks ANY natural body of water is NEVER a good idea on a fresh piercing because the likely hood that bacteria or other harmful organisms could infect your piercing is VERY high, please be safe!
He did my nose and industrial bar piercing.
Abibat Iriafen oooh really?
Thank youuuu for the advice. :) Everyone that i have previously talked to about me getting it pierced have all told me not to get it, because it was “trashy” or “gross” but i want it so i am getting it pierced tomorrow because it is my body and i can do whatever I want. 🤷🏻♀️😂
Mars periodttt they told me i was too chunky to get it but i love mine (.)
Shanea Kidd yeah i love mine too and i am a little bit chunky as well but i still think it looks great. i got a ring that says “fuck off” so that makes me love it even more even though nobody will be seeing it😂😂
Mars how long did you wait to change yours ?
Damn thank you. I didn't know that when I get this piercing, there's a high chance of me getting a scar. This really helps a lot. ♥️
I was moving it till this minute...oh god i think i did a huge mistake by piercing my belly button 🥺💔
I got my belly button pierced 4 days ago, the piercer told me showering was OK, so I took my shower on the third day. It then started to feel itchy and redness occurred, today morning I started to feel a pain and it became more severe. I asked my piercer and she told me to take the ring/bar off, rinse the belly surface with hydrogen peroxide solution, and clean the ring with medical alcohol and then put it back. I did this in in the afternoon, but the pain didn't soothe or go away. It is still swollen and with pus coming out, and still hurts really bad. I thought I got a fever in the afternoon. How can I tell if I'm experiencing infection or metal allergy ?
I hit my belly piercing a lot a lot nd even pulled and I’ve only have 2 weeks with it , what should I do
My piercer gave me a piercing solution to spray it with and I clean it 3-4 times a day, but how do I sleep in a comfortable position that won’t bother my piercing ? Should I put a small pillow under my stomach or something when I sleep ?
They told me anti bacterial soap & about 3-6 months I can change it. I’ve been doing that & I have skin kinda swelling up on the bottom.
I’ve had mine for about a month now and maybe a week ago I noticed a little small dark spot around the top . Does anyone know if that’s normal ?
sorry for the late reply but was this permanent scarring? i have something similar on my industrial
Yeah sameeee
Same
Thank you for the tips I just got mine done and the place I went to didn't give me much tips.
bruhhh they tell me everywhere to use antibacterial....
I will never f*cking know what to do, this is so frustrating. One professional says to do one thing and the other says that's wrong. How do I know who to believe??
I'd say do whatever is best for your body, what may work for you may not work for others because our bodies are all going to react differently.
bro i am freaking myself out. some places say redness means its infected/rejecting, some say its a sign of healing, some say not to use antibacterial soap some say do I DONT KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE
your instructions are always on point, i watched the video about nose piercing 9 months ago before getting mine pierced and i followed everything you said and its healing so well, im getting my belly pierced in a couple of days and im excited and very confident about it because you give good advice 👌 thank you
My cousin got hers pierced and it got infected bc the piercer used the wrong metal but she managed too change it soon enough
I’ve gotten my belly pierced about 4 times and it just always rejects 😔
Stephanie A Morales did they leave bad scars?
So glad i watched this video because i’m getting mine pierced in a couple days😭
Question: after the 8months of heeling, are we aloud to go swim in public pools or is it still bad for our piercing and how often can we change it
Not the person I went to saying clean with soap and water daily 💀
somebody pls give me advice pls 😭: i got my belly button pierced recently everything went well im super happy not painful at all. HOWEVER the bar he gave me is small. i know that there is supposed to be a little bit of metal sticking out in the bottom part but its like right on my belly button and i accidentally hit it today and its swollen and hurts but im scared that its gonna swell more and theres no room for it to swell. i dont want to change it but if thats the best thing to do pls help me.
Charizard Rules if ur piercer makes a mistake they think there right regardless of what they did.
Charizard Rules a different piercer @shawnpierce on youtube responded he told me it was pierced to deep and the bar was way to tight i agreed he said i should take it out let it close and get it repierced in a about a month. i took it out its been a month im gonna get it done soon
Charizard Rules thank u so much 💜
My piercer told me everything not to do!
