I completely trust everything he says. I’ve had two different piercings and the piercers gave me horrible instructions on cleaning the fresh piercing and I always had it become infected or irritated and both times I come to this guy to see what he says, and it always works
You gave more information than the person who pierced me gave me. He told me to move it and i can change it in 4-6 weeks. So I'm glad I'm glad that I watched this video
They told me 6 weeks I changed it after that and they told me to clean it with antibacterial soap and it got infected and healed over Saturday I’m going to get it repierced
@@kayleelake7874 I just got mine pierced and the guy told me to clean it twice a day ones with some solution he gave me and once with an anti bacterial soap
I did what he said used a glass & a bit of saline water, pressed a glass against my belly… twice a day for 15 mins (I sit and scroll on my phone to make time go past) I stop half way and move my belly piercing so the whole bar gets cleaned & wipe dry with a tissue it’s been a week .. I’ve had the best results .. no puss, no crisping, painless, no redness 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
bruhhhhh i’m doing everything wrong 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ i been using bactine , anti bacterial soap , and i used a plastic cup to do a salt water soak omg 😂😭 i also been using Q tips 😭
your instructions are always on point, i watched the video about nose piercing 9 months ago before getting mine pierced and i followed everything you said and its healing so well, im getting my belly pierced in a couple of days and im excited and very confident about it because you give good advice 👌 thank you
I think to have a good hygiene routine helps any wound heal. I didn't do the salt water. I used saline solution and bactine to an extent in which it wasn't excessive 1ce or 2ce but my area was kept clean. Loose clothing no jeans. Not touching my peircing with dirty hands. No moving or touching my piercing unless it was by my own body movement. No body soaps or any type of cleaning solution that wasn't the wound wash went near my fresh navel peircing for the first 2 weeks ( I did miracles with those showers, shower ninja) no washing my body with anything that might hook onto my piercing and tug on it. It took my body 6-7 months to finally heal my navel. I think every piercer is different every body is different. I went to mine because of his 12 years exp
Necroing this comment because information is important, saline solution is literally salt water. The salt to water ratio is all that determines if it can go in your body or be used to clean wounds.
Thank you sir. One thing I know for sure is that salt water is the shit! I’ve used it to clean all 20 of my piercings! And never had an issue with any!
I got mine pierced last night, so I've had it in a little over 24 hours- No redness, I don't think it's swollen at all. I did what my piercer instructed, and I'm kinda surprised it's not red or swollen at all. I may jinx myself and it'll be red and swollen tomorrow, but so far so good. I watched this video before I went in and just now again afterward. Thank you so much for your informative video. It really soothed my pre-piercing nerves and helped me understand the care I'd need to start as soon as I got it.
@Theforr411 three years on I’d had to get it redone since I had to have a cesarean for my son and in the 12 days it was out the holes closed lol second piercing was just as easy and no problems.
I Recommend Antibacterial soap when you shower and the Sea Salt soak throughout the healing period. A very important tip Matt mentioned was Do Not touch it, play, rotate it because that damages the healing cell tissues internally, be careful when dressing. I got my top naval pierced and its healing fine.. simple follow directions
Thank youuuu for the advice. :) Everyone that i have previously talked to about me getting it pierced have all told me not to get it, because it was “trashy” or “gross” but i want it so i am getting it pierced tomorrow because it is my body and i can do whatever I want. 🤷🏻♀️😂
Shanea Kidd yeah i love mine too and i am a little bit chunky as well but i still think it looks great. i got a ring that says “fuck off” so that makes me love it even more even though nobody will be seeing it😂😂
My local pierced told me to only use Qué tips and this saline solution spray and she said it only takes 4 months to heal. She said avoid pools and hotubs but said ocean is ok. She also didn’t clean the skin before piercings soooo I’m now worried lol. I’m just gonna do the salt water soaks like the video says
How’s your piercing now? Also, ocean, lakes, rivers, creeks ANY natural body of water is NEVER a good idea on a fresh piercing because the likely hood that bacteria or other harmful organisms could infect your piercing is VERY high, please be safe!
Mine has been in since August so 4 months, the discharge crystallises most times. The nose piercing video helped me for when I got mine. Im going to try this the correct way for my naval piercing
Thank you so much for this video. You provided me with more information than the local piercer who said you can change it after 3 weeks & i told her that I clean it with saline solution, she was like “no don’t use that, just use soap” ….. also my friend got hers changed once 3 weeks was up and hers got infected -.-
Yo, I’ve literally been using Bactine spray! On each piercing! Antibacterial soap is what piercers have been telling me to use for the past 5 years. I just got pierced probably a week and a half ago. I don’t necessarily think it’s rejecting because there is no pain but it’s crusting and the area is a little hard like a sore. Idk
thank you so much! I just got a naval piercing and although this is not my first piercing I strive for correct maintenance, I will now do my first cleaning :)
I asked my piercer how to clean mine properly and he pointed at the bottle of dial gold on his table and said use that. Literally all I got for info😂. Thank you for this video!
I did mine on the 4th day .. kept a eye mask on top of it just to reduce friction . Not all workouts will be good too . Then salt water soak after bath
I got my belly button pierced 4 days ago, the piercer told me showering was OK, so I took my shower on the third day. It then started to feel itchy and redness occurred, today morning I started to feel a pain and it became more severe. I asked my piercer and she told me to take the ring/bar off, rinse the belly surface with hydrogen peroxide solution, and clean the ring with medical alcohol and then put it back. I did this in in the afternoon, but the pain didn't soothe or go away. It is still swollen and with pus coming out, and still hurts really bad. I thought I got a fever in the afternoon. How can I tell if I'm experiencing infection or metal allergy ?
