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Piercing Risks
~ I'm planning on getting a belly button piercing so I've asked my friends for references and have been calling around. Some people had some wierd advice though. One person said you shouldn't use barbels when you're still healing, someone else said you shouldn't use gold, but I'm allergic to most metals especially if they're in a piercing so I want to use gold. So, other than AIDS what are some risks/tips/tricks that I should be aware of?
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If your skin is really sensitive, go with titanium, the body is least likely to reject it. Go to a very legitimate piercing shop and ask their opinion on specifics. They will most likely pierce it with a curved barbell (surgical stainless steel or titanium being the best).
To clean it, use a shot glass method. Take a very small pinch of noniodized sea salt (use one pinch for eight ounces of water), and put it in a shot glass full of warm water. Tip the shot glass over your belly button to create suction and hold it there for around ten minutes. Then rinse with warm water.
Only touch it with very clean hands and keep unnecessary touching (touching when not cleaning) to a minimum. Avoid hitting/bumping/irritating it. Belly button piercings can reject so make sure the piercer knows what he/she is doing and you take good care of it.
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Some people who are allergic to metals find that surgical steel is their best bet, while others prefer gold or silver. All three of these would hopefully be okay for you, but I'm not a doctor, just someone who likes jewellry. Most piercing places offer surgical steel, but some will offer silver or gold or all three. For cost efficiency I would go for surgical steel. You're less likely to have a reaction to it, and it costs a lot less than gold right now. Surgical steel is as pure as they can make it, and people who are allergic to metals are usually allergic to the impurities.
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I got my belly pierced it's not that scary and well it gets infected and all but it does heal and it's not the abnormal infectiong sort of thing,if it does get infected ina bad way you can go to a doctor or use salt water ? if youw ant to know how to use salt water to heal it let me know,well the piercing place should tell you your risks and all and if you're allergic tell them and they'll probably tell you other information or maybe give you a different sory of ring,i think it's best you ask them i think they'd know more about bodies and all,and the jewller told me not to use silver because apparently your belly goes green so it's best you ask them,and you won't regret when you get it done ! [:
Much love & good luck? =]
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