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by AnswerAsh on August 12th, 2004

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Do belly buttons piercings hurt? What is the risk of infection?

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  • by flizzera on August 29th, 2004

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    I've had my belly button pierced for 3 years and honestly, I would say it does hurt for around 10 seconds. When the needle initially enters and breaks the skin and when it exits through the other side, is when it hurts the most. Once the piecer removes the needle, the pain immediatley stops. You can choose to have a local anesthetic which will completely take the pain away and you wont feel a thing, but this is not really worth the money and the aftermath (possible vomitting etc.).

    As for infection? It has been said that belly button piercings are one of the top three places that are prone to infection. When I got mine done, the piercer gave me some antibacterial spray which I used until it wasted. After this I used salty water (the one that is usually used for contact lenses). This was very good as I didn't develop an infection.

    On the bad side, I read about this one girl that died from a belly button piercing infection. This was due to not caring for it and not applying any lotions, so it is highly unlikely this would happen to you. I have also heard about people that had to go to hospital to have their belly button ring surgically removed because it was so infected it had become stuck. Their stomach then had to be pumped of internal puss. These are the worst case scenarios and are from not caring from them. My advice, clean it twice a day for the first six months.

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    • lot's of gory details. thankx. lol! it was helpful though. : D

      pixie flirt

      by pixie flirt on December 23rd, 2005

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