Thank you for the information! I took note lol I've wanted to get a piercing for a really long time and recently almost did it. Then I realized I really don't know about the details, just a vague idea of what to do. This video made me feel a more prepared!
I thought the soap was a bad idea to begin with when my piercer said to use it. Glad I don't really do it much because my skin is sensitive and get irritated by certain soaps. But I never used the salt method and my belly buttons looks great tho. Been 2 months by now I think and it's just a little red still and mostly don't hurt unless the scab grows back
somebody pls give me advice pls 😭: i got my belly button pierced recently everything went well im super happy not painful at all. HOWEVER the bar he gave me is small. i know that there is supposed to be a little bit of metal sticking out in the bottom part but its like right on my belly button and i accidentally hit it today and its swollen and hurts but im scared that its gonna swell more and theres no room for it to swell. i dont want to change it but if thats the best thing to do pls help me.
Charizard Rules a different piercer @shawnpierce on youtube responded he told me it was pierced to deep and the bar was way to tight i agreed he said i should take it out let it close and get it repierced in a about a month. i took it out its been a month im gonna get it done soon
So is it better to use salt water or wound wash??? I’m using wound wash right now. Or could I use salt water one time and then use the wound wash like mix it up ??
we're currently updating all these older info videos so the best advice for this rn would be to use a a wound wash and let the warm water of your shower do the work for the most part! :) good luck healing!
My piercer gave me a piercing solution to spray it with and I clean it 3-4 times a day, but how do I sleep in a comfortable position that won’t bother my piercing ? Should I put a small pillow under my stomach or something when I sleep ?
Thank you so much ♡♡♡ I appreciate this information a bunch! I just got mine done maybe 5 or 6 weeks ago and it's only been a little red around the holes, little bit of discharge but nothing that smells. I've cleaning out a small metal condiments container to put salt water in, I've just been using warm water, shaking some table salt in there and hanging out like you recommended. Ive been cleaning it with a q-tip as well and Ill accidentally hit it or move it around. (Which is probably bad for the table salt part? But no ones told me otherwise when doing so) So I'm doing it mostly right, just wrong supplies? It's been a little itchy lately but nothing uncomfortable. It only hurts when I hit it, which is a given. Yeah, that's about it, sorry for the ted talk. You seem like you know what you're talking about-
Question.. I’ve been doing sea salt soaks and making sure I dry it off completely afterwards with a paper towel even the cracks between the jewelry and swelled skin. Is this too invasive? Should I let the piercing/ jewelry air dry instead?? I am scared that leaving even a little bit of salt water around the piercing could cause issues with the healings process.
Thank you so much really loved this can't wait to get mine. Thanks for the soak info. Btw is it okay to like swim in your friends pool or like at family pools or something like that you know is clean?🌈
i was told by my piecer to not use a saline solution and to just give it a bit of the wash in the shower without using any soap and its healed so well. i think its healed better by just washing it it the shower than using a saline solution
They told me 9 to 12 months to fully heal, but they told me go back in 6 to 8 weeks to see if they need to down size. Im trying not to play with it or move it, but it kinda just moves by its self, when im doing my daily activities, like standing and sitting, also when i am cleaning it.
I got my belly piercing today, my pearcer told me ı should put a thick layer of Vaseline on the pearcing area while going into the shower and afterwards clean the Vaseline completely off. He said its important since the water can damage the tissue. İs it true?
Megan Ouellette you can use the sea salt solution but it would be best if you use antibacterial soap in the shower when you are cleaning it and it's also best to wash your hands with antibacterial soap before you use the sea salt soak
Mine said to use saline solution, salt water soaks, and dial Gold antibacterial soap. He’s been piercing for 20 years and I trust his judgement. He just did my daith today with the same instructions
Thanks for the information. I just got mine pierced 2 days ago and it didnt hurt, bleed, swollen or anything. The person who pierced me suggested not to use saline solution instead he asked me to use betadine the yellow one and mupirocin (bactroban). Out of all piercers he's the only one I saw that didnt suggest saline solution why so?
Im scared now, so can you not change it till its fully healed? Im confused, they told me to go back in 6 to 8 weeks to see if they need to down size. Then how long after that can i start changing it myself? Im only on week 3 of having it done.
I just got my belly piercing and he told me to use Listerine original one to clean my belly piercing. He told me to stay away alcohol and sea salt and water. should I be very concern?
i got my belly pierced may 2nd its now the 8th and i got dove anti bacterial and when i get out of the shower i use saline wound solution and i also clean it with the solution so thats twice a day is that ok???? p.s, I had and currently have my nose pierced twice } first time with the belly i am so worried i am doing something wrong..... someone please answer me...
Aaliyah Mcmullen while this is sometimes true, in my experience there are some things that will make it more likely to reject. improper afercare, trauma to the area (getting snagged constantly) and inappropriate jewelry (not titanium or surgical steel) will increase chances of rejection. i had a belly button piercing that rejected after 6 months of healing relatively well because i changed fo jewelry to sterling silver, which i was allergic to
@@aubrianna8881 this!! rejection happens a lot with belly button piercings but making sure you take care of it well is going to decrease your chances by a lot, almost everyone i know whose belly button piercing rejected did something they shouldnt have (usually just changing the jewelry too early). belly buttons heal from the outside in so making sure you wait until you've hit that 6 - 12 month mark is important. my piercer told me that if i wanted to change the jewelry i could come in and have her look at it before to make sure its really healed and im pretty sure most piercers will do this if asked.
