View Full Version : Is saline solution the best way to clean a belly piercing?
 
 Lolitah_xx
Jul 10, 2007, 05:12 PM
I'm getting my belly pierced in a few days and some people are telling me to clean it with alcohol, some say peroxide , some say don't use alcohol or peroxide but mostly everyone says saline is the best so is it? And how often do I need to clean it? And how long does it take to heal? How long do I have to wait to change the belly ring?
 nauticalstar420
Jul 10, 2007, 05:18 PM
Just like with the nose piercing, clean it only with antibacterial soap.  That is absolutely all you need.
 
Saline solotions dry out piercings and prolong healing.  
 
Clean it once a day with some anti bacterial soap and a Q-tip.
 
It will take an average time of one and a half years for your belly button ring to completely heal.
 
Wait about 6 weeks before changing rings.
 Lolitah_xx
Jul 10, 2007, 05:20 PM
What kind of anti-bacterial soap? Dial? && do I put alott of soap or a little?
 nauticalstar420
Jul 10, 2007, 05:22 PM
Yes I would recommend Dial.
 
Put the soap into your hands and bring it to a lather, as if you were washing your hands.  Then coat a Q-tip with the lather you have created on your hands.  Clean the piercing really well with the Q-tip, and move the piercing back and forth only ONCE.  Up once, down once.  Then just rinse with warm water.
 Lolitah_xx
Jul 10, 2007, 05:23 PM
Thank you so much 4 helping because everyone else I been asking won't completely tell me how
 nauticalstar420
Jul 10, 2007, 05:25 PM
You're welcome and if you have any more questions or concerns let me know :)