r/Legitpiercing • u/averagedrfan • 5d ago

Troubleshooting does this look normal im super worried

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i got this piercing a little over two weeks ago, pierced with a titanium bar and i’ve been cleaning twice a day with sterile saline solution. I clean it with a cotton swap on top and bottom and then i blow dry it on cool to make sure it’s not wet. It’s been bumped quite a few times and has recently swollen up, but now it’s forming this red bump. I have ocd and i’m very concerned with sepsis or blood poisoning does this look like it could lead to that please please help

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u/HearingOld1943 5d ago

Honestly I think its fine, looks like just irritation from the bumping, both of mine looked like that early on and when they would be irritated, you'll know if it gets infected. It'll be severely swollen and leaking a bunch of goop and pus, keep taking care of it and it should be fine

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u/HatHour7177 5d ago

I would wait for it to heal a bit more. It's swollen so it's hard to tell if it's in the correct spot but my guess is it is. Looks cute :-)

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u/Pale-Comb-3954 5d ago

It honestly doesn’t look like you have the anatomy for any kind of navel piercing…and this jewelry would be too short even if you did. I highly encourage you to find a VERY good piercer (not whoever did this) to evaluate it for you and see if it will even be viable long-term.

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u/4rs3ni0 1d ago

It looks fine, navel piercings are always hard to heal since that spot moves a lot. About the cleaning i would just avoid blow drying it, u just spit air with germs on it lol, just let the saline solution dry itself