Im actually planning on getting a belly button piercing. And im 16 yrs old. What else should i do? And it will be my first time so i dont know what to do. Any advice and tips? Im afraid because ive seen a lot of infected piercings and i dont know what id do
Hey I’m kinda confused, my piercer didn’t give me a normal ring like the one with a ball at each end, she gave me a full circle. And I don’t know if that’s normal. Everyone I see getting it pierced has a half circle thing
i feel like some of these things are slightly exaggerated. I was told antibacterial soaps were fine and to only avoid oceans, spas etc for the first couple of months. bacteria is everywhere. pretty difficult to avoid bacteria for 6-8 months or 8-12 months which i was told
I hope someone reads this and gives me advice since I know this video is so old. I got my navel pierced three days ago. My piercer told me to clean it twice a day and I actually bought the solution they had in their shop (it's called NeilMed Piercing Aftercare fine mist wound wash). She told me to just spray the solution twice a day and immediately get a q-tip and dry it all up around the bars really well, not to leave any moisture in my belly button or around it because moisture or leaving it wet can cause infection. The guy in the video said to leave a sea salt solution on it for 5 to 10 minutes, rinse it with water and then just pat it dry and to NOT use a q-tip. Very conflicted on what to do since my piercer and the man in the video said opposite things. What advice is more correct or do both methods work? I'm really scared of getting an infection.
i would say depending on the ingredients in the aftercare they gave you… it should have sea salt/water in it. saline (sea-salt and water) is by far the best thing to clean your piercings. i would advise against using a q-tip as it can move around your piercing and leave cotton behind.
@@chrissybrea8735 Hi! It's been 5 months now and I got it downsized last month and it looks really good according to my piercer (and myself haha). :) I did what was done in the video. I would let my solution soak in my belly button for about 10 minutes, then I would pat it dry with a paper towel, and afterwards I would get a q-tip and SUPER GENTLY clean around the piercing. It will obviously be waaay tender since you just got it so maybe don't do that last step for a couple of weeks or until it's not as sore? But the reason I did it is because a bunch of plasma and a tiny bit of blood will form around the piercing and the paper towel won't get it off. It's honestly satisfying seeing all that gunk come off with the q-tip and leaving it nice and clean. It's worked for me as there's no infection or irritation in this entire time I've had it. Best of luck!
@@LovePatchSour could you elaborate on what you mean by plasma ? Around the top bar the skin is kinda white, almost like it dead until I clean it with my saline solution, then it lifts up. It’s not really fluidy but it’s not super thick too. Ik thick is a sign for infection but I just wanna know if you’re experiencing the same thing :/
i got my belly button pierced today, & he put the piercing in upside down, like the bigger piece on the top & the smaller piece in the inside. is there a reason to this ??
Hey could someone help me? I got a belly piercing and the piercer did it wrong and pierced above my belly button. long story short, after 4 months it rejected and THE SAME DAY I got it took out by a professional, I got it re-pierced. she pierced it deeper though in the correct spot but I believe it went through some scar tissue and it kinda hurt. It’s been closing the old hole for the past 2 hours but a liquid has been coming out. I’m a bit nervous, what aftercare can I do for my exact situation? i think I should’ve waited, but didn’t and I don’t want it to reject again. Please help
I’m seeing this trend of piercers saying not to use bactine. My first piercing was my nose and the guy specifically told me to use bactine. I was obviously lied to
My boyfriend told me it'd be safe to use neosporn on it, I used the tiniest amount, one time, last night, I woke up & my belly doesn't feel irritated anymore but now it feels itchy. I have NOT scratched it, but what do I do? I'm so scared it's going to get infected 😭
When I got mine I felt its kinda crooked..but my piercer told me that its normal and it will straighten out after 6 months but I really don’t think so...the bottom ball is all good but the top one is far, will it really adjust ?
I’ve been to three piercing shops so far, like different ones, why do they always tell you the stuff you will prob need for cleaning but they never actually tell you how to clean it 💀. I had one guy even tell me the wrong thing, this was at a tattoo shop 😭
The piercer who literally did my piercing yesterday, for my double helix, we were out and I had a little crusty that I couldn’t clean bc I wasn’t home (I was gonna clean it when I got home) she cleaned it with an alcohol wipe and like freaked when she saw a little crusty (even tho I’m pretty sure like you said it’s normal just needs to be cleaned off) 💀
*I need help.* Basicaly, my shower does NOT work, so i take baths every day. I try my best to keeping my stomach in the bathwater to a minimum, but itll be around 5 minutes. Its causing a very uncomfortable flare up (and till this i was unaware how using peroxide wasnt such a good idea) i just dont know what to do
From what i was told dont put your body in bodys of water in cluding tubs nd pool etc bc its fresh wait for 3/6months depending on your body to be safe for tub. For pool, lakes etc wait until belly is healed. Use sea salt soaks for belly really good to take away the itch only using a shot glass hope this helps
I got my belly pierced yesterday and my piercer told me not to use salt water soaks. She said to use Carex antibacterial soap in the shower so the bubbles will just run into the piercing and clean it. Now I'm very confused ahah, thoughts?
