A handful of trendy ladies love this art. They pierce their navel, insert a ring and it has become a trend. This is a care-intensive piercing and it is important to consider the disadvantages along with the advantages before going under the needle.
Whenever you get any type of piercing, infection becomes a serious concern. Navel piercings are most likely to be infected than any other type of piercing.
According to www.livestrong.com, your belly button and the skin surrounding the piercing area easily collect sweat and bacteria. Your clothing continually encounters the piercing site, depositing bacteria, and causing friction and irritation. Common activities like sitting or sleeping can irritate the site and lead to infection.
In a small percentage of people, the body rejects piercings and pushes them out of the body as skin heals. Skin may heal with a forked appearance once your body pushes the piercing all the way out.
While the healing process of a navel, or belly button, piercing is four months to a year, an infection caused by bacteria can occur at any time.
However, if you have an infected navel ring, taking out the jewellery could lead to the formation of an abscess. Again, if your belly button ring is caught on something, like a shirt or belt, it can tear through your skin. Body piercings bleed more and typically cause larger injuries when pulled out, than earrings do.
Common activities like dressing, tossing and turning during sleep, swimming, exercising, or having sex, all pose risks for pulling out your piercing.
According to Teens Health, while most piercing establishments follow health and safety codes to the letter, those who do not, expose their clients to a wide range of diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C. Some people, especially women, are allergic to the material in the equipment or piercing and experience painful itching, irritation and swelling. If your piercer is not careful, he/she can inflict permanent nerve damage or pierce a major blood vessel.
What more? During pregnancy or after a significant weight gain, you might find your piercing is stretched out, moves, becomes newly infected, or feels tight. If you gain weight above and below your waistline, you might trap your piercing in between stomach pouches when you sit down. Sweat and bacteria easily collect in these areas, leading to chronic infection or, at the very least, discomfort.
A tight, pregnant belly can put pressure against the piercing. Even labour can cause your piercing to tear out. After childbirth, you may not be able to wear your belly button ring until your stomach goes back to its normal size, during which time the piercing hole could close.
Your piercing might not cause you any major medical pitfalls, but it can cause you some minor daily annoyance. If your work requires you to wear a specific uniform, you might find it causes chafing or rubs against your piercing. You might have to put a spacer in while you are at work. If you use certain types of metal in your piercing, it could set off metal detectors or show up on both medical and security x-ray machines. You might find the rigorous cleaning regimen tedious too. You may also find you have trouble changing your piercing and have to regularly return to the shop for new jewellery.
Still want to go ahead with this art? Then, learn to minimise the risk of infection. First, choose a legitimate, clean piercing studio. Before piercing your navel, ensure the piercer washes his hands, uses gloves, and sterilises equipment.
Mind you, the piercing guns cannot be sterilised properly; therefore, you should not be pierced at any studio that uses them. The jewellery should also be sterilised and your navel area should be sterilised with a germicidal soap. Your skin should also be cleaned again after piercing.
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