Want to hear from all females who've had their navel pierced???
How long did it take for yours to be fully healed? Its been 2 months and 2 weeks since i had it done. I can change the navel ring now, but certain barbells make my piercing hurt, and have found that i need a certain size barbell. I dont have the standart 3/8" piercing. I need to use barbells that are 7/16" or longer to wear it comfortably. Will this change once it's fully healed, will it shrink down some so the 3/8 will fit ok? How often can i change the ring before i chance infecting it? Should it be changed when i want or leave it alone for a few weeks with each ring i put in? Changing it seems to irratate it alot and it starts to get really sore and oozey. Please, everyone give me their experinces so i know if i'm handling this correctly!!
I wear lowrise pants so it doesnt rub and irrate it, plus the person who did the piercing is very reliant, has been doing this and tatoos for about 20 years. So i know i choose someone who knew what they were doing, thats not a problem. I've cleaned it twice daily with sea salt and Bactine, what he recommended to use. He said to wait 4 weeks before changing it and i did that. I dont have any expensive rings, all are surgical steel bars, but i did go for the longer ones so they werent poking me anywhere and irratating things further. I stick with the ones that have balls at both ends.
I clean any new ring before i put it in by soaking it in Bactine first, and only change the ring every week or so. There for awhile when i would put the bar thru, the end with the threads on it, to put the ball on, would be covered in a bloody substance. That doesnt happen now, so i assume it is healing fine. What about those of you that have tried the "reverse" style rings? I seem to get along with those alot better than the regular ones. They dont irratate the hole area as much as the reg dangle ones do.