Salt water completely kills off any bacteria and doesn't dry out your skin if you put the right amount of salt in. When your in the shower wash it with antibacterial soap and rinse it off, you should be fine
How about the anti bacterial solution they give at piercing shops ?? The ingredients are water/potassium sorbets/benzalkonium chloride ??? I just got mine pierced today and I used the solution for bed time
My piercer told me to soak my piercing using warm water and salt solution but using regular table salt because she said sea salt is too harsh now I’m really confused and nervous because I don’t want my piercing to become infected and I have only had it for 3 days
What about swimming in a pool? My piercer said that it was OK to swim in a pool as long as I clean it after but I’m still scared to go in and it might get infected what do I do?
I got my belly piercing today and in 6days my bf is coming back here in ph and for sure we will go to ocean/beach. Just asking by that time comes is my belly piercing will be okay to be in that water?
I’m really nervous to do a salt soak with the shot glass because o don’t wanna submerge the piercing. I feel like it could mess something up. I’ve just been making a mixture of my sea salt and water in a shot glass and using q-tips to clean around it and dry it off. Is this okay? I got it pierced 5 days ago and it doesn’t hurt at all anymore and it’s just slightly pink. No swelling and no heat but it is slightly itchy sometimes.
it is good to submerge it with the sea salt water because it lets it completely clean the piercing. but do not submerge it with any other water like taking a bath because the germs in the water can cause infection.
I thought using hydrogen peroxide wasn’t bad .. I used it for my nose piercing and it healed awesome. Also is dove soap good to shower with because that’s all I use
I got my navel piercing like a year and a half ago and I keep getting like pale puss and redness coming out of the skin in the middle. Not out from the piercing holes but the actual skin in the middle, is it infected? How can I treat it?
I completely trust everything he says. I’ve had two different piercings and the piercers gave me horrible instructions on cleaning the fresh piercing and I always had it become infected or irritated and both times I come to this guy to see what he says, and it always works
THIS haha this is why we have Matt come on to give us the info. He has 20+ years experience and knows his stuff! Glad this was helpful :)
You gave more information than the person who pierced me gave me. He told me to move it and i can change it in 4-6 weeks. So I'm glad I'm glad that I watched this video
Jennifer Julien yeah I was also told 6 weeks
He told me 6 months
Really? I was told 3 weeks, and she told me to use anti bacterial soap, which is not good. I decided to double check behind her. I’m glad that I did
They told me 6 weeks I changed it after that and they told me to clean it with antibacterial soap and it got infected and healed over Saturday I’m going to get it repierced
@@kayleelake7874 I just got mine pierced and the guy told me to clean it twice a day ones with some solution he gave me and once with an anti bacterial soap
you look like you could be a character from the walking dead i love it
I did what he said used a glass & a bit of saline water, pressed a glass against my belly… twice a day for 15 mins (I sit and scroll on my phone to make time go past)
I stop half way and move my belly piercing so the whole bar gets cleaned & wipe dry with a tissue
it’s been a week .. I’ve had the best results .. no puss, no crisping, painless, no redness
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Hi I have a question, so is the sea salt soak the only thing you do? Or do you use soap or any sort of spray after?
5:20 I was deadass touching my piercing and I was sitting here like 👁👄👁 when he said not to touch it 💀💀
Sameee💀
Mine got infected like that well almost did
😂 😂 😂
bruhhhhh i’m doing everything wrong 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ i been using bactine , anti bacterial soap , and i used a plastic cup to do a salt water soak omg 😂😭 i also been using Q tips 😭
keirra lopez that's my what piercer said to do
Exactllyy but q tips should be cool tho
Right my guy told me get bactine spray and don’t use soap
My piercer has me doing listerine!!!! I got a virus yesterday, just getting over it but it’s like it made my piercing flare up.
@@Ilikelasagna Wtf listerine?!
Play a drinking game
One shot for every time he says okay
Jenny Ethereal I didn't even notice he kept saying "okay" till I read your comment. Now it's bothering me 😂😭
Jenny Ethereal alcohol poisoning
He does it every single video
Jenny Ethereal 32-33 shots then laugh out loud if I counted right
😂😂😂😂 mkay
LOVE the way you explained everything so well and repeated to emphasize
your instructions are always on point, i watched the video about nose piercing 9 months ago before getting mine pierced and i followed everything you said and its healing so well, im getting my belly pierced in a couple of days and im excited and very confident about it because you give good advice 👌 thank you
Me watching this after just using antibacterial soap😳
I think to have a good hygiene routine helps any wound heal. I didn't do the salt water. I used saline solution and bactine to an extent in which it wasn't excessive 1ce or 2ce but my area was kept clean. Loose clothing no jeans. Not touching my peircing with dirty hands. No moving or touching my piercing unless it was by my own body movement. No body soaps or any type of cleaning solution that wasn't the wound wash went near my fresh navel peircing for the first 2 weeks ( I did miracles with those showers, shower ninja) no washing my body with anything that might hook onto my piercing and tug on it.
It took my body 6-7 months to finally heal my navel.
I think every piercer is different every body is different. I went to mine because of his 12 years exp
Necroing this comment because information is important, saline solution is literally salt water. The salt to water ratio is all that determines if it can go in your body or be used to clean wounds.
does dove bar soap work?
Just a quick question how do know when your piercing is healed?
So when I clean it, I don't want to move it either??
But what if i want to clean it ? Today was my first day and i moved it just a little bit to clean it because i bleed when i pierced
HELL YES! I just got pierced by this guy today and he is fucking AWESOME!! Thanks for my naval piercing!! 🙌🏼
Thank you sir. One thing I know for sure is that salt water is the shit! I’ve used it to clean all 20 of my piercings! And never had an issue with any!
