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hi i'm carrie at zebra in berkeley and
i'm
here to talk about treating an infected
belly button
piercing
if your belly button is infected the
first thing
you're going to want to do is go seek
the advice from a professional piercer
sometimes your piercing isn't infected
at all
it's just showing signs of irritation
and
or allergic reaction
those two areas can be
treated very easily by
changing the way you're cleaning your
piercing
or changing the jewelry
if your piercer decides that the
piercing
really truly is showing signs of
infection
you're going to want to go see your
doctor so he can prescribe
some antibiotics until then
you're definitely going to want to soak
your navel
for 10 to 15 minutes once a day with
warm
salt water the way you do that is you
take a small cup
warm water one pinch
small pinch of epsom salt or sea salt
do not use regular table salt it has
iodine in it and it will irritate
you're going to take that cup bend over
it
cup it to you it'll create a section
and you'll just hold it on there 10 to
15 minutes once a day
that's going to help start pulling the
pus out loosening the crust
that's going to get some of the bad
bacteria out of there
you can also and i say this
with a lot of caution use a minimal
amount
of a triple antibiotic ointment two to
three times a day
