My Navel Piercing: 3 years on

It's been 3 years since I had my navel pierced and thankfully I've never experienced any navel piercing infections. I have to be honest that after the first 3 months of detailed care, I got lazy and stopped with any sprays or salt water soaks and it all turned out okay.

I promise the worry and panic when you first got your navels pierced is normal.

But I do feel it is important to invest in a good navel ring, rather than purchasing navel rings made of cheap metal. My skin is extremely sensitive, so I'm wearing a navel ring of high grade metal. I believe surgical steels are fine and if I remember correctly, I am wearing a titanium one.

Here's a quick picture update, I apologise for the low quality as I zoomed and cropped my images:

Personally, the belly ring serves absolutely NO inconvenience, I wear it when I lift (with a lifting belt) and there's no discomfort or pain. Even when doing abs exercises which involves a hell lot of crunching, there's absolutely no discomfort at all! Oh yes I've gone swimming too in usual pools and the sea, and it has got no effect on the piercing. Simply just bathe as per usual and you're good.

So if you need any help deciding whether or not to get it because you're worried it might pose as an inconvenience when doing any sorts of sports, trust me and just go ahead with it! If anything, it's a beautiful accessory to have on your body. I've never once regretted this piercing, it's my favourite out of all my 7 piercings!

on injuring your piercing

I can't stress this enough, but always always be super careful with your piercing! Especially when it's still in the healing phase, any rough movement will delay the healing process.

When showering, I accidentally bumped into my piercing and it hurt pretty bad. I still carried on with my anti-bacterial wash and don't worry, it won't sting or make it any more painful than it already is.

It isn't really obvious in this photo, but immediately after showering, the swelling and redness started. It began to pus a little at the bottom as well. 

I'm no expert at piercing injuries, but what I would recommend is properly drying the piercing site with a CLEAN cotton bud. If there're any signs of blood or pus, don't freak out! Gently try to remove all these from the piercing site.

You may wash the piercing with saline solution to further clean your wound as well, but that isn't necessary unless you've bled. That's standard first aid! 

Spray it with the H2Ocean Spray and let it air dry! H2Ocean Spray is known to contain enzymes, elements and minerals essential for living cells and will aid in the healing process of your piercing. So logically, this would be the best way to go about dealing with a slightly injured piercing :>