[brigoesrawrr]

I got my belly button pierced about 4-5 days ago and I've been cleaning it with sea salt, bactine, and antibacterial soap 3 times a day like I was told to. Well its red and really sore. And pus comes out of it a lot. It also has like this hard stuff on it. Is it infected? If so what do I need to do?

[alkalineangel]

Are you washing your hands thoroughly before treating the piercing? 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 warm 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 another 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...

Good luck.