Damn thank you. I didn't know that when I get this piercing, there's a high chance of me getting a scar. This really helps a lot. ♥️
I got mine pierced last night, so I've had it in a little over 24 hours- No redness, I don't think it's swollen at all. I did what my piercer instructed, and I'm kinda surprised it's not red or swollen at all. I may jinx myself and it'll be red and swollen tomorrow, but so far so good. I watched this video before I went in and just now again afterward. Thank you so much for your informative video. It really soothed my pre-piercing nerves and helped me understand the care I'd need to start as soon as I got it.
@Theforr411 three years on I’d had to get it redone since I had to have a cesarean for my son and in the 12 days it was out the holes closed lol second piercing was just as easy and no problems.
For cleaning your just did the salt water soaks
i got mine pierced a few hours ago and so far so good just sore and hopefuly no infections along the way
@@eyedr3show’s it doing now?
I Recommend Antibacterial soap when you shower and the Sea Salt soak throughout the healing period. A very important tip Matt mentioned was Do Not touch it, play, rotate it because that damages the healing cell tissues internally, be careful when dressing. I got my top naval pierced and its healing fine.. simple follow directions
Joshua Fields how is it now? did that work?
So we don’t move it when we’re cleaning it?
Thank youuuu for the advice. :) Everyone that i have previously talked to about me getting it pierced have all told me not to get it, because it was “trashy” or “gross” but i want it so i am getting it pierced tomorrow because it is my body and i can do whatever I want. 🤷🏻♀️😂
Mars periodttt they told me i was too chunky to get it but i love mine (.)
Shanea Kidd yeah i love mine too and i am a little bit chunky as well but i still think it looks great. i got a ring that says “fuck off” so that makes me love it even more even though nobody will be seeing it😂😂
Mars how long did you wait to change yours ?
He did my nose and industrial bar piercing.
Abibat Iriafen oooh really?
My local pierced told me to only use Qué tips and this saline solution spray and she said it only takes 4 months to heal. She said avoid pools and hotubs but said ocean is ok. She also didn’t clean the skin before piercings soooo I’m now worried lol. I’m just gonna do the salt water soaks like the video says
How’s your piercing now? Also, ocean, lakes, rivers, creeks ANY natural body of water is NEVER a good idea on a fresh piercing because the likely hood that bacteria or other harmful organisms could infect your piercing is VERY high, please be safe!
Mine has been in since August so 4 months, the discharge crystallises most times. The nose piercing video helped me for when I got mine. Im going to try this the correct way for my naval piercing
“Don’t touch it, don’t play with it”
Me after I changed it a million times before the healing period is done: 👁👄👁
FR 💀
is it healed now?
He did not mention if the belly piercing gets rejected by your body and what needs to be done of this should happen.
Thank you for the tips I just got mine done and the place I went to didn't give me much tips.
ur tattoos r epic
I justed got mine done and the instructions the piercer gave me were really unclear so this realllyyy helped me out
that's always so disappointing 😔 especially when you're entrusting a professional, glad this video was able to help you out!
Thank you so much for this video. You provided me with more information than the local piercer who said you can change it after 3 weeks & i told her that I clean it with saline solution, she was like “no don’t use that, just use soap” ….. also my friend got hers changed once 3 weeks was up and hers got infected -.-
Just got mine yesterday and decided to watch this before I shower today😅 thanks for the information 👍🏾 this is really helpful
Hi I got it yesterday . How you doing is it healing yet
So glad i watched this video because i’m getting mine pierced in a couple days😭
After watching this its a frickin miracle any of my piercings have healed apparently
Maybe you're just that lucky 😉
Yo, I’ve literally been using Bactine spray! On each piercing! Antibacterial soap is what piercers have been telling me to use for the past 5 years. I just got pierced probably a week and a half ago. I don’t necessarily think it’s rejecting because there is no pain but it’s crusting and the area is a little hard like a sore. Idk
getting crusty is normal
Is the hard part normal?
thank you so much! I just got a naval piercing and although this is not my first piercing I strive for correct maintenance, I will now do my first cleaning :)
Such a reassuring dude. Awesome.
I asked my piercer how to clean mine properly and he pointed at the bottle of dial gold on his table and said use that. Literally all I got for info😂. Thank you for this video!
💀bruuuuh so not helpful haha well thank your lucky days for Matt 😏 🫶
I use dial antibacterial soap on mine and it’s perfectly fine 🤷🏻♀️
EVERYONES bodies is different hun
Ashley Parker I know that. I was just saying what worked for me .
same literally every other piercer i’ve read/watched says that
That’s what I’m using right now
How soon until I get back to working out? I do HIIT routines and I just got my piercing 3 days ago
When did you go back to working out?
A week at least
i went a day or 2 after i got my pierced
I did mine on the 4th day .. kept a eye mask on top of it just to reduce friction . Not all workouts will be good too . Then salt water soak after bath
I’ve gotten my belly pierced about 4 times and it just always rejects 😔
Stephanie A Morales did they leave bad scars?
I got my belly button pierced 4 days ago, the piercer told me showering was OK, so I took my shower on the third day. It then started to feel itchy and redness occurred, today morning I started to feel a pain and it became more severe. I asked my piercer and she told me to take the ring/bar off, rinse the belly surface with hydrogen peroxide solution, and clean the ring with medical alcohol and then put it back. I did this in in the afternoon, but the pain didn't soothe or go away. It is still swollen and with pus coming out, and still hurts really bad. I thought I got a fever in the afternoon. How can I tell if I'm experiencing infection or metal allergy ?
