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Yesterday, I went to downtown with Aldin and decided to get navel piercing. I really dont like injections, needles and the like, yet I was so brave to get belly button ring until I saw that huge needle. I wanted to back out pero but the girl was aggressive kaya di na ako naka angal. Well it looks cute naman. It’s not as painful as I thought but mejo mahirap gumalaw like picking up things, putting on/off socks, scrubbing feet, etc…. mejo nervous ako dahil ayoko ng mga sugat sa katawan. Plus the thought that it needs a couple of weeks to heal, eeew.

To those interested to get navel piercing, it’s better to get enough info beforehand. Here’s an excerpt of the belly ring after care from the net:

HEALING PROCESS

The navel is a depressed scar that tends to collect dirt, and if not dried properly after bathing can become subject to fungal infections i.e. Candida Albicans (Thrush) even if it’s not pierced. Once its pierced extra care must be taken with cleaning to prevent infections. One can’t stress enough how it must be looked after carefully!

Navels take a long time to heal because the navel is on your waist, which is like the hinge of your body. It’s subject to a lot of movement and your clothes constantly rub and irritate the piercing. It usually takes 3 – 4 months to heal, but it can take up to 12 months for some. The only difference between a healed and unhealed navel is a very small amount of redness just around the area where the ring pierces the body and it’s hardly visible. The healing time depends on a variety of factors: health, weight, diet, clothes, profession, and most importantly how carefully you care for it.

The first 4-5 days your navel will look fine, then you will start to get a very small amount of redness where the ring pierces the body. Next you will start to get crusting around the ring. This is just dead white blood cells from the healing process. The piercing will discharge small amounts of milky fluid. This is not a sign of infection, it’s just the result of your body trying o heal a wound with a foreign object in it. If the discharge becomes thick and yellow, or you develop any pain or excessive redness, this is a sign of possible infection. See your piercer or doctor right away.

After 6 – 8 weeks the discharge and crusting should lessen and there should only be a small amount of redness around the piercing. The piercing is not fully healed until all redness disappears. If you stop cleaning it before it is fully healed you may develop an infection. Some good word of advice: Never assume it is ever fully healed. It is always best to regularly clean your piercing.