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Removing a piercing
BillieTheBot
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I've had my belly button pierced for about 6 years, and I've made the decision it needs to be taken out. I think its growing out anyway, if such a thing is possible, as the jewellery is now far too big for it, and I can't seem to buy any smaller ones. That and it catches all the time, is uncomfortable because of it and I never show it off.
Can I just take the jewellery out and then keep it clean with salt water, and it will hopefully heal up eventually? Or is there something special I need to be doing with it?
Can I just take the jewellery out and then keep it clean with salt water, and it will hopefully heal up eventually? Or is there something special I need to be doing with it?
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You can't really relate it to ear piercing because ears last a long time before healing if they are left with no earing in. This is not the case for belly buttons.
I can leave my lobe piercings out for a couple of weeks and get my earrings back in no problems. My cartlidge piercings, even the 3-4 year old ones start to heal after about 72 hours, and are a bitch to get back in after that time. I had to go back to the peircers to get the hole reopened once.
As for the belly piercing, take it out, keep it clean, but dont do anything different and keep an eye on it for any infections. It might heal up completly or you might have a small hole left, it depends on your body.
Belly piercings are quiet risky if you ask me. I dnt like it all that much, though a few of my friends do have it.