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Navel Piercing Oozing Bloody Goo
First of all sorry for the gross subject.
I got my navel pierced a couple months ago on vacation in Florida. I don't remember which day but it was around June 1st of this year. I know I was supposed to wait probably longer than I did but about 3 weeks after that I switched out the jewelry. It's a curved barbell, not a ring, if that makes any difference.
Now when I switched the piercing the first time I didn't have any problems, so I assumed it was fine even though I did it a little early. It went on being the same way it had been before I switched it. Now every couple of days since I got it pierced I notice a little build up of something around the piercing holes and on the ends of the barbell. Most of the time it's kind of hard sometimes I have to pick at it for it to come off. And sometimes if I move the jewelry a little out of the way it will push a little "goo" (for lack of a better term) out of the piercing hole. It's off white almost cream in color. I clean it almost every day before I shower using a Q-tip with Band-Aid brand antiseptic wound wash as directed by the piercing professional. My boyfriend was worried that this build-up meant it was infected, even though I thought it was fine...so he asked around and apparently every one he asked also said this is normal.
Then just now, I changed my jewelry again. I figured it was no big deal since it was fine the first time and the piercing has had even more time to heal since then. When I took the old jewelry out I cleaned the piercing, then cleaned the new jewelry and put it in. Now I'm pretty sure it was just because I moved it the wrong way or pushed something too hard but it started bleeding. Not a lot just a teeny bit but then I moved it like how I do when I clean it and the goo came out with some diluted blood color.
I'm not really worried that much that the bleeding area wont heal but I just have a couple questions for anyone that has their belly button pierced.
Is it really normal for the build up stuff to be there? and what about the occasional goo?
Now that I've somehow reopened the piercing, should I kind of start over in the piercing process and start cleaning it several times a day?
Should I be worried that the bloody goo stuff is some sort of infection? Or was it just the combination of the goo and reopening the piercing?
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If it is red and hurts a little bit than it is infected, If it is just a little bit of blood and pus than it should go away soon. When you first peirce anything it will bleed a little bit. Make sure you clean it as needed. If it doesn't go away in a few days it might need to be taken out.
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as long as your not in pain, and its only a little bit of it, the bloody goo is normal...like you said, you probably just pushed it in the wrong way or something. i would definetly start cleaning it so it goes away quicker though. i still get the goo only its not bloody but you should always clean it in the shower. oh and another tip to reduce the hurting is if you change it right when you get out of the shower so its all wet and it will just slide right in with no pain.
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