Hey All!
My daughter has had her navel pierced twice now. The piercings went without a hitch, very little pain and seemed to heal well. At about a month after the first piercing her navel became inflamed, and appeared to develop an abscess. First time it happened she simply took out the jewelry, waited for the abscess to surface, then allowed it to heal. She waited several months to have it re-pierced. Once again the same thing, all was well, no swelling, irritation, seemed to be healing well. Now that we have hit the 6 week mark there is now all of the above and it appears to be developing another abscess.
Ok, now that I have explained all of that... Is this her body rejecting the jewelry? The piece she has in the piercing is surgical steel, should I consider either plastic, silver or gold?