Navel Piercing?
Has anyone ever had their navel piercing migrate or their body reject it? I had mine done 2 times and both times they migrated to the pint that it was like my body was rejecting it. (I waited enough time for the first one to heal after taking it out beofre I got it redone)
Is there anything I can do to prevent this?
Also, should I take a chance & get it done again? Or, will the same thing happen?
Update:The first time I git it pierce with surgical steel & the second time with titanium. So, I don't think it has anything to do with the material. :(
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Its not the metal or what you used to clean. I think part of it might just be that your anatomy isn't right for it, whether its your navel being too small or not having a deep enough lip or if your stomach skin folds too close to the navel, it could have been how it was pierced (in terms of depth)...anything really. For some people it just doesn't work.
I don't suggest piercing it again, if you keep doing it the scar tissue can get worse over time. Have you tried inverse navel piercings (aka the bottom of the navel)? It might be something you can try and usually people who can't have one get the other without a problem. Give it a try and if it still rejects, I would have to say its just not going to work.
You probably just don't have the anatomy for it. Many people will pierce it, even if they know it'll reject because they just want your money. It's really sad, but you should have a "fold" of skin that works like an anchor. How long did you wait until you repierced it? You should wait at *least* a year, but if you don't have the anatomy for it, you body will reject it again.
You *should* use a dilute, warm seasalt soak. DO NOT TWIST THE BAR and only touch it when soaking or cleaning and make sure your hands are clean. Try not to sleep on your belly, if that's a factor. If you were able to keep it for a year the first time, I wonder if it was just some odd occurrance that made it reject.
That happened to me, I never had my navel re-pierced.
From what I understand, eventually some scar tissue will build up and help to prevent the rejection from happening. This could take a different number of attempts for different people.
i took mine about 6 months to completely heal. I would get hard chunks of stuff (don't know what to call it) every now and then and sometimes it would be really sore and that came and went for about 6 months. i don't know how long you waited but maybe you should give it a little more time. don't put ANYTHING on it either cuz that will just irritate it more and don't keep it covered..it needs to breathe.
one of my friends has had hers done three and it literally rejects it and it will just grow out and fall out. its weird and kind of gross. but she just quit trying to get it pierced. i dont think it will hurt anything if you keep trying but good luck on getting it to stay if you body is rejecting it. maybe you should try to get something else pierced?!
maybe it's the type of metal that ur body keeps rejecting. i can only wear surgical steel, if i wear anything else my body rejects it. try that and see if it still rejects it.