Thank you for the information! I took note lol
I've wanted to get a piercing for a really long time and recently almost did it. Then I realized I really don't know about the details, just a vague idea of what to do.
This video made me feel a more prepared!
Thank you. I WAS SUPER WORRIED.
I thought the soap was a bad idea to begin with when my piercer said to use it. Glad I don't really do it much because my skin is sensitive and get irritated by certain soaps. But I never used the salt method and my belly buttons looks great tho. Been 2 months by now I think and it's just a little red still and mostly don't hurt unless the scab grows back
What do you just to clean it
somebody pls give me advice pls 😭: i got my belly button pierced recently everything went well im super happy not painful at all. HOWEVER the bar he gave me is small. i know that there is supposed to be a little bit of metal sticking out in the bottom part but its like right on my belly button and i accidentally hit it today and its swollen and hurts but im scared that its gonna swell more and theres no room for it to swell. i dont want to change it but if thats the best thing to do pls help me.
Charizard Rules if ur piercer makes a mistake they think there right regardless of what they did.
Charizard Rules a different piercer @shawnpierce on youtube responded he told me it was pierced to deep and the bar was way to tight i agreed he said i should take it out let it close and get it repierced in a about a month. i took it out its been a month im gonna get it done soon
Charizard Rules thank u so much 💜
So is it better to use salt water or wound wash??? I’m using wound wash right now. Or could I use salt water one time and then use the wound wash like mix it up ??
we're currently updating all these older info videos so the best advice for this rn would be to use a a wound wash and let the warm water of your shower do the work for the most part! :) good luck healing!
Can you work out or play sports after getting a new piercing ?
My piercer gave me a piercing solution to spray it with and I clean it 3-4 times a day, but how do I sleep in a comfortable position that won’t bother my piercing ? Should I put a small pillow under my stomach or something when I sleep ?
Thank you so much ♡♡♡ I appreciate this information a bunch! I just got mine done maybe 5 or 6 weeks ago and it's only been a little red around the holes, little bit of discharge but nothing that smells. I've cleaning out a small metal condiments container to put salt water in, I've just been using warm water, shaking some table salt in there and hanging out like you recommended. Ive been cleaning it with a q-tip as well and Ill accidentally hit it or move it around. (Which is probably bad for the table salt part? But no ones told me otherwise when doing so) So I'm doing it mostly right, just wrong supplies? It's been a little itchy lately but nothing uncomfortable. It only hurts when I hit it, which is a given. Yeah, that's about it, sorry for the ted talk. You seem like you know what you're talking about-
Question.. I’ve been doing sea salt soaks and making sure I dry it off completely afterwards with a paper towel even the cracks between the jewelry and swelled skin. Is this too invasive? Should I let the piercing/ jewelry air dry instead?? I am scared that leaving even a little bit of salt water around the piercing could cause issues with the healings process.
its always best to let your piercing and tattoo air dry so the towel doesnt irritate it and the towel fibers don’t get into the piercing (~:
@@amberrlikewhoaa Thank you! My piercing is all healed now. Nicely and without complications. But I am sure your comment will help others!
Thank you so much really loved this can't wait to get mine. Thanks for the soak info. Btw is it okay to like swim in your friends pool or like at family pools or something like that you know is clean?🌈
Question: after the 8months of heeling, are we aloud to go swim in public pools or is it still bad for our piercing and how often can we change it
can you use boiled water ??? and just cool it down instead of the water he recommended??
i was told by my piecer to not use a saline solution and to just give it a bit of the wash in the shower without using any soap and its healed so well. i think its healed better by just washing it it the shower than using a saline solution
Same thing on what I do in mine. I guess normal wash would be better than putting anything on it.
They told me 9 to 12 months to fully heal, but they told me go back in 6 to 8 weeks to see if they need to down size. Im trying not to play with it or move it, but it kinda just moves by its self, when im doing my daily activities, like standing and sitting, also when i am cleaning it.
I was moving it till this minute...oh god i think i did a huge mistake by piercing my belly button 🥺💔
This video was so informative and helpful .i didn't know that part of the healing process involves all of the above. Thank you!
I just realized this dude works hella close to me!!!
I got my belly piercing today, my pearcer told me ı should put a thick layer of Vaseline on the pearcing area while going into the shower and afterwards clean the Vaseline completely off. He said its important since the water can damage the tissue. İs it true?
Can I put a big bandaid over my piercing while I’m playing volleyball? To keep it protected
I got mine done today without telling my mom
I hit my belly piercing a lot a lot nd even pulled and I’ve only have 2 weeks with it , what should I do
My piercer said that I should be using dial antibacterial soap, and even if I do a saline soak, I still need to use the soap. What do you think?
Megan Ouellette you can use the sea salt solution but it would be best if you use antibacterial soap in the shower when you are cleaning it and it's also best to wash your hands with antibacterial soap before you use the sea salt soak
Mine too but he clearly just said don't use that so I'm not
Megan Ouellette that’s what my piercer said .
Mine said to just clean it with non fragrance soap and water
Mine said to use saline solution, salt water soaks, and dial Gold antibacterial soap. He’s been piercing for 20 years and I trust his judgement. He just did my daith today with the same instructions
Thanks for the information. I just got mine pierced 2 days ago and it didnt hurt, bleed, swollen or anything. The person who pierced me suggested not to use saline solution instead he asked me to use betadine the yellow one and mupirocin (bactroban). Out of all piercers he's the only one I saw that didnt suggest saline solution why so?