I Recommend Antibacterial soap when you shower and the Sea Salt soak throughout the healing period. A very important tip Matt mentioned was Do Not touch it, play, rotate it because that damages the healing cell tissues internally, be careful when dressing. I got my top naval pierced and its healing fine.. simple follow directions
Joshua Fields how is it now? did that work?
So we don’t move it when we’re cleaning it?
I got mine done today without telling my mom
They told me 9 to 12 months to fully heal, but they told me go back in 6 to 8 weeks to see if they need to down size. Im trying not to play with it or move it, but it kinda just moves by its self, when im doing my daily activities, like standing and sitting, also when i am cleaning it.
Can you wear pants like leggings over the piercing, I wear leggings everyday and I pull them up over my belly
Pants over your piercing is a bad idea because it can get caught and also the pressure of the pants can irritate it and cause redness that can lead to an irritated skin and may cause an infected piercing
I use dial antibacterial soap on mine and it’s perfectly fine 🤷🏻♀️
EVERYONES bodies is different hun
Ashley Parker I know that. I was just saying what worked for me .
same literally every other piercer i’ve read/watched says that
That’s what I’m using right now
Question.. I’ve been doing sea salt soaks and making sure I dry it off completely afterwards with a paper towel even the cracks between the jewelry and swelled skin. Is this too invasive? Should I let the piercing/ jewelry air dry instead?? I am scared that leaving even a little bit of salt water around the piercing could cause issues with the healings process.
its always best to let your piercing and tattoo air dry so the towel doesnt irritate it and the towel fibers don’t get into the piercing (~:
@@amberrlikewhoaa Thank you! My piercing is all healed now. Nicely and without complications. But I am sure your comment will help others!
After being prego I took my piercing. After I was able to fit a standard eye brown piercing which I have left in for 5 years now. Can I gauge it back out or do I need to re pierce it?
When he said don't touch it and play with it 👀and I've been doing exactly that...and my piercer is the one who said I should do that
Wow. I was told that it would heal in 6-8 WEEKS! Idk now 😂 I'll just go with this video because it gave me more info than my piercer did
My piercer told me to soak my piercing using warm water and salt solution but using regular table salt because she said sea salt is too harsh now I’m really confused and nervous because I don’t want my piercing to become infected and I have only had it for 3 days
Bruh my artist just told me to wash it with water and I can change in 6 weeks
Here because I just got my belly button piercing 🧍🏾♀️
update?
Yo, I’ve literally been using Bactine spray! On each piercing! Antibacterial soap is what piercers have been telling me to use for the past 5 years. I just got pierced probably a week and a half ago. I don’t necessarily think it’s rejecting because there is no pain but it’s crusting and the area is a little hard like a sore. Idk
getting crusty is normal
Is the hard part normal?
Mine started to get a bump so I took it out. The bump is going down but I’m gonna try again maybe.
I was told to do nothing. To Leave it alone period.
Juliana Debski how’s that going??
My guy told me to use neosporin 😭 no wonder it got infected! It started clearing up when I forgot to put neosporin on it but now I started doing it again and it's starting to look inflamed and shit like it wants to be infected
Thank you so much ♡♡♡ I appreciate this information a bunch! I just got mine done maybe 5 or 6 weeks ago and it's only been a little red around the holes, little bit of discharge but nothing that smells. I've cleaning out a small metal condiments container to put salt water in, I've just been using warm water, shaking some table salt in there and hanging out like you recommended. Ive been cleaning it with a q-tip as well and Ill accidentally hit it or move it around. (Which is probably bad for the table salt part? But no ones told me otherwise when doing so) So I'm doing it mostly right, just wrong supplies? It's been a little itchy lately but nothing uncomfortable. It only hurts when I hit it, which is a given. Yeah, that's about it, sorry for the ted talk. You seem like you know what you're talking about-
Mine has been in since August so 4 months, the discharge crystallises most times. The nose piercing video helped me for when I got mine. Im going to try this the correct way for my naval piercing
Thank you so much for this video. You provided me with more information than the local piercer who said you can change it after 3 weeks & i told her that I clean it with saline solution, she was like “no don’t use that, just use soap” ….. also my friend got hers changed once 3 weeks was up and hers got infected -.-
what about rejection?
if your body rejects a piercing, it has nothing to do with u. it unpreventable and was gonna happen regardless.
