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i've had my belly pierced for 6 weeks and i think i have an infection becuase green stuff is coming from it. i've been cleaning it everyday since the first day i got it and i dont kno why it got infected bcuz i've been really taking care of it. i really dont want to take it out and im still cleaning it hoping the infection will go away but does any1 know anything else i can do. i cant go to a doctor to get anti-biotics because i dont have health insurance to pay for it and im starting to get really scared bcuz i dont know what will happen if i dont get medicine for it. can anyone please help me?!!!!
I would try the following recipe for a week and see if it helps improve the situaion before getting antibiotics on no insurance...then if after a week, you dont notice an improvement, go to a local clinic:
On all of my piercing, I have always used this formula, and I always heal wonderfully.
keep the piercing in, and use a small amount of dial soap+warm water to clean around the piercing using a q-tip. rinse the site with arm water and pat dry (dont rub dry). rinse the wound with peroxide and rinse off with water. pat dry. take a small cup and mix warm saline solution (the kind for your eyes - warm in microwave) and sea salt (small amount). take the cup and press the lip of the cup to your skin covering the naval. press the entire opening of the cup against your skin so that the suction forms. Lay on your back for 5 minutes. stand up again at the end of 5 minutes and remove the cup. pat dry. take a small square of medical gauze and cover the entire naval and piercing with the medical guaze, then use medical tape to tape all four sides so that nothing can get in. Do this first thing in the morning and again before bed. do not allow the area to be uncovered for a week. this will keep your clothes from pulling on it and keep bacteria out. After a week, you should notice an improvement.
A breakdown of what this formula is doing...
the soap is a mild form and will help keep it from getting too irritated, but keep it clean
the peroxide will kill any bacteria already present
the saline and sea salt will help fool your body into believing the piercing is meant to be their, and it will stop attacking the piercing
the gauze will keep any irritants out and keep the piercing from snagging.
If you do notice an improvement after a week, keep up the same routine for a nother week, and then remove the peroxide from the regimine after that week is up. continue with the cleaning and saline for 2 more weeks, then remove the guaze from the regime and move to once a day.
Oh! and remember to twist the piercing and move up and down...
lauder21 disagrees: Everyone heals differently, so yes I realize this may work for you, but I would disagree as it's too harsh of a routine to be using on a piercing.
check the rules of this site before disagreeing...whether you personally agree or not...ask a piercer my information is correct in this situation, you must kill the bacteria...
I am sorry you have taken what I said personally and appear to be offended by it, but I have just read the rules to the site and have found nothing wrong with what I have said.
The only thing I've done wrong now, is writing this as it's not on the topic of the thread however I feel I must apologize for hurting your feelings, dear.
But I did say everyone heals differently. For example something I have used over and over, Nauticalstar believes will dry a piercing out too much. But -- it works for me!
I am sorry you have taken what I said personally and appear to be offended by it, but I have just read the rules to the site and have found nothing wrong with what I have said.
The only thing I've done wrong now, is writing this as it's not on the topic of the thread however I feel I must apologize for hurting your feelings, dear.
But I did say everyone heals differently. For example something I have used over and over, Nauticalstar believes will dry a piercing out too much. But -- it works for me!
Everyone is always going to have different opinions and methods. Al's problem was that you gave her a disagree, when you could have disagreed in a post rather than give her a bad mark. Disagrees are reserved for when you are factually wrong, and since everyone is different, her method could work.
Thank you! I am new here, as you can see, so I was not aware that the agree/disagree was a.... like a user integrity type of feature, I saw in other posts people using this feature, and it says "comments on this post" above it, I was simply under the impression it was a way to put a comment into that post, without adding tons of one or two sentance posts.
Sorry, but thank you
you didnt hurt my feelings hun, you should just remember that we are only supposed to give disagrees if the information is blatantly incorrect. you only disagreed on a personal level, and I understood that. no hard feelings.
** Edit** thanks nautical for explaining...
and lauder dont mind me, i may seem pissed, but its just my hormones...lol
I Think The Infection Went Away, I Used Peroxide On It A Few Times And It Got Kinda Dryed Out But It Took The Infection Away Because I Havent Seen The Green Stuff Come Out. But I Told My Mom And She Said To Wait A While To See If It Comes Back And Then She Will Take Me To The Clinic
yep, unfortunately, when using peroxide, you do run the risk of it drying out a bit, but, ultimately this is better than infection...I would cut out the peroxide for now and just keep it clean.
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