Migrating Navel Piercing

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Wednesday October 15th, 2008 @ 10:35 AM

Filed under: Navel

I got my navel pierced (on the top) in the first week of may and I haven’t been having any problems. But recently in the past month I’ve been noticing that the skin covering the bar has been getting thinner and thinner, and I’m worried about it getting ripped out or falling out. I tried looking it up online, and what I figured was that it’s a migrating piercing. What should I do about it? If I take it out, would the scar tissue left over after it healed let me get it pierced again?

Thanks!

I’d say it is rejecting - a defence mechanism the body has for ridding itself of foreign objects, which is what a piercing is. If you leave it your body will eventually push the jewellery right out and you will be left with a scar. If this happens it is unadvisable to get it pierced again as scar tissue lacks the properties of normal skin and the same will most likely happen again. However, if you remove the jewellery now and give it at least three months before considering having it pierced again, then you may well heal the future piercing.

Also, you need to understand why it rejected. It could be poor placement, not having the right shaped navel to support the piercing, poor aftercare, irritation from clothes etc or you could just be unlucky.

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