Im scared now, so can you not change it till its fully healed? Im confused, they told me to go back in 6 to 8 weeks to see if they need to down size. Then how long after that can i start changing it myself?
Im only on week 3 of having it done.
you can always go back and see what they would recommend based off your piercings current condition 🫶 hope this helps!
I just got my belly piercing and he told me to use Listerine original one to clean my belly piercing. He told me to stay away alcohol and sea salt and water. should I
be very concern?
i got my belly pierced may 2nd its now the 8th and i got dove anti bacterial and when i get out of the shower i use saline wound solution and i also clean it with the solution so thats twice a day is that ok???? p.s, I had and currently have my nose pierced twice } first time with the belly i am so worried i am doing something wrong..... someone please answer me...
what about rejection?
if your body rejects a piercing, it has nothing to do with u. it unpreventable and was gonna happen regardless.
I won't reject you baby girl. 🤗😘
Aaliyah Mcmullen while this is sometimes true, in my experience there are some things that will make it more likely to reject. improper afercare, trauma to the area (getting snagged constantly) and inappropriate jewelry (not titanium or surgical steel) will increase chances of rejection. i had a belly button piercing that rejected after 6 months of healing relatively well because i changed fo jewelry to sterling silver, which i was allergic to
@@aubrianna8881 this!! rejection happens a lot with belly button piercings but making sure you take care of it well is going to decrease your chances by a lot, almost everyone i know whose belly button piercing rejected did something they shouldnt have (usually just changing the jewelry too early). belly buttons heal from the outside in so making sure you wait until you've hit that 6 - 12 month mark is important. my piercer told me that if i wanted to change the jewelry i could come in and have her look at it before to make sure its really healed and im pretty sure most piercers will do this if asked.
Are pools okay if it’s your own and no one else is in it?? Or is the chlorine bad?
Im actually planning on getting a belly button piercing. And im 16 yrs old. What else should i do? And it will be my first time so i dont know what to do. Any advice and tips? Im afraid because ive seen a lot of infected piercings and i dont know what id do
Hey I’m kinda confused, my piercer didn’t give me a normal ring like the one with a ball at each end, she gave me a full circle. And I don’t know if that’s normal. Everyone I see getting it pierced has a half circle thing
Every piercer will do things a little differently, you can always ask them to change it out if it's at point to be able to do that :)
i feel like some of these things are slightly exaggerated. I was told antibacterial soaps were fine and to only avoid oceans, spas etc for the first couple of months. bacteria is everywhere. pretty difficult to avoid bacteria for 6-8 months or 8-12 months which i was told
I hope someone reads this and gives me advice since I know this video is so old.
I got my navel pierced three days ago. My piercer told me to clean it twice a day and I actually bought the solution they had in their shop (it's called NeilMed Piercing Aftercare fine mist wound wash). She told me to just spray the solution twice a day and immediately get a q-tip and dry it all up around the bars really well, not to leave any moisture in my belly button or around it because moisture or leaving it wet can cause infection. The guy in the video said to leave a sea salt solution on it for 5 to 10 minutes, rinse it with water and then just pat it dry and to NOT use a q-tip. Very conflicted on what to do since my piercer and the man in the video said opposite things.
What advice is more correct or do both methods work? I'm really scared of getting an infection.
i would say depending on the ingredients in the aftercare they gave you… it should have sea salt/water in it. saline (sea-salt and water) is by far the best thing to clean your piercings. i would advise against using a q-tip as it can move around your piercing and leave cotton behind.
update on the piercing?? mine was pierced not long ago and im still looking for a cleaning routine….
@@chrissybrea8735 Hi! It's been 5 months now and I got it downsized last month and it looks really good according to my piercer (and myself haha). :) I did what was done in the video. I would let my solution soak in my belly button for about 10 minutes, then I would pat it dry with a paper towel, and afterwards I would get a q-tip and SUPER GENTLY clean around the piercing. It will obviously be waaay tender since you just got it so maybe don't do that last step for a couple of weeks or until it's not as sore? But the reason I did it is because a bunch of plasma and a tiny bit of blood will form around the piercing and the paper towel won't get it off. It's honestly satisfying seeing all that gunk come off with the q-tip and leaving it nice and clean. It's worked for me as there's no infection or irritation in this entire time I've had it. Best of luck!
@@LovePatchSour could you elaborate on what you mean by plasma ? Around the top bar the skin is kinda white, almost like it dead until I clean it with my saline solution, then it lifts up. It’s not really fluidy but it’s not super thick too. Ik thick is a sign for infection but I just wanna know if you’re experiencing the same thing :/
i wish i watched this before my belly piercing smh
My piercer told me everything not to do!
So if plastic contaminates the solution, why do we put the salt in the jug of distilled water instead of in the glass?
the bottle is sterile on the inside🤍 i’m assuming. bc distilled water is VERY clean. we can’t even drink it that’s how pure it is.
i got my belly button pierced today, & he put the piercing in upside down, like the bigger piece on the top & the smaller piece in the inside. is there a reason to this ??
I need help on what to do with mine, it’s red, I don’t know if it’s the metal and I’m allergic and the guy told me too you hand sanitizer 🙂
Hey could someone help me? I got a belly piercing and the piercer did it wrong and pierced above my belly button. long story short, after 4 months it rejected and THE SAME DAY I got it took out by a professional, I got it re-pierced. she pierced it deeper though in the correct spot but I believe it went through some scar tissue and it kinda hurt. It’s been closing the old hole for the past 2 hours but a liquid has been coming out. I’m a bit nervous, what aftercare can I do for my exact situation? i think I should’ve waited, but didn’t and I don’t want it to reject again. Please help
for the public bodies of water, is it just for the healing process or can you not go in them ever??
