inverse navel

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Friday April 25th, 2008 @ 8:22 AM

Filed under: Navel

I just got my inverse navel pierced last saturday. I was told sea salt soaks or H2Ocean twice a day, as well as cleaning it in the shower were the only necessary cleaning I needed to do.

I’ve been doing that, but the bottom/exit hole has redness around it, probably about an 1/8″ ring. I don’t know if it’s normal for that to happen or if I’m over cleaning/accidentally hitting it often enough.

Do I need to worry or is it normal? This is probably a very typical question, but I’m extremely paranoid of it ever rejecting.

Some redness is very normal for any fresh piercing, but you haven’t said how you’re cleaning it in the shower or what products you use in the shower. It’s entirely possible that the piercing might be getting slightly irritated if you’re using any harsh antibacterial soaps or whatnot on it, but in all likelihood, it’s probably just a fresh hole in your body with a piece of metal in it, trying to heal. If you have any concerns about your piercing, your first course of action should be to go in and consult your piercer, not to ask Teh Intarweb, just so’s you know - they’ll be able to give you a lot more insight from a glance at your piercing than I will from a description or a dodgy photograph!