I won't reject you baby girl. 🤗😘
Aaliyah Mcmullen while this is sometimes true, in my experience there are some things that will make it more likely to reject. improper afercare, trauma to the area (getting snagged constantly) and inappropriate jewelry (not titanium or surgical steel) will increase chances of rejection. i had a belly button piercing that rejected after 6 months of healing relatively well because i changed fo jewelry to sterling silver, which i was allergic to
@@aubrianna8881 this!! rejection happens a lot with belly button piercings but making sure you take care of it well is going to decrease your chances by a lot, almost everyone i know whose belly button piercing rejected did something they shouldnt have (usually just changing the jewelry too early). belly buttons heal from the outside in so making sure you wait until you've hit that 6 - 12 month mark is important. my piercer told me that if i wanted to change the jewelry i could come in and have her look at it before to make sure its really healed and im pretty sure most piercers will do this if asked.
I got my navel pierced today and I love t
Hey I’m kinda confused, my piercer didn’t give me a normal ring like the one with a ball at each end, she gave me a full circle. And I don’t know if that’s normal. Everyone I see getting it pierced has a half circle thing
Every piercer will do things a little differently, you can always ask them to change it out if it's at point to be able to do that :)
the soaking sounds too difficult😭i just use baby salt water spray for my piercings 🤔
Are pools okay if it’s your own and no one else is in it?? Or is the chlorine bad?
He did not mention if the belly piercing gets rejected by your body and what needs to be done of this should happen.
I just got my belly piercing and he told me to use Listerine original one to clean my belly piercing. He told me to stay away alcohol and sea salt and water. should I
be very concern?
I think he pierced mine to deep. Like I have to sometimes put a band aid in between my ball and skin because after one day I almost loose the entire ball to a hole around the actual hole? It’s not gross looking or red in a large area just where the holes are on the top ball. Any suggestions?
So this is kinda embarrassing but I’ve got a rather hairy belly , if I want to get my belly button pierced would I need to wax it ? And will it cause issues with healing ?
Atmosphere Rose I shaved my belly before I got mine but I don't think it would be a problem so long as it's not a bush of hair around it. Just rinse very well after sea salt soaks and washings (if you choose to use antibacterial/microbial soap)
PrettiMissJae thank you x
can you use boiled water ??? and just cool it down instead of the water he recommended??
i feel like some of these things are slightly exaggerated. I was told antibacterial soaps were fine and to only avoid oceans, spas etc for the first couple of months. bacteria is everywhere. pretty difficult to avoid bacteria for 6-8 months or 8-12 months which i was told
My piercer told me I can use antibacterial soap
Just got mine yesterday and decided to watch this before I shower today😅 thanks for the information 👍🏾 this is really helpful
Hi I got it yesterday . How you doing is it healing yet
I’m really nervous to do a salt soak with the shot glass because o don’t wanna submerge the piercing. I feel like it could mess something up. I’ve just been making a mixture of my sea salt and water in a shot glass and using q-tips to clean around it and dry it off. Is this okay? I got it pierced 5 days ago and it doesn’t hurt at all anymore and it’s just slightly pink. No swelling and no heat but it is slightly itchy sometimes.
it is good to submerge it with the sea salt water because it lets it completely clean the piercing. but do not submerge it with any other water like taking a bath because the germs in the water can cause infection.
Submerging for 10 mins helps the water and salt reeeally get in there and do its job. Your method is just getting the outer skin and not the inner.
I been using salt water soaks and it flirted up and hurts so bad my piercer said it’s not infected I wanna take it out but I know they say not to
My skin around the top ball is dry and peeling what should I do?
Mine is like that. Did you find anything out?
i got my belly pierced may 2nd its now the 8th and i got dove anti bacterial and when i get out of the shower i use saline wound solution and i also clean it with the solution so thats twice a day is that ok???? p.s, I had and currently have my nose pierced twice } first time with the belly i am so worried i am doing something wrong..... someone please answer me...
My piercer told me definitely not to do salt water soaks but instead a saline eye wash solution what should I do?
Thank you so much really loved this can't wait to get mine. Thanks for the soak info. Btw is it okay to like swim in your friends pool or like at family pools or something like that you know is clean?🌈
hopefully i should be getting my belly button pierced soon but i don’t really like the regular boring piercings they use. if i buy my own can i get mine pierced with a dangle one? ive never seen it done before
I got my belly button pierced a few days ago and the piercer’s instructions were to wash the piercing with antibacterial soap three times a day🫠
my peircer said to use backing on the piece of paper but is salt water baths good or even better. like for the first time i clean it as well?
