Belly botton leaking a clear sitcky liquid

Its puss don't worry...and wait a logn time to take out the barbell...just clean it a lot and put lots of neosporine on it.

Ok but what is the clear sticky liquid that sticks to my barbell.how long will it do this for I clean it like 3-4 a day is that good or bad.

Ashliiboo

What are you cleaning it with? When I got mine done years ago, they gave me sea salt to cleanse it with. And your supposed to wash it 3-4 times a day, but don't play with it! Your hands have a lot of germs on them so by playing with it you will get it infected, which it sounds like it already is.... Just keep cleaning it with sea salt...I think there are other things to use too.

I have been told NOT to use peroxide or neosporin cause they try to 'heal' the piercing...which it tried to close it. I am not a doctor by any means though, so hopefully J_9 will get to your question with a professional answer...

Good Luck

I don't know too much about piercings, but I do know about drainage!

If it is clear there is nothing to worry about, this is normal for some people.

If it is yellowish or greenish it is infected and needs antibiotics to clear it up. Anything of any color other than clear signifies an infection.

I hope this helps a little!

There is no color its just clear all my friends say that means its healing.I use sea salt and Bactistat soap to clean it in the shower the place gave it to me.I use the sea salt at least 3 times a day and the Bactistat soap twice a day.

Sounds like you are doing the right thing!

Ok thank you do you have your belly button pierced.
Ok I got my belly pierced and when I clean it and every thing it still feels like there is soap in it or the salt water but I rinse it really good so I don't no and I'm getting kind a scared I only hade it picered 4 days.I think it is healing really good though how long should I clean it for?I clean it 2-4 a day.what should I get to clean it I have the pink soap they gave me and the sea salt is there like a cream or spray that I can us in the day or something?

Ok now my belly button is all dry on tip of the barbell is there any cream I can get.how do you no when is is fully healed

#1. They used a barbell when they pierced it. No reputable piercer will use a barbell for a new piercing other than the tongue and genitals. It hinders healing and doesn't allow for expansion from swelling. It also doesn't allow you to actually clean inside the piercing.

#2. The leakage is normal. The crusting is normal. Just pick the crusty crap off when you wash. Dial antibacterial soap is the best thing for it. Ordinarily I'd say move the piercing so the soap actually goes through the hole but its impossible to do that with a barbell so you're going to have to hope it dribbles in. Love my piercing after care products are a good quality product in my opinion. And believe it or not, listerine. Listerine kills just about anything. I use it at home to sterilize my jewelry when I don't feel like using alcohol or peroxide.

#3. Never listen to your friends. They might have the piercing themselves but any information they give you is going to be second hand at best, and utterly wrong at worst. More likely than not, the information is going to be flat out wrong.

I would recommend waiting 6-8 weeks before switching jewelry. If you aren't healed enough by then, you should just take it out and forget about it.

Navel piercings are the ones I see get infected or rejected the most often. I think it has a lot to do with the piercing's popularity with teenage girls and their notorious habit of not caring about anything but looking good and being popular. No offense to any teenage girls who may be reading this.

Everyone's body is different and responds to piercings and other body modifications in different ways. If you want actual facts ask a professional. Most states require that piercers actually know what they're doing before they give them permission to poke holes in people.

Okay, I have my belly button pierced and I haven't really had problems with mine. I do know that clear/white liquid is completely normal but green/yellow discharge means infection! If the discharge is green/yellow you need to go get it looked at by your piercer, doctors don't always know what they are talking about when it comes to piercings. Your aftercare sounds like overkill, you are only supposed to use the soap in the shower once a day and you are only supposed to do two sea salt soaks a day. Over cleaning could be causing it to be irritated. If I were you I would cut the soap usage down to once a day and only do two sea salt soaks a day.

Another thing, 6-8 weeks oh my!..You really need to wait about 6 months before switching jewelry. At 6-8 weeks your piercing is still very very fresh and switching youe jewelry that soon will cause it to either get infected or reject.