I’m seeing this trend of piercers saying not to use bactine. My first piercing was my nose and the guy specifically told me to use bactine. I was obviously lied to
My boyfriend told me it'd be safe to use neosporn on it, I used the tiniest amount, one time, last night, I woke up & my belly doesn't feel irritated anymore but now it feels itchy. I have NOT scratched it, but what do I do? I'm so scared it's going to get infected 😭
The itching is totally normal. That just means it’s healing and healthy
Can i use saline instead of salt water?
Yes
When I got mine I felt its kinda crooked..but my piercer told me that its normal and it will straighten out after 6 months but I really don’t think so...the bottom ball is all good but the top one is far, will it really adjust ?
I’ve been to three piercing shops so far, like different ones, why do they always tell you the stuff you will prob need for cleaning but they never actually tell you how to clean it 💀. I had one guy even tell me the wrong thing, this was at a tattoo shop 😭
The piercer who literally did my piercing yesterday, for my double helix, we were out and I had a little crusty that I couldn’t clean bc I wasn’t home (I was gonna clean it when I got home) she cleaned it with an alcohol wipe and like freaked when she saw a little crusty (even tho I’m pretty sure like you said it’s normal just needs to be cleaned off) 💀
My piercer said that mine will heal in around 4 months, and that it will heal much faster because it’s really dry where I live? Is that true
*I need help.* Basicaly, my shower does NOT work, so i take baths every day. I try my best to keeping my stomach in the bathwater to a minimum, but itll be around 5 minutes. Its causing a very uncomfortable flare up (and till this i was unaware how using peroxide wasnt such a good idea) i just dont know what to do
From what i was told dont put your body in bodys of water in cluding tubs nd pool etc bc its fresh wait for 3/6months depending on your body to be safe for tub. For pool, lakes etc wait until belly is healed. Use sea salt soaks for belly really good to take away the itch only using a shot glass hope this helps
I got my belly pierced yesterday and my piercer told me not to use salt water soaks. She said to use Carex antibacterial soap in the shower so the bubbles will just run into the piercing and clean it. Now I'm very confused ahah, thoughts?
salt will dry it out so I would recommend using the soap!
Salt water completely kills off any bacteria and doesn't dry out your skin if you put the right amount of salt in. When your in the shower wash it with antibacterial soap and rinse it off, you should be fine
Mine told me the same but I used sea salt on all my piercings and they were fine
I just bought some h2ocean aftercare spray for my navel piercing next week can I still use that?
They told me anti bacterial soap & about 3-6 months I can change it. I’ve been doing that & I have skin kinda swelling up on the bottom.
Why not use a q tip ? Is it fine to clean it with a antiseptic liquid with a warm water by using a q tip?
Is it horrible to go swimming a week after getting the piercing?
How about the anti bacterial solution they give at piercing shops ?? The ingredients are water/potassium sorbets/benzalkonium chloride ??? I just got mine pierced today and I used the solution for bed time
My piercer told me to soak my piercing using warm water and salt solution but using regular table salt because she said sea salt is too harsh now I’m really confused and nervous because I don’t want my piercing to become infected and I have only had it for 3 days
which soap should I USE? my piecer told me to use anti-bacterial soap & to rotate it ? OMG
I have a bit of scarring by my naval piercing... should I be concerned and what should I do to help the scarring go down?
How is it now?
What about swimming in a pool? My piercer said that it was OK to swim in a pool as long as I clean it after but I’m still scared to go in and it might get infected what do I do?
Idk if you already did, but I wouldn’t risk it
I got my belly piercing today and in 6days my bf is coming back here in ph and for sure we will go to ocean/beach. Just asking by that time comes is my belly piercing will be okay to be in that water?
yes! just avoid chlorine i believe
I’m really nervous to do a salt soak with the shot glass because o don’t wanna submerge the piercing. I feel like it could mess something up. I’ve just been making a mixture of my sea salt and water in a shot glass and using q-tips to clean around it and dry it off. Is this okay? I got it pierced 5 days ago and it doesn’t hurt at all anymore and it’s just slightly pink. No swelling and no heat but it is slightly itchy sometimes.
it is good to submerge it with the sea salt water because it lets it completely clean the piercing. but do not submerge it with any other water like taking a bath because the germs in the water can cause infection.
Submerging for 10 mins helps the water and salt reeeally get in there and do its job. Your method is just getting the outer skin and not the inner.
I thought using hydrogen peroxide wasn’t bad .. I used it for my nose piercing and it healed awesome. Also is dove soap good to shower with because that’s all I use
Belly piercings r different because it heals from the outside not the inside :)
I’ve had mine for about a month now and maybe a week ago I noticed a little small dark spot around the top . Does anyone know if that’s normal ?
sorry for the late reply but was this permanent scarring? i have something similar on my industrial
Yeah sameeee
Same
I got my navel piercing like a year and a half ago and I keep getting like pale puss and redness coming out of the skin in the middle. Not out from the piercing holes but the actual skin in the middle, is it infected? How can I treat it?
ive seen that before
my friend going to get her belly button pierced next month in July 1 when can she change her belly button ring
My skin around the top ball is dry and peeling what should I do?
Mine is like that. Did you find anything out?