I just realized this dude works hella close to me!!!
I can’t go swimming for 6-8 months 😢 (would I be able to if I put a water proof bandage on it)?
Omg I need this answered!
Hi guys if someone can help me that’s great . I got mine done last week and I had it numbed with a spray so I didn’t feel a thing my piercer did say it would be red for a little bit due to the numbing. And then I have a bruise around it the piercing I was skeptical and scared as it was tender too so I was watching a bunch of videos and phones a few piercing places they said it’s fine could take up to some months before it goes away. And itchy ness is normal etc. my piercer said it’s up to six weeks for the bruise to heal. I also have this clear sort of bump forming on the side I can’t tell whether that’s a keloid or not.
Is this all normal during healing process?
I’ve been told to clean with either saline solution or salt water
I’m using wound wash to clean mine now I was using bactine and dial anti-bacteria soap . I stoped using it , this is my 3rd time getting my belly button pierced CAsue my other two rejected
i just got mine done a couple days ago. what’s your exact routine? my piercer said anti bacterial soap only and when i asked about saline/salt soaks she said only if it’s really irritated but my friend pierced told her wound wash so i’ve been doing soap around the area not touching the piercing and wound wash with qtips at the openings (which i will now stop bc you’re not supposed to move it oops )
Can you work out or play sports after getting a new piercing ?
Can I put a big bandaid over my piercing while I’m playing volleyball? To keep it protected
I got my belly button reopen last month 21st and i was wondering when could i change the jewel
Jazmine Murphy no you need to wait 9 months
If I don’t have sea salt can I use pink Himalayan salt?
My piercer said that I should be using dial antibacterial soap, and even if I do a saline soak, I still need to use the soap. What do you think?
Megan Ouellette you can use the sea salt solution but it would be best if you use antibacterial soap in the shower when you are cleaning it and it's also best to wash your hands with antibacterial soap before you use the sea salt soak
Mine too but he clearly just said don't use that so I'm not
Megan Ouellette that’s what my piercer said .
Mine said to just clean it with non fragrance soap and water
Mine said to use saline solution, salt water soaks, and dial Gold antibacterial soap. He’s been piercing for 20 years and I trust his judgement. He just did my daith today with the same instructions
I thought using hydrogen peroxide wasn’t bad .. I used it for my nose piercing and it healed awesome. Also is dove soap good to shower with because that’s all I use
Belly piercings r different because it heals from the outside not the inside :)
You said 4 teaspoons of sea salt per gallon. I thought I needed 1 teaspoon of sea salt per 5 ounces of water.
every piercer and video says something else DO YOU USE ONLY SALT WATER SOAK TWICE A DAY or do u get the h2o whatever its called and anti bacterial soap or with a q tip 😭. somebody that did something that actually works lmk plss
I asked my piercer how to clean mine properly and he pointed at the bottle of dial gold on his table and said use that. Literally all I got for info😂. Thank you for this video!
💀bruuuuh so not helpful haha well thank your lucky days for Matt 😏 🫶
For how long can u notttt go into the ocean/pool/jacuzzi etc?
All the other videos I’ve seen said to use Antibacterial Dove sensitive skin soap
I need help on what to do with mine, it’s red, I don’t know if it’s the metal and I’m allergic and the guy told me too you hand sanitizer 🙂
Hi! I was wondering how long it takes for someone with a belly piercing until they can go swimming into pools?
Im scared now, so can you not change it till its fully healed? Im confused, they told me to go back in 6 to 8 weeks to see if they need to down size. Then how long after that can i start changing it myself?
Im only on week 3 of having it done.
you can always go back and see what they would recommend based off your piercings current condition 🫶 hope this helps!
🤦🏾♀️I was told to use dial soap 🧼
lady_ bug903 I was told to MOVE IT to clean it and I fucked my shit up
@@psycho4346 How, what exactly happened to it
Rachel Clarke I watched lulu’s piercing video before this one and he said push it up clean the top then push it down and clean the bottom. Right after that it started swelling and the bar was too small (even though it’s the starter bar MADE for swelling) and it got red and irritated. I went to my piercer she said it was fine I just got an EVEN bigger bar so idk. It looked and felt really bad though but I also just overreact bc of